We are all Bob Dylan.
We are all Bob Dylan.
When it comes to 'We Are the World', Robert Zimmerman just wants out.
He squints his eyes and shuffles awkwardly on his feet.
He frowns as his slanted eyes stare longingly at the door.
He looks worried, stressed, anxious and pissed off all at the same time.
You can, at this point during the recording of ‘We Are the World’, read Bob Dylan’s mind.
He’s thinking: “What in the actual fuck am I doing here?”
It’s March 7, 1985, and Robert Zimmerman is stuck in Studio A of A&M Records in Los Angeles surrounded by almost every single megawatt star of the 80s.
Cindy Lauper and Huey Lewis are on his left.
Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie are on his right.
Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder are hanging out nearby too.
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