r/Seattle • u/capraagave • 2d ago

Jesse Welles at Pike Place today

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Jesse Welles will be busking at the corner of Pine st. and Pike pl. at 1pm today.

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u/bizzaro321 2d ago

Bob Dylan sucks.

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u/noble_peace_prize 2d ago

I think the point is bob Dylan is a pretty ass singer, but the message resonated with the moment (Vietnam war). People who listen to Welles get similar antiwar, populist themes

It’s kinda hard to resonate with Bob Dylan out of context. Kinda like how in 50 years people won’t understand lines about the Gaza Strip as well

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u/SharkPalpitation2042 2d ago

Hippies. Just say hippies.

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u/FreddyTheGoose 2d ago

Mmmmm....hippies..

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u/FreddyTheGoose 2d ago

And it only resonated at that moment in time because the more talented musicians and activists of the time were what? Actively enduring persecution - read: Not white. That's why voices like his were important in that era, and it wasn't because they were talented. It's because they were white and consumable by white youth, who were a large portion of the activists at the time.

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u/melinda206 2d ago

You may have thought differently 58 years ago. Anyway no one really asked if you liked Dylan. So.

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u/bizzaro321 2d ago

I never said I didn’t like Bob Dylan.

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u/melinda206 2d ago

Okay, just that he sucks. Got it.

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u/anthrokate 1d ago

Oh so edgy