Bob Dylan dominated the 1960s music scene as a revolutionary folk artist, inspiring countless musicians — including a legendary band made up of John Lennon,Paul McCartney, George Harrisonand Ringo Starr.
At the height of their rise, The Beatles became avid Dylan fans, drawing on his sound to seemingly shape songs like "Norwegian Wood" and "Nowhere Man."
Lennon even recalled their first encounter with Dylan’s folk music. “In Paris in 1964 was the first time I ever heard Dylan at all. Paul got the record [The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan] from a French DJ. For three weeks in Paris we didn't stop playing it. We all went potty about Dylan.”
This moment marked a major turning point in popular music. Dylan’s poetic lyrics and acoustic style challenged the rock ‘n’ roll norm. The Beatles quickly absorbed those folk roots, blending them with their own sound.
While The Beatles embraced Dylan’s influence, Dylan himself saw the arrival of The Beatles as a sign that the folk-era was drawing to a close. Though he respected the Fab Four for pushing the boundaries of rock, he felt their sound signaled the end of the folk movement as he had known it.
“Folk music came at exactly the right time in my life. It wouldn’t have happened ten years later, and ten years earlier, I wouldn’t have known what kind of songs those were,” he explained in a resurfaced interview with AARP.
“They were just so different than popular music. But it came at the right time, so I went that way. Then folk music became relegated to the sidelines. It either became commercial or The Beatles killed it. Maybe it couldn’t have gone on anyway.”
In other words, Dylan acknowledged that folk music’s popularity was fleeting. The Beatles’ “jangly pop” introduced a new era, influencing bands like The Byrds and moving rock music away from folk traditions.
Despite this perspective, Dylan still admired The Beatles. He reportedly once said, “They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous, and their harmonies made it all valid. You could only do that with other musicians. Even if you’re playing your own chords you had to have other people playing with you. That was obvious. And it started me thinking about other people.”
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