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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PODCAST: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four Episode 19: NO TIME TO THINK: THE EMPRESS ATTRACTS YOU
Chris dives deep into the mysteries of NO TIME TO THINK from 1978's STREET LEGAL, explaining how the song is connected to Shakespeare's MACBETH and the TAROT CARDS
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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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‘OH MERCY’! PODCAST: SMILE IN THE FACE OF MANKIND: 3 BITTER SWEET LOVE SONGS FROM ‘OH MERCY’
Chris looks in depth at MOST OF THE TIME, WHAT GOOD AM I and WHAT WAS IT YOU WANTED, three heartwrenching songs from OH MERCY
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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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VIDEO PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season Three 17) Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
Chris examines Bob Dylan's hidden 1965 masterpiece CAN YOU PLEASE CRAWL OUT YOUR WINDOW
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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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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season Four 15) Bob Dylan’s Dream
Chris looks at Bob Dylan's heart warming and nostalgic 'song of experience' Bob Dylan's Dream from 'Freewheelin' (1963)
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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...