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::'''Dylan''': To me.

::'''Dylan''': To me.

In 1979, '''''after''''' his conversion to [[Christianity]], Dylan included the following lyrics in one of his most famous songs, "Gotta Serve Somebody":<ref>This song sparked a rebuttal song by [[John Lennon]]</ref>

In 1979, '''''after''''' his conversion to [[Christianity]], Dylan included the following lyrics in one of his most famous songs, "Gotta Serve Somebody":<ref>This song sparked a fairly comical response song by [[John Lennon]] emphasizing what he felt to be a prerequisite for serving others called "Serve Yourself".<br>

He shaped the song for possible inclusion on an album, but never got past playing varying versions of it solo on the piano.  This is a normal practice in the music industry, a practice that in addition to developing a version with the right feel for the song called a "demo", records nuances of the song that appear in this development to ensure they are not forgotten.</ref>

::But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes

::But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes

::Indeed you're gonna have to serve somebody

::Indeed you're gonna have to serve somebody

In 1961, he dropped out of college and headed to [[New York City]], where he became part of the burgeoning folk music scene in [[Greenwich Village]] and eventually landed a contract with [[Columbia Records]], for whom he still records today.

In 1961, he dropped out of college and headed to [[New York City]], where he became part of the burgeoning folk music scene in [[Greenwich Village]] and eventually landed a contract with [[Columbia Records]], for whom he still records today.

His first four studio albums<ref>Bob Dylan (1962); The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963); The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964); and Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)</ref> established Dylan as a major voice within the developing protest counterculture of the early Sixties. It was ''Bringing It All Back Home'' (1965), however, that propelled him to international fame and stardom. To howls of protest from his devoted "folkie" fans, Dylan "plugged in" for the first time and the album's glorious fusion of electric guitars, driving rock rhythms and his unique lyrical style<ref>By turns surreal, poetic, visionary and political.</ref> set a benchmark to which all other artists aspired. He arguably never scaled these heights again, especially in terms of producing an album of such consistent quality and musical completeness. His next three albums<ref>Highway 61 Revisited (1965); Blonde on Blonde (1966); and John Wesley Harding (1967)</ref> are rightly highly regarded, but after these his output became of increasingly variable quality and ''Blood On The Tracks'' (1975) is his last album from his classic period to be highly regarded by rock critics.

His first four studio albums<ref>''Bob Dylan'' (1962); ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' (1963); ''The Times They Are a-Changin''' (1964); and ''Another Side of Bob Dylan'' (1964)</ref> established Dylan as a major voice within the developing protest counterculture of the early Sixties. It was ''Bringing It All Back Home'' (1965), however, that propelled him to international fame and stardom. To howls of protest from his devoted "folkie" fans, Dylan "plugged in" for the first time and the album's glorious fusion of electric guitars, driving rock rhythms and his unique lyrical style<ref>By turns surreal, poetic, visionary and political.</ref> set a benchmark to which all other artists aspired. He arguably never scaled these heights again, especially in terms of producing an album of such consistent quality and musical completeness. His next three albums<ref>''Highway 61 Revisited'' (1965); ''Blonde on Blonde'' (1966); and ''John Wesley Harding'' (1967)</ref> are rightly highly regarded, but after these his output became of increasingly variable quality and ''Blood On The Tracks'' (1975) is his last album from his classic period to be highly regarded by rock critics.

* ... he was busy writing songs extolling the virtues of simple love, family and contentment while staying at home (he didn't tour from '66 to '74) and raking in the royalties.  This was quite a change from the earlier, angrier Dylan. [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie/]

* ... he was busy writing songs extolling the virtues of simple love, family and contentment while staying at home (he didn't tour from '66 to '74) and raking in the royalties.  This was quite a change from the earlier, angrier Dylan. [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie/]