You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

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"You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" is a famous lyric line from Bob Dylan’s song "Subterranean Homesick Blues," often cited as a quintessential example of his cryptic, socially aware songwriting.

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instanceOf quotation ⓘ
song lyric line ⓘ
appearsOnAlbum Bringing It All Back Home ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Bob Dylan ⓘ
culturalImpactOn 1960s counterculture ⓘ
New Left movement ⓘ
linked to: New Left
describedAs cryptic ⓘ
iconic Bob Dylan line ⓘ
socially aware ⓘ
firstReleasedBy Bob Dylan ⓘ
firstReleasedOn Subterranean Homesick Blues ⓘ
genreContext folk rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasAbbreviatedForm You don’t need a weatherman ⓘ
hasCulturalStatus catchphrase ⓘ
widely quoted line ⓘ
hasKeyPhrase weatherman ⓘ
wind blows ⓘ
hasWordCount 11 ⓘ
inspiredNameOf Weather Underground ⓘ
Weathermen faction of Students for a Democratic Society ⓘ
interpretedAs call for independent judgment ⓘ
critique of reliance on authorities ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricTheme counterculture ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
social awareness ⓘ
medium song lyric ⓘ
oftenCitedAs example of Bob Dylan’s cryptic lyrics ⓘ
example of Bob Dylan’s socially aware songwriting ⓘ
originatesFromAlbumSide Side 1 of Bringing It All Back Home ⓘ
originatesFromTrackNumber 1 ⓘ
partOf Subterranean Homesick Blues ⓘ
quotationType proverb-like saying ⓘ
releaseYear 1965 ⓘ
timePeriodContext 1960s United States ⓘ
usedAs political slogan ⓘ
writtenBy Bob Dylan ⓘ

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Subterranean Homesick Blues → hasFamousLine → You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows ⓘ
Weather Underground → namedAfter → Bob Dylan lyric "You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" ⓘ
linked to: You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows