Radio KAOM: Bob Dylan "Blowin' in the Wind"

 A MOST MEANINGFUL CLASSIC

Bob Dylan

"Blowin' In The Wind"

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/G58XWF6B3AA

Music from my Childhood: Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" performed by Peter, Paul and Mary

 Continuing the series

Music from my Childhood

One of my Favorite Songs

I don't believe in labeling people

But it is difficult not to

In a culture that focuses on labeling

With that said

It is no secret 

That some people would label me

(even disparagingly by some) as

A Bleeding Heart

Peacenik

Progressive 

Liberal

Tree Hugging

Hippie

These terms are supposed to be insults

But I prefer being labeled these

Rather than their alternatives

Labels and stereotypes

Can never describe the whole of a person

We are all so much more complex

In all our various subtle shades and hues

I guess I'd be labeled in this way because

Of my Love for Humanity

My overwhelming desire 

To put Love over profit

To reduce suffering in the lives of all people and

To make the world a better place

For all people to live

It was growing up with songs like this

That influenced my thinking

This song in particular

Resonated with my heart and spirit

Influencing me to choose

Peace and Love over fear and greed

Blowin' In The Wind Lyrics

by Bob Dylan

(Peter, Paul and Mary version)

"How many roads must a man walk down

Before they call him a man?

How many seas must a white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand?

How many times must the cannonballs fly

Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind

The answer is blowing in the wind.

How many years must a mountain exist

Before it is washed to the sea?

How many years can some people exist

Before they're allowed to be free?

How many times can a man turn his head

And pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind

The answer is blowing in the wind.

How many times must a man look up

Before he can see the sky?

How many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry?

How many deaths will it take till he knows

That too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind

The answer is blowing in the wind."

Songwriter: Bob Dylan

~*~

Peter, Paul and Mary

perform

"Blowin' in the Wind"

by Bob Dylan

YouTube Directd Link: https://youtu.be/1Hhi0i0UDS0

MUSIC: Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" performed by The Tenors

INSPIRATIONAL!!!
       
While this song is often thought of
as being sung by a parent to a child
I think it is a song to each of us
to keep the fires and passions,
the wonder and awe,
the playfulness and joy of Youth

inside each of us forever alive.
Our inner-child is this energy that continues
to pump helium into our inner-balloon.
May we stay forever young, my Friend.
        
~*~
     
"Forever Young"
by Bob Dylan
         
"May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
      
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
         
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And may your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young."
         
~*~
            
The Tenors
performing
Bob Dylan's "Forever Young"
Studio Session
from their album 'Lead With Your Heart'
       
YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/FCRWGB3mSxc