Monday, October 20, 2008

Highway 61 Revisited


so this pic would be crazy bob dylan hurling a brick at nothing,
what a nut!

Supposedly Russo gave us Bob Dylan songs based on our personality but i really don't see the purpose in mine, Highway 61 Revisited. It is a bunch of random occasions where someone has some issue and someone else tells them to take their problems out to Highway 61. That's basically it.
I tried to do some research on it and did not come up with much. People thought that the "highway" was a reference for hitting a good vein when you're shooting up i guess, i don't really know much about that. This would mean pretty much that Dylan is suggesting drug use as the cure to problems.
In the first stanza Dylan describes Abraham (Abe) sacrificing his son. Bob Dylan's father's name was Abe so some sources suggested this to be symbolistic of Dylan's dad.
There are also assumptions made about the significance of Highway 61. Highway 61 is said to run through the places where blues, folk, and rock really got their start. It is also nearby where Dylan grew up.
No review i read suggested any real message within the song. I didn't really come up with anything either. I haven't really been able to get into the whole Bob Dylan thing but this song was pretty good, it didn't put me to sleep.

2 comments:

mike said...

I'm glad that one of the greatest rock songs of the 20th century didn't put you to sleep! Sorry you can't figure out why you got the song!

itSAMazing said...

i know why you got the song.
you have a problem with what russo says all the time and hes sick of answering you so hes telling you to take it to highway 61 lmaoo
idk just kidding =]