Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak initially bonded over their mutual obsession with Bob Dylan, the former an obsessive collector of Dylan concert bootlegs from the early electric period of 19. More than 3,000 artists have covered Dylan songs, and his influence can still be heard today in modern music - just listen to Mumford & Sons.ĭylan’s influence wasn’t just for budding pop stars. Other acts acknowledged having felt Dylan’s influence include Pete Townshend, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Syd Barrett, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits. The clip is one of the first “modern” promotional films, a forerunner of what later became known as the music video.ĭylan became a huge influence on The Beatles, especially John Lennon and later Bob and George Harrison became very close friends. The cue cards, which were written by Donovan, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Neuwirth, and Dylan himself, have intentional misspellings and puns throughout the clip: for instance, when the song’s lyrics say “eleven dollar bills” the poster says “20 dollar bills.” Dylan came up with the idea of holding up cue cards, with selected words and phrases from the lyrics, and the clip was shot in an alley behind the Savoy Hotel in London.
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