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From a good Twitter reaction thread by a longtime JFK assassination commentator: "there's a continuous thread of reference to mostly-black pre-rock music as kno
by AndrewBissell 7y ago
From a good Twitter reaction thread by a longtime JFK assassination commentator: "there's a continuous thread of reference to mostly-black pre-rock music as knowledge of just what happened to JFK and mostly white pop/rock as a kind of rebellious sublimation or, if you like, extrovert denial, acting out the rage but not admitting what happened"
https://twitter.com/corpseinorbit/status/1243409386262810625 https://twitter.com/corpseinorbit/status/1243409386262810625
One theory is that the lyric "howl Wolfman, howl" may be a reference to George H. W. Bush, whose CIA codename was Timberwolf and who claimed for years not to remember where he was the day JFK was assassinated.
- ratww 7y agoWolfman is most certainly Wolfman Jack, the 50s/60s DJ and cultural icon, immortalised in George Lucas' American Graffiti. His whole name is mentioned in the fourth verse, and he did start his broadcasts by howling.
- AndrewBissell 7y agoIf the theory is right it wouldn't be the only name in the song Dylan uses as a play on words or with double meaning. The first reference is sandwiched right up against a bunch of rumination on the nature of Kennedy's murder and the people who carried it out.