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...Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan?? is blowing into Harvard, playing to a sold-out crowd and channeling the music that made him a legend and continue to establish his acoustic, edgy presence in the world of folk and rock and roll. The concert is sponsored by The Harvard Concert Commission. No tickets available for sale. 8 p.m. Gordon Indoor Track and Field Center...
...summer I was sixteen, I went on a hiking trip in Washington state, and bonded with my trip-leader over “Blood on the Tracks” — Dylan??s heart-wrenching 1975 post-divorce album. I only knew a few of the songs, but my leader—bearded, wild and anti-intellectual—kept urging me to buy it. He borrowed my walkman to listen to “tangled up in blue” on Mollie’s mix tape over and over, smacking his hands on the dashboard...
...Dylan??s words told me what to do to break free: “Dance beneath a diamond-sky, with one hand racing free/silhouetted by the sea.” As the song played, I used to close my eyes and picture myself running down to the beach and waving one hand in the air, just like Dylan said I should. And really, who wouldn’t want to do that? It still seems like the most wonderful idea in the entire world...
...when I played Dylan??s version of the song I had a harder time reaching such epiphanies. His voice was so whiny, so difficult to take, and the song’s beauty and rapture were lost on me. So I bought the Judy Collins CD and listened to her version over and over and over...
...don’t care. When I walk through the doors of Dylan??s Harvard concert on Sunday, I’m going to forget about all my midterms, and the coldness of impending winter. Instead, I’m going to dance beneath a diamond sky of music with one hand waving free, and thank Bob for letting...