Template:Did you know nominations/Idiot Wind

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:31, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Idiot Wind

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• that Bob Dylan's song "Idiot Wind" has been called an "epic of elegantly phrased bile"? Source: Toby Creswell (2007), 1001 Songs, pp.24–25 (via Google Books)
  • ALT1:... that Bob Dylan said "Idiot Wind" was "a song I wanted to make as a painting"?Source: Bill Flanagan (2010), Written in My Soul: Conversations with Rock's Great Songwriters (via Google Books)

• Reviewed: Costard (apple)
• Comment: Very happy for any ALT hooks to be proposed.

Improved to Good Article status by BennyOnTheLoose (talk). Self-nominated at 11:23, 3 May 2020 (UTC).

BennyOnTheLoose: interesting song, covered in great detail on good sources, fine GA, no copyvio obvious. I like the ALT better. How about something connecting to the 2018 award, which people will remember, some readers probably better than the 1970s? I can't word a hook for you, or can't review it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:50, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you for reviewing the nomination.

ALT2:... that Sheila Atim sang Bob Dylan's "Idiot Wind" in Girl from the North Country and won the 2018 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress? Source:For song: the Guardian: "a three-part medley salvaged by Atim’s beautiful reading of Idiot Wind". For award: BBC

ALT3:... that Clinton Heylin flew across the Atlantic to hear Bob Dylan play "Idiot Wind" in concert?Source: David Kinney (2014) The Dylanologists: Adventures in the Land of Bob p.129

I've suggested a couple of other ALTs but am happy to try again if these aren't quite right. Best wishes, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:20, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, I like those two better than whatever artist saying what he or she wanted ;)

both, with a slight preference for ALT3 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:28, 4 May 2020 (UTC)