Trixie Cruz: Dylan's My Back Pages

by Rose Beatrix C. Angeles (Trixie Cruz-Angeles)
Original post on July 12, 2008

(source: bobdylan.com)

Bob Dylan's songs are anthems for an age when the young realized that they were going to inherit a world bent on destruction. So, unlike their parents, they raised their voices against war, saying, "Hell, no, we won' go." In this country, they railed against old entrenched politicians who asked questions like, "What are we in power for?" To which the youth responded, "Ibagsak!"


Thirty years later, we have arrived at the realization that we will have to do more than that because the people we want to "Ibagsak!" are not only running the country, but also running it into the ground.

Would that we could be young again and know with absolute certainty that we can do anything, and we will live forever.

For this reason, Dylan's My Back Pages, seem ever more poignant.