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Is Bob Dylan’s “visions of Joanne” a rap song?

Aside from the content not being about the usual Rap music topics; the form, rhyming, rhythm, and singing are fundamentally the same. Listen to it again fresh with that thought in the back of your mind. Discuss this politely with me if you like, this an open question, not a statement of fact. I’d like to hear different opinions.
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acman3
4,259 posts
 
Both are poetry as much as music.
larryi
4,034 posts
 
I never thought of Visions being like rap, but, your observation is interesting—like rap, Dylan’s emphasis is on the lyrics/message more than the tune in most of his works.
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tomcy6
2,597 posts
 
Not to my ear.  See if you can get it played on a rap/hip-hop station.
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rdk777
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Rap/Hip-Hop was virtually unknown when the song was released in 1966. Are you trying to claim that yet another white man discovered rap/hip-hop?
garebear
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…...yes rdk777 that is exactly what '' deadhead1000 '' was asking on this forum. Go back and re-read his thread inquiry.
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