History Music / Highway61Revisited

* EverythingsBetterWithMotorcycles: The partly-obscured but still visible Triumph t-shirt Dylan wears on the cover.

* EpicRocking: Six of the nine songs are over five minutes, with the 11:21 "Desolation Row" being the ultimate example. At the time, "Like a Rolling Stone" (6:13) was the longest song ever issued as a single.

# "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train To try" (4:09)

* EpicRocking: The 11:21 "Desolation Row", the 6:00 "Like a Rolling Stone" and the 5:58 "Ballad of a Thin Man". At the time, "Like a Rolling Stone" was the longest song ever issued as a single.

* RichesToRags: "Like A Rolling Stone": in the first verse the woman who once "dressed so fine" and "threw the bums a dime" is now "scrounging for your next meal".

* SecondPersonNarration: Three songs on this album: "Like A Rolling Stone," "Ballad Of A Thin Man," and "Queen Jane Approximately".

** In Music/TheBeatles song "Yer Blues" on ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' from 1968 Music/JohnLennon sings "I feel so suicidal/just like Dylan's "Mr. Jones", which is a reference to the title character in "Ballad Of A Thin Man".

** The title ''Literature/FromABuick8'' was an obvious tip-of-the-hat by Creator/StephenKing to "From A Buick 6".
** Music/TheRollingStones covered "Like A Rolling Stone", as was to be expected one day, on their live album ''Stripped'' from 1995.
** Creator/MartinScorsese named his 2005 documentary about Dylan: ''No Direction Home'', after the phrase from "Like A Rolling Stone".

* TheTeamWannabe: Al Kooper's organ riff on "Like A Rolling Stone" is one of the most recognisable in music history. Despite the fact that he didn't know how to play the organ and wasn't supposed to be on the record at all, but basically walked into the studio, sat down at the organ and started fooling about because nobody explicitly told him ''not'' to. Dylan liked it and [[ThrowItIn kept it]].

* TrainSong: "It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry"

''Highway 61 Revisited'' is the sixth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1965. It is best known for the hits and fan favourites "Like A Rolling Stone", "Ballad Of A Thin Man", "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Desolation Row".

# "Like A Rolling Stone" (6:13)

# "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" (4:09)
# "From A Buick 6" (3:19)
# "Ballad Of A Thin Man" (5:58)

* AsTheGoodBookSays: God and Abraham are mentioned in "Highway 61 Revisited". Cain, Abel and the Good Samaritan in "Desolation Row". Jezebel, John The Baptist, The Philistine King and Delilah in "Tombstone Blues".
* BalladOfX: "Ballad Of A Thin Man"
* BodyHorror: "Ballad Of A Thin Man"

--> ''And he says: "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan"''
* CircusOfFear: "Ballad Of A Thin Man", if we would take the lyrics literally, takes places a creepy carnival circus.

* {{Cyclops}}: The one-eyed midget in "Ballad Of A Thin Man".

* TheDitz: The clueless Mr. Jones in "Ballad Of A Thin Man".

* EpicRocking: The 11:21 "Desolation Row".

* LongTitle: "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Come"
* LyricalDissonance: "Like A Rolling Stone".

* MoralityBallad: "Like A Rolling Stone"

* OneManSong: "Ballad Of A Thin Man".

* PrincessInRags: "Like A Rolling Stone"

** UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte in "Like A Rolling Stone".

** Paul Revere, Belle Starr, Jezebel, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, John The Baptist, The Philistine King, UsefulNotes/GalileoGalilei, Delilah, Cecil B. De Mille, Ma Rainey, Music/LudwigVanBeethoven, Gypsy Davy (a song by Music/WoodyGuthrie) in "Tombstone Blues".

** Music/BoDiddley in "From A Buick 6".

** Creator/FScottFitzgerald in "Ballad Of A Thin Man".

--> ''You're very well read, it's well known''
** Literature/{{Cinderella}}, Creator/BetteDavis, [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]], [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]], CainAndAbel, Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, Robin Hood, Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, [[TheCasanova Giacomo Casanova]], the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, Ezra Pound, and Creator/TSEliot in "Desolation Row".

* RefrainFromAssuming: "Ballad Of A Thin Man" is not called "Do You, Mr. Jones?"

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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Something is happening here, but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?'']]

Many fans and rock historians consider it to be one of his masterpieces, if not his one and only MagnumOpus. ''Magazine/RollingStone''s list of the [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] ranks it at number four. ''Magazine/TimeMagazine'' included the album in its list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 timeless and essential recordings]].

'''Highway 61 Revisited''' is the sixth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1965. It is best known for the hits and fan favourites "Like A Rolling Stone", "Ballad Of A Thin Man", "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Desolation Row".

'''''Highway 61 Revisited''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1965. It is best known for the hits and fan favourites "Like A Rolling Stone", "Ballad Of A Thin Man", "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Desolation Row".

** Also provides one for an album by an entirely different artist: Music/Steely Dan's ''Can't Buy a Thrill'', taken from a line in "It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry:.

--> ''The city fathers they're trying to endorset the reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse''

** Literature/{{Cinderella}}, Creator/BetteDavis, [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]], [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]], CainAndAbel, Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, Robin Hood, Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, [[TheCasanova Giacomo Casanova]], UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}, the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, Ezra Pound, and Creator/TSEliot in "Desolation Row".

--> ''(...) They be to Nero's Neptune''

--> ''(...) And Ezra Pund and T.S. Eliot fighting in the captain's tower''

Many fans and rock historians consider it to be one of his masterpieces, if not his one and only MagnumOpus. ''Magazine/RollingStone''s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ranks it at [[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/bob-dylan-highway-61-revisited-20120524 number four]]. ''Magazine/TimeMagazine'' included the album in its list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 timeless and essential recordings]].

* UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein: Apparently "disguised as Literature/RobinHood", according to the song "Desolation Row".

* CallBack and ContinuityNod: On Dylan's debut, ''[[Music/BobDylanAlbum Bob Dylan]]'' (1962) he covered a track called "Highway 51". In that sense "Highway 61 Revisited" is a ContinuityNod.
* CoverVersion: Music/PJHarvey covered "Highway 61 Revisited" on her album ''Music/RidOfMe'' (1993).

--> ''They're spoonfeeding Casanova''

* SecondPersonNarration: Three songs on this album: "Like a Rolling Stone," "Ballad of a Thin Man," and "Queen Jane Approximately".

** In Music/TheBeatles song "Yer Blues" on ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' (1968) Music/JohnLennon sings "I feel so suicidal/just like Dylan's "Mr. Jones", which is a reference to the title character in "Ballad Of A Thin Man".

** A stanza of "Highway 61 Revisited" is narrated in ''Film/TheHunted'' (2003) by Music/JohnnyCash at the beginning and at the end of the movie.
** The title ''Literature/FromABuick8'' was an obvious tip-of-the-hat by Creator/StephenKing to "From a Buick 6".
** Music/TheRollingStones covered "Like A Rolling Stone", as was to be expected one day, on their live album "Stripped" (1995).
** Creator/MartinScorsese named his 2005 documentary about Dylan: "No Direction Home", after the phrase from "Like A Rolling Stone".

--> ''Well, I ride on a mailtrain, babe''

** A stanza of "Highway 61 Revisited" is narrated in ''Film/TheHunted'' (2003) by Music/JohnnyCash at the beginning and at the end of the movie.

'''''Highway 61 Revisited''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1965. It is best known for the hits and fan favorites "Like A Rolling Stone", "Ballad Of A Thin Man", "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Desolation Row".

Side 1
# "Like A Rolling Stone" - 6:13
# "Tombstone Blues" - 6:00
# "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry" - 4:09
# "From A Buick 6" - 3:19
# "Ballad Of A Thin Man" - 5:58

Side 2
# "Queen Jane Approximately" - 5:31
# "Highway 61 Revisited" - 3:30
# "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" - 5:32
# "Desolation Row" - 11:21

Many fans and rock historians consider it to be one of his masterpieces. ''Magazine/RollingStone''s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ranks it at [[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/bob-dylan-highway-61-revisited-20120524 number four]]. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in its list of ''[[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 timeless and essential recordings]]''.

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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Highway 61 Revisited''.]]

->''"Something is happening here, but you don't know what it is/Do you, Mister Jones?"''
-->--'''"Ballad of a Thin Man"'''

-- ''>All these people that you mention... yes, I know them; they're quite lame''

* FromRichesToRags: "Like A Rolling Stone": in the first verse the woman who once "dressed so fine" and "threw the bums a dime" is now "scrounging for your next meal".

Many fans and rock historians consider it to be one of his masterpieces. ''Rolling Stone'''s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ranks it at [[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/bob-dylan-highway-61-revisited-20120524 number four]].

--> ''And God said: just go down there to Highway 61''

--> ''And he says: "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan''

[[caption-width-right:350:''Highway 61 Revisited''.]]

!! Like A Rolling Trope:

* AlbumTitleDrop: "Abe said: "Where do you want this killing done?/And God said: just go down there to Highway 61" in "Highway 61 Revisited".

* BreakTheHaughty: "Like A Rolling Stone"

* CoverVersion: Music/PJHarvey covered "Highway 61 Revisited" on her 1993 album ''Rid of Me'' (1993).

* {{Cyclops}}: The one-eyed midget in "Ballad Of A Thin Man".

* EpicRocking: "Desolation Row".

* MoralityBallad: "Like A Rolling Stone".

** TomThumb in "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues".

-->All these people that you mention... yes, I know them; they're quite lame
-->I had to rearrange their faces and [[CaptainErsatz give them all another name]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" - "I'm going back to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, I do believe I've had enough."

* WorldWarThree: "the rovin' gambler/he was very bored/trying to create a next world war" in "Highway 61 Revisited".

'''''Highway 61 Revisited''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 1965. Many fans and rock historians consider it to be one of his masterpieces. ''Rolling Stone'''s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ranks it at [[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/bob-dylan-highway-61-revisited-20120524 number four]].

-->I started out on burgundy \\

I do believe I've had enough.

** FScottFitzgerald in "Ballad Of A Thin Man".
** Cinderella, Creator/BetteDavis, [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]], [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]], CainAndAbel, Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, Robin Hood, Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, [[TheCasanova Giacomo Casanova]], UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}, the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, Ezra Pound, and Creator/TSEliot in "Desolation Row".