One way to use art to learn about psychology is to listen to popular songs. What are the underlying themes of the words? And why do people feel those ideas are so important?
In this classic song the words are snapshots of things that were happening in the social movement of the ’60s. Bob Dylan’s signature vocal style is confident and rhythmic, but the accompaniment is all over the place. It’s story of how the social movement felt like it made sense to the people who were in it, even though none of them could see the whole picture of what they were doing.
