https://youtu.be/MMFj8uDubsE https://youtu.be/vWwgrjjIMXA Dylan’s Protest/ Folk Song poses series of rhetorical questions about peace , war and freedom .The refrain ” the answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind ” , has been described as impenetrably ambiguous : Either the answer is so obvious , it is right in( front of ) your face , or the answer is as tangible as the wind . Grammy Hall of Fame ( 1994) & ranked 14 on 2004 Rolling stones 500 Greatest songs . Woody Guthrie compared his political sensibility રાજકીય સૂઝ બૂઝ to newspaper blowing in the winds in the New York City streets & alleys (Theme taken to song ).” The answer is blowin’in the wind , but no one picks up the answer “: Dylan commented : “many criminals are those that turn their heads away when they see wrongs and know it’s wrong . At 21 years age(1962) , I know about too many wars . You people over 21 are older & smarter . ” ( In 2020 ?!?) . Some people finds spiritual feelings in this song : eyes to see but see not & ears to hear but hear not (new Testament) pretending . It took it off a song called, ” No More Auction Block” sung by the slaves & “we shall overcome ” Folk Songs of N. America : That is spiritual and blowin’ in the wind are the same feeling . It was sung as an Anthem during 60s civil/ML King’s/workers’ rights movement , also during apartheid time of 70/80 s, & 90 s famine time/hunger in Africa . No need to write new/fresh one . Sam Cooke ‘ s ” A change is gonna come ” was inspired by it . It could just be applied to any freedom issue . 1963 T. V . appearance & Audio of Bob Dylan & Tom petty & heartbreaker are uploaded hereinabove . Amid Thousands of Migrants on the roads walking hundreds of miles far away for their Homes during Indian Lock downs of 2020 , some may see that song captures the frustrations & homeland call to rely upon . All forgot : “Farmer’s Family On Their Farm”. And never prepared/bothered for new cities for migrants . No one picks up the answer which will fly away : After All , who knows expressing through Mouth Organ : Hear it from Bob Dylan and see it in front of his mouth : 👂 કાન થી વાંચો ને એકોસ્ટિક ગિટાર ની strings સાથે સાંભળી ને પૂછો : First Line : “How many roads must a man walk down ?” Is proposed as ULTIMATE QUESTION in the Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams . Is it only a Textbook poem which replaced Shakespeare’s in Sri lanka in1975 ?LYRICS : BOB DYLAN : : : :. : : : :. : : : : :. How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man ? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand ? Yes,’n’ how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they’re forever banned ? The answer , my friend , is blowin’ in the wind . The answer is blowin’in the wind . Yes,’n’ how many years can a mountain exist Before It’s washed to the sea ? Yes,’n’ how many years can some people exist Before they’re allowed to be free ? Yes,’n’ how many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn’t see ? The answer , my friend , is blowin’ in the wind . The answer is blowin’ in the wind . Yes,’n’ how many times a must a man look up Before he can see the sky ? Yes,’n’ how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry ? Yes,’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died ? The answer , my friend , is blowin’ in the wind . The answer is blowin’ in the wind . : : : : ; Songwriter : Bob Dylan (1962) From the Album : The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963). ::::::;::: https://youtu.be/u0Lx3supRTQ Click here to view Bob Dylan /Keith Richards / Ronwood Performing “live Aid” from John F Kennedy stadium , Philadelphia on 13.1.85 in front of 1 Lakh people For the cause of Ethiopian Famine , through one of the largest satellite link ups & seen by 40 % of global population . Worst hit biblical famine closest to living hell , left 1.2 million dead , 400,000 refugees , 2.5 millions displaced , 200, 000 children orphaned , destruction of infrastructure & economy . Russian/Cuban supported Govt restricted food supply to areas of guerrilla soldiers & even non insurgents of Tigrey (most of the death ) who were in Anti Govt conflicts (1,50,000 killed by military) REVANGE . Wrong Policies resulted into collapse of state farms /un employing seasonal labours , wholesale made illegal , failure of resettlement/ forced new Villagization (thousands of peasants died). 5.8 millions depended on relief food . Sale of “we are the world” , ” Do they know it’s Christmas ?” , “USA For Africa” : Musical Singles & “Live Aid ” Concerts brought millions of money . With the better policies aided by world’s experts , 13.2 millions faced prospects of famine in 2003 & Only 300 died . This reminds Amartya Sen’s Study of Bengal’s Famine which called it as a pitiful result of faulty / uncaring British policies for the (Non)/ insufficient distribution of food supply /failure through the Chains available in other parts of India as Enough Food even for entire Bengal . In 2020 Food is Full in our godowns & bumper wheat harvest is coming from the farms but signs of rechannelizing in the markets/ on the roads under Lock downs /to the homes & up to the poorest of the poors without money are expected to emerge : Alarming : : https://youtu.be/WZnv6qLWPy4 Click here to view STEVIE WONDER Live at Madison square garden ,New York , performance in 1992 on Bob Dylan’s 30 th Anniversary Concert / Still asks Hard Questions In More Harder Ways : 54 Years Ago Steve recorded Bob Dylan’s 1962 Protest Song On August 30 1966 which reached to the top of R & B Chart . War , freedom , peace & also additionally an enduring struggle for equality are reflected .By the time to the end of 19 th century , It was realised that humiliation , cruelties for the descendants of former slaves would come to an end and a change is not just believed in but expected as a Given One . You can hear this in Stevie ‘ s Version : which ups the tempo slightly : but not a cry & ads a shuffling bass /blues / piano / harmonica . His Straight forward Vocals & Song’s Cut to the Chase Arrangements / even slowing down transforms Dylan’s rhetorical Questions in to the Self Evident Fact . Wonder’s Version alludes neither to the Song’s Roots as a Folk Tune or as a spiritual instead , appropriately enough , it sounds like a product of Motown ( motor & town of Detroit where This first black owned Record Company was founded ) , the label which turn black music to an American but Stylized Pop music which he extended with genre spanning exploration from the boundary between black & white music . So , it becomes Political Song & not a mystic poetic lament about injustice but as “A Declaration Of Empowerment ” : so distinct in voicing Questions . The fight for Equal Rights was very much needed in 1966 but Wonder could feel the Winds Of Change Blowing Strong , decisive and inevitable which make the Song memorable right now to the thousands of miles of walking by migrants labours happening On the Indian Roads under the 2020 Lock downs . As Dylan once said : Is the Answer flying away from the front of the face questioning : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : https://youtu.be/9Osbub_iTZg. 1986 Live Performance : The Trio ‘s Peter Paul and Mary Version recorded in June 1963 : 3 weeks after Dylan ‘ s Original & reached # 2 on Billboard 1 Million sold & # 1 on middle road chart for 5 weeks . The archaic melody & elliptical lyrics made it a 1963 Hit & still appeal to the listeners who might have shrunk from a more politically strident missive . Not too many protest songs have reached / stayed # 1 in chart for 5 weeks . 3 years later Stevie wonder picked the same top with the same song . And you can find some listeners weeping with tears alongside the Questioning Lift of the Mary ‘ s Head shown with the stated factual position of Insistence : : : : : : : : : : : : : : https://youtu.be/cBP59jSU4Ag. Click here to view Joan Baez version of ” Blowin’ in the wind ” જેનો મતલબ એ કે : જવાબ દેખીતી રીતે સાવ સ્પષ્ટ છે : આપણી સામે તુરંતજ નજરે પડશે : પ્રત્યક્ષ : જાણે કે ફૂંક મારી / વાંસળી વગાડી જોઇ / વાજું વાગ્યે સમજી ગયા : એટલું સાફ . Blowing everywhere in plain sight : So Obvious . અથવા તો જવાબ હવા માં છે : શાંત કે પછી વા વાયો તે માં : In the Wind indeed . હવા કે પવન નો પીછો કરવા નો કોઈ અર્થ નથી /કારણ નથી . કદાચ ગીતકાર ડિલાન ને મન જવાબ બંને છે . હવા કે પવન ✋ હાથ ધરવામાં આવે , શું દેખાયા છે કદી ? પણ સાચે જ હોય જ ને ! ” મૂઠી ભરીને હવા સાથે લીધી ને શોધવા જવાનું છે , પવન ને … ” . ગીતકારે અહીં વકતૃત્વ પૂર્ણ પ્રશ્રો પૂછ્યા છે , એમાં વાક્ચાતુર્ય છે : શાંતિ , યુધ્ધ , સ્વાતંત્ર્ય , વિશે . અસમાનતા , અન્યાય ને મ્રુત્યુ ના ઉલ્લેખ સાથે આ ગીત વિરોધ ને તેને લગતા દેશ વિદેશમાં થયેલા પ્રદર્શનો અને ચળવળો સુધી પહોંચવા ની શક્યતા સુધી લઈ જાય છે . Folk song/ Anthem / લોક (લાડીલુ) ગીત / સ્તુતિ ગીત મધુર હોય જ , પણ પ્રોટેસ્ટ ગીત પણ મધુર હોય ખાસ તો જ્યારે જોન બાયઝ એ ગાયું હોય : : ” બ્લોવિન ઈન ધ વિન્ડ ” બોબ ડિલાન : આસ્વાદ કાવ્યાર્થ વિચાર વિ જયરાજ પૂણે ૧૦.૫ .૨૦
