{"id":5626,"date":"2008-10-13T17:16:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T17:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/bletherskite\/?p=132"},"modified":"2008-10-13T17:16:51","modified_gmt":"2008-10-13T17:16:51","slug":"bob-dylan-names-robert-burns-as-his-biggest-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=5626","title":{"rendered":"Bob Dylan Names Robert Burns as His Biggest Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38875\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bobdylan_narrowweb__300x393011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38875\" alt=\"Bob Dylan Names Robert Burns as Biggest Inspiration\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bobdylan_narrowweb__300x393011.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Dylan Names Robert Burns as Biggest Inspiration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bob Dylan&#8217;s music has inspired generations of music lovers. He has now named his own personal inspiration as our favorite Scots poet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scotland\/scottish-history\/jacobite-scotland\/1759-burns\/\">Robert Burns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked which lyric or verse had the largest impact on his life he chose the 1794 song A Red, Red Rose, which is mostly known as poem, it was originally wrote as a song, penned by the man regarded as Scotland&#8217;s national poet.<\/p>\n<p>According to some experts it was based on a song Burns heard a girl singing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scotland\/scottish-history\/jacobite-scotland\/1759-burns\">Burns<\/a> himself, a great pioneer of the Romantic movement, referred to it as a &#8216;simple old Scots song which I had picked up in the country&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Gerard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-carruthers\/\">Carruthers<\/a>, director of the Centre for Robert Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow, said: &#8216;A Red, Red Rose is one of the greatest love songs of all time. It&#8217;s a song that resonates down the ages. It&#8217;s part of the Burns song canon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s one of his most emotive and emotional, perhaps his biggest expression of love.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Burns was a hugely committed artist who dealt with everyday emotions and big emotions so in that sense it&#8217;s not a surprise he&#8217;s influenced Dylan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I imagine Dylan will still be loved in 200 years as much as Burns is.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Dylan&#8217;s music has inspired generations of music lovers. He has now named his own personal inspiration as our favorite Scots poet Robert Burns. 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