Link to Song: Rainy Day Women #12 and #35
What you should know about this song: The recording for this hit single in 1966 was apparently quite a rowdy one, the pinnacle of which included Charlie McCoy playing bass guitar and trumpet simultaneously! Lyrically, I found this song to be incredibly profound, and I love what Dylan has to say about it:
“‘Everybody must get stoned’ is like when you go against the tide. You might in different times find yourself in an unfortunate situation and when you do what you believe in, some people just take offense at that. You can look through history and find that people have taken offense to people who come out with a different viewpoint on things. And ‘being stoned’ is just a way of saying that.” – Bob Dylan, 1986*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Photo Source: Barry Feinstein
