History Music / TheFreewheelinBobDylan

** "I Shall Be Free, No. 10" is referenced during The Music/BeastieBoys' song "Car Thief" from ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' from 1989

* ButNotTooBlack: "Oxford Town" is a sardonic attack on the segregation of Afro-Americans at the universities.
--> ''He went down to Oxford Town''
--> ''Guns and clubs followed him down''
--> ''All because his face was brown''
--> ''Better get away from Oxford Town''
--> ''Oxford Town around the bend''
--> ''He comes to the door, he couldn't get in''
--> ''All because of the colour of his skin''
--> ''What do you think about that, my friend?''

** On the wall of the bathroom graffiti cover of Music/TheRollingStones' ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' from 1968 we can read the text: "Bob Dylan's Dream", a reference to the song of the same name from this album.

''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' is the second studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1963. It was the first Dylan album where his own material exceeded his covers. Widely acknowledged as Dylan's first masterpiece and one of his greatest albums overall it is best remembered for the hits and audience favourites "Blowin' in the Wind", "Masters of War", "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "Girl from the North Country" and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right". It's equally famous for its iconic cover photo of Dylan and his then-girlfriend walking down a UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity street.

In 2002, the album was among the first sound recordings to be included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for its "historical, cultural and aesthetical importance." The album was also listed at #97 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].

''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' is the second studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1963. It was the first Dylan album where his own material exceeded his covers. Widely acknowledged as Dylan's first masterpiece and one of his greatest albums overall it is best remembered for the hits and audience favourites "Blowin' In The Wind", "Masters Of War", "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall", "Girl From The North Country" and "Don't Think Twice It's All Right". It's equally famous for its iconic cover photo of Dylan and his then-girlfriend walking down a UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity street.

"Rocks And Gravel", "Let Me Die In My Footsteps", "Gamblin' Willie's Dead Man's Hand" and "Talkin' John Birch Blues" were originally supposed to appear on the album, but [[ExecutiveMeddling against Dylan's wishes]], they were replaced at the last minute with "Girl From The North Country", "Masters Of War", "Talkin' World War III Blues" and "Bob Dylan's Dream".

# "Blowin' In The Wind" (2:48)
# "Girl From The North Country" (3:22)
# "Masters Of War" (4:34)
# "Down The Highway" (3:27)

# "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (6:55)

** "Down The Highway"

** "Don't Think Twice It's All Right"

* ContinuityNod: Dylan would later sing a different version of "Girl From The North Country" on his album ''Music/NashvilleSkyline'' from 1969, in duet with Music/JohnnyCash.

* EpicRocking: "A Hard Rain's-A-Gonna Fall" and "Talkin' World War II Blues" are 7 and 6 and a half minutes, respectively.

* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: "Blown' In The Wind"

* FinalSpeech: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" was written in the midst of the [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar Cuban Missile Crisis]].

* IJustWantToBeFree: "Blowin' In The Wind"

** "Blowin' In The Wind" asks several rhetorical questions, to which "the answer is blowin' in the wind".

** "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"

* OneWomanSong: "Girl From The North Country", "Corrina Corrina".

* SelfTitledAlbum: "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"

** "Girl Of The North Country" borrows two lines from the traditional song "Scarborough Fair".

* AStormIsComing: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall".

* UncommonTime: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" jumps around ''a lot'', but spends more time in 7/4 (or 21/8) than anything else. Many transcriptions just place the whole thing in ridiculously fast 3/4 just to avoid having to notate all the changes, but the song doesn't really play like 3/4.
* WalkingTheEarth: "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright", "Down The Highway" and "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall".

** "Masters Of War".

** "Blowin' In The Wind"

** "Masters Of War"

* UncommonTime: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" jumps around ''a lot'', but spends more time in 7/4 than anything else.

"Rocks And Gravel", "Let Me Die In My Footsteps", "Gamblin' Willie's Dead Man's Hand" and "Taklin' John Birch Blues" were originally supposed to appear on the album, but [[ExecutiveMeddling against Dylan's wishes]], they were replaced at the last minute with "Girl From The North Country", "Masters Of War", "Talkin' World War III Blues" and "Bob Dylan's Dream".

* BlackComedy: "Talkin' World War III Blues" starts out with Dylan surviving a nuclear assault on New York, and then gets bleaker and bleaker without ever losing its sense of humour.

--> ''Fixin' everybody's troubled, everybody except mine''

* ThisIsUnforgivable: "Masters of War".You might say I’m unlearned

'''''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan''''' is the second studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1963. It was the first Dylan album where his own material exceeded his covers. Widely acknowledged as Dylan's first masterpiece and one of his greatest albums overall it is best remembered for the hits and audience favourites "Blowin' In The Wind", "Masters Of War", "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall", "Girl From The North Country" and "Don't Think Twice It's All Right". It's equally famous for its iconic cover photo of Dylan and his then-girlfriend walking down a UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity street.

In 2002 the album was among the first sound recordings to be included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for its "historical, cultural and aesthetical importance." The album was also listed at nr. #97 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]]

In 2002 the album was among the first sound recordings to be included in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for its "historical, cultural and aesthetical importance."