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
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BOB DYLAN’S IDIOT WIND: KISS GOODBYE TO HOWLIN’ BEASTS…
Chris does a deep deep dive into the different versions of Bob Dylan's amazing IDIOT WIND from BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
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BOB DYLAN’S SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE: THAT EMPTINESS INSIDE…
Chris analyses BOB DYLAN's great melancholy song SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE from BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
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FORGETFUL HEART: Extract from ‘Determined to Stand: The Reinvention of Bob Dylan’
Chris examines the brilliant FORGETFUL HEART from 2009's TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE and examines its links tonPoe, Shakespeare and Charles Aznavour
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BOB DYLAN’S SONGS OF SOCIAL PROTEST Part Two: NOW’S THE TIME FOR YOUR TEARS…
Part Two of Chris Gregory's examination of Bob Dylan's songs of social protest looks at two songs about the killing and oppression of black people, OXFORD.
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PODCAST: BOB DYLAN A Headful of Ideas Extract from ‘DETERMINED TO STAND’: Tempest
Chris Gregory dives into a sinking ship, as he looks in detail at Bob Dylan's rather bizarre song TEMPEST from the album of the same name.
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Bob Dylan’s NEW MORNING: A Pastoral Dream (Part Two)
Chris looks at songs from NEW MORNING, Dylan's bucolic 1970 album.
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Bob Dylan’s BROWNSVILLE GIRL: If There’s An Original Thought Out There…
Chris Gregory takes a detailed look at Bob Dylan and Sam Shepard's BROWNSVILLE GIRL from 1986
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Bob Dylan’s SARA: FORGIVE ME MY UNWORTHINESS
Bob Dylan has written many love songs in his career, many of which, like Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right or One of Us Must Know, adopt a resigned or philosophical approach to a failed relationship. Some, like Girl from the North Country or Boots of Spanish Leather, take a more romantic, if...