# Jimmy Fallon pits trump bigly using Dylan music **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379 "2018-02-07T18:14:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/1 "2018-02-07T18:14:15Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ9drv78dCQ) Wow, just wow. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/2 "2018-02-07T18:21:35Z")
You couldn’t find one of the other 15 threads in the pit on Trump to pin this to? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/3 "2018-02-07T18:23:25Z")
Quite a shift in tone for fallon, who has been largely apolitical in the era of Trump even as his late-night comrades have done the exact opposite. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/4 "2018-02-07T18:35:26Z")
This thread will make **Projammer** angry, and when **Projammer** gets angry he hands out participation trophies. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/5 "2018-02-07T19:09:21Z")
Truly awesome, though the real Dylan would have had cleaner lyrics. Mel Gibson? WTF? Damn, Fallon can do a great imitation. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/6 "2018-02-07T19:16:43Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > You couldn’t find one of the other 15 threads in the pit on Trump to pin this to? I thought it merited its own thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dorabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@Dorabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorabella)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/7 "2018-02-07T20:48:31Z")
Love it. He is a very talented entertainer. I might have missed it if it was buried in another thread. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/8 "2018-02-07T20:57:19Z")
It is easy to forget, because he spends most of his time goofing around with celebrities, that Fallon is an extremely skilled impression artist. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/9 "2018-02-07T21:02:16Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It is easy to forget, because he spends most of his time goofing around with celebrities, that Fallon is an extremely skilled impression artist. Yep, and I’d say this is about middle of the pack for him. I’ve seen a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/10 "2018-02-07T21:10:51Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Wow, just wow. That took me down a 20 minute rabbit hole of Fallon impersonations. Funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/11 "2018-02-07T21:14:47Z")
He does Neil Young better than Neil Young does! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/12 "2018-02-07T21:30:37Z")
That’s a real good Dylan impression, as good as his Neil Young. I for one don’t believe the song really slams Trump too hard, though. Not like this song from the real Joan Baez: (Apologies- I’ve posted it here in a Trump pit thread before.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AHQ7N9lEl_E/maxresdefault.jpg ""Nasty Man" by Joan Baez") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQ7N9lEl_E) ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/13 "2018-02-08T15:21:41Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I thought it merited its own thread. Well… OK then. Never mind ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/14 "2018-02-08T15:43:16Z")
The lyrics from the song: > [@](#): > > Come gather round people wherever you roam > And admit that our country don’t feel like our home > And that silence speaks louder than those who condone > If a tweet to you is worth favin’ > Then lift up your voices and put down your phones > For the times they are a-changin’ > > Come women and men who hashtag Me Too > And believe me when I say that we believe you > For weak is the man who calls truth “fake news” > Time’s up, our silence we’re breaking > And even though Mel Gibson was in Daddy’s Home 2 > Well the times they are a-changin’ > > Come athletes with platforms throughout the land > Who by taking a knee are taking a stand > And before you shout out that they should be banned > Listen to what they are saying > Perhaps they’d stand up if you reached out your hand > Well the times they are a-changing > > Come journalists, writers who report the facts > And brandish your pen to fend off his attacks > Look past what he says and look at how he acts > The fire and fury is raging > For his words can hurt, but your words can fight back > New York Times, they aren’t a-failin’ > > Come leaders who bully like Internet trolls > We’ll curse you with four-letter words ‘love’ and ‘hope’ > For we will go high even when you go low > The order is re-arranging > For you have the power, but we have the vote > The times they are a-changin’ Pretty solid song, but I don’t understand the Mel Gibson reference. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/15 "2018-02-08T17:37:58Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > That’s a real good Dylan impression, as good as his Neil Young. He definitely has a talent for impressions, and more generally a solid level of musical ability. > [@bobot](#): > > I for one don’t believe the song really slams Trump too hard, though. Of course not. Despite his undeniable talent, he is also the epitome of a particular type of populist-yet-noncontroversial mediocrity. If there’s a wind blowing in the direction of mainstream, uncritical, vanilla public approval, you can be sure that the good ship Jimmy Fallon will have its sails set perfectly to take advantage. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/16 "2018-02-08T18:23:50Z")
I’ve been trying to imagine what it would sound like if Christopher Walken sang Bob Dylan, but my [mind keeps getting blown](https://media.giphy.com/media/26ufdipQqU2lhNA4g/giphy.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/17 "2018-02-08T18:32:02Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > The lyrics from the song: > > Pretty solid song, but I don’t understand the Mel Gibson reference. I guess he was commenting that Gibson continues to get work even with some controversies in his past. From[here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson#Controversies) > [@](#): > > The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department launched a domestic violence investigation against Gibson,[131] later dropped when Gibson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/18 "2018-02-08T19:39:55Z")
That was amazing ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/19 "2018-02-08T20:57:57Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > The lyrics from the song: > > Pretty solid song, but I don’t understand the Mel Gibson reference. Gibson is an abusive racist, but nonetheless was cast in the silly comedy “Daddy’s Home 2” as if nothing was wrong. Fallon is amking the point that even as society is seeing a movement to make such behaviour unacceptable, a guy like Gibson is worming his way back in to being a popular entertainer. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-pits-trump-bigly-using-dylan-music/808379/20 "2018-02-10T15:39:25Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Gibson is an abusive racist, but nonetheless was cast in the silly comedy “Daddy’s Home 2” as if nothing was wrong. Fallon is amking the point that even as society is seeing a movement to make such behaviour unacceptable, a guy like Gibson is worming his way back in to being a popular entertainer. Just like a bad case of crabs that won’t go away.