Bob Dylan’s Creativity and the response of his audience to what he does
A series of occasional articles that investigate how Bob Dylan writes songs and other issues surrounding his creativity.
Why do so many musicians rate Dylan as the most influential musician in their lives?
What could kick start Bob Dylan’s creativity once more?
Has Bob Dylan now stopped writing songs for good?
Bob Dylan’s creative challenges, and why doesn’t he play the harmonica any more?
Why does Bob Dylan write songs?
Untold’s Exclusive Interview With Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s endless need to keep leaving, keep wandering and just keep moving on.
‘If a song moves you, that’s all that’s important… I don’t have to know what a song means.” Dylan reveals his approach to composition. An exploration of what Dylan said in his Nobel Prize speech.
Does it matter if Bob Dylan copies other people’s words and melodies?
Are you obsessed with Bob Dylan? And if so, does it matter?
On the criticism that Bob Dylan’s Nobel lecture was in part lifted from elsewhere
Earlier articles
Why can’t Bob Dylan appreciate which are his best compositions?
How Bob Dylan writes songs: 1 – The types of song
How Bob Dylan writes songs: 2 – The origins of Dylan’s approach and style
How Dylan writes songs: 3: “”I didn’t think I was doing anything different.”
A classification of Dylan’s songs
What is on the site
1: Over 400 reviews of Dylan songs. There is an index to these in alphabetical order below on the home page, and an index to the songs in the order they were written in the Chronology Pages.
2: The Chronology. We’ve taken all the songs we can find recordings of and put them in the order they were written (as far as possible) not in the order they appeared on albums. The chronology is more or less complete and is now linked to all the reviews on the site. We have also recently started to produce overviews of Dylan’s work year by year. The index to the chronologies is here.
3: Bob Dylan’s themes. We publish a wide range of articles about Bob Dylan and his compositions. There is an index here.
4: The Discussion Group We now have a discussion group “Untold Dylan” on Facebook. Just type the phrase “Untold Dylan” in, on your Facebook page or follow this link
You might also like: A classification of Bob Dylan’s songs and partial Index to Dylan’s Best Opening Lines
And please do note The Bob Dylan Project, which lists every Dylan song in alphabetical order, and has links to licensed recordings and performances by Dylan and by other artists, is starting to link back to our reviews.