Denzel Washington was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Rubin Carter. The movie is called The Hurricane.

@GeoffCB

Ай бұрын

A great movie. I rewatched it recently.

Tangled up in blue is a good one! 😊

@ib-rr8fw

Ай бұрын

The single version is the one👍

Dylan visited Carter in prison on December 7, 1975 and the next day raised over $100,000 for Carter's defense at a Madison Square Garden concert with his Rolling Thunder Revue, which featured Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Roberta Flack. After they broke up in 1976 Dylan never preformed this song live again. Co written with Jacques Levy who also co-wrote most of the 'Desire' album. They took a lot of liberties with the lyrics, including most of the dialogue, which was necessary to make the song scan. Great tune. I'd suggest 'Lay, Lady, Lay' next. Cheers.

@karensilvera6694

Ай бұрын

Exactly! I 2nd everything you said.

@musicairplanes4884

Ай бұрын

There is a live version on youtube.

I love this song, but my favorite Dylan song is 'Tangled Up In Blue followed by 'Like a Rolling Stone'.

@Mare_bear738

Ай бұрын

Yes! Another great song! Love it.

@denroy3

Ай бұрын

Blue

@Mare_bear738

Ай бұрын

Two of my favorites too! 😊

Bob Dylan received a Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. His music has moved the collective American soul for sixty years. So many social injustices he has tried to influence through music. He has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 10 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and Academy Award. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame and in 2008 he received a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize board for profound contribution on American culture and music. Dylan is a legend and poet laureate, artist with exhibited paintings that should not to be overlooked.

And it rhymes with 'trigger'. Bob was an amazing lyricist and the Nobel Prize committee agrees! Dylan is the greatest singer/songwriter, maybe ever but certainly from this time period.

@lakermd

Ай бұрын

Nobel prize people are legit? Doubt that

You definitely have to react to Like A Rolling Stone...not only one of Dylan's greatest songs but one of rock's greatest songs of all time

@Mare_bear738

Ай бұрын

Yes, agree😊

@timmiller5012

Ай бұрын

It’s his only good song

@colleentrygg7376

Ай бұрын

There’s a video of Bob singing Like a Rolling Stone with the Rolling Stones… it’s priceless…

@foxandscout

Ай бұрын

@@timmiller5012yes that’s why millions of people of all ages and demographics love and respect him and he still sells out shows at age 83.

We would be remiss to not point out the awesome violin playing that is shoving those lyrics right in your face along with the drums. Just a magnificent musical effort.

@RandyHall324

Ай бұрын

Scarlett Rivera (whom Dylan "discovered" walking around NYC) plays it beautifully throughout the album.

@thomasstuker2726

Ай бұрын

Was thinking the same 😊! Wonderful violin.

@thomasdempsey721

Ай бұрын

Beautifully harrowing!!!

@tomaleshire4145

Ай бұрын

I'm 72 now but as I recall the violinist was a tall, slender woman. When she played you were captivated. I saw this tour at the Astrodome in Houston, Tx. Fantastic!🤗✌️❤️

This was a rebel call for people of the public to see what had been done. Rubin Carter ~ 'The Hurricane' was a middleweight boxer that was doing very well, until he stepped into that bar in N.J. ~ Things went downhill from there. He spent 20 years in jail for something he did not do. This is Bob Dylan shouting out about the injustice of this act. Rubin was hero in many ways. This song does bring enlightenment to so many. Thank you for sharing this! =)

@pistolpete8819

Ай бұрын

No...Ruben Carter actually admitted later in life that he did !!!

@joeblow9374

Ай бұрын

BS

@tomaleshire4145

Ай бұрын

BULL💩! A sheet and hood racist is in the chat!🤬👎SMH.😫✌️

@Crazywater1976

Ай бұрын

He actually was guilty. Another case of celebs taking up a BS cause.

@caseyjones9359

Ай бұрын

You can believe without a doubt theres one thing for certain This guy really wants it to be true.

"He ain't no Gentleman Jim" refers to 19th Century boxer James J. Corbett, who was given that nickname because he was much different from most boxers of his time, being educated and having a strong sense of fair play in the ring.

@BobGR

Ай бұрын

Yes that's who gentleman Jim was but the point Dylan is making is that Jim was white.

@boki1693

Ай бұрын

LOL, ironic that you posted this and your last name is Sullivan. One of Jim's rivals. By the way, my last name is Corbett. :)

@willynillylive

Ай бұрын

He was the last bear knuckle boxing champion

As Canadians you will be surprised and impressed to know 2 Canadian Law Students in Toronto took up Rubin Carters case post incarceration, as a PHD Doctorate, and after investigating the details and passing their Bar Exam they took up his case for real, and got him freed based on the false testimonies etc.

@bluebird3281

Ай бұрын

Yes, I read about that as a grown man but as a young boy I heard this song in the early eighties and just assumed that they let Carter out after this song. I figured someone must have gone back and opened the case, Dylan made a compelling defense that I could even understand at that age and made it all rhyme so surely it must have been sorted out by the time I first heard the song. Nope it decades later he was released by the efforts the good attorneys from Canada.

BARS & BARBELLS, Great story, great song for this one I strongly suggest that you watch the 1999 movie " THE HURRICANE " staring Danzel Washington to full impact the story. This is a true story . Nice reaction 👊🏾👊🏾

I saw BOB DYLAN🔥 on the "Hurricane" tour at the Astrodome in Houston, TX. Fantastic show, fantastic cause! I was very happy to be contributing to Rubin Carter's defense fund.💯😁❤️✌️

He's a master lyricist. His song's are stories. So many of them have been covered by other artists.

All of Desire is a must listen. The record actually gets better from here. The last track, Sara, is one of my favorite Dylan tunes.

@markhodge7

Ай бұрын

You've said it all. Their first Dylan listen was Isis.

@John_Locke_108

Ай бұрын

@@markhodge7 Oh. I'll have to search for that reaction.

@kimshaky

Ай бұрын

i actualy bought the album just becaus of hurricane back in the seventies

@mitchellbeston1033

Ай бұрын

Agree 100%

@mike6174

Ай бұрын

In total agreement - also love one more cup of coffee

A hard rains is going to fall is and masterpiece by Dylan !!!

Always loved this song. Anything from 'Blood On The Tracks' or 'Desire'. Black Diamond Bay is a personal favourite of mine for its rhythm and quirky lyrics.

It was a story of the time. The story was controversial, but Bob's lyrics and language were very much "the words of the time", meaning common speech. Yes, this song made a huge difference to Rubin's eventual future. Events and conviction were 1967, with Bob's song 1975, following a 1974 -76 retrial, when it was in the news, and the song on the radio, and I was a teenage Dylan fan. Rubin was eventually released in 1985 and moved to Canada. He could have been Champion of the World! Absolute mastery of metrics and rhyming. Sliding in and out of free verse, maintaining the cadence and changing the verse length. Only one Mr. Zimmerman.

Bob is an amazing artist and he paints a picture with his lyrics

Blind Willie McTell is a must-listen Bob Dylan Song.

@alabamaisyourdaddy6137

Ай бұрын

That song is an absolute masterpiece with a stunning vocal performance

My favorite Bob Dylan song is Tangeld Up In Blue.

My favorite Bod Dylan song is Tangled Up In Blue

“Mr. Carter was never exonerated; he was released in 1985 when a federal judge ruled there had been procedural errors during the second trial, and prosecutors decided not to try him a third time.”

Bob raging here and It gives me the chills everytime, the way he tells the outrageous story of Rubin Carter, unfiltered, crude... the best Dylan song to my taste, he never made it like this again, I don't recall him being this mad and pissed off afterwards, but I'm not a Dylan expert. Also, to reflect partially Bob's rage here, there's this line "he ain't no gentleman Jim" who is a boxing reference to James Corbett, one of the most notorious heavyweights ever and a well-known racist who lost his title against Jack Johnson, the first black boxer champion of the world.

A shout to roben. R. I. P. My friend. 😢 Your store will live on forever.

One of the best song of Bob🤘

This song is fire, as is the whole album (IMO). Kudos to Dylan for shedding light on the situation that eventually helped Rubin Carter get a retrial which led to his eventual exoneration.

Not to mention the amazing drumming! On a Dylan song!! And loud too!

Yessir.. Love to hear Bob tell a story!! Shakespeare with a guitar!!! yes,a true poet..unreal..!!!

PLUS BOB REALLYYYY LOVED ( JONI'S ) EPIC 71 ALBUM ( BLUE ) SO THAT WAS SOME OF THE TANGLING! 😊

I remember reading about Rubin Carter when I was a teen back in the '70's. Probably about the same time this song came out. Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂

Rubin ended up moving to Toronto and becoming a Canadian citizen after he was released. In 1996, he was mistakenly arrested by Toronto police who had supposedly sold drugs to an undercover officer, but was released after the mistake was realized.

@joelliebler5690

Ай бұрын

I believe he became an attorney in Vancouver!

Dylan, truly believed Carter was wrongly accused and jailed for a murder he didn't commit. In 1974, Bello and Bradley withdrew their identifications of Carter and Artis, and these recantations were used as the basis for a motion for a new trial. Judge Samuel Larner denied the motion on December 11, saying they "lacked the ring of truth". Despite Larner's ruling, Madison Avenue advertising executive George Lois organized a campaign on Carter's behalf, increasing public support for a retrial or pardon. Boxer Muhammad Ali lent his support to the campaign (including publicly wishing Carter good luck on his appeal during his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in September 1973). Bob Dylan co-wrote (with Jacques Levy) and performed a song called "Hurricane" (1975), which declared that Carter was innocent. On December 7, 1975, Dylan performed the song at a concert at Trenton State Prison, where Carter was temporarily an inmate. In 1985, Carter's attorneys filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court. Later that year, Judge H. Lee Sarokin of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the writ, noting that the prosecution had been "predicated upon an appeal to racism rather than reason, and concealment rather than disclosure", and set aside the convictions. Carter, 48 years old, was freed without bail in November 1985. Carter lived in Toronto, Ontario, where he became a Canadian citizen, and was executive director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) from 1993 until 2005. Carter resigned when the AIDWYC declined to support Carter's protest of the appointment to a judgeship of Susan MacLean, who was the prosecutor of Canadian Guy Paul Morin, who served over eighteen years in prison for rape and murder until exonerated by DNA evidence. The Hurricane died in Toronto from Cancer on April 20, 2014 (aged 76) a free man..

Tells a great story and one of injustice imparted.

My Back Pages - Bob Dylan The 30th Anniversary Concert ... This is a true gem.

Masterful. Not a wasted word. The whole album is fantastic.

Want more like this from Dylan? From the "Blood on the Tracks" album, listen to "Tangled Up In Blue" and "Lily, Rosemary, and The Jack Of Hearts".

@GRAHAMESIMPSON

Ай бұрын

I haven't thought about the Jack of Hearts for a long time - I love that song - thanks for the reminder

@dogbarbill

Ай бұрын

@@GRAHAMESIMPSON Would love to see a movie made from it. Easy to visualize it in my head.

still brings tears to my eyes, specially with current affairs in the courts now...

The Live version is epic.

there is NO Dispute! It's all true. Watch it!!!

great song and he told it well this is a true story song

The whole Desire album is absolutely amazing, you must listen!

I didn't give Bob Dylan a chance because I wasn't keen on his voice. But, I realize now that I missed out on some great songs. I also had no idea until a few years ago just how many songs of his were covered by other artists (hundreds of songs!!!). Case in point, Knocking on Heaven's Door - i had no idea that Guns and Roses were singing Dylan's song.

@Debbie-st4nn

Ай бұрын

Adele sang a Dylan song. Can't remember he name of it but it was one of her early ones

@allanelliot9234

Ай бұрын

It was make you feel my love.​@@Debbie-st4nn

@allanelliot9234

Ай бұрын

Dylan is the most covered single artist in history, almost 6000 covers!

Young Bob singing Just a Pawn in Their Game. At the March on Washington, just two months after the murder of Medgar Evers showed the biggest stones of all.

Bob was calling people out and naming names. It took guts to write and publish this song.

@painless465

Ай бұрын

Yes,Patty Valentine actually sued Dylan for violation of her privacy She lost

@98armstead

Ай бұрын

It was a work of fiction. Even Dylan distanced himself from the song after the facts come out.

As the Beatles raised the bar on the music, Dylan raised the bar on the lyrics for rock and roll. Another amazing one is "Like a Rolling Stone"! Great thorough reaction guys.

Thank you, guys. I was not familiar with this song - or much of Dylan. I appreciate being brought along on the ride!

A favorite, of not just Bob Dylan's songs, but of all time.

It was the 60’s. There was zero push back and wasn’t even mentioned by anyone.

@Kunsoo1024

Ай бұрын

75, but yes.

@alabamaisyourdaddy6137

Ай бұрын

70s

This is one of Bob’s best stories lyrically and musically!❤if you have not done it yet then you would love Tangled Up In Blue! In some regions and area around the U.S.A. those same prejudices by the authorities still exist!

Back in the day I would light up a joint and listen to this song over and over again. It really bothered me. I was relieved when Rubin Carter got out.

Rubin spent the rest of his life helping others who had been wrongly jailed by forming a non-profit organization to rally to those causes. He was an articulate and gifted man. A horrible injustice to be sure. And a great tune by Thee master lyricist.

Another song about someone falsely accused of murder was the song "Wheat Kings and Pretty Things" about David Milgard, who was accused of murder in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. Saskatoon is called the Paris of the Praries. It is actually beautiful

The good thing about Dylan, that almost all of his songs are storytelling ones, and he really can tell a story! One of my favorite is "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll".

Bob Dylan is simply the best singer-songwriter in the history of recorded music. Most casual listeners have no idea of the man's achievement. He is our Shakespeare.

Try Tangled up in Blue or Shelter from the Storm. Two of my favorites from Mr Dylan.

He also played the harmonica throughout the song, not just the end.

Historical note -- the "he ain't no Gentleman Jim" is a reference to Gentleman Jim Corbett, a famous boxer more than 100 years ago, considered a pioneer in developing boxing techniques. In terms of Carter, yes it was 60 years ago, but circumstances are not as different now as we'd like to think.

"Patty Valentine" ended up suing Dylan for invasion of privacy but it was more of a money grab for the royalties he earned from the song. She dragged out the case for seven years despite never actually winning in the courtroom.

Great reaction to a great song

The song Another Cup of Coffee

So, Rubin Carter wound up leaving the US and became a Canadian citizen. That said, in 1996, Carter, then 59, was arrested when Toronto police mistakenly identified him as a suspect in his thirties believed to have sold drugs to an undercover officer. He was released after the police realized their error. I can only imagine what went through his head at that time, like "I'm never leaving the house again!"

Like a rolling stone

I see a certain movie in your future

Love This Song It's a Masterpiece as Is The Entire Desire Album, Bob Dylan Is a Musical and Lyrical Genius Other Great Tracks From Bob Worth Checking Out? One More Cup Of Coffee, Sara, Changing Of The Guards, Senor, Joey, Things Have Changed. Great Reaction 👍👏💚.

The Fifth Estate did an episode on Rubin Carter, it's on the CBC News YT channel

Dylan didn't shy away from singing about race, especially in when he first emerged in the Civil Rights era. Check out "Pawn in their Game", "Oxford Town", and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" among others.

Hey, guys! I’ve followed you for quite some time, and always enjoy the way that you react! But I must say that this is now my absolute favorite!! This Dylan song has been one of the BEST for years! Being such a sad situation that he passionately wrote and sang about really gripped me the first time that I heard it! It’s an actual masterpiece depicting a true story! It was made into a movie in 1993 entitled, “The Hurricane” in which Denzel Washington portrayed Rubin “Hurricane” Carter! Keep those awesome reactions coming!!

He does it even faster live. He actually had to rewrite and rerecord the song because he ran into legal troubles where it was claimed he defamed some of the people involved. So a few lines were changed (about Bello robbing the bodies for example) before it was officially released.

It’s a great song, but his innocence/guilt is still highly disputed. Dylan stopped performing the song after a 1976 benefit concert, and several years later said that he had “easily (maybe too easily)” trusted the boxer’s version of events. He also was not “proved innocent” (courts don’t determine that, only “not guilty” of the charges brought), nor was he exonerated. From a 2017 Daily Beast article: “Vaunted lefty journalist Jack Newfield complained that “I knew Rubin Carter, attended his fights, covered his retrial, and I didn’t see much reality on the screen,” while also stressing that the judge who vacated Carter and Artis’s two convictions did “not say they were innocent, only that their rights were trampled on.” In 2000, another New York Times writer reminded readers that “Mr. Carter was never exonerated; he was released in 1985 when a federal judge ruled there had been procedural errors during the second trial, and prosecutors decided not to try him a third time.” This distinction is important-and is one that rightfully liberated Carter from prison-but it created a “wrongful” conviction of procedure, not of evidence.”

Great song. Very powerful message. There is also a movie based on this song with Denzel Washington.

You guys have to do tangled up in blue Amazing storytelling which mixes up tenses and time frames

The 2016 the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". He is the 12th Nobel laureate from the United States.

"Isis" and "Hurricane" are both from the album, Desire, a highpoint in his career in my view.

Bob debuted as a folk singer, with his great songs Blowing in the Wind, The Times They Are a-Changin' and A Hard Rain's a'Gonna Fall. Probably the most accessible Bob Dylan song is Subterranean Homesick Blues (video with the flash cards). Another favorite of mine is the studio version of Knockin' on Heaven's Door.

@Mare_bear738

Ай бұрын

Yes! "Blowin In The Wind", "The Times They Are A Changin", "Like A Rolling Stone" and so many others. I didn't get into Dylan till the early 1990s, but wow! after that I was a big fan! I was going deep with Dylan and loving it. I love his music/storytelling ❤.

R.I.P. Rubin Carter, the man the fighter the Hurricane 🥊

@joeblow9374

Ай бұрын

the murderer

@elston3153

Ай бұрын

@joeblow9374 Anybody with half a brain cell could see how racially biased the case was, The police 2 witness did a did a deal to keep themselves out of jail for the start, Multiple witnesses put Carter and Artists no where near a crime scene, ok the film Made more of his military career and less of his past criminal record, I did a little bit of research into this Willie Marins who Survived actually told the police it wasn't them plus Hazal Tanis who later died also said it wasn't the 2 men Carter and Artist so for me both men Innocent, it was the 60s And the police were racist as fuck.

Awesome video.

MY fave Dylan song- When I paint my masterpiece.

My idol! He's was the winner of the Nobel prize for Literature!

If you like this style of Dylan. Try Tangled Up in Blue

Hi guys. This is a true story. Dylan hit it on the head. Check out the movie. It's called "Hurricane". Starring Denzel Washington. One of Denzels best movies.

Dylan takes quite a few liberties with the facts in the case. There's several web sites that lay out the actual facts. Carter was never the #1 contender. He'd reached #3 two years prior to the murder but he'd lost almost half of his last 15 fights at the time of the killing. His career was pretty much done. Witnesses identified a set a very distinct tail lights on the white getaway car. That description matched Carter's vehicle. Carter and John Artis were arrested less than 3 miles from the murder scene, not "Far away in another part of town" as Dylan sings. Nobody seems to know what the "Ruben's in South America fighting for his name" line means. Carter never fought in South America. Dylan's line about "Ruben could take a man out with just one punch, but he never liked to talk about it all that much" isn't accurate. Carter was known to brag about his fighting and often claimed that he'd once knocked out a horse. Carter had a very violent past including prison time. While out on bail for the triple murder, he was arrested for assaulting a woman who was working to free him. Carter's original verdict was thrown out and he received a 2nd trial where he was again convicted. It was not an all white jury in the 2nd trial. The flip side is that racial bias played a role in the conviction of Carter and Artis. They didn't get a fair trial but the matter of their innocence isn't so simple. Ultimately, Carter was released due to the fact that he didn't get a fair trial, his guilt or innocence wasn't a factor. There was evidence against Carter and Artis, so we'll likely never know for sure if they really did it or not. It certainly wasn't as one-sided as Dylan's Hurricane made it out to be. Hurricane is a great song which is why so many people tend to take it as fact.

Hurricane and Isis were on the same album Desire. I suggest a visit to Tangled Up in Blue from the album Blood on the Tracks. I also am fond of Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again --- that song has been an earworm living in my brain for years.

It takes a brave man to tell it like it is.

This song is almost like somebody is singing a newspaper article to you.. another song just like this which reads from a newspaper article is the lonesome death of Hattie Carroll. You will love it.

The album, "Desire" is easily his best album, in my opinion. In fact, it is must have. I have most of Dylan's hits in my playlist but i've got the whole of the album, Desire on it. Isis was also off Desire. Check out "Sara"...the lyrics are beautiful, or "One more cup of coffee".

Scarlet Rivera is superb !!

"THE HURRICANE: (1999) the movie, starring Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, and excellent actor Rod Steiger as Judge Sarokin, is a satisfying and even uplifting movie to watch. Denzel won a Golden Globe for Best Actor. So get your dark chocolate and popcorn with ghee and have a pleasurable evening.

It was a group of Canadian lawyers that helped free him, in the end. Watch the movie. It’s great

This is my favorite by Bob Dylan

If you enjoyed the justice aspect of this song, you could go to the beginning of his career and listen to two of my favorites: "The Times They Are A-Changin" and "Masters of War." Both have the power of "Hurricane."

Thus came our my soph year in college.

Hey Guys, not sure if you know this but there was a movie called "Hurricane". Starring Denzel Washington in the lead role as Ruben Huricane Carter. It was a pretty good movie in my opinion...😁😁

The only thing consistent about Dylan is that he's never consistent.

If you want a good western story from Dylan try Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.

True story

It's a true story.

I think This is his best album pound for pound Mozambique is also great actually there is not a bad song on it!

From the same album..."One More Cup Of Coffee", is worth a listen! Cheers\=/\=/

But I’ll know my song well before I start singing. I think it’s amazing that he can remember all of lyrics and remember the cadence in which to sing them. It’s not just this song, but several of his songs.