They are all palindromes. Sentences that read the same forwards and backwards.

When god was handing out creativity, Weird Al got a triple scoop.

Every one of those lines are a palindrome. Meaning, that they read exactly the same both forward and backward. Just like Bob. That is the genius part. How in the hell did he come up with some of those lines to create palindromes? The man is a certifiable genius.

Each line/cue card is a palindrome, AND they stay in the rhythm of the song, AND they also RHYME.  That is some amazing word construction right there.  Some of these palindromes are famous and predate Weird Al by decades, but the way he arranges them so they feel like a Bob Dylan song is GENIUS.

"Is this man singing the song backwards?"

Technically speaking, yes.

He's poking a little fun at how Bob Dylan mumbles enough that people have trouble understanding him. From that idea, he decided that since it didn't matter what he said, he may as well do palindromes and named it Bob - a palindrome - after Bob Dylan.

The video is a direct parody of one of Bob Dylan's, which allows him to illustrate the palindromes on cue cards :)

This song was composed in 2002... which is a palindromic number.

dude is literally a genius he skipped the second grade and graduated high school at sixteen as valedictorian.

Just imagine the people of the "Satanic Panic" playing this in reverse to hear secret messages.

Easily the best song to demonstrate Al's genius. I mean, all of his stuff is amazing but once you figure out what he did in this song, it blows you away

I thought I was the only black guy who loved Weird Al.

YOU DON"T LOVE ME ANYMORE

Coming up with all thes palindromes, and making them rhyme? That's next level bro

Weird Al certainly isn't given the credit he's due! He has an amazing, creative mind. He's so very talented!

"Who thinks of this stuff!"  That's what sets him apart.

Not only did he make all those phrases a palindrome: he also fit them into Dylan's song - including rhyming. And imitating Dylan's voice :)

Instead of Harmonica Solo, he should have put He solos, eh.  Then every card would have been a palindrome.

This song consists entirely of palindromes. (The title, Bob, is a palindrome itself.)

This song was composed and released in 2002, which is a palindromic number.

Bermuda Schwartz and Jay Levey (who direct some of "Weird Al"'s music videos) cameo in the music video as the guys in the background in the alley.

The music video was shot in an alley in downtown L.A.

“Weird Al” also parodies Bob Dylan in UHF.

We've got to be getting closer to Albuquerque now.

The thing that sets geniuses apart from everyone else is that they think differently than the rest of the crowd.