Chris examines Bob Dylan's weirdest period in the 1980s when he attempted to become a writer of 'pop songs', with mixed results!
Category: Music
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LIKE A ROLLING STONE: GO TO HIM NOW, HE CALLS YOU…
Chris looks at LIKE A ROLLING STONE, Bob Dylan's 1965 masterpiece
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VIDEO PODCAST: Two Songs from ‘Blood on the Tracks’
An examination of YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LONESOME WHEN YOU GO and BUCKETS OF RAIN, two songs from Bob Dylan's masterpiece BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
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BOB DYLAN’S GOSPEL YEARS (Part Two) from ‘Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan’
Chris continues his examination of BOB DYLAN'S GOSPEL YEARS, exploring songs from SAVED and SHOT OF LOVE
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VIDEO PODCAST: BOB DYLAN’S VISIONS OF JOHANNA: THE GHOST OF ELECTRICITY
Chris dives very very deep into BOB DYLAN's amazing symbolist rock song from 1966's BLonde on Blonde, Visions of Johanna
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REVIEW OF ‘MINSTREL BOY’ AND INTERVIEW IN RNR MAGAZINE, JANUARY 2026
THis review of MINSTREL BOY was published in the recent edtion of R and R magazine. Do enjoy!
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BRUCESPRINGSTEEN’s STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS: SINGING THROUGH THE BLOODY MIST…
STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS is a new and very explicit protest song by Bruce Springsteen referring to recent killings of civilians by ICE agents.
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VIDEO PODCAST: BOB DYLAN’S TOMBSTONE BLUES: THE SUN’S NOT YELLOW….
Chris examines Bob Dylan's magical and surreal satire TOMBSTONE BLUES from 1965's HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED
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BOB DYLAN’S GOSPEL YEARS (Part One) from ‘Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan’
The first part of Chris' detailed examination of Bob Dylan's 'gospel' or 'born again' years, adapted from 'Minstrel Boy'
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VIDEO PODCAST: Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid: That Long Black Cloud…
Chris discurses on Bob Dylan's first entry into 'Hollyeood' with his role in Sam Peckinpah's PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID, supplying its beautiful soundtrack and some 'interesting' acting! The movie is the source of the Dylan classic KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR, though some versions of the movie leave it ourt!!"! Grrr!!!