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 Dirge…. 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...
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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 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...
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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 FROM ISIS: YOU MYSTICAL CHILD FULL TEXT HERE 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...
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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: 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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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 (FULL TEXT HERE….) Black Diamond Bay… One of Dylan’s most distinctive qualities- as shown in songs...
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season Three 4) Nashville Skyline: One Hell of a Poet (Part Two)
Chris Gregory looks at Bob Dylan's wonderful NASHVILLESKYLINE - 'One Hell of a Poet' Part 2