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Hurricane — Bob Dylan’s howl of protest still resonates today. The hard-hitting 1975 ballad tells the story of a black boxer framed and jailed for murder.

Posted by ignorabimus
Tags: usa, musicians, bob dylan, history, 1970s, ballads, songs.protest, author.jan dalley, source.ft, paywall
https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/hurricane.html

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Feb 17 2024
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    goryramsy
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    YouTube link to the song. I’d recommend anyone reading this article to give the song a listen. Edit: unsure if my embed link worked, here’s it directly:...

    YouTube link to the song. I’d recommend anyone reading this article to give the song a listen.

    Edit: unsure if my embed link worked, here’s it directly: https://youtu.be/dDEbsd7s-ZQ?si=rFOOXAMwHn8wkWZi

    4 votes
    1. NomadicCoder
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      Thank you for the link. I've always processed song lyrics as just another instrument -- and with voices like Dylan's it's hard to heard the lyrics even with conscious effort, so I had to go look...

      Thank you for the link. I've always processed song lyrics as just another instrument -- and with voices like Dylan's it's hard to heard the lyrics even with conscious effort, so I had to go look up the lyrics. Even though I've heard the song hundreds of times I had no idea what it was about. Unfortunately that link doesn't have the lyrics, so I found them here:

      https://genius.com/Bob-dylan-hurricane-lyrics

      4 votes