Talkin' World War III Blues

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musical work song

"Talkin' World War III Blues" is a satirical, talking-blues song by Bob Dylan that humorously explores Cold War anxieties and apocalyptic fears through a series of surreal, conversational vignettes.

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Talkin' World War III Blues canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Bob Dylan ⓘ
catalogNumberOnLabel Columbia CL 1986 (mono album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Bob Dylan ⓘ
containsElement conversational monologue ⓘ
humor ⓘ
irony ⓘ
surreal imagery ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describes post-nuclear world ⓘ
firstReleaseFormat vinyl LP ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
satirical song ⓘ
talking blues ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later protest and anti-war songs ⓘ
hasNotableLine "I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours" ⓘ
hasSubject psychiatric consultation ⓘ
survivor of world war III ⓘ
hasTheme Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
anxiety ⓘ
apocalypse ⓘ
dreams ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
nuclear war ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
includedInAlbum The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy traditional talking blues ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 7:45 ⓘ
musicalStyle solo acoustic guitar and vocal ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
partOf Bob Dylan discography ⓘ
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Bob Dylan ⓘ
positionInTrackList track 11 on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ⓘ
producer John H. Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1963 ⓘ
recordingDate 1963-04-24 ⓘ
recordingStudio Columbia Recording Studios, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
side Side 2 of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ⓘ
vocalStyle spoken-word style ⓘ
writer Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ

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