History Music / TheTimesTheyAreAChangin

''The Times They Are A-Changin' '' is the third studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1964. It is one of Dylan's most famous albums, epitomized by the eponymous title track, which has become his SignatureSong over the years. Apart from "The Times They Are A-Changin'" the album is also known for the fan favourites "Ballad Of Hollis Brown", "With God On Our Side" and "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll".

# "Ballad Of Hollis Brown" (5:06)
# "With God On Our Side" (7:08)

# "Only A Pawn In Their Game" (3:33)
# "Boots Of Spanish Leather" (4:40)
# "When The Ship Comes In" (3:18)
# "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" (5:48)

!! The Tropes They Are A-Tropin':

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "When The Ship Comes In"

* AsTheGoodBookSays: "When The Ship Comes In" refers to Moses splitting the sea and Goliath being destroyed by David. "With God On Our Side" mentions Jesus Christ and Judas.

* LongTitle: "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll".

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" was inspired by a real-life hotel barmaid struck down by a wealthy white man in a hotel in Maryland (1963). "Only A Pawn In Their Game" is based on the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.

There's seven new people born.''

--> ''And admit that the waters''
--> ''Around you have grown''
--> ''And accept it that soon''
--> ''You'll be drenched to the bone''
--> ''If your time to you''
--> ''Is worth savin' ''
--> ''Then you better start swimmin' ''
--> ''Or you'll sink like a stone''
** He uses this imagery again in "When The Ship Comes In"
--> ''And like Pharaoh's tribe''
--> ''They'll be drowned in the tide''

--> ''But when the shadowy sun sets on the one that fired the gun\\

* RuleOfSeven: "Ballad Of Hollis Brown"
--> ''There's seven breezes a-blowin' ''
--> ''All around the cabin door''
--> ''There's seven breezes a-blowin' ''
--> ''All around the cabin door ''
--> ''Seven shots ring out''
--> ''Like the ocean's pounding roar.''
--> ''There's seven people dead''
--> ''On a south Dakota farm''
--> ''There's seven people dead''
--> ''On a south Dakota farm''
--> ''Somewhere in the distance''
--> ''There's seven new people born.''

--> ''You looked for work and money''
--> ''And you walked a rugged mile''
--> ''You looked for work and money''
--> ''And you walked a rugged mile''
--> ''Your children are so hungry''
--> ''That they don't know how to smile.''
* SlobsVsSnobs: "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Caroll"
--> ''Hattie Carroll was a maid in the kitchen''
--> ''She was fifty-one years old and gave birth to ten children''
--> ''Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage''
--> ''And never sat once at the head of the table''
--> ''And didn't even talk to the people at the table''
--> ''Who just cleaned up all the food from the table''
--> ''And emptied the ashtrays on a whole other level''

--> ''There's a battle outside''
--> ''And it is ragin' ''
--> ''It'll soon shake your windows''
--> ''And rattle your walls''
--> ''For the times they are a-changin'. ''

--> ''So take heed, take heed of the western wind''
--> ''Take heed of the stormy weather''

--> ''(...) for the times they are a-changin' ''

--> ''But now we got weapons''
--> ''Of the chemical dust''
--> ''If fire them we're forced to''
--> ''Then fire them we must''
--> ''One push of the button''
--> ''And a shot the world wide''
--> ''And you never ask questions''
--> ''When God's on your side.''

--> ''The First World War, boys''
--> ''It came and it went''
--> ''The reason for fighting''
--> ''I never did get''
--> ''But I learned to accept it''
--> ''Accept it with pride''
--> ''For you don't count the dead''
--> ''When God's on your side.''

--> ''When the Second World War''
--> ''Came to an end''
--> ''We forgave the Germans''
--> ''And then we were friends''
--> ''Though they murdered six million''
--> ''In the ovens they fried''
--> ''The Germans now too''
--> ''Have God on their side.''

* WorldWarOne: "With God On Our Side"

* WorldWarTwo: "With God On Our Side"

[[caption-width-right:350:''There's a battle outside/ And it is ragin'/ It'll soon shake your windows/ And rattle your walls/ For the times they are a-changin'...'']]

'''''The Times They Are A-Changin' ''''' is the third studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1964. It is one of Dylan's most famous albums, epitomized by the eponymous title track, which has become his SignatureSong over the years. Apart from "The Times They Are A-Changin'" the album is also known for the fan favourites "Ballad Of Hollis Brown", "With God On Our Side" and "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll".

'''''The Times They Are A-Changin' ''''' is the third studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1964. It is one of Dylan's most famous albums, epitomized by the eponymous title track, which has become his SignatureSong over the years. Apart from "The Times They Are A-Changin'" the album is also known for the fan favorites "Ballad Of Hollis Brown", "With God On Our Side" and "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll".

Side 1
# "The Times They Are A-Changin'" – 3:15
# "Ballad Of Hollis Brown" – 5:06
# "With God On Our Side" – 7:08
# "One Too Many Mornings" – 2:41
# "North Country Blues" – 4:35

Side 2
# "Only A Pawn In Their Game" – 3:33
# "Boots Of Spanish Leather" – 4:40
# "When The Ship Comes In" – 3:18
# "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" – 5:48
# "Restless Farewell" – 5:32

[[caption-width-right:350:''The Times They Are A-Changin'''.]]

'''''The Times They Are A-Changin' ''''' is the third studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1964. It is one of Dylan's most famous albums, epitomized by the eponymous title track, which has become his SignatureSong over the years. It is also notable for being the first Dylan album with all self-written material.

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: "With God On Our Side".
* BreakupSong: "One Too Many Mornings", "Boots Of Spanish Leather"
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover.

* TheFutureWillBeBetter: "The Times They Are A-Changin'".
* TheGreatFlood: Dylan uses the metaphor of a flood in "The Times They Are A-Changin'".
* KarmaHoudini: William Zantzinger in "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll". De-constructed in "Only A Pawn In Their Game".
-->But when the shadowy sun sets on the one that fired the gun\\

"ONLY A PAWN IN THEIR GAME"

* MiscarriageOfJustice: Hattie Carroll in "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll".
* MusicIsPolitics: See ProtestSong.
* PaterFamilicide: "Ballad Of Hollis Brown".

* SecondPersonNarration: "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown".

* AStormIsComing: The title track.
-->Come gather 'round people wherever you roam\\
And admit that the waters around you have grown\\
And accept that soon you'll be drenched to the bone\\
If your time to you is worth savin'\\
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone...

[[caption-width-right:350:''The Times They Are A-Changin''']]

'''''The Times They Are A-Changin' ''''' is one of Music/BobDylan's most famous albums, epitomized by the eponymous title track, which has become his SignatureSong over the years. It was released in 1964 and notable for being the first Dylan album with all self-written material.

!!Tracklist:
# "The Times They Are a-Changin'" – 3:15
# "Ballad of Hollis Brown" – 5:06
# "With God on Our Side" – 7:08

# "Only a Pawn in Their Game" – 3:33
# "Boots of Spanish Leather" – 4:40
# "When the Ship Comes In" – 3:18
# "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" – 5:48

!!The Tropes They Are A-Tropin':

* KarmaHoudini: William Zantzinger in "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll". Deconstructed in "Only A Pawn In Their Game".

* MinimalisticCoverArt: A photograph of Bob Dylan.

"The Times They Are A-Changin'" is one of Music/BobDylan's most famous albums, epitomized by the eponymous title track, which has become his SignatureSong over the years. It was released in 1964 and notable for being the first Dylan album with all self-written material.

* TheFutureWillBeBetter: "The Times They Are-A Changin'".

* PaterFamilicide: "Ballad Of Hollis Brown"

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!!Tropes:

* PanderingToTheBase: The title track, according to WordOfGod, "seems to be what people want to hear."

* AStormIsComing: The title track.
-->Come gather 'round people wherever you roam\\
And admit that the waters around you have grown\\
And accept that soon you'll be drenched to the bone\\
If your time to you is worth savin'\\
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone...

"The Times They Are-A Changin'" is one of Music/BobDylan's most famous albums, epitomized by the eponymous title track, which has become his SignatureSong over the years. It was released in 1964 and notable for being the first Dylan album with all self-written material.

* AntiquatedLinguistics: The word "Are-A" in the title track.

* ProtestSong: "The Times They Are-A Changin'".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" was inspired by a real-life hotel barmaid struck down by a wealthy white man in a hotel in Maryland (1963).