“Trying to get to heaven” – the meaning of the music and the lyrics
By Tony Attwood If I were to make a CD of Dylan songs based on meaning and feeling, I’d put[…]
Read moreThe meaning behind the music and words of Bob Dylan
By Tony Attwood If I were to make a CD of Dylan songs based on meaning and feeling, I’d put[…]
Read moreThere is a quote that Heylin uses and which turns up in lots of other places saying, that the band,[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood This is the fourth track on side 3 of Blonde on Blonde, and although the song is[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood This is a blues about the outsider, played out at a slow blues pace. Once again I[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood Since writing this review in 2014 I have found a new recording of the song which really[…]
Read moreComing back to Blonde and Blonde I picked up my original double album, the one I bought shortly after its[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood At one level “The Levee’s Gonna Break” is simple. It is based on “When the Levee Breaks”[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood The problem with “Modern Times” is that one can spend forever looking at the sources of Dylan’s[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood “Someday Baby” is a song with controversies within it. The album “Modern Times” says that all the[…]
Read moreThe music and meaning of Bob Dylan’s Early Roman Kings By Tony Attwood We’ve got three issues in the lyrics[…]
Read moreWhat is the most appalling word you could say to a young Jewish musician? Actually, that’s a dumb question, because[…]
Read moreThere are many people who just don’t grasp what the blues is all about. For these people it sounds repetitive,[…]
Read moreBy Tony Attwood Review updated 15 October 2017. Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love” appears on Time Out of[…]
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