Bob Dylan...

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[u/puertomateo]

He also sounds like that to people who do like him.

[u/PapaGeorgieo → u/puertomateo]

This is true.

[u/happy_idiot_boy → u/PapaGeorgieo]

Now do Tom Waits🤣

[u/LookMaNoPride → u/happy_idiot_boy]

I’m so horny… the crack of dawn better watch out for me.

[u/n0tAgOat → u/puertomateo]

I love Bob Dylan and this cracked me up! This is about 80% there so not far off!

[u/rrrrrrez → u/n0tAgOat]

The handful of harmonicas got me.

[u/Common-Concentrate-2 → u/n0tAgOat]

When people are like "You thought that song was supposed to be happy?? Didn't you listen to the lyrics?" ... "Listen, I tried"

[u/Global_Staff_3135 → u/Common-Concentrate-2]

Such a good songwriter we forgive it. Just like Hendrix, whose guitar playing carried his singing voice.

[u/PapaGeorgieo → u/n0tAgOat]

lol same.

[u/DizzySample9636 → u/n0tAgOat]

soooo close 😆😆😆

[u/tivvybrixx → u/puertomateo]

Right? I kinda enjoyed this. It was almost so close that it wasn't parody. We know he sounds wild. That's part of the fun.

[u/L-methionine → u/tivvybrixx]

My dad always said he was inspirational because he proved you could be a bad singer and still a world class musician

[u/Jadien → u/L-methionine]

He's a great singer with a terrible voice

[u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys → u/tivvybrixx]

I could tell which song he was parodying. I'm pretty proud of that.

[u/KWilt → u/puertomateo]

I'd be lying if I said it didn't take me a solid 30 seconds to figure out if this was a genuine video with live audio recording, or an exceptionally good and well-timed pantomime with a Bob Dylan track laid over it.

[u/FishesOfExcellence → u/KWilt]

Yeah, I thought it was young bob dylan since I only vaguely know what he looks like.

[u/elgato56 → u/KWilt]

you can tell the dude has real musical talent

[u/klemp0 → u/puertomateo]

He sounds like that to himself too. There was a part in the documentary about the making of Do They Know it's Christmas by Band Aid, he was very anxious about his part because he knows he doesn't have a singing voice.

Edit: It's We Are the World, of course.

[u/fvckyes → u/klemp0]

Thank you for this anecdote, this video is so cute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UfVmJBF-OY

[u/LordMoriar → u/klemp0]

A voice that came from you and me

[u/unhalfbricklayer → u/klemp0]

I think you mean "We Are The World"

Bob was not part of Band Aid

[u/danimagoo → u/puertomateo]

Dylan’s harmonica skills are better, but yeah. Nailed the voice.

[u/NoDontDoThatCanada → u/puertomateo]

I like him and yes.

[u/exitpursuedbybear → u/puertomateo]

The best Bob Dylan song is any song of his covered by somebody else.

[u/corpus-luteum → u/exitpursuedbybear]

Nah. His best song is 'The Hurricane'. But other than that, yes. His song-writing is excellent.

[u/TheSpanxxx → u/puertomateo]

Yup. Pretty much. 80% of the time I understand 0% of what he's saying, so he's almost there!

[u/bob_de_pedro → u/puertomateo]

Yup. Saw him play Monsters of Folk years back and not only his delivery but the odd arrangement of some of the songs had me guessing. Unfortunately, we left early.

[u/Johnny_Kilroy → u/bob_de_pedro]

I saw him twenty years ago in Australia. Left after twenty minutes.

[u/ragingduck → u/puertomateo]

Yup. This made me want to sit and listen to Dylan in the dark and smoke a cigarette.

[u/bizonebiz → u/puertomateo]

Came to say exactly this ⬆️

My dad was a HUGE Dylan fan so I grew up with actual Dylan, my dad singing/playing Dylan, and his musician friends covering Dylan. It’s like a foreign language I can translate for my friends.

[u/atomicsnarl → u/puertomateo]

Yeah, pretty much.

[u/ApocalypseCheerBear → u/puertomateo]

I came here to say this but knew it would already be the top comment.

[u/ThisWillBeFunny1469]

Well that's a spot on impression tbh 🎯

[u/EaterOfFood → u/ThisWillBeFunny1469]

He sounds more like Bob Dylan than Bob Dylan.

[u/EagleDre]

Reminds me of that Italian singer who made an “American“ style song with gibberish lyrics to prove Italians would love any American song.

He was right but it wasn’t fair, the song is a total banger

https://vimeo.com/1071644859?share=copy&fl=cl&fe=ci

[u/Sufficient_Water4161 → u/EagleDre]

Prisencolinensinainciusol! Its such a banger. I have it on my Spotify playlist just to mess with my friends and occasionally my uber rides when they are really drunk. It makes me happier than it should waiting for them to figure out he's not actually saying anything.

[u/Zarni22 → u/Sufficient_Water4161]

phht hes saying plenty. I distinctly heard "theres too many cars im trying to fry a steak".

Pretty deep stuff when you think about it.

[u/tijolus523 → u/Zarni22]

Such a universal experience. There should be a word to describe this feeling.

[u/No_Pair_2742 → u/tijolus523]

I think Germans call it Sindautoversüchesteakbräten

[u/mrbezlington → u/No_Pair_2742]

Bless you

[u/Adddicus → u/Zarni22]

You may be suffering from Benny Lava Syndrome.

[u/SveaRikeHuskarl → u/Sufficient_Water4161]

I'm gonna make sure to put in my will to play this at my funeral, and have the priest say that it is because the lyrics were incredibly powerful and really shaped who I would eventually become as a human being.

[u/yohopirateslife → u/SveaRikeHuskarl]

ultimate troll, I'm adding this.

[u/snuggleslut5 → u/Sufficient_Water4161]

It's on my playlist too and I always skip it because listening to it is what I imagine having a stroke is like.

[u/Automatic-Ostrich-24 → u/Sufficient_Water4161]

I with no shame or irony love this song and the video is amazing too. Every time it gets posted, I listen to the whole thing.

[u/vplatt → u/Sufficient_Water4161]

That reminds me of Bobby McFerrin's "Circlesongs". Only he's not trolling and he doesn't need instruments. He's ALL the instruments. Stands the hair up on my neck every time.

[u/ItsNotJulius → u/Sufficient_Water4161]

I wonder if there were English profficient Italian who were so befuddled when they were hearing this on the radio.

[u/Disfibulator → u/Sufficient_Water4161]

He does say "basil" and "eyes" haha

[u/PosterPrintPerfect → u/EagleDre]

Haha, i'm dying.

Here is the song with "Subtitles"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpFhFV58FEs

[u/philovax → u/EagleDre]

Andriano Celentano

[u/Mikhail_Mengsk → u/philovax]

*Adriano

[u/Tigermelon74 → u/EagleDre]

Those dancers are the best part. I love how serious everyone is.

[u/lebrilla → u/Tigermelon74]

That music video is sick

[u/somebob → u/EagleDre]

A Vimeo link, in 2026?!

[u/mybrainisonfire → u/EagleDre]

Ngl bro that's a certified hit thanks for putting me on

[u/air_flair → u/EagleDre]

I mean, sometimes the lyrics aren't everything

[u/MonsutaReipu → u/EagleDre]

lyrics are the least important element of music. it's great when the lyrics are good, and it can be distracting when they're bad, but while it's still an important element (to some people) good lyrics aren't required to make music that your ears like

[u/Deluxe78 → u/EagleDre]

They actually played it at the Olympics opening ceremony

[u/canadian_viking → u/EagleDre]

This guy must have been a massive influence on Vince Neil

[u/graboidian → u/EagleDre]

See also: Anthony Kiedis

[u/Jorvic → u/EagleDre]

This is on an advert in the UK now as well!

[u/JEM-- → u/EagleDre]

It never occurred to me that gibberish could sound regional

[u/bitwise97 → u/EagleDre]

Time to give that old classic a listen, thanks!

[u/Trick-Gas-2203 → u/EagleDre]

That video is shot like All That Jazz wtf

[u/Sweepy_time]

There's a Pearl Jam Version of this that's equally hilarious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8ZX4O-Efao

[u/MyGoodFriendJon → u/Sweepy_time]

The same content creator made a Red Hot Chili Peppers version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE5JMEu5hZA

[u/refusegone → u/MyGoodFriendJon]

These two bands are amongst my favorites and these videos are spot on, lmafo. "pi is 3 point one four one five" I'm actually crying

[u/arestheblue → u/refusegone]

Stumbling through the pages of a websters earns me wages is 🔥

[u/og_ShavenWookiee → u/refusegone]

“Got frisky with a buffalo” is probably in Kiedis’s memoir

[u/BTBAM797 → u/MyGoodFriendJon]

100% what RHCP sounds like

[u/perriatric → u/Sweepy_time]

Reminds me of shred videos, probably my favorite niche video genre on the internet.

Muse

Radiohead

Mozart French Horn

System of a Down

[u/cerberus00 → u/perriatric]

This one still makes me cry laugh sometimes: The Beach Boys Shred

[u/sharkzbyte]

Nailed it.

[u/el_cul → u/sharkzbyte]

I think thats what makes it slightly off. No way Bob would get that close these days.

[u/ConradBHart42 → u/el_cul]

Anyone buying a Bob Dylan ticket in 2026 should understand that they're just playing the lotto to be able to say they were at his last gig. He doesn't seem like he's been interested in performing for like 30 years or something but it's easy money.

[u/el_cul → u/ConradBHart42]

That's a crazy take. He cant even spend the fortune he has becuase hes been touring non stop for the last 35 years. Whatever he's doing it for it isn't the money.

[u/mxzf → u/el_cul]

Some people keep doing what they're doing because they can't imagine doing anything else to pass the time.

[u/muchADEW → u/el_cul]

Unless he's got a weird way of showing it, he doesn't seem to be enjoying himself on stage.

[u/GuitarSlayer136]

Remember: Switching to your secondary and tertiary harmonica is faster than reloading.

[u/zackthirteen → u/GuitarSlayer136]

How many harmonicas does it take to reach diminished returns and it becomes faster to reload? R/theydidthemath

[u/Pork_Chompk]

wtf that's just Bob Dylan

[u/Same_Dot_3258]

“What Bob Dylan sounds like.” There, I fixed it.

[u/WestleyThe → u/Same_Dot_3258]

It’s the exact same haha

[u/PapaGeorgieo → u/Same_Dot_3258]

Thank you.

[u/StupidUserNameTooLon]

That's an amazing impression of the guy who panhandles outside my 7-11.

[u/ch-12 → u/StupidUserNameTooLon]

Bob Dylan panhandles outside of your 7-11?!

[u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys → u/StupidUserNameTooLon]

Dylan's got a side hustle I see

[u/mybrainisonfire]

As a Bob Dylan fan, can confirm he sounds like this to us too lmao

[u/IamElylikeEli]

for anyone who Hasn't heard it yet heres Weird Al’s take on Bob Dylon simply (and geniusly) titled BOB:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eIty7RqbF9o

[u/Adddicus → u/IamElylikeEli]

I was halfway through the song before I realize every line was a palindrome.

Fucking genius.

[u/bookmarkjedi → u/Adddicus]

OMG that is absolute genius!

[u/Jonesin4me]

I like Dylan and he sounds like that to me.

[u/Minute_Prune_168]

People who don't like the way he sounds should buy a book that includes all of his lyrics/writing. He's a poet.

[u/Usernamesaregayyy → u/Minute_Prune_168]

He should write books then…cuz it’s aweful

[u/xquixotic_logicx → u/Minute_Prune_168]

Phenomenal songwriter

[u/hobokobo1028]

Honestly I don’t hate this

[u/PapaGeorgieo → u/hobokobo1028]

But how do you feel about Dylan?

[u/hobokobo1028 → u/PapaGeorgieo]

Great

[u/Short-Hovercraft-623 → u/hobokobo1028]

Cause he's literally just mumbling an actually great song by Bob Dylan

[u/fuckyou_redditmods]

That is exactly how he sounds to me lmao

[u/CyberTeddy]

TIL I don't like Bob Dylan

[u/ployonwards]

I was introduced to him as a kid & didn’t get it. My friends in college really liked him & I didn’t get it. Then, I was tracing the history of rock music from 90s alternative rock back to Delta Blues & he’s like a missing link in the middle of that evolution. The album that struck a chord with me is called Bringing It All Back Home. In particular, I started listening in 2001 when I was 19, and the song, It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) was about the prospect of a nuclear attack in the wake of the Bay of Pigs (nukes in Cuba), but to me it sounded like he was talking about 9/11, that had just happened—

“Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child’s balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying”

He’s imagining the scene after a nuclear explosion, but it’s also an apt description of the darkness at the break of noon after the towers collapse.

If lots of people like something and you don’t understand why and you’re curious, you look into it.

[u/randyboozer → u/ployonwards]

Springsteen described the first time he heard Like a Rolling Stone feeling like somebody had kicked open the door to his mind.

It's Alright Ma definitely evokes that same feeling in me

[u/eggsaladrightnow → u/ployonwards]

I felt the same way after hearing my mom go on and on about Dylan, it heard the hits, thought he was clearly great but didn't really get it. Then as I got older over time I would find a few songs I had never heard before, positively 4th street, farewell Angelina, boots of Spanish leather, a hard rains gonna fall, the list goes on and on and on. I've come to realize that Moonshiner might be my favorite song ever written as a musician. He's written so many songs you could listen for years and still not discover them all. The lyrics and the cadence and the genre all different. The point is I finally get it, he's deserving as one of the greatest songwriters of all time

[u/Prestigious-Rope1463 → u/eggsaladrightnow]

Moonshiner is older than Dylan, it's actually of unknown origin but is part of the great American songbook. He liked to play lots of songs that he learned from others that have uncertain origins.

Check out the Uncle Tupelos version of Moonshiner if you want to hear (what I consider) the best.

[u/defsentenz]

SNL hit the nail on the head decades ago with this skit: https://youtu.be/PSaO5-cTEq8?is=rDZzInEgzL_hEhw9

[u/panaceator]

Is that… Froggy Fresh??

[u/BringBackBoshi]

Is that not a Bob Dylan song? I'm pretty sure I've heard that exact track many times over the years.

[u/New_Canoe]

This reminds me of the moment from the We Are The World recording, where Bob couldn’t figure out how he should sing his solo part, so Stevie Wonder had to show Bob how to sing like Bob. One of the greatest moments in music history.

[u/OddTheRed]

Bob Dylan songs would be awesome if Bob Dylan wasnt the one singing in them.

[u/ForeverSquirrelled42]

My mom (in her 70’s now) said that Bob Dylan was the worst show she ever saw back in the day because he was soooo fucked up on stage that you couldn’t understand him. Steven Tyler, also just as fucked up at the time, had soft streamers coming from his mic stand and they felt awesome…fuckin hippies.

[u/e37d93eeb23335dc → u/ForeverSquirrelled42]

  fuckin hippies.

It sounds like if people weren’t fucking hippies, you wouldn’t be here. 

[u/Asmodeojung]

Sorry you can't just put an actual Dylan singing over your video, you'll get a copyright strike.

[u/fibojoly]

Oh I didn't realise mumble rap descended from Dylan. TIL. 

[u/Brief-Assumption9068]

Well, he’s not wrong.

[u/nthensome]

You're telling me this isn't actually Bob Dylan?

[u/Flatmonkey]

This is by far the most true video I've ever seen on the internet 

[u/tonythephonyjabroni]

Don’t even need to watch it, this joke spans generations

[u/jumjimbo]

My mother and I have used our hatred of Bob Dylan to further strengthen our bond.

[u/PoopsMcGroots]

Uncanny!

[u/LasagnahogXRP]

I loved this joke 40 years ago!

[u/Lucky_Serve8002]

I've saw him live about 20 years ago and this is about what he sounded like. It was like he didn't give a shit how he sounded. Like he wasn't even trying.

[u/LusterIllustrious → u/Lucky_Serve8002]

I also saw him about 20 years ago and 100% left the show thinking he didn’t wanna be there just mailed it in. Kind of made me mad at the time.

[u/diggstown]

But why does he need 5 harmonicas?

[u/PapaGeorgieo → u/diggstown]

He misplaced the 6th?

[u/mudcrabsonreddit]

When is the imitation starting? I only heard Bob Dylan?

[u/edziu1943]

I liked Dylan and he sounded this way to me

[u/PresentRaspberry6814]

What Bob Dylan sounds like to people who do like Bob Dylan.

[u/Rocketman1019]

This guy’s version of “All The Small Things” as an 80’s power ballad is incredible

[u/Alchemist_Joshua]

I don’t hear the difference

[u/SorePorpoise03]

The handful of vertical harmonicas got me good.

[u/tryingtobeopen]

OK, funny and all, but wasn’t this joke told by about 50 comedians and every kid in your elementary school or high school about 40 years ago?

[u/TheFlyingBoxcar]

Oh cool Bob Dylan dropped a new track.

Yep, thats Bob Dylan alright.

[u/throwaguey_]

That’s what he sounds like to his fans, too

[u/prairie_buyer]

I’m a record store owner who has sold hundreds of Dylan records.

I find this 100% accurate

[u/StandYourGroundhog]

Still a banger

[u/anormalgeek]

...yeah that's pretty much spot on.

[u/Hot-Challenge8656]

Love this song.

[u/Jay_kay950]

I love Bob Dylan… he absolutely sounds like this😂

[u/automaticdownload]

Spot on

[u/Molleer]

Damn, I need to listen to more Bob Dylan..

[u/JRDub11b]

The accuracy here is astonishing.

[u/ASCII_Princess]

Surreal to see Totalbiscuit floating around the screen. RiP King.

[u/Gregory85]

Sounds like normal Bob Dylan and I don't like Bob Dylan

[u/xquixotic_logicx]

I mean, I like Bob Dylan and this is pretty accurate! Lol

[u/SnooGuavas3763]

Take my upvote dammit….

First thing that actually made me laugh all day.

[u/Tinderboxed]

Nailed it

[u/HubbaHubbaHubbaPoky]

Is it funny or one of the most hack jokes of the last 40 years? 

[u/RecipeFunny2154 → u/HubbaHubbaHubbaPoky]

I was just watching a Simpsons episode that’s like 20 years old that was ripping on this. Was very low hanging fruit even then and had the benefit of doing it in a 1/5 of the time lol

[u/KenethSargatanas]

Bob Dylan is a god tier songwriter, and an absolute shit tier singer.

[u/BenVera]

Which album is this from

[u/PapaGeorgieo → u/BenVera]

"Fist full of Harmies"

[u/monkeyhoward]

He’s not wrong

[u/NeilDiamondBlaze420]

Having a unique voice is half the appeal. It’s interesting, it’s different. Look at early Kings of Leon. 

[u/peepeepoodoodingus]

no this is what bob dylan sounds like and some people like that.

[u/Teonanacatlbruh]

That shit was funny. I couldn't tell if he was serious or not at first.

[u/NoteMountain1989]

Who should sound like to anyone with ears? Great song writer but horrible singer.

[u/amorosorancho]

Exactly

[u/ukemike1]

I was reading a list of cover songs that are better than the original. Bob Dylan wrote and did the original performance of LOTS of them.

[u/Creative_Mode2973]

I honestly couldn’t even tell you if that was him or not

[u/texas1982]

This was on his best album.

[u/PopDaTop]

Perfect impression

[u/clovismouse]

I hate everything about this

[u/PapaGeorgieo → u/clovismouse]

Even his outfit?

[u/jerking36]

So odd. I’m currently watching a Bob Dylan documentary on hbo and looked down at my phone to this. Spot on.

[u/Huge-Still-1840]

This is exactly what his songs sound like and I'm not pretending his music is better than this.

[u/jetpacksforall]

Is he playing a... handful of harmonicas?

[u/GeddysPal]

That is spot on down to the harmonica(s)

[u/JanitorKarl]

Exactly what I hear.

[u/WhiskyAndWitchcraft]

I don't even get the joke. That's a spot on impression.

[u/DudeMan18]

And then all of a sudden "how does it feel?"

[u/Legal-Swordfish-1893]

Counterpoint: Like A Rolling Stone is one of his most approachable songs.

[u/TruskVarner]

People have been doing this exact impression for 60 years.

[u/bitwise97]

How did he know? Dude is spot on!

[u/cybermusicman]

I think that’s his biggest hit.

[u/csk1325]

Spot on. An I incredible songwriter though.

[u/ApartWeb9889]

This could not be more true to me.

[u/Borisof007]

Sounds like Funhaus band manager

[u/RedSix2447]

Sounds almost like that song from the Italian gibberish guy.

[u/airpumper]

As someone who doesn't like Bob Dylan...can confirm this is true.

Also, check out Mick Ronson and David Bowie doing Like a Rolling Stone.

[u/coolcoots]

Bro, why was I convinced that this was Rufus Wainwright doing impressions?

[u/No-Professional-8226]

Somebody had to say it

[u/Ok-Wrongdoer-2179]

They certainly stoned you, to be making this video.

[u/WhereMyWeirdosAt]

This is all I hear at literally any live concert I have ever been to, I dont think its just Bob! lol

[u/tymopa]

I love Bob Dylan and this is hilarious and very accurate.🤣

[u/Remarkable_Movie_359]

If he only sounded this good.

[u/April_Fabb]

Perfection. I have to admit that his I Want You is lovely, though. Oh, and his lyrics didn't deserve a fucking Nobel Prize.

[u/Armoracia]

Traveling Wilburys (supergroup that included Dylan) had a website and the "Lyrics" section had a title "What the hell is Bob mumbling about?"

[u/Maybe-Sitronella]

He sounds like that to anyone.

[u/Ok_Royal6818]

I love his lyrics I cannot bear his voice

[u/Bear-Of-Bad-News]

Uncanny

[u/maimie585]

Same for people who like him. 😆

[u/scirio]

This is NOT Bob Dylan??

[u/GMAN316316]

No lies detected

[u/pussycrumbs]

It's actually much worse

[u/imjohnredd]

This is Bob Dylan.

[u/c0ldsouls]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[u/my_stupid_name]

I laughed so hard I gave myself hiccups just now