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TIME IS AN OCEAN: LOVE SONGS FROM BOB DYLAN’S DESIRE
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TIME IS AN OCEAN: LOVE SONGS FROM BOB DYLAN’S DESIRE

 ————————- Hi there folks!  Comments box at the bottom of the page. Comments welcome!!! ————————-                     …Fine, clear, dazzling morning, the sun an hour high, the air just tart enough. What a stamp in advance my whole day receives from the song of that meadow lark perch’d on a fence-stake twenty rods distant! Two or...

BOB DYLAN’S THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE LEE AND JUDAS PRIEST: NOTHING IS REVEALED…
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BOB DYLAN’S THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE LEE AND JUDAS PRIEST: NOTHING IS REVEALED…

 What is revealed? The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, from 1967’s John Wesley Harding, is perhaps Bob Dylan’s most enigmatic song. It is certainly one of his funniest. Over eleven verses and within a virtually unchanging musical template, it tells a convoluted ‘shaggy dog’ story about the consequences of falling into too much...

Bob Dylan’s DIRGE: SEARCHING FOR A GEM
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Bob Dylan’s DIRGE: SEARCHING FOR A GEM

           The shocking immediacy and passionate cynicism of 1974’s Dirge was correctly interpreted by many fans and commentators as a strong indication that the era of Bob Dylan the ‘family man’ was coming to an end. This was particularly striking as it was released on Planet Waves, most of which consisted of much lighter...