An extract from Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN , part 2 of PICASSO OF SONG - the 'trilogy in reverse'. THis volume looks at Dylan's work between THE BASEMENT TAPES in 1967 and UNDER THE RED SKY in 1990, documenting the many changes he went through in thesxe turbulent 'years of struggle'
Category: Articles
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FOOT OF PRIDE: AINT NO GOIN’ BACK
Chris examines Bob Dylan's highly mysterious FOOT OF PRIDE and its precursor TOO LATE, songs omitted from 1983's INFIDELS
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STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE: GOING THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS TWICE…
Chris examines Bob Dylan's hilrious, freewhereling and surreal STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE (WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN) from 1966's BLONDE ON BLONDE
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HOUND DOG HOWLIN’ : FIVE SONGS FROM BOB DYLAN’S ‘OH MERCY’
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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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.