当历史不停向前趋驶时，有些人永远是走在历史的前端，为历史留下脚注，而其中Bob Dylan便是这么一位开创历史先河的吟游民谣诗人。Bob Dylan深受美国现代民谣之父Woody Guthrie的影响，且在其它方面如腔调、服装、姿态等等也都无不模仿Woody的神情。Dylan在被传奇制作人John Hammond发掘后，便开始连续录制了好几张非常具政治意识的民谣抗议歌曲，这样的大胆作风旋即冲击了当时的乐坛，当然也立刻获得各方评论界的一致赞扬。甚至在当时整个乐坛已逐渐被众多英籍兵团入侵之时，Bob Dylan却都还能在排行榜上占有一席之地，也益发证明他在当时确实激励了无数的青年也开始拿起吉他唱出属于他们世代的民歌。 by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Dylan rushed out New Morning in the wake of the commercial and critical disaster Self Portrait, and the difference between the two albums suggests that its legendary failed predecessor was intentionally flawed. New Morning expands on the laid-back country-rock of John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline by adding a more pronounced rock & roll edge. While there are only a couple of genuine classics on the record ("If Not for You," "One More Weekend"), the overall quality is quite high, and many of the songs explore idiosyncratic routes Dylan had previously left untouched, whether it's the jazzy experiments of "Sign on the Window" and "Winterlude," the rambling spoken word piece "If Dogs Run Free" or the Elvis parable "Went to See the Gypsy." Such offbeat songs make New Morning a charming, endearing record.