We need our artists more than ever during these unprecedented times and thankfully Bob Dylan has delivered in his own unique way. How many artists just happen to have an unreleased 17-minute ditty about the JFK assassination in the arsenal?
Dylan is 78 and has not released an original song in 8 years.
At 4:09am today/9pm California time, Dylan uploaded Murder Most Foul to all the major streaming platforms. The song comes in at 16:56. According to google, it is technically his longest song, outdistancing the track 'Highlands' from 'Time Out Of Mind' by 25 seconds.
Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years.
This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting.
Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you.
Bob Dylanhttps://t.co/uJnE4X64Bb— Bob Dylan (@bobdylan) March 27, 2020
The song features the soon-to-be-classic line 'Rub a dub dub, this murder most foul'.
Twitter was typically on point in delivering an instant verdict on the song.
If you had Bob Dylan releasing a graphic 17-minute track about the Kennedy assassination tonight in the office pool, congratulations you win two trillion dollars.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) March 27, 2020
bob dylan after two weeks of staying at home: pic.twitter.com/gUamKNUekE
— steely dan’s 20 jazz funk greats (@humswhilepeeing) March 27, 2020
Your friend and mine, Bob Dylan. pic.twitter.com/7c7AbeDHXI
— Daniel Harris (@DanielHarris) March 27, 2020
Holy shit!https://t.co/xJcRk7LtEf
— Lee Ranaldo (@leeranaldo) March 27, 2020
Are we gonna pretend Bob Dylan didn't ref Love Island on his new song.
"Let me know when you decide to thrown in the towel /
It is what it is, and it's murder most foul"— Roisin O'Connor (@Roisin_OConnor) March 27, 2020
Bob Dylan fans: I wonder what kind of song Bob will write about the current state of the world
Bob Dylan: releases 17 minute song about the JFK assassination pic.twitter.com/NmovznHdl9— matthewⓥ (@t0mbstoneblues) March 27, 2020
It’s a very Bob Dylan move to release a 15-minute-long epic about the Kennedy assassination in the middle of a pandemic.
— Nathanael T. Booth (@NathanaelBooth) March 27, 2020
I love Bob Dylan very much but I can’t stop thinking about his jfk song & the line “I’m just a patsy/Like Patsy Cline”
Bob, no— Paul Duane (@MrPaulDuane) March 27, 2020
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