Blowin’ in the wind 

In 1963 Bob Dylan released a song called “Blowin in the wind”. I decided this week I would look up something along the lines of songs that really made a difference, just like we had been doing in class. The songs highlight basically speak about peace, freedom, and really brought up questions that were getting ignored at the time. Hence the name blowin in the wind, when something gets brought up for change it just floats away until it really comes to an end. All of the answers are up in the sky so to speak.  

I personally took the metaphor as all of the answers could be all around us but nobody can see them, just like the wind itself. The song is very anti-war and anti-fighting. There are lines saying “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” I feel as though people at the time really did not know the answer to that particular question. Whenever war would stop all knew another was coming.  

Within class this week I realized how much music there really is spreading messages all around the word. Music is so powerful in a way that getting a point across can become so easy if people really take the time to listen and discuss what is being said.It really is an eye-opening thing that these artists have the ability to make a real change, just by writing a song and performing it everywhere.