Martin wrote:
I've always thought when Bruce Springsteen gave his speech at

Bob's

induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and he made his

remark

about hearing the whipcrack of Like A Rolling Stone's intro in his
mum's car when he was about 15 kicking in the door to his mind or
something similarly cliched, that sounded about the right age to

hear

that song for the first time, don't know why it just does. Does

your

age at first hearing Dylan - or certain Dylan records - affect the

way

you feel about them? I had been getting into Bob for a couple of
years when Infidels came out, and as a result I have a big soft

spot

for the 80's albums that get such a bad rap (I'm not saying where

it

is though). Do you have a closer relationship with those records
you've known the longest? Does Bob have an uphill struggle making
records to compete with his 60's classics - simply because most of

his

audience consider his earlier records part of their upbringing?
What's it like to have only come to Bob as a fully grown adult?

It's

weird to think of someone coming to Bob through Modern Times (or

TOOM

for that matter) and working backwards so to speak - but I guess

it

happens all the time. My first album was Nashville Skyline, and I
always feel at home when I hear it, like it's 1981 again. My

nephew

used to sing Who Killed Davey Moore when he was 8 so he's well

versed,

but how much do kids get to hear Bob these days?

I actually was about 15 but the yest was around 1973.


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