Author Archives: TonyAttwood

By Larry Fyffe Pointed out by Jochen Marthorst is that the lyrics that make up Bob Dylan’s song ‘No Time To Think’ can be reformulated into a series of reversed Petrarchan-like sonnets with the eight-lined octave coming after the six-lined … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood There is something about the 12 bar blues.  And there is something about White Stripes – I utterly loved that duo.   And indeed so did Bob.   Certainly Jack White is one of the greatest guitarists … Continue reading →

By Paul Hobson and Tony Attwood This series of articles looks at Dylan’s reinterpretations of his own work, with video examples from his concerts.  In this article we look at Just like a Woman from the late 1990s, “It’s all … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe In Norman Foster’s semi-humourous western movie ‘Rachel And The Stranger’, starring Robert Mitchum and William Holden, a purchased wife (Loretta Young) is treated not unkindly, but not lovingly by her husband (Holden); alongs comes a tall, dark … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst In the winter of 1975/76 Eric Clapton is in Los Angeles, in The Band’s Shangri-La Studio to record one of his most successful 70s albums, No Reason To Cry. But despite that success, he looks back with … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the poet laureate of Progressive Rock. The man who attempted to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility. The legend who forced art into bed with Psychedelic rock, who donned … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe There are some songs by Bob Dylan that can be construed as ‘confessional’, as expressing the singer/songwriter’s strong personal feelings in the manner of poets like Allen Ginsberg. ‘The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar’ presents … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe A number of analysts of the song lyrics of Bob Dylan assert that many of them can be ‘decoded’, and found autobiographical. As far as I am concerned that’s a dubious path to travel down since Dylan … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood On our Facebook page I recently linked to a review of the Rolling Thunder movie, a review which had the headline “Scorceses Bob Dylan documentary leaves you clueless.” It included this comment: “At the risk of sounding … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Two young, up-and-coming talents of French cinema meet on a film set in 1958, at the start of both breakthroughs. No main roles yet, but fairly visible supporting roles: Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Pierrot, a young gang member … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith Ok, cards on the table – I am as big a Paul McCartney fan as I am of Bob Dylan so this should be something of an easy piece to write. Except it isn’t, the two men … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe You can read part 1 of this article at Cool Hand Bob   David Weir analyzes many of Bob Dylan’s song lyrics too much methinks through the lens of canonized Christian dogma, but assures us he is … Continue reading →

Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood The Golden Vanity is one of those folk songs that has multiple names – it is often called “The Sweet Trinity” and also “The Golden Willow Tree”. The song originated in the 17th century as … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst “There was always something about that song, that was so simple, and an audacity to this sort of simplicity to that song. But it was so… so powerful at the same time. For me, at least. I … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan Crosses The Mississippi by Larry Fyffe Let’s look at the following song lyrics as an allegory – characters and events represent qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, and politics: Every step of the way we walk … Continue reading →

By Paul Hobson and Tony Attwood In this series we look at live performances by Bob Dylan which have re-imagined songs from his back catalogue. As ever the recordings have been selected by Paul and the commentary supplied by Tony.  … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith There is an excellent podcast called “Bowie vs Dylan” (www.bowievsdylan.com) where two brothers finally answer one of philosophy’s greatest questions: who’s better, David Bowie or Bob Dylan? Each episode covers one year of releases, concerts and reissues – … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe In his Modernistic Symbolist French novels and short stories that are presented in a rather imagistic surrealistic-like format, devoid of a tight plot (often in diction double-edged and satirical), Marcel Proust searches in vain for meaning, or … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Scott Cohen wrote a piece in Interview Magazine in February 1986 which basically seemed to consist of Dylan giving very short answers to a series of questions, including details of songs he particularly liked. Included in the … Continue reading →

by Patrick Roefflaer Released: August 20, 1979 Artwork: Catherine Kanner Back cover photographer: Nick Saxton Photographer inner sleeve: Morgan Renard Art Director: Wm. Stetz (William Stetz) Visual coordinator: Tony Lane       “Rejected drafts” The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: … Continue reading →