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    Bob Dylan wrote the song "Blowin' in the Wind" in 10 minutes by putting words to an old spiritual and folk melody. The song was first recorded by Dylan for his 1962 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan but was covered by other artists who turned it into a hit. "Blowin' in the Wind" addresses man's indifference to injustice through a series of poetic questions and became Dylan's most famous and covered song, suggesting the need for change.

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    Bob Dylan wrote the song "Blowin' in the Wind" in 10 minutes by putting words to an old spiritual and folk melody. The song was first recorded by Dylan for his 1962 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan but was covered by other artists who turned it into a hit. "Blowin' in the Wind" addresses man's indifference to injustice through a series of poetic questions and became Dylan's most famous and covered song, suggesting the need for change.

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    BobDylan,'Blowin'intheWind'

    Writer:Dylan
    Producer:JohnHammond
    Released:May'63,Columbia
    Didnotchart
    InApril1962,atGerde'sFolkCityinNewYork'sGreenwichVillage,20yearoldBobDylangavea
    quickspeechbeforeplayingoneofhisnewsongs:"Thishereain'tnoprotestsongoranythinglikethat,
    'causeIdon'twritenoprotestsongs,"hesaid.Thenhesangthefirstandthirdversesofthestill
    unfinished"Blowin'intheWind."PublishedinfullamonthlaterinthefolkjournalBroadsideand
    recordedonJuly9th,1962,forhissecondalbum,TheFreewheelin'BobDylan,"Blowin'intheWind"
    wasDylan'sfirstimportantcomposition.Itisalsothemostfamousprotestsongeverwritten.
    TheChadMitchellTriowerethefirsttoreleasearecordingofit,andPeter,PaulandMaryturneditinto
    anenormoushitinthesummerof1963.Still,everyoneknewthesongbelongedtotheburningeyed
    youngmanwhoruledNewYork'sfolkscene,andwhoserecordingofitjusthisbramblyvoiceand
    fleetfingeredacousticguitarplayingwasdefinitive.ItprobablyremainsDylan'smostcoveredsong,
    anallpurposeprogressiveanthemsuggestingthatthingsmustandwillchange.Thesong'smelody
    borrowsfromtheslaveryerafolksong"NoMoreAuctionBlockforMe,"anditslanguageisrootedas
    muchinWoodyGuthrie'searthyvernacularasinbiblicalrhetoric.Butinadecisivebreakwiththe
    currenteventsconventionsoftopicalfolksongs,Dylanframedthecrisesaroundhiminaseriesoffierce,
    poeticquestionsthataddressedwhathebelievedwasman'sgreatestinhumanitytoman:indifference.
    "Someofthebiggestcriminalsarethosethatturntheirheadsawaywhentheyseewrong,"hedeclaredin
    theFreewheelin'linernotes.

    Later,Dylanrevealedmoreaboutthemechanicsofwritingthesong:"Iwrote'Blowin'intheWind'in10
    minutes,justputwordstoanoldspiritual,probablysomethingIlearnedfromCarterFamilyrecords.
    That'sthefolktradition.Youusewhat'sbeenhandeddown."
    Appearson:TheFreewheelin'BobDylan(Columbia)
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    Readmore:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the500greatestsongsof
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