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
Category: Music
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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...
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PODCAST: BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 14) Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues: Howlin’ at the Moon
TAKE A TRIP INTO BOB DYLAN'S MYSTERIOUS AND SURREAL 'JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES SET IN DEEPEST MEXICO, FULL OF COLOURFUL CHARACTERS AND WEIRD JUXTAPOSITIONS
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PODCAST: BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 13) Senor: Can You Tell Me Where We’re Heading?
Chris does a detailed deep dive into Bob Dylan's mystical fable SENOR, from 1978's STREET LEGAL
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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.
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PODCAST: BOB DYLAN:A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 12) Love Songs of the Mid-60s (Part Three)
Chris takes a detailed look at ore of Bob Dylan’s love songs from the mid-60s.
Songs examined in this segment are LOVE IS JUST A FOUR LETTER WORD (recorded by Joan Baez),
SHE BELONGS TO ME and LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT.
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season Four 11) Love Songs of the Mid 60s (Part Two)
Chris Gregory looks in detail at more of Bob Dylan’s love songs from the mid-1960s, many of which seem to be related to wider concerns. The songs covered in this section are IT AIN’T ME BABE, I DON’T BELIEVE YOU, IF YOU GOTTA GO (GO NOW), and I’LL KEEP IT WITH MINE.
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan’s Love Songs of the Mid-60s (Part One)
Chris Gregory looks in detail at several Bob Dylan love songs from the mid-60s: Ballad in Plain D, Spanish Harlem Incident and All I Really Want to Do