Re: Were you 15 when you first heard Like A Rolling Stone?

 > Martin wrote:
 > I've always thought when Bruce Springsteen gave his speech at
Bob's
 > induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and he made his
remark
 > about hearing the whipcrack of Like A Rolling Stone's intro in his
 > mum's car when he was about 15 kicking in the door to his mind or
 > something similarly cliched, that sounded about the right age to
hear
 > that song for the first time, don't know why it just does.  Does
your
 > age at first hearing Dylan - or certain Dylan records - affect the
way
 > you feel about them?  I had been getting into Bob for a couple of
 > years when Infidels came out, and as a result I have a big soft
spot
 > for the 80's albums that get such a bad rap (I'm not saying where
it
 > is though).  Do you have a closer relationship with those records
 > you've known the longest?  Does Bob have an uphill struggle making
 > records to compete with his 60's classics - simply because most of
his
 > audience consider his earlier records part of their upbringing?
 > What's it like to have only come to Bob as a fully grown adult?
It's
 > weird to think of someone coming to Bob through Modern Times (or
TOOM
 > for that matter) and working backwards so to speak - but I guess
it
 > happens all the time.  My first album was Nashville Skyline, and I
 > always feel at home when I hear it, like it's 1981 again.  My
nephew
 > used to sing Who Killed Davey Moore when he was 8 so he's well
versed,
 > but how much do kids get to hear Bob these days?


I actually was about 15 but the yest was around 1973.
 

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