BOB DYLAN: I SHALL BE RELEASED January 20th 1986. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is the venue for an ‘All Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr’. Among the speakers and performers are Charlton Heston, Harry Belafonte, Neil Diamond and Joan Baez. Leading the show is Stevie Wonder, whose introduction to another star performer begins...
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VIDEO PODCAST: BOB DYLAN’S POP SONGS OF THE 1980s (Part Three)
Chris dives into some of the weirdest episodes of
Bob Dylan’s career - Pop Songs of the 1980s Part Three
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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: ONE HELL OF A POET Extract from ‘Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan’
Chris looks at Bob Dylan's glorious NASHVILLE SKYLINE. In the words of Johnny Cash, Bob is 'One Hell of a Poet'
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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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‘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