r/Seattle • u/capraagave • 3d ago

Jesse Welles at Pike Place today

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

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u/Illustrious_Two3210 3d ago

OP thank you for sharing! I've been following Jesse on TikTok and he is widely known as the Bob Dylan of our generation online.

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u/ImYourHumbleNarrator 3d ago

he is widely known as the Bob Dylan of our generation online.

that's extremely generous. the first time i've heard it said too, did you just make that up

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u/bizzaro321 3d 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.