In 1983, HH Priya
Nathji records a song he used to sing in America when he was at Harvard, the
words of which had been immortalized by the famous songwriter, Bob Dylan:
“How many roads must
a man walk down before you call him a man?
The answer, my
friend, is blowing in the wind!
How many deaths will
I take till he knows that too many people have died?
How many ears must
one man have, before he can hear people cry?
How many seas must
the wild dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must
the cannon balls fly before they are forever banned?
The answer my friend
is blowing in the wind,
The answer is blowing
in the wind
The song is almost
spiritual. Shri Nathji enjoys the song and the lyrics immensely, and sends his
blessings to Bob Dylan.
Shri Nathji always
had a large place in his heart for artists, poets, actors, writers, and often
said that these persons had pure hearts, in which God was present and which
came out in their art.
Bob Dylan (May 24,
1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and artist. He
has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five
decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an
informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A
number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and
"The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems for the US civil
rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk
music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" has
been described as radically altering the parameters of popular music in 1965.
His recordings employing electric instruments attracted denunciation and
criticism from others in the folk movement.
Dylan's lyrics
incorporated a variety of political, social, philosophical, and literary
influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to
the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody
Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, and the music and performance
styles of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley, Dylan has both
amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning fifty
years, has explored many of the traditions in American song—from folk, blues
and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and
Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with guitar,
keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has
toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending
Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central
to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his
songwriting.
Since 1994, Dylan has
published three books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been
exhibited in major art galleries. As a
songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years
including Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and
Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special
citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture,
marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." In May
2012, Dylan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack
Obama.
Here is a photograph
of Bob Dylan, with Joan Baez, another favorite singer of HH Priya Nathji. They
both were together in a relationship in the early years of their career. This photo was taken in Washington
on, August 28, 1963
The song “How many
roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?” can be heard with lyrics
at the following link -
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