Chris examines five songs from 1989's OH MERCY; Political World, Everything is Broken, Disease of Conceit, Where Teardrops Fall, Shooting Star
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BOB DYLAN’S SHELTER FROM THE STORM: BEAUTY WALKS A RAZOR’S EDGE…
SHELTER FROM THE STORM: BEAUTY WALKS A RAZOR’S EDGE… …She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies… Lord Byron, She Walks...
IT’S ALRIGHT MA (I’M ONLY BLEEDING): NOTHING MUCH IS REALLY SACRED
IT’S ALRIGHT MA (I’M ONLY BLEEDING) is a seven minute explosion of verbal dexterity, spiritual longing and anti-establishment bile that could be described as the ultimate blues song. Originally released in acoustic form on Bringing it All Back Home in 1965, it became a staple of Bob Dylan’s set lists over many decades with very...
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH ME?: FOUR BOB DYLAN SONGS FROM 1971
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH ME?: FOUR BOB DYLAN SONGS from 1971. Chris looks at WALLFLOWE, WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW, WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE and the haunting if obscure GEORGE JACKSON
LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE: NO VOICE CAN HOPE TO HUM…
Chris examines the origins and poetic focus of LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE, Bob Dylan's great unreleased song from 1963/4
BOB DYLAN’S BALLAD OF A THIN MAN: Something is Happening Here…
BOB DYLAN: BALLAD OF A THIN MAN: SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE… … You don’t necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they’re poets. I don’t call myself a poet, because I don’t like the word. I’m a trapeze artist… Bob Dylan, interview with Nora Ephron and...
BOB DYLAN’S JOHN WESLEY HARDING: PARABLES AND LULLABIES
Chris looks at a number of songs from JOHN WESLEY HARDING - John Wesley Harding, As I Went Out One Morning, The Drifter's Escape, I Am A Lonesome Hobo, The Wicked Messenger, The Drifter's Escape, Down Along the Cove and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight.
BOB DYLAN’S IDIOT WIND: KISS GOODBYE TO HOWLIN’ BEASTS…
Chris does a deep deep dive into the different versions of Bob Dylan's amazing IDIOT WIND from BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER: THE WIND BEGAN TO HOWL…
Chris examines Bob Dylan's monumental ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER, with special reference to JIMI HENDRIX's extraordinary version
KNOCKED OUT AND LOADED: BOB DYLAN’S POP SONGS OF THE 1980s
Chris surveys Bob Dylan's difficult engagement with the 'big hair' 1980s on albums like EMPIRE BURLESQUE and KNOCKED OUT LOADED