Bob Dylan Video

The opening of the video scanned over various groups of young men and women in black and white with a woman introducing Bob Dylan. In this woman's introduction of he she said that she believed influential people came to be due to a need for them in society and that Bob Dylan was made in order to speak the thoughts of young people around the nation. From there the documentary goes back to 1963 where a young Bob Dylan sings with his acoustic guitar as a silent and completely enthralled crowd watches and listens to him sing a slow and somber song. The movie continues on but I can't help think about what the woman in the beginning of the video had said. Do influential people grow out of a societal need? I can't help but believe that statement myself, although I am sure there are several exceptions that I can't think of at the moment, I really think that there have been some extremely famous people due to the fact that the society at the time need them to be their voice. I don't know if I could say that Bob Dylan is one of those people because to be honest I don't know enough about him and his music to say whether he was expressing the ideas of the current young generations at that time. However as I watch the video and see how many individuals come to see him perform, and how these people are so interested and quiet while listening to the words of his songs I can't help but believe myself that the young people at the time really find him to be speaking important and crucial words for the time. It is always amazing to me how much music can touch people of all types. After watching this video is it quite clear to me that Bob Dylan's music touches so many people that he is truly an influential speaker of his time.