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Has Bob Dylan ever used profanity in his lyrics?

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It seems like there is an obvious song I'm forgetting, but I can't think of what it would be. Just seems weird that a guy known for breaking barriers in lyrics (and writing so damn many of them) & who was enamored w/ the Beats would have steered clear of words like fuck, shit, etc. He wrote so many songs about being pissed off, too.

― Mark, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

new fucking answers.

― Mark, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I believe there's a "shit" in "Hurricane."

― M. Matos, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

no there isnt, i just checked . hmm now i am blank ?

― anthonyeaston, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Um, check again. He does say "shit" in "Hurricane". He also curses in "George Jackson".

― Oliver, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"play fuckin loud"

― brains, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

okay this is the problem with dylan lyrics , you have to listen to them at least twice to actually get to hear the words. i think dylan is more effective BECAUSE of the lack of profanity. Instead of just saying Fuck You or You Bitch or This is Shit, he tells you , often quite cryptically why.

― anthonyeaston, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Check your own damn shelf: http://search.bobdylan.com/lyricsearch/

― Colin Meeder, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Check your own damn self: http://search.bobdylan.com/lyricsearch/

― Colin Meeder, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The title of "Like a Rolling Stone" was originally "Like a Motherfuckin' Rolling Stone, you Asshole." But he changed it because Joan Baez said to.

― Gage-o, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I can't find any Dylan lyrics with profanities in them, but I do know of a Dylan recording which contains a swear word. At the end of "Oh Sister" on "Desire", Emmylou Harris says "I fucked it up".

― Mark Dixon, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)


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