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And with this song, written in the autumn of 1963, he got just that - the ultimate "protest" song that notes the upheaval going on in the United States. The day after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Dylan opened a show in Ohio with The Times They Are A-Changin' - and never has a protest song had so much significance: "Your old road is rapidly agin' / Please get out of the new one / If you can't lend your hand / For the times they are a-changin'." A Hard Ra

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Bob Dylan's most important protest songs - Radio X Skip to content skip to navigation Radio X Listen On Air Now Issy Panayis 1pm - 4pm Now Playing You And Me Song The Wannadies Download 'You And Me Song' on iTunes Playlist Schedule Home Radio Artists News Features Win Tickets Festivals Charity Podcasts Store Follow us on: Follow RadioX on Facebook Follow RadioX on Instagram Follow RadioX on Youtube Classic Rock Bob Dylan's most important protest songs 22 May 2026, 14:20 | Updated: 22 May 2026, 14:32 Bob Dylan, as seen in the 1967 documentary Don't Look Back. Picture: Alamy As Dylan celebrates his 85th birthday on 24th May, let's take a look back at the hugely influential singer-songwriter's most powerful lyrics from The Times They Are A-Changin' to Masters Of War. By Radio X Classic Rock @xclassicrock Listen to this article Loading audio... Born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota on 24th May 1941, Bob Dylan made his name writing simple but powerful songs about racism, war and civil rights. Performing at a time when his native America was undergoing significant social change, Dylan's music evolved from politically-charged folk to electrifying rock. Since then, he's experimented with country and Christian music and he's even been part of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys . Bob Dylan's early songs are like a diary of the USA: racial injustice and the fear of nuclear war come under examination time and time again. With the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in the 21st Century and war and injustice a daily occurrence for many, some of the topics he covered over 60 years ago are still relevant today. The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan The Times They Are A Changin' 1964 "I wanted to write a big song, with short concise verses that piled up on each other in a hypnotic way," Dylan told writer Cameron Crowe. And with this song, written in the autumn of 1963, he got just that - the ultimate "protest" song that notes the upheaval going on in the United States. The day after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Dylan opened a show in Ohio with The Times They Are A-Changin' - and never has a protest song had so much significance: "Your old road is rapidly agin' / Please get out of the new one / If you can't lend your hand / For the times they are a-changin'." A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Bob Dylan A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall Appearing on his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, this song was written just before the Cuban Missle Crisis of October 1962, in which the US and USSR faced off, with a very real threat of nuclear war hanging over the world. Dylan was keen to stress that the "hard rain" wasn't nuclear fall-out, he was thinking more of the ongoing struggles of history. Only A Pawn In Their Game Bob Dylan performs "Only A Pawn In Their Game" at March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963 Medgar Evers was a former World War II veteran who campaigned against segregation at the Univers

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