An extract from Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN , part 2 of PICASSO OF SONG - the 'trilogy in reverse'. THis volume looks at Dylan's work between THE BASEMENT TAPES in 1967 and UNDER THE RED SKY in 1990, documenting the many changes he went through in thesxe turbulent 'years of struggle'
Category: Music
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FOOT OF PRIDE: AINT NO GOIN’ BACK
Chris examines Bob Dylan's highly mysterious FOOT OF PRIDE and its precursor TOO LATE, songs omitted from 1983's INFIDELS
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PODCAST: A Heaful of Ideas Season 4 : 15 BOB DYLAN’S I AND I: NO MAN SEES MY FACE AND LIVES
BOB DYLAN's I AND I : NO MAN SEES MY FACE AND LIVES
Chris looks at the religious and muscal influences on Bob Dylan's 1983vsong I and I, from the album Infidels
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STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE: GOING THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS TWICE…
Chris examines Bob Dylan's hilrious, freewhereling and surreal STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE (WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN) from 1966's BLONDE ON BLONDE
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HOUND DOG HOWLIN’ : FIVE SONGS FROM BOB DYLAN’S ‘OH MERCY’
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