“When the ship comes in.” Bob Dylan as a prophet of vengeance and a better life to come.
By Tony Attwood This review updated July 2018, with the addition of one of Dylan’s rare outings for the song,[…]
Read moreThe meaning behind the music and words of Bob Dylan
By Tony Attwood This review updated July 2018, with the addition of one of Dylan’s rare outings for the song,[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood This is one of Dylan’s unsung masterpieces – an extraordinary piece of music to the accompaniment of[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood This review updated 26 June 2018, with addition of this live version – I really would recommend[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood In returning to this song I didn’t really feel I wanted to change any of the original[…]
Read moreIt is strange to think that all those years ago, my feeling about the very first Dylan album (“Bob Dylan”)[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood (revised March 2013 and again June 2018) Between 1965 and 2009 Bob Dylan performed Maggie’s Farm 1051[…]
Read moreThis article was updated in May 2018. This song is based on the folk song “Who’s gonna buy you ribbons”[…]
Read moreThis web site aims to build up a commentary on the music and lyrics of Bob Dylan. My belief is[…]
Read moreby Tony Attwood This article updated 22 June 2018, with the addition of two superb live versions at the end[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood This is one of the songs that I reviewed twice. Once in the version below which I[…]
Read moreRevised 14 May 2018. by Tony Attwood You want a masterpiece from the old boy – here it is. Unexpected,[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood with help from Pat Sludden. This review was one of the first ones I wrote in 2008 not[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood Revised 13 October 2017 This was Dylan’s first successful attempt to integrate the emotions of the Beat[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood This review revised May 2017 The second of the two love songs from the first side of[…]
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