While Dylan's topical songs to establish the reputation first, Freewheelin also include a mixture of love songs and detention, the blues speak the truth. Humor is a big part of Dylan persona, [54] and a variety of material on the album impressed many listeners including the Beatles. George Harrison said: "We just play, focused on the content of lyrics and just attitude that is very original and beautiful .."
Dylan sang a rough edge is disturbing to some listeners initial, but appeal to others. Describe the impact that Dylan had been at her husband and herself, Joyce Carol Oates wrote, "When we first heard that nose, very young, and apparently not trained, frankly, as if the sandpaper could sing, the effect is dramatic and electrifying. "Many of the most famous songs first reached the community through a more immediate version of the game by other artists such as Joan Baez, who became a defender Dylan, and her lover. Baez had a influence to bring Dylan to national minorities and international famous by recording a few songs earlier, and invited on stage during the concert itself.
Others who recorded and had success with songs from Dylan in the early 1960s and mid-including The Byrds, Sonny and Cher, The Hollies, Peter, Paul and Mary, Associations, Manfred Mann, and turtles . Most try to give the sensation of pop and rhythm of songs, while Dylan and Baez played their most often the result of the population is rare. cover version has become so ubiquitous that CBS started to come forward with the tag "Nobody sings Dylan Like Dylan."
"Mixed Up Confusion", recorded during those sessions Freewheelin 'with a backing band, released as singles and then quickly withdrawn. Unlike most solo acoustic performances on the album, the single showed a willingness to experiment with rockabilly sound.Cameron Crowe is described as "folk artists look interesting on the mind wanders to Elvis Presley and Sun Records.