The way I've been thinking about the contrast between those two years was that the sudden shift between Folk Dylan and Rock Dylan was intentional, a way of Dylan saying, "Hey, don't pigeonhole me as a folk singer." In 1963, Dylan was the folk god; the folk movement took credit for him and ran with it and considered him one of its own. Consequently, when Dylan switched genres, people saw him as betraying the folk movement. However, I don't think anyone can say the quality of his music declined really; it just changed styles a bit. People just got angry because he broke their expectations.
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