# New Bob Dylan interview in the NYT

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**Created:** [June 13, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bob-dylan-interview-in-the-nyt/855605 "2020-06-13T15:00:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bob-dylan-interview-in-the-nyt/855605/1 "2020-06-13T15:00:23Z")

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As you may know, Dylan will release the double album “Rough And Rowdy Ways” next Friday, his first studio album with original songs since 2012. He hadn’t given an interview since being awarded the Nobel prize in 2016, and in this[new interview in the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/arts/music/bob-dylan-rough-and-rowdy-ways.html), he’s more open than I ever remember him. He’s usually very cryptic when talking about his creative process, but talks suprisingly frank about it this time. And would he have allowed or even answered questions like this in the past???

Q: “What Eagles songs do you enjoy the most?”

“New Kid in Town,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” “Pretty Maids All in a Row.” That could be one of the best songs ever.

Q: “Just as a lark, which Stones songs do you wish you could’ve written?”

Oh, I don’t know, maybe “Angie,” “Ventilator Blues” and what else, let me see. Oh yeah, “Wild Horses.”

He also takes a clear stand in the case of the George Floyd murder (the interview was made the day after the incident):

> [@NYT](#):
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> I had a brief follow-up with Dylan, 79, one day after Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. Clearly shaken by the horror that had occurred in his home state, he sounded depressed. “It sickened me no end to see George tortured to death like that,” he said. “It was beyond ugly. Let’s hope that justice comes swift for the Floyd family and for the nation.”

A good read that makes me look forward to the new album.

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**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bob-dylan-interview-in-the-nyt/855605/2 "2020-06-13T20:59:43Z")

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I’ve got the album pre-ordered. You can listen to some tracks on Youtube.