description: Dylan is a musical and political icon. From his early days of protest songs, like Blowing in the Wind, The Times They Are A Changing - to his revolutionary Subterranean Homesick Blues, and Like a Rolling Stone, the country Lay Lady Lay, the religious Slow Train Coming, the confessional Idiot Wind, his songs have spoken to generations, had a huge influence on such artists as John Lennon, Lou Reed, Mark Knopfler and been regarded by writers and critics such as Andrew Motion and Craig Raine as a poet who stands alongside such figures as Ginsberg and Walt Whitman.
language: English
title: Lyrics: 1962-2001
titlecomplete: Lyrics: 1962-2001
genres: Pop Culture, 20th Century, Art, Nobel Prize, Music, Reference, Poetry, Literature, The United States Of America, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1196
publisher: Simon & Schuster