The combination was a roaring success, and some of the tracks on the record felt as though they were written in a mould that the pioneering American had popularised in the years before its release.
While the band were experts in writing chart-topping hits, the idea of putting one’s soul into the song was something they could only ascertain from the traditional values of Dylan’s work. “I felt like I was figuring it all out, the meaning of life”.Īfter that first meeting with Dylan, their next record, Rubber Soul, saw the Beatles dip their toes into the water of folk-rock and open up their lives to a major audience.
“I could feel myself climbing a spiral walkway as I was talking to Dylan,” McCartney added. In fact, Paul McCartney, on one occasion, would state that Dylan was The Beatles’ biggest hero, labelling the freewheelin’ troubadour “our idol”, reflecting on the considerable impact he had on the band. However, it wasn’t just Lennon that was deeply impacted by the influence of Dylan. He made the Beatle change how he approached writing songs, and Lennon took on a more reflective and expressive sound in an attempt to emulate Dylan, a decision which the singer-songwriter didn’t take all that well. The bespectacled Beatle rubbed the American icon up the wrong way on more than one occasion. The group and Dylan would remain friends with more than a hint of competitive edge throughout their career, with Lennon and Dylan, in particular, never fully seeing eye-to-eye. However, there would be less of a love-in on the flipside between Dylan and The Beatles. After he got them stoned for the very first time, the band would kickstart a love affair between the four-piece and the green stuff. Having first met in August 1964, a time when legend has it that Dylan introduced The Beatles to marijuana, opening up a brand new avenue of songwriting in the process. The only singer Bob Dylan was in “awe” ofĭylan’s unique style of songwriting was something that became a constant source of inspiration for the four Liverpool locals.
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