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- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 16: “Repeat anyone else you like, only not yourself!”
- Why is this specific cover of this Dylan song so amazingly incredible?
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Mr Tambourine Man – A History in Performance, Part 7: 2000 – 2010: the jingle jangle.
Previously in this series… Part 1: A masterpiece is born Part 2: 1966 – Darker hues. Part 3: Chasing Shadows Part 4: 1978-1986. Far From the Twisted Reach Part 5: 1986-1993: Evening’s Empire Part 6: 1994 – 99: My weariness … Continue reading
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NET 2010: Stay Dylan Stay. Part 4.2
This article is part of the Never Ending Tour series, the full index to which is here. Because of the number of musical examples in this episode it has been divided into two. The first part (NET 2010 Part … Continue reading
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NET 2010 Part 4.1: Stay Dylan Stay
Publisher’s note: because of the number of musical examples herein, this post is published in two parts – Part 4.2 will follow shortly. Details of all the previous episodes in this series are to be found on the Never Ending … Continue reading
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NET 2010 part 3 Jumping on the monkey’s back
By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Every now and then Dylan likes to throw in a rarity – a song he has never before, or only rarely, performed. When he performed ‘What Good Am I?’ at Lintz on the 12th of June … Continue reading
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NET 2010 Part 2.2 Mostly Padova: Fires on the Moon (continued)
This article continues from NET 2010 Part 2.1 Mostly Padova: Fires on the Moon By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Net 2010 Part 2.1 concluded with a version of Cold Irons Bound. Good as that is, it might not, however, be the … Continue reading
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NET 2010 Part 2.1 Mostly Padova: Fires on the Moon
By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Every year of the NET we can find outstanding concerts, and some are memorable beyond their particular year. We remember Prague of 1995, Berlin 1996, Glasgow 2004 and Brixton 2005 as important milestones along the way. … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour 2010: part 1 – Centre Stage: A change comin’ on
The Never Ending Tour – over 100 reviews, over 1000 recordings. The Index NET 2010 part 1 – in which Mr Guitar Man makes a startling comeback. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) How you view 2010 depends very much … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan – Master Harpist 5: 2010 to the present
By Mike Johnson (kiwipoet) Introduction: In this unique series of articles we examine Bob Dylan’s harmonica playing, in each case with multiple examples of the way his craft has developed. The earlier articles, in case you missed them, were… Bob … Continue reading
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It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – A History in Performance, Part 4: 1990 – 1995
Part 1: 1965. Crying like a fire in the sun Part 2: 1975. The vagabond who’s rapping at your door Part 3: All your reindeer armies. Part 4: 1990-1995: You Think Will Lasst By Mike Johnson [I read somewhere … Continue reading
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It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry part 15: It blew my little 12-year-old mind
by Jochen Markhorst XV It blew my little 12-year-old mind No shortage of female candidates. In the 21st century, too, one tribute album after another is being released. Maybe even more so. Joan Osborne’s Songs Of Bob Dylan (2017); … Continue reading
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It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry part 13: Just a basic whack thud
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (1965) part 13 by Jochen Markhorst XIII Just a basic whack thud Chris Smither has many qualities for which we admire him, and one of those many qualities … Continue reading
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It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – A History in Performance, Part 3: 1984 – 1989
Details of the articles covering the other three tracks on side two of “Bringing it all back home” are given at the end of this piece. Previously in this series on this song…. Part 1: 1965. Crying like a … Continue reading
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It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry part 10: No one had any idea what to do
by Jochen Markhorst X No one had any idea what to do Quincy Jones knows exactly what he is doing when he invites Pete Townshend for a session: a rock god’s guitar solo in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” breaks … Continue reading
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If only there had been a Nobel Prize for Music: Chimes of Freedom and Tambourine Man
By Tony Attwood If only there had been a Nobel Prize for Music 1: We might have noted the musical innovations more 2: From Hattie Carroll to the incoming ship 3: From Times to Percy’s song 4: Combining musical traditions in unique ways … Continue reading
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It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – A History in Performance, Part 2: 1975. The vagabond who’s rapping at your door
Previously…. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue; A History in Performance, Part 1: 1965. Crying like a fire in the sun Articles relating to earlier songs from the album are listed at the end. The vagabond who’s rapping at your … Continue reading
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It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue; A History in Performance, Part 1: 1965. Crying like a fire in the sun
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – A History in Performance, Part 1: 1965 – Crying like a fire in the sun By Mike Johnson [I read somewhere that if you wanted the very best, the acme of Dylan’s pre-electric … Continue reading
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It’s Alright Ma Part 5: 1999 – 2004. Stuffed graveyards, false goals
Publisher’s note: “It’s alright ma” is the third song to be considered in the “History in Performance” series. A full index of the articles relating to “Mr Tambourine Man” and “Gates of Eden” appears at the end of this … Continue reading
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It’s Alright, Ma: A History in Performance, Part 3: 1984 – One who sings with his tongue on fire.
Publisher’s note: “It’s alright ma” is the third song to be considered in the “History in Performance” series. A full index of the articles relating to “Mr Tambourine Man” and “Gates of Eden” appears at the end of the article. … Continue reading
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Dylan, 1963 and the copying of other people’s music: 5 Davey Moore
By Tony Attwood Previously in this series Why does a simple, hardly known Dylan song, get recorded over and over again? How the most subtle of musical changes gave “Bob Dylan’s Dream” a totally different meaning How Bob Dylan became … Continue reading
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Why does a simple, hardly known Dylan song, get recorded over and over again?
By Tony Attwood Yesterday I wrote a piece on this site, How the most subtle of musical changes gave “Bob Dylan’s Dream” a totally different meaning; an article which looked at the way musical changes from the original song “Lady Franklin’s … Continue reading
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