Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin’

February 10th, 1964.

Columbia

Bob Dylan's third studio album, The Times They Are A-Changin', turns 60. An important milestone in Dylan's career, The Times They Are A-Changin' would be the the first Dylan record to be solely comprised of self-written material. Dylan changed the game of music/songwriting somewhat single-handedly.

Dylan picks up right where he left off with 'The Times They Are A-Changin''; although a more consistently dark tone and texture is apparent throughout - damp, apocalyptic, remorseful, full of sorrow, spent, fed up. The final days aren't too far from here. They never are too far at any given time. Right around the corner is where they wait. The tide is getting uncomfortably high. The winds are home to a cutting edge - bone-deep they chill. The grass has begun to turn brown; the soil tainted by deceit; the roots malnourished. One too many mornings. One too many nights. Eternity's gaze weighs a tonne.

An old soul inside young skin. Dylan's records are like youth - wise youth - preserved in amber. Frozen in time and maintained for the next generation to unpack. The passing down of knowledge with an edge of ambiguity for the next set of souls to find themselves lost in. A direct approach is taken where need be. The balance between the two is where the enigmatic artist is born. The certainly uncertain-ness of it all leaves a whirlwind in its wake - a generational pull.

The times certainly were a-changin'. The times they will certainly forever change.

'Don't speak too soon, for the wheel's still in spin.'