Dylan är en del av vår kulturhistoria

Dylan speglade och formade en epok, men hade det blivit så utan Suze Rotolo? Bob Dylans andra album innebar ett stort nästan ofattbart genombrott. Många av spåren på ”The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” blev klassiker som än i dag definierar honom och den tid de

Sammanhang: ...Den spelades in redan 1962, när ”A Complete Unknown” utspelar sig, men släpptes på en Bootleg-samling långt senare: And joined up with the John Birch Society I got me a secret membership card I went back home to the yard Started looking on the sidewalk Under the hedges Well, I got up in the mornin’ I looked under my bed I was lookin’ every places for them gol-darned Reds Looked behind the sink, and under the floor Looked in the glove compartment of my car Couldn’t find any Look behind the cloths, behind the chair Lookin’ for them Reds everywhere I looked way up my chimney hole Even looked deep inside my toilet bowl They got away I heard some footsteps by the front porch door I grabbed my shotgun from the floor Snuck around the house with a huff and a hiss “Saying hands up you communist” It was the mail man, he punched me out Well, I was sittin’ home an’ started to sweat I figured they was in my T.V. set I peeked behind the picture frame Got a shock from my feet, right up in the brain Them reds did it Hooting in the television Well, I quit my job, so I could work alone Got a magnifying glass like Sherlock Holmes Followed some clues from my detective bag And discovered red stripes on the American flag Betty Ross Now Eisenhower, he’s a Russian spy Lincoln, and Jefferson and then Roosevelt guy To my knowledge, there’s just one man That’s really and truly an American That’s George Lincoln Rockwell I know for a fact he hates Commies ‘Cause he picketed the movie Exodus Well, I finally started thinkin’ straight When I run outta things to investigate I couldn’t imagine nothin’ else So now I’m home investigatin’ myself Hope I don’t find out too much, good God George Lincoln Rockwell som nämns i sången bildade för övrigt det amerikanska nazistpartiet 1959. ...

Omnämnda platser: Manhattan, Italien, Artaud. Omnämnda personer: John Birch Paranoid, Greenwich Village, Complete Unknown.