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A Complete Unknown

Who taught you to play? I taught myself, really. Picked up a few licks at the carnival. ...

Joan Baez: [in the Village apartment their first morning after] Who taught you to play?
Bob Dylan: I taught myself, really. Picked up a few licks at the carnival.
Joan Baez: [in disbelief] At the carnival?
Bob Dylan: Oh yeah, there was singing cowboys that come through teach me all sorts of funny chords. They'd pass through doin' shows in Kansas or Dakotas. These chords I learned from a cowboy named Wigglefoot.
Joan Baez: You were in a carnival?
[pause]
Joan Baez: You are so completely full of shit

Full Transcript

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As a carnival
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Oh yeah I was singing cowboys that come through
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and teach me how sorts of funny chords
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And they passed through in the shows in Kansas
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here at the Dakotas
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Yeah these chords I learned from a cowboy named Wigglefoot
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You were in a carnival
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You were so completely full of shit
Duration
26 seconds
Views
115
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:19
Uploaded
Feb 13, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, music
Production
Veritas Entertainment Group,Range Media Partners,The Picture Company,Turnpike Films,White Water,Searchlight Pictures

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Movie Summary

In 1961, an unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with musical icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates around the world.
Oh yeah, I was singing cowboys that come through - A Complete Unknown 00:06
Oh yeah, I was singing cowboys that come through
And they passed through in the shows in Kansas, - A Complete Unknown 00:05
And they passed through in the shows in Kansas,
Oh, yeah, there was singin' cowboys that'd come through, - A Complete Unknown 00:06
Oh, yeah, there was singin' cowboys that'd come th...
I had lessons as a kid, you know more than I ever did. I write too, I'm not sure there's a way to win that. - A Complete Unknown 00:10
I had lessons as a kid, you know more than I ever did. I wri...
Yeah, they'd pass through in the shows - A Complete Unknown 00:06
Yeah, they'd pass through in the shows
Yeah, these chords I learned - A Complete Unknown 00:05
Yeah, these chords I learned
You tried too hard to write. - A Complete Unknown 00:05
You tried too hard to write.
I had lessons as a kid, you know, normal lessons. - A Complete Unknown 00:05
I had lessons as a kid, you know, normal lessons.
Your songs are like an oil painting at the dentist's office - A Complete Unknown 00:05
Your songs are like an oil painting at the dentist's...
You're kind of an asshole Bob - A Complete Unknown 00:04
You're kind of an asshole Bob
"How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down" plays] The answer is blowing in the wind - A Complete Unknown 00:59
"How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down" plays] The a...
How many years can some people exist - A Complete Unknown 00:11
How many years can some people exist
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head - A Complete Unknown 00:12
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind - A Complete Unknown 00:23
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
How many years must one man have - A Complete Unknown 00:11
How many years must one man have
Yes, and how many deaths will it take - A Complete Unknown 00:12
Yes, and how many deaths will it take
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind - A Complete Unknown 00:12
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
Have you recorded that song? - A Complete Unknown 00:09
Have you recorded that song?
You should let me try it. - A Complete Unknown 00:07
You should let me try it.
(door opens) - A Complete Unknown 00:08
(door opens)