Line #60 ReferencedBy/BobDylan


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2	[[caption-width-right:147: Dylan in the far right corner of the album cover of Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.]]
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4	A list of references, shout-outs, parodies, homages, winks, nods to Music/BobDylan.
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6	[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
7	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has referenced Bob Dylan a couple of times.
8	** The [[FightingSpirit Stand]] of Rohan Kishibe from ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', Heaven's Door, is named after Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" from ''Film/PatGarrettAndBillyTheKid''.
9	** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'':
10	*** Minor antagonist Viviano Westwood has a Stand called Music/PlanetWaves, after Bob Dylan's album of the same name.
11	*** Also from ''Stone Ocean'', one of the 14 phrases used to fuse the Green Baby with Enrico Pucci's Music/{{Whitesnake}} Stand happens to be [[Music/Highway61Revisited "Desolation Row"]].
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14	* Creator/BillHicks was a fan of Dylan and would open his act by singing "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
15	* The 1972 Film/NationalLampoon album ''Radio Dinner'' has a sketch called "Those Fabulous Sixties", a parody commercial in which Dylan (voiced by Creator/ChristopherGuest) smarmily pitches a compilation album of ProtestSong and PsychedelicRock hits. The basic joke is the idea of the turbulent years of TheSixties being used as fodder for bland nostalgic merchandising (which was hilarious in 1972, but became reality over the next few decades as Baby Boomer nostalgia, including cheesy TV commercials for albums like ''Freedom Rock'', was a major bit of American pop culture), but it's also a veiled swipe at Dylan, implying that he was a has-been, and it opens with Dylan singing a song with loopy WordSaladLyrics.
16	-->The spangled dwarf in his bow tie\
17	The infantry that don't ask why
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19	[[AC:{{Comics}}]]
20	* Creator/{{Gotlib}}: He once made a parody of the album cover of ''Music/NashvilleSkyline'' starring his character Hamster Jovial.
21	* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'': Walt gets angry at a song Jeremy is listening to, resulting in this exchange,
22	--> '''Walt:''' Did I hear what I think I just heard?!\
23	'''Jeremy:''' Dad, it's just a song lyric.\
24	'''Walt:''' Don't give me that! I'm sick of this new music that's [[MoralGuardians nothing but drugs and sex]]!\
25	'''Jeremy:''' You mean like, "[[Music/NashvilleSkyline Lay Lady Lay]]", "[[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Lucy in the Sky]]", "[[Music/AreYouExperienced Purple Haze]]", "[[Music/StickyFingers Brown Sugar]]"?\
26	'''Walt:''' [[MoralMyopia Hey, that's different! Those are classics!]]\
27	'''Connie:''' Ouch. Score one for the teenager.
28	* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' features a number of references to Dylan's work -- specifically, "Desolation Row", "All Along The Watchtower", and "The Times They Are A-Changin'". The first two serve as the namesakes of two of the chapters, while the last one is referenced specifically as a newspaper advertisement. [[Film/{{Watchmen}} The film version]] uses the last song as the theme for the opening montage, while covers of the other two are featured.
29	* In the ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'''s universe, God is apparently a horse-riding cowboy elder Dylan.
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31	[[AC:FilmsLiveAction]]
32	* ''Film/VanillaSky'': One scene duplicates the album cover of ''Music/TheFreewheelinBobDylan''. [[spoiler: Which turns out to be the clue to David's character that he has dreamt his memories about Sofia, because his memory of them two walking on Times Square is just a memory of Dylan's album cover, which he confused with reality.]]
33	* ''Film/ForrestGump'': Jenny performs "Blowin' In The Wind" in a strip club.
34	* The satirical film ''Film/BobRoberts'' (1992) parodies many scenes from ''Film/DontLookBack'', including a clear parody of the opening scene.
35	** ''Film/WalkHardTheDeweyCoxStory'' parodies the film notably during a press conference scene in which a reporter compares Dewey to Dylan. Dewey replies, "Why doesn't anyone ask Bob Dylan why he sounds so much like Dewey Cox?", parodying a press conference in ''Film/DontLookBack'' where Dylan provides a similar response when a reporter compares Dylan to fellow singer-songwriter Donovan.
36	* Dylan just misses making a cameo in ''Film/InsideLlewynDavis''. One of his songs is heard from the stage, but he's never seen.
37	* ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'': When Gerry and Paul find each other on a ship to England, they go to a bar and play "Like a Rolling Stone" on the jukebox, which they sing along to.
38	* The 1989 thriller ''Film/TheMightyQuinn'', with Creator/DenzelWashington, took its title from the Dylan song of the same name.
39	* Zig-zagged in ''Film/WeBoughtAZoo''; Lily thinks Dylan was named after Dylan, but it turns out not to be.
40	* In ''Film/SteveJobs'', before Jobs' first talk, he debates with himself over which lyric from "The Times They Are A Changin'" he should use for his presentation (in real life, Jobs was a big Dylan fan).
41	* The first line Jack Dawson says in ''Film/Titanic1997'' is, bizarrely, a line from "Like a Rolling Stone":
42	-->When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.
43	* In ''Film/TheFreshman1990'', [[AsHimself Bert Parks]] performs "Maggie's Farm" at the dinner scene.
44	* In ''Film/AlmostFamous'', when William is flying with Stillwater, Russell asks him why he ran out on them the night before, as Dylan supposedly had come by and hung out with them.
45	* ''Film/OneNightInMiami'': UsefulNotes/MalcolmX chastises Music/SamCooke at one point for not doing any songs like "Blowin' in the Wind".
46	* ''Film/BeginAgain'': Dan and Gretta get into an argument about authenticity in popular music, and when he asks who meets her ideal of authenticity, she responds, "Dylan." Dan retorts Dylan had changed his act and his image so many times, he doesn't count.
47	* ''Film/ThePost'': After the Pentagon Papers are first released, during the protests in front of ''The Washington Post'', there's a group of guitarists leading a sing-a-long of "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall".
48	* ''Film/{{Identity}}'': Paris sings along to "I Want You" as she's driving to her orange grove - [[spoiler:or, rather, Malcolm is singing it while in a prison van, as Paris is one of Malcolm's personalities]].
49	* ''Film/MasculinFeminin'': Robert tells Paul he's reading an article about Dylan, and [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure Paul doesn't know who Dylan is]].
50	* In ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam'', when Lt. Hauk is telling the other radio staff the type of music that's acceptable at the station, Adrian asks, "Would Bob Dylan be out of line?", to which Hauk responds, "Way, ''way'' out of line."
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53	* In ''Literature/NakedCameTheStranger'', Arthur Franhop has his hair twisted and curled like Bob Dylan's.
54	* ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'': Bill once invited a woman into his apartment, only for her to go home when she realized how anal-retentive his music classification system was. Afterwards, Bill listened to Bob Dylan until dawn.
55	* Liana from ''Literature/TheHalfLifeOfPlanets'' bonded with one of her exes over their shared love of Bob Dylan.
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57	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
58	* ''Series/SpittingImage'': Bob Dylan was made into a puppet.
59	* In the first episode of ''Series/MurphyBrown'', Murphy convinces Frank of her 1960s pedigree by reciting the lyrics to "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
60	* Dylan appears AsHimself in an episode of ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'' where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ix5Hn_NaTM Dharma tries to become a professional drummer.]]
61	* ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': In the three-part season six premiere episode "Blood Ties", Felix Wilson (Creator/JamesEarlJones), the business tycoon and philanthropist whose family is implicated in the death of his maid, brings up "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" (as well as the real Hattie Carroll) to illustrate how little of a fair shake he expects his family to get involving the case.
62	* The miniseries ''The Sixties'' has the characters visit the Newport Folk Festival to see Dylan and wonder why he'd need all those guitar amps... oh.
63	* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' episode "Cash" had the musical guest of the week be Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve, a one-off conglomerate of high-profile rock musicians and theme writers, including Jools Holland, Simon Brint, Stewart Copeland and Chris Difford performing "Subterranean Homesick Blues". For contractual reasons, this was edited out of DVD releases in the past, but was reinstated for the 25th Anniversary edition.
64	* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Sheldon once stayed with a BourgeoisBohemian couple, and was [[FauxHorrific horrified]] as they played "The Mighty Quinn" on the piano. When his father picks him up and the song comes on the radio, Sheldon quickly asks him to turn it off.
65	-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' "You'll not see nothin'"; shame on whoever wrote that!
66	* ''Series/TheAmericans'': In the fifth season, when Philip gives Kimmy a cake for her birthday, he sings the first verse of "Forever Young".
67	* ''Series/FamilyTies'': In the two-part seventh season episode "All in the Neighborhood", Steven's African-American co-worker Gus moves into the neighborhood with his family, but is met with resistance from whites who insist property values will be driven down as a result. When Gus' house gets vandalized, the Keatons all show up to help clean it up, and Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, and Gus' son Michael wonder aloud if anything will change for the better, which is when they start singing the chorus to "Blowin' in the Wind".
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70	* Music/TheBeatles:
71	** Dylan is one of the photographic cut-outs appearing on the album cover of ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.
72	** During "Yer Blues" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' Lennon references "Ballad Of A Thin Man" from ''Music/Highway61Revisited'':
73	--> ''Feel so suicidal, just like Dylan's "Mr. Jones."''
74	** On "Dig It" from ''Music/LetItBe'' Lennon namedrops Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone".
75	* Music/JohnLennon: During the song "God" from ''Music/JohnLennonPlasticOnoBand'' John sings about various things he doesn't believe in, including "Zimmerman". He also wrote an AnswerSong called "Serve Yourself", a sarcastic attack on Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody" from ''Music/SlowTrainComing''.
76	* On the wall of the bathroom graffiti cover of Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}}' ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' (1968) we can read the text: "Bob Dylan's Dream", a reference to the song of the same name from ''Music/TheFreewheelinBobDylan''.
77	* Music/FrankZappa: Zappa guitarist Adrian Belew imitated Bob Dylan during the track "Flakes" on Zappa's album ''Music/SheikYerbouti''.
78	* The Flemish band De Nieuwe Snaar has a song called "In De Hemel Is Geen Dylan" ("There's no Dylan in heaven") with the line "because there is no Dylan in heaven, we'll play him here."
79	* Music/DavidBowie's album ''Music/HunkyDory'' has a song named "Song For Bob Dylan", in reference to Dylan's own song ''Song For Woody''.
80	* "Mediate" by Music/{{INXS}} from their album "Kick" has a music video which is a shout-out to the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" sequence in ''Don't Look Back''.
81	* Music/{{Chumbawamba}} has a track called "Give the Anarchist a Cigarette" on their album "Anarchy" (1994).
82	--> ''Give the anarchist a cigarette/ 'Cause that's as close as he's ever going to get/ Bobby just hasn't earned it yet.''
83	* Music/WeirdAlYankovic parodied the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" video in the music video for [[Music/PoodleHat "Bob"]], itself written as a pastiche of Dylan's style.
84	* "Johnny Ryall" from ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' by Music/BeastieBoys references "Maggie's Farm" from ''Music/BringingItAllBackHome''.
85	--> '' 'Cause he ain't gonna work on Maggie Farm no more''
86	** On the same album "3-Minute Rule" is another reference
87	--> ''I'm just chillin', like Bob Dylan''
88	** And again, from "Paul's Boutique" the track "Car Thief" references "I Shall Be Free, No. 10" from ''Music/TheFreewheelinBobDylan''.
89	--> ''I'm a writer, a poet, a genius, I know it''
90	** AlternativeRock band Dishwalla recorded a song in 2002 called "Nashville Skyline", referencing [[Music/NashvilleSkyline the eponymous Dylan album.]]
91	--> ''I am free as far as I can see is Nashville skyline underneath it all''
92	--> ''You yourself are free''
93	* Metal band Music/JudasPriest named themselves after the Dylan song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" from ''Music/JohnWesleyHarding''.
94	* Music/BelleAndSebastian have a song called "Like Dylan In The Movies", specifically referring to ''Film/DontLookBack''.
95	* [[Music/TheFugees Wyclef Jean]]'s song "Gone 'Til November" features the line "Knockin' on heaven's door/Just like Bob Dylan". Dylan does a cameo in the music video as well.
96	* The Against Me! song "Bob Dylan Dream", which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - that is a recollection of rather bizarre dream Laura Jane Grace had about Bob coming to stay with Laura and her wife.
97	* The third verse of "Only Wanna Be With You" by Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish references Dylan heavily. Describing the song's narrator and his girlfriend listening to Bob Dylan's music together, the song quotes part of the first verse of "Idiot Wind" (which would later earn Dylan co-writer's credit on the song).
98	* Alternative county artist Jason Isbell of Music/DriveByTruckers fame has a line from "Boots of Spanish Leather" [[https://lostinthenoisedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/image42.jpeg?w=800 tattooed on his left forearm.]]
99	--> ''Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled''
100	--> ''From across that lonesome ocean''
101	* Music/TheWho mention Dylan, along with the Beatles and LSD advocate Timothy Leary, in "The Seeker".
102	-->''I asked Bobby Dylan''\
103	''I asked the Beatles''\
104	''I asked Timothy Leary''\
105	''He couldn't help me either''
106	* ''Music/NightRanger'': In the title track from their album ''Big Life'', the band borrows/references part of "Tangled Up in Blue":
107	-->''Late on one day as the sun went down I was just about to do the same''\
108	''I heard a knock on the door, couple girls walked in, said "Baby, don't we know your name?"''
109	* Music/SteveTaylor delivers a TakeThat to Dylan in his song "Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud's):
110	-->''Dylan may be fillin' the puddle they designed''\
111	''Is it gonna take a miracle to make up his mind?''
112	* Music/NickiMinaj referenced him in "[[Film/Barbie2023 Barbie]] [[{{Music/Aqua}} World]]", featuring Music/IceSpice, referring to her bobcut style wig as Bob Dylan.
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114	[[AC:Web Animation]]
115	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
116	** [[https://homestarrunner.com/main6.html Main Page 6]], which is set in FluffyCloudHeaven, has a brief gag where Strong Bad sings part of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (which Dylan wrote for ''Film/PatGarrettAndBillyTheKid'') before abruptly falling through a cloud.
117	** "[[Recap/HomestarRunnerWeclomeBack Weclome Back]]" has an EasterEgg showing an album called ''The Freewheelin' Eh, Steve'', which pays homage to ''Music/TheFreewheelinBobDylan''.
118	** The ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE127LongPants long pants]]" opens with a brief song where Strong Bad tosses index cards reading "girl" and "woman" as he sings their respective words, much like Dylan does in [[Music/BringingItAllBackHome the music video]] for "[[Music/BringingItAllBackHome Subterranean Homesick Blues]]."
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120	[[AC:Western Animation]]
121	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
122	** The episode title "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E6DohInTheWind D'oh-in in the Wind]]" refers to Dylan's song ''Blowin' In The Wind''.
123	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E8MotherSimpson Mother Simpson]]" Mona performs ''Blowin' In The Wind'' on guitar.
124	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E10PokeyMom Pokey Mom]]" the dangerous convict is described as being so notorious that "Bob Dylan wrote a song to keep him in prison." [[note]] A reference to "Hurricane" from ''Music/{{Desire}}'', a song written to promote the release of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter who was jailed as result of a MiscarriageOfJustice [[/note]]
125	** Dylan is imitated by Creator/DanCastellaneta in the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E4SheUsedToBeMyGirl She Used to Be My Girl]]", where the reporter asks him what religion he had converted to? Dylan then gives an [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] answer.
126	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': A cutaway gag from ''Creator/SethMacFarlane's Cartoon Cavalcade'' features Music/BobDylan and Music/TomWaits meeting each other backstage, while Waits introduces ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' to him. They all get into an argument over Dylan not playing "Blowin' In The Wind", then UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli comes in to complain that Dylan didn't play "Hurricane" either. For those wondering what the joke is here: all of them speak [[TheUnintelligible in undecipherable voices]].
127	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Hank's Got the Willies", Dylan is one of the guests at Music/WillieNelson's party, having a conversation with Boomhauer (the joke being that both are TheUnintelligible).
128	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle The title]] of "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E8KnockKnockKnockinOnHootysDoor Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door]]" is a play on the chorus of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (from the soundtrack for ''Film/PatGarrettAndBillyTheKid'').
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130	[[AC:Real Life]]
131	* When UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli fought the heavyweight championship boxing in 1980 journalist Howard Cosell and a personal friend of Ali quoted from "Forever Young" from ''Music/PlanetWaves''.
132	--> ''Even Muhammed Ali can not be forever young. His hands are no longer busy, his feet no longer swift.''

Context ReferencedBy / BobDylan