The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob Dylan cover)

"The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan, covered by Reina del Cid

I woke up early this morning with this song on my heart. It’s every bit as relevant today as it was when Bob Dylan wrote down these words over 50 years ago.

Bruce Springsteen, before performing it at The Kennedy Center Honors for Bob Dylan, said: “This song was written in a moment in our country’s history when people’s yearning for a more just society exploded. Bob Dylan had the courage to stand in that fire, and he caught the sound of that explosion.”

It’s become especially clear this year that our country is still molten hot with those same issues, the tectonic plates are still shifting, and the struggle for a more just society continues. Dylan’s indictment of those who would try to halt that process is just as powerful now as it was then.

Wherever you are in the world, whatever your background, your political affiliation, your age or gender, take a moment today and listen to these words, reaching across half a century to remind us that the wheels of change will continue to turn with or without our individual permission, and we can either be part of building the future, or get run over by it. It’s a bold, uncompromising song, and that’s why its teeth are just as sharp today as they were then.


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[stephenkroll]

I'm 74. I heard this song when it was published. I have never heard a more powerful performance.

[billcharles]

Understated...in a beautiful way. I remember the promise of the future in 1963, when I was 19, and impatient to break free of what I saw as the constraints and errors of the past. Perhaps a naive thought, but hopeful, nonetheless. We made our own mistakes and found our own limitations, but I think the world is now a better place overall than it was then. I think Dylan was appealing, as Lincoln put it, to "the better angels of our nature". The darker impulses will always be there, and the world will never be perfect, but we can always make it a little bit better. Thank you, Reina, for bringing those thoughts forward these sixty years.

[creep]

Every generation has ached for change. We have all felt like we are hostages to our antagonists policies and practices.
This song will always be relevant, because there is always hope to be better. We can all "change the times", by being better people, better neighbors, and better to each other.
Thank you for choosing this song of hope; I needed this.

[ChaseTheVaughan]

Your voice always brings me comfort. Cheers!

[efvangilder]

I often wondered, what if Dylan had only been a poet never putting his rhymes to music. He'd never had the impact he has with music. Hope you and Toni keep singing and playing. The world needs the therapy of music. Stay in the light.

[maxangell]

Have to say as an old codger this song brings back so many memories and never sung better than your Reina

[gman]

A beautiful and powerful song performed beautifully and powerfully. Thank you.

[peterchrissie]

I am 72 and play guitar and i love Bob Dylan's songs. This is the best cover i have heard. Please tour England again. Until then i will play along with you on this song.

[reitakuhemphill]

I love many of the covers you and Toni do especially the Dylan songs. Thank you :)

[peyton]

You can never go wrong covering that genius. Great job.

[jayroberts]

Awesome performance of a timeless and evergreen song. Beautiful guitar by the way!

[garykuhlmann]

Lovely. Wonderful. Perfect. Thank you!

[harley]

Love your music. This video you look so pretty. Your hair is radiant.

[jamesfennen]

Thank you for the cover & these timeless words as our planet withers away. Well done.!

[bigsugar]

I like the Denim, reminds me of high school, great song and also belated thanks for king of the road, very well done Lee (from Sherbrooke Quebec)

[wayne]

As a person old enough to be your parent, it's so encouraging to see the new generation engaged. With all that is happening keep the faith, everything that starts eventually stops and the cycle starts again hopefully from a better starting point. Love your work, keep it up.

[jayhawkjd]

That haunting, whispering, then soaring voice. So unique and utterly compelling. Instantly recognizable as Reina. I'll see you somewhere out on the road again, one day. Peace!

[louisgottlieb]

I hope you will sing this more often. Indeed a song of hope. So relevant these days and it will bring together young and old. Those hippies from the sixties, let's hope that they remember the truth that sparkled below their ideals.

[daviddouglas]

Reina, this song. really takes me back in time. You do such a good job on this Dylan song.

[unlimitedsongs]

Thanks a lot for "reanimating" this old song. I'm an old man now who grew up with Dylan's lyrics that opened my mind as a kid. This song is still the truth and it is up-to-date! Go young generation, stand up as we did in the past. It's definitely time!!! 5 past 12
Greetings from germany