Even though Bob Dylan is one of my absolute favorites, I haven’t featured any songs here because I know he’s not for everyone. But Tuesday was his 70th birthday, “Maggie’s Farm” has been in my head all week*, and this performance is pretty great, if only because he seems so pissed.
I don’t think this is the 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance where he went electric (because the crowd cheers in the end) but it seems to be from about the same time.
*Gotta love lyrics such as “He hands you a nickel, he hands you a dime, he asks you with a grin if you’re having a good time […] They say, ‘sing while you slave!’ and I just get bored.”