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...
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Bob Dylan’s PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID: That Long Black Cloud…
Chris Gregory riffs on Bob Dylan's role in thevmovie PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID. He examines his soundtrack for the film, which includes KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
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VIDEO PODCAST: Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues
Chris examines Bob Dylan's SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season Three 6) Nonsense Songs From The Basement Tapes Part One
Please click on ‘Watch on YouTube’ in bottom left hand corner, like and SUBSCRIBE… thanks… NONSENSE SONGS FROM ‘THE BASEMENT TAPES’: SOME EXTRACTS… Tiny Montgomery… Nonsense? The first song to be recorded in the basement of Big Pink which displays these characteristics is the bizarre Tiny Montgomery.The song does not have a chorus as...
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season Three 5) Black Diamond Bay: Another Hard Luck Story
Hi folks Hope you enjoy this! This is the ‘audio version’ of my blog on Bob Dylan’s rather fabulous and certainly under rated 1976 song BLACK DIAMOND BAY…. The whole text can be found at https://chrisgregory.org/articles/black-diamond-bay-another-hard-luck-story/ Excerpts… One of Dylan’s most distinctive qualities- as shown in songs like Desolation Row, Stuck Inside...