Author Archives: TonyAttwood

Bob Dylan and the Fighting Irish (parts 1 and 2) by Larry Fyffe There’s a fatalistic motif in ancient Irish oral-based pagan narratives that imaginatively compares human life to plants, trees, hills, and the recurring change in the seasons. A … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… Other people’s songs. How Dylan covers the work of other composers Other People’s songs: Bob and others perform “Froggie went a courtin” Other people’s songs: They killed him Other people’s songs: Frankie & Albert Other people’s … Continue reading →

Previously: One More Day in Mississippi part 1 Looking line by line at Dylan’s third act masterpiece by Christopher Deutsch All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme Dylan’s singing to … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Part I From the get-go, the lyrics and music of Bob Dylan have been influenced by Irish songs and poems – his songs do not come out of thin air. The following song lyrics reference a particularly … Continue reading →

Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 1: Dreamin’ of Henry Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 2: The Lay of the Last Minstrel Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 3: I don’t reckon I got no reason to kill nobody Dreamin’ Of You … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Previously in this series… Other people’s songs. How Dylan covers the work of other composers Other People’s songs: Bob and others perform “Froggie went a courtin” Other people’s songs: They killed him Other people’s … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Part 1 Christian organizations, especially big ones loaded down with Kafka-like bureaucracies, tell their members that they need faith in Jesus to perform seemingly impossible tasks like returning to an Edenic Paradise: If ye have faith as … Continue reading →

One More Day in Mississippi Looking line by line at Dylan’s third act masterpiece by Christopher Deutsch There is joy and mystery to being a Bob Dylan fan. Aside from a catalogue of music large enough to keep you listening … Continue reading →

The complete index to the Never Ending Tour series of articles has been updated to include the six articles covering 2006.  You can find the full index here. Never Ending Tour, 2006, Part 1, Enter The Organ Grinder By Mike … Continue reading →

Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 1: Dreamin’ of Henry Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 2: The Lay of the Last Minstrel Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 3: I don’t reckon I got no reason to kill nobody Dreamin’ Of You … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan as Timothy Part 1 By Larry Fyffe The song lyrics of Bob Dylan contain mulitudes of biblical characters; one of them being Timothy (though he’s not mentioned by name). As if biblical Christian Timothy, half-Jewish, half-Greek, in his … Continue reading →

A list of previous articles in this series is given at the end. By Tony Attwood Next up in this series is Like a Rolling Stone, except that Aaron and I covered that song in depth in the “Beautiful Obscurity” … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Why it’s plausible to construe that the narrator in “Red River Shore” takes on the role of a modernized Elijah, wrapped in a cloak of misery, is because the narrator of another song, “SlowTrain Coming”, without him being … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… Other people’s songs. How Dylan covers the work of other composers Other People’s songs: Bob and others perform “Froggie went a courtin” Other people’s songs: They killed him Other people’s songs: Frankie & Albert Other people’s … Continue reading →

Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 1: Dreamin’ of Henry Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 2: The Lay of the Last Minstrel Dreamin’ Of You (1997) part 3: I don’t reckon I got no reason to kill nobody Dreamin’ Of You … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Though rather mysterious, and Gnostic-like, the New Testament of the Holy Bible posits that the sinful suffer two deaths – one when their physical body dies; the second when the unworthy are punished to varying degrees in … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In my post “Obscurity and Clarity” I was seeking to make the point that songs don’t have to be about anything, and hinting that attempts to force meaning into songs might on occasion be doing the artist … Continue reading →

The complete index to the Never Ending Tour series of articles has been updated to include the six articles covering 2006.  You can find the full index of all 86 articles here. 2006, Part 1, Enter The Organ Grinder By … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Parts I and II) Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Parts III & IV) Bob Dylan And Jezebel (Part V and VI) by Larry Fyffe Biblical Queen Jezebel gets eaten by dogs because she stood up against the … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… Other people’s songs. How Dylan covers the work of other composers Other People’s songs: Bob and others perform “Froggie went a courtin” Other people’s songs: They killed him Other people’s songs: Frankie & Albert Other people’s … Continue reading →