Didn't really hear this song until the seventies when i was staying at my brother David's place in England. I loved Dylan's greatest hits but it was taking me a long time to get into him. My brother had a copy of Dylan's greatest hits volume 2 and it was that record that made me want to go back and find more Dylan gradually scooping up all the albums. Even learning to fall for Blood On The Tracks which I had avoided for ages. You have to remember my first taste of Dylan was Lay Lady Lay which used to make me nauseous. First time I head it my friend had pinched a bunch of school milk (it used to be free) and we'd drunk half a dozen cartons each. Sickening. And his voice didn't help either. Horrible. The sound made me dizzy.
So when I really heard Dylan and his work in the sixties and his real nasal voice it was magical. And then you started reading the lyrics. and you just thought wow! And here I was at 18 thinking about my past. And did I really get what he was singing about? And did it matter?
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