Afternoon Quote by Jay Michaelson
![“"Masters of War" [of Bob Dylan] wasn't peacenik, anti-war stuff. With its minor key and uncompromising final lines ("And I hope that you die/And your death'll come soon/ I will follow your casket/ In the pale afternoon...") this was a previously unknown hybrid of caustic political commentary and…” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f88/jay-michaelson-15590_afternoon_masters-of-war-of-bob-dylan-wasn-t-peace_128545.jpg)
“"Masters of War" [of Bob Dylan] wasn't peacenik, anti-war stuff. With its minor key and uncompromising final lines ("And I hope that you die/And your death'll come soon/ I will follow your casket/ In the pale afternoon...") this was a previously unknown hybrid of caustic political commentary and punk rock, which itself wouldn't be invented for another decade or so.”
![“Folk music had long been political but [Bob] Dylan's poetry took it to a new level.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5dc/jay-michaelson-15590_bob_folk-music-had-long-been-political-but-b_1333292.jpg)
![“Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan's career came after he plugged in his guitar ("Judas!" one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American poetry, combining Beat aesthetics, psychedelic imagery, collage techniques.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5f3/jay-michaelson-15590_aesthetics_probably-the-high-watermark-of-bob-dylan_54147.jpg)
![“Except in these latter-day songs, [Bob] Dylan is a grizzled old prophet who's already been to hell and back.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcd/jay-michaelson-15590_bob_except-in-these-latter-day-songs-bob-dyl_3830.jpg)
![“The most recent incarnation of [Bob] Dylan has been the traveling journeyman/ charlatan who sings roots music, snarls dark lyrics that make "All Along the Watchtower" sound like a Disney tune, hosts an old-school radio show, and turns up in some unusual places, like ads for Chrysler and Victoria's…” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/734/jay-michaelson-15590_ads_the-most-recent-incarnation-of-bob-dylan_17700.jpg)
![“In late [Bob] Dylan, music is the key to immortality, even though the summer days are long gone.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/845/jay-michaelson-15590_bob_in-late-bob-dylan-music-is-the-key-to-im_512439.jpg)
![“I suspect many readers might associate [Bob Dylan] with one of the shortest phases of his career, the time from 1963 to '65 when he wrote his most famous "protest songs," like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin.'"” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5e6/jay-michaelson-15590_associates_i-suspect-many-readers-might-associate-b_746669.jpg)
