Why is “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” dedicated to Bob Dylan?

In 1965, when Bob Dylan's "Going All Go Home" was released, I wrote a short story "Where did you go and where did you go"? This album is very attractive, but the song "It It All Over Now, Baby Blue" is particularly moving and meaningful.

In 1962, when I began teaching at the University of Detroit, my first husband, Raymond Smith, and I moved to Detroit. In my house, I wrote in a rosy pink room with only one table and one chair. This is a girl 's room, this is suitable as my story is about a 15 - year - old girl who is about to be kidnapped.

My husband and I like music - mainly the classic album of Music Heritage Association. We had a small stereo and had a meal while staying in the living room. I do not remember how I saw Dylan's album this summer, but I bought it. We especially like his social protest song.

"Baby Blue" does not directly affect my short story, but this short story got a hint from the magazine "Life" on the continuous killer of Tucson, Arizona.

I love the super reality quality of this song and Dylan's couplet. "The trumpet roared beside you / standing on the clothes you were wearing." Please just start over again to solve the remark "You are done, baby blue".

The beauty of this song is that you can not understand it. People who just left the house / those who removed all blankets / carpets from the floor are also under you. "You lose control and you lose all powerful summons

Essentially, this song is about mortality. In the story I reprinted and reprinted many times in 1968, the life my teenage role knows is the end of the story. I think it is perfect to devote my story to Bob Dylan.

In the fall of 1966, Joyce Carol Oates issued a short story "Where are you going, where are you going?" This story is dedicated to Bob Dylan. After listening to Oats a few years ago, I asked her why this story was dedicated to Dylan. Is the title of this story a reaction to heavy rain ...? Oats said that the real reason she gave this story to Dylan was that she had heard the current story and was inspired by baby blue. As she said, it has many implications for me. The short story (itself is a good short story) is clearly related to Dylan's songs. Dylan's songs line,

(The time to write my shortest story, "Where are you, where were you?", "Baby Blue" is dedicated to Bob Dylan. Obviously unilateral praise! Actually, this story is a real proposal This event was not a song of Dylan, but involved a young girl and a "fascinating" serial killer in Tascon, Arizona, but the unforgettable melody of "Baby Blue" is the atmosphere of my talk at the time I will regret this devotion: There are too many people asking me "Why do you know why?")

Joyce Carroll Oates focuses on Bob Dylan, who claims that the story was sung by Dylan's song "All Now, Blue Baby", "Where did you go and where did you go" Impact This story contains the response of this song. The lyrics are as follows. "The vagrant is standing in the clothes you wear / is doing a different game, I will start again / All is now finished, baby blue". With Arnold's friend. Because of short hair and short stature, both Dylan and Arnold are two times physically, but more importantly, how each person recognizes. In the 1960's, many young people thought that Dylan was incredibly wonderful - even Messiah's images. In the story, Arnold's friend is a dark version of such a character. He took Connie away, and she can not resist him at last. Connie once noticed that the voice of Arnold was heard like the Bobby King of radio DJ.