Bob Dylan Hw Assignment

BOB DYLAN ASSIGNMENT

Song : "Times They are a-changin"

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

This song is very meaningful to the youth of any generation. This is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs because he is setting up acknowledgment that things will soon be different. Especially for people that would soon be known as "hippies". Bob Dylan wrote many protest songs and was very  against war and not having freedom. I think this song shows his good character and sends out a realistic message to the people of this time. The town of this song is solemn and slow, but also informing. I enjoy this song a lot. 

1920's vs Now Teens

Throughout the decades, the generations change mass amounts. During the 1920's there was many differences between that decade, and recent times. The 1920's was more of a jazz age. They had wild rich parties, some as seen in the novel/film (The Great Gatsby). After World War I, the peace that was made was disturbed by racism and the experiment of prohibition. The 1920's was a rebellious stage for teens in the 1920's. There was dancing and drinking at clubs which was and was not allowed. The way that the teens lived in the 1920's had some similarities and differences to how the teens in our generation act. The teens now still like to rebell, drink (some) and dance. The music was some what different, seeing as many teens now a days do not listen to jazz so much. The common music now is more hip/hop rock, rap, etc. Dating for teens was different for the teens in the 1920's than it is now. Teens did not have as much freedom back then. Now, teenagers are driving and have cars to take them out on dates. There is also much more entertainment and things to do in the world since it is such a high technology generation.

Crazy Blues- Mamie Smith

Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues

I can't sleep at night
I can't eat a bite
'Cause the man I love
He don't treat me right

He makes me feel so blue
I don't know what to do
Sometime I sit and sigh
And then begin to cry
'Cause my best friend
Said his last goodbye

There's a change in the ocean
Change in the deep blue sea, my baby
I'll tell you folks, there ain't no change in me
My love for that man will always be

Now I can read his letters
I sure can't read his mind
I thought he's lovin' me
He's leavin' all the time
Now I see my poor love was blind

Now I got the crazy blues
Since my baby went away
I ain't got no time to lose
I must find him today

Now the doctor's gonna do all that he can
But what you're gonna need is an undertaker man
I ain't had nothin' but bad news
Now I got the crazy blues

I like this song because Mamie Smith has a good use of imagery and metaphors to exagerate how she is feeling about the man who left her.