This presentation is based on Bob Dylan's Songs Impact on Society.

1. Bob Dylan's Songs
Impact on Society

2. Personal Details
● Name:- Payal Bambhaniya
● Paper no. :- 108
● Paper Name:- The American Literature
● Topic :- Bob Dylan's
● Subject Code:- 22401
● Enrollment no. :- 4069206420220002
● Submitted to:- SMT S. B. Gardi Department of English,
MKBU.
● Batch :- M.A. Sem.2 (2022-2024 )

3. Points to Ponder
● Bob Dylan
● Themes and Writing Style
● Major Songs
● Fock and Rock song or Music
● Conclusion

4. Bob Dylan
● Bob Dylan is American Singer-songwriter, author and
visual artist.
● He was regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of
all time.
● Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture for
more than 60 years.
● Some become anthems for the civil rights and anti-war
movement.
● His lyrics during this period incorporated a range of
politics, social, philosophical, and literary influences,
defying pop music conversation and appealing to the
burgeoning counterculture.
● Dylan was awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in literature’ in
2016.

5. Themes and Writing Style
● Protest
Freedom
Abandoned
Revenge
Love
Politics
● Dylan has evolved a musical style that includes Fock, rock,
gospel, country and jazz.
● His writing style is known for its verbal dexterity, wit, social
commentary, and adept handling of metaphor and rhyme.
● Allen Ginsberg, on first hearing Dylan's music, wrote, “I heard
“Hard Rain “- and wept. Becouse it seemed that the torch had
been passed to another generation, from earlier bohemian, and
Beat illuminatio.

6. Major Songs
● Blowin’ in the Wind
● The Times They are A-Changing
● Mr. Tambourine Man
● Like a Rolling Stone
● Just like a Woman
● Things have Changed
● Pay in Blood
● Ain't Talkin
● The mid 1960s were a time of great change. One such place
of change was the world of fock music. He became a symbol
of change when he moved from fock to rock music.

7. Fock and Rock Music or Song
● Simple tune and strong best.
● It played on Electric
instrument.
● Rock music originated in the
United States in 1960.
● Various styles:- Blues, County
and Gospel.
● Like a Rolling Stone is one of
the best example of Rock
Music and song.
● It is a traditional song.
● It played on treditional
instruments.
● It associated with traditional
and rural communities.
Rock Music or Song
Fock Music or Song

8. Like a Rolling Stone
● ‘Like a Rolling Stone’is one of the most famous
song of Bob Dylan.
● Rock Song
● Released in 1965
● It has been covered by many artists.
● The song’s driving, electric guitar-based
sounds.
● It helped Dylan to transition from fock singer to
rock singer.
● Like a Rolling Stone is statistically the most
acclaimed song of all time.
● Rolling Stone listed it at no. 1 on their 2004 and
2010 “500 Greatest songs of All Time” Lists.

9. Blowin’ in the Wind
● Blowin’in the Wind is a Fock song published in
1963.
● This song is considered an anthem of civil rights
movement in America.
● It was released as a single and included on his
album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
● It is a song of protest, self-expression, and reality.
● The major theme of this song is social injustice
and the search for truth and freedom.
● Dylan uses a series of questions to ask about
various issues, such as war, peace, freedom, and
equality.
● It is a song that has inspired social change. It
demonstrates the power of music to bring people
together, to inspire action and to effect change.

10. The Times They Are A-Changing
● The Times They Are A-Changing is a Fock song
written by Bob Dylan.
● Dylan wrote the song as a deliberate attempt to
create an anthem of change for the time.
● The lines, “Come senators, Congressmen, please
heed the call Don't stand in the doorway, don't block
up the hall”. This line suggests that those in position
of power have a responsibility to listen to people
they represent and to work towards positive
change.
● The message of the song is a urging people to
embrace change, to speak out against injustice and
to work towards a better future.

11. Conclusion
● According to Jimi Hendrix, “Music
doesn't lie. If there is something to be
changed in this world, then it can
only happen through Music.”
● It suggests that music has the power
to inspire, motivate, and bring
people together, and that it can be
used as a tool for social and political
progress.
● And we can say that song's of Bob
Dylan's inspire society and Music or
Song industry.

12. Work Citation
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https://www.britannica.com/art/rock-music. Accessed 13 March 2023.
Kooper, Al. "Bob Dylan". Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Jan. 2023,
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bob-Dylan-American-musician. Accessed
13 March 2023.
https://www.poertyfoundation.org/poets/bob-dylan.

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