Hi folks here’s my take on DIRGE, the angst ridden track from PLANET WAVES…. PLEASE CLICK ‘WATCH ON YOU TUBE’ TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!!! COMMENTS BOX BELOW…. EXTRACTS In many ways Dirge is presented like one of Dylan’s old protest songs. The six verses use a basic AABB rhyme scheme and a repeated regular rhythm....
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BOB DYLAN AND WOODY GUTHRIE: IN THE GRAND CANYON AT SUNDOWN
Chris Gregory looks at the influence of WOODY GUTHRIE on BOB DYLAN, discusses Dylan's Guthrie covers, his SONG FOR WOODY and his poem LAST THOUGHTS ON WOODY GUTHRIE
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PODCAST: BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 11) A Price on My Soul: Three Songs From John Wesley Harding
Chris Gregory examines three songs from JOHN WESLEY HARDING
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season 3 10) Black Rider: Extract from ‘Determined to Stand’
EXTRACTS Black Rider, from Rough and Rowdy Ways, consists of a direct address to an ominous figure which Dylan performs against the sparse but highly atmospheric backing of a single, flamenco-flavoured acoustic guitar. The track is reminiscent of some of the more intimate cuts on his ‘Sinatra’ albums such as Melancholy Mood or Some Enchanted...
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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...
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PODCAST: BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 9) Isis: You Mystical Child
Please click on ‘Watch on You Tube’ Please like and subscribe!!!! COMMENTS BOX AT BOTTOM OF THE PAGE…. EXTRACTS Perhaps the most dramatic moment of all in this extreme expression of poetic angst occurs near the end of the performance as Dylan acts out a conversation between his narrator and the object of his love...
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Bob Dylan’s GATES OF EDEN: A CRASHING BUT MEANINGLESS BLOW
…Mutual forgiveness of each vice, Such are the gates of paradise… William Blake, The Gates of Paradise Once, if I remember rightly, my life was a feast where all hearts opened, and all wines flowed. One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled...
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan A Headful Of Ideas Season Three 8) Abandoned Love: The Turning of the Key
Chris examines BOB DYLAN's great unreleased 1975 song ABANDONED LOVE
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Bob Dylan’s JOKERMAN: DANCE TO THE NIGHTINGALE’S TUNE
Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's amazing 1983 song JOKERMAN
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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 7) Nonsense Songs From The Basement Tapes (Part 2)
This is the follow up podcast discussing Bob Dylan’s bizarre excursions into weirdness that have come to be known as The Basement Tapes…. Please click on ‘Watch on YouTube’ in bottom left hand corner, like and SUBSCRIBE… thanks… SOME EXTRACTS….. Million Dollar Bash is undoubtedly a romp, particularly suited to live performance, although Dylan...