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May 30, 2015
The meaning behind Positively 4th Street was due to a breakup between singer/songwriter, Joan Baez and he. Because they ran in the same circle, they'd always run into each other and be polite. Dylan was among the best at expressing his thoughts in his music. Once you've listened to him and know some of his history, his meanings become obvious. Because he does it so poetically, others often look for a hidden meaning. Dylan says in poem what most of us only think but are unable to articulate in so few words. Thanks, Mr. Zimmerman, for all the great songs/poems.
May 30, 2015
This song predates (or was, at least, at the beginning of) the hippie movement - written around '64 or 5. But Dylan was a visionary/poet. He ran with the East Coast radical singers and songwriters of his time. He was in an on again, off again relationship with Joan Baez and may even Predate his time at" Big Pink" - a shared house and recording studio in upstate New York.