Bob Dylan is a legendary folk-rock singer-songwriter known for the songs “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” and “Like a Rolling Stone ... “Tangled Up In Blue,” “Hurricane,” the Grammy ...

The song directly references Dylan's own "Song To Woody," where Dylan paid tribute to his idol Woody Guthrie. Bowie cleverly created a musical inception – a song about a song about an influence.