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
Tag: dylan
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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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WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH ME?: FOUR BOB DYLAN SONGS FROM 1971
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH ME?: FOUR BOB DYLAN SONGS from 1971. Chris looks at WALLFLOWE, WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW, WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE and the haunting if obscure GEORGE JACKSON
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LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE: NO VOICE CAN HOPE TO HUM…
Chris examines the origins and poetic focus of LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE, Bob Dylan's great unreleased song from 1963/4
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season Four 15) Bob Dylan’s Dream
Chris looks at Bob Dylan's heart warming and nostalgic 'song of experience' Bob Dylan's Dream from 'Freewheelin' (1963)
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BOB DYLAN’S BALLAD OF A THIN MAN: Something is Happening Here…
BOB DYLAN: BALLAD OF A THIN MAN: SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE… … You don’t necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they’re poets. I don’t call myself a poet, because I don’t like the word. I’m a trapeze artist… Bob Dylan, interview with Nora Ephron and...
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PODCAST: BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 14) Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues: Howlin’ at the Moon
TAKE A TRIP INTO BOB DYLAN'S MYSTERIOUS AND SURREAL 'JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES SET IN DEEPEST MEXICO, FULL OF COLOURFUL CHARACTERS AND WEIRD JUXTAPOSITIONS
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PODCAST: BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 13) Senor: Can You Tell Me Where We’re Heading?
Chris does a detailed deep dive into Bob Dylan's mystical fable SENOR, from 1978's STREET LEGAL
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan: A Headful of Ideas Season Four 11) Love Songs of the Mid 60s (Part Two)
Chris Gregory looks in detail at more of Bob Dylan’s love songs from the mid-1960s, many of which seem to be related to wider concerns. The songs covered in this section are IT AIN’T ME BABE, I DON’T BELIEVE YOU, IF YOU GOTTA GO (GO NOW), and I’LL KEEP IT WITH MINE.
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PODCAST: Bob Dylan’s Love Songs of the Mid-60s (Part One)
Chris Gregory looks in detail at several Bob Dylan love songs from the mid-60s: Ballad in Plain D, Spanish Harlem Incident and All I Really Want to Do