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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Early Roman Kings

  I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. The Never Ending Tour Extended: This series primarily uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson in his inestimable masterpiece The Never Ending Tour, and looks at how … Continue reading

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The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour 2021: Early Roman Kings

I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. Commentary by Tony Attwood This track starts at around 43 minutes 25 seconds. The change between this version and that on the album is … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings: The lyrics AND the music

By Tony Attwood This series of articles (along with an earlier series “The meaning behind the lyrics and the music”) endeavours to explore the importance of the music in Dylan’s songs, rather than simply looking at the lyrics.   An index … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings part 8: I got the John the Conqueror root

by Jochen Markhorst Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer Early Roman Kings (2012) … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part VII: Ding Dong Daddy

Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer Early Roman Kings (2012) part IV: You … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part VI: The beauty of the flames

  by Jochen Markhorst Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer Early Roman Kings … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part V: I will massacre you

Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer Early Roman Kings (2012) part IV: You … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part IV: You can ring my bell, ring my bell

Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer by Jochen Markhorst   IV         You can … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part III: He had a left like Henry’s hammer

Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes by Jochen Markhorst   III         He had a left like Henry’s hammer They’re peddlers and they’re meddlers, they buy and … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part II: Anything goes

Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall by Jochen Markhorst   II          Anything goes All the early Roman Kings in the early, early morn’ Coming down the mountain, distributing the corn Speeding through the forest, … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings (2012) part I: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

by Jochen Markhorst   I           Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the early Roman Kings in their sharkskin suits Bowties and buttons, high top boots Driving the spikes in, blazing the rails Nailed in their coffins in top hats … Continue reading

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Early Roman Kings: the meaning of the music and the lyrics

The music and meaning of Bob Dylan’s Early Roman Kings By Tony Attwood We’ve got three issues in the lyrics of “Early Roman Kings”.  There were Kings in the earliest days of Rome, and there was a gang in the … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan – the concert series. Palo Alto, California 14 October 2019

Series selected by Tony Attwood This series of videos and recordings are collected from the internet and put into chronological order to help anyone (including me) to hear what happened to Bob’s concerts across time.   A list of the other … Continue reading

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How the most subtle of musical changes gave “Bob Dylan’s Dream” a totally different meaning

  By Tony Attwood I was writing a couple of days ago, in the article Dylan the lyrics, the music and some false comparisons: Blowing in the Wind, about how I felt the link between Blowing in the Wind and … Continue reading

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The 54 songs that Bob has performed in the last four years…

By mr tambourine (video selection by Tony) Another year is completed. Dylan kept his promise about touring until 2024. But what happens next? The Rough and Rowdy Ways tour seemed more like an obligation than the true idea of what … Continue reading

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Watching The River Flow part 6: “Life is so transient”

  Previously in this series… 1: Your enemy’s corpse will soon float by 2: The situation comes first 3: If I had wings like Nora’s dove 4: Cocker Meadow 5: The rest is just the same isn’t it by Jochen … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan: the lyrics AND the music. “Things have changed”

“The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which tries to find out what happens when one reviews a Dylan song not primarily as a set of lyrics, but as a piece of music which includes lyrics.  … Continue reading

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The lyrics and the music: You’re a big girl now & a delicate but vital change

  “The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which tries to find out what happens when one reviews a Dylan song not primarily as a set of lyrics, but as a piece of music which includes … Continue reading

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The Never Ending Tour Extended: “When I paint my masterpiece” and the greatest moment in the tour.

 I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website —————— The Never Ending Tour Extended: This series primarily uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson in his inestimable masterpiece The Never Ending Tour, and looks at how those … Continue reading

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The lyrics and the music: Alberta. The need for the two to be as one.

“The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which tries to find out what happens when one reviews a Dylan song not primarily as a set of lyrics, but as a piece of music which includes lyrics.  … Continue reading

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