Author Archives: TonyAttwood

by Patrick Roefflaer This article is part of a series reviewing the artwork across Dylan’s albums.  There is an index to past articles below, and at the top of the page under “Album Artwork” Episode 33 – “Love and Theft” … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Opinions on Mozambique are divided – did it belittle the struggle of the country for independence from Portugal, or was it actually a celebration that the fight was over, or simply did the name of the country … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst XIII       I’m hot as a bull I feel the Holy Spirit inside and see the light that freedom gives I believe it’s within the reach of every man who lives Keep as far away as possible – … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe God kicks Adam and Eve out of Eden into a Hell on Earth; locks up the gate, and keeps the keys inside for Himself. Eve (who changes her name to Patti Page in order to protect herself … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: “Hard Times Come Again No More” is an American parlor song written by Stephen Foster in 1854. It was first recorded in 1905 by the Edison Quartet on wax cylinder. Tony:  This is … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Dante Alighieri pops up here and there in songs written or co-written by Bob Dylan.; there be a world of light, a world of darkness, and a world betwixt the two. Often humorously, but not always, real … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood A song that Bob has never performed in public, and one that I didn’t expect to find any cover versions of, and lo and behold there is one.  Or actually two, although only one in English. And … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst   XII        We must find the next little girl You won’t find any happiness here – no happiness or joy Go back to the gutter and try your luck – find you some nice young pretty … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Friedrich Nietzsche expounds that we have killed God, He being found wanting as the author of all creation. Rowland Barthes posits that modernists like Ezra Pound and TS Eliot, and subsequent poets, have killed off the writer … Continue reading →

NET 2008, part 1, Industry Standards and Dallas Delights The Never Ending Tour: the full index from the very start.   By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) We finished Part 1 of 2008 with four songs from Modern Times (2006) from the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I have a problem with “Most of the Time” in that there is a recurring rhythmic theme within it which is (in my head of no one else’s) very close to that used in “Take a walk … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst   XI         A bridge crossing the Avon, Warwickshire I’ll cut you up with a crooked knife and I’ll miss you when you’re gone I stood between heaven and earth and I crossed the Rubicon  Butch (Bruce Willis) … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Any Euro-centric analyst of Bob Dylan’s artistic output has to be counterbalanced by the singer/songwriter’s deep awareness of Americana – the influence of Puritanism on the American psyche, for example. Zealous Puritans latch onto the “Gnostic-like” cosmological … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: “Blue Moon” was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934. That is considered by musicologists to be the first instance of the familiar “50s progression” in a popular song. Here is … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood At first I wasn’t at all sure about this 100 miles an hour version of the song, but it really has grown on me.  It contains the accent on the last word of each line as Bob … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe A modern playwrite has a a character bring up the Four Gospels, specifically Luke 23: 43, on the subject of salvation through repentance: “But all were there. And only one speaks of a thief being saved” (Samuel Beckett: … Continue reading →

Crossing The Rubicon part 1: A hard-living, hard-drinking, hard-fighting guy Crossing The Rubicon part 2: That day I’ll always remember Crossing The Rubicon part 3: So many things that we never will undo Crossing The Rubicon part 4: Red River … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Little Sadie tells the story of a man, who is apprehended after shooting his wife/girlfriend. He is then sentenced by a judge. Tony: It is strange that such a horrific set of events … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Apparently, notwithstanding the fog of history, and what is fact and what is fiction, Jonah is reluctant to preach to nonHebrews even if a number of them do change their wicked ways; that is, they stop worshipping … Continue reading →

NET 2007 Part 1: The light is never dying. Never Ending Tour, 2007, part 2: Your servant both night and day. Part 3: One foot on the platform The Never Ending Tour complete series index   ‘Over and out, under … Continue reading →