Opinion | What is Bob Dylan's epic 17-minute new song about? You be the judge

Opinion | Jeff Slate: Bob Dylan's 'Murder Most Foul' is a 17-minute new song about JFK — and maybe coronavirus? - NBCNewsTHINK

“This is music about music,” posits Schoepp, himself a millennial. “For Dylan’s generation, JFK’s assassination shook their world. For my generation the coronavirus and the Trump presidency will be a defining moment. So while those things are wildly different, I think Dylan’s reminder of JFK’s assassination within these modern times is what makes the song so piercing and poetic and powerful.

Of course, the real audience is Dylan’s legion of diehard fans, who have grown only more in thrall of his work in the last decade.

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