Young Busker’s Chilling ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ Cover

A young busker’s chilling cover of “Blowin’ in the Wind” has passersby gawking. It’s a wonderful version of the Bob Dylan classic. Watch the video to hear it for yourself. 

As the busker, Jacob Koopman, sings on the street strumming his guitar, it seems there’s something authentic and raw in his voice. He sings with the kind of personal quality that every star possesses. I believe this young man is going places.

Lyrics to the Bob Dylan Song, ‘Blowin' in the Wind’

Some of the lyrics in the Bob Dylan street cover are: 

How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
How many seas must the white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

This is a very well-chosen song. It’s deep and philosophical. Dylan wrote the 1962 song in protest of the Vietnam War and social injustice. The lyrics imply that truth is everywhere—right within our reach–but we easily let it blow on by.

Bob was just 20 years old when he wrote the song. 

“Too many of these hip people are telling me where the answer is, but oh, I won’t believe that. I still say it’s in the wind, and just like a restless piece of paper, it’s got to come down some,” the artist said of the song. “… But the only trouble is that no one picks up the answer when it comes down, so not too many people get to see, and know … and then it flies away. I still say that some of the biggest criminals are those that turn their heads away when they see wrong and know it’s wrong.”

Jacob Koopman’s Bob Dylan street cover is a lovely nod to the song, and it is performed well. Any Bob Dylan fan will certainly enjoy it.