Author Archives: TonyAttwood

The Art Work on Bob Dylan’s Albums: 29 – Oh Mercy

A list of all the previous articles in this series is given at the end. by Patrick Roefflaer Released                                1989-09-12 Graffiti                                   Remerro Trotsky Williams … Continue reading

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King Crimson And BeelzeBob (Part V)

Mixing-Up The Fluids: Red Crimson And Yellow Dylan King Crimson And Yellow Dylan (Part II) The Crimson King And The Yellow Jester (Part III) King Crimson and the Yellow Jester (Part IV) By Larry Fyffe In the Gnostic-like Book of … Continue reading

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Dylan cover a day: I’ll be your baby tonight

There is a list of most of the earlier articles from this series at the end of the article. By Tony Attwood If this song has to be anything, it has to be fun.  Which means a lilting beat and … Continue reading

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Red River Shore (1997) part 10: Send it to Lulu

Red River Shore (1997) part 1: She wrote me a letter Red River Shore (1997) part 2: The importance of capturing spontaneity Red River Shore part 3: Pretty angels all flying in a row Red River Shore (1997) part 4: … Continue reading

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Never Ending Tour, 2004, part 5 Rocking On

An index to the whole series on the Never Ending Tour can be found here.     Below are the previous episodes for 2004. NET, 2004, Part 1 – The best singing audience NET 2004 part 2: The Jazz Connection Never … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan: The Crimson And Yellow Jester (Part IV)

Previously in this series Mixing-Up The Fluids: Red Crimson And Yellow Dylan King Crimson And Yellow Dylan (Part II) The Crimson King And The Yellow Jester (Part III) By Larry Fyffe Christian theologians and artists tend to simplify the rather … Continue reading

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A Dylan Cover a Day No. 60: If you see her say hello.

By Tony Attwood Unless this is the first “Cover A Day” you’ve read, you may have got the hang of what I am looking for in this series: people who are able to find something extra or at least different … Continue reading

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Red River Shore (1997) part 9: A floating nothing

Red River Shore (1997) part 1: She wrote me a letter Red River Shore (1997) part 2: The importance of capturing spontaneity Red River Shore part 3: Pretty angels all flying in a row Red River Shore (1997) part 4: … Continue reading

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Polish Hollis Brown should remind us all of what is happening elsewhere

By Tony Attwood I had an interesting email from Filip Łobodziński, who as I am sure you will recall if you are a regular reader of Untold, contributes to our site occasionally from Poland. Within the email Filip pointed me … Continue reading

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The Crimson King And The Yellow Jester (Part III)

Previously: Mixing-Up The Fluids: Red Crimson And Yellow Dylan King Crimson And Yellow Dylan (Part II) by Larry Fyffe Jesus, says, in an ironic tone to his accusers, that it’s with the help of Almighty God that the evil influence … Continue reading

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Red River Shore (1997) part 8:  He is no one

by Jochen Markhorst Red River Shore (1997) part 1: She wrote me a letter Red River Shore (1997) part 2: The importance of capturing spontaneity Red River Shore part 3: Pretty angels all flying in a row Red River Shore … Continue reading

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A Dylan cover a Day: If you Gotta Go, please go and do something different

By Tony Attwood There are some Dylan songs that I really think ought to be covered by other artists, but which no one seems to want to try.  “If you ever go to Houston” is one such.   Listening to it … Continue reading

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Never Ending Tour, 2004, Part 4 More jazz, regulars and rarities

This is part of a series covering the whole of the Never Ending Tour.  You can find an index to all the articles here. NET, 2004, Part 1 – The best singing audience NET 2004 part 2: The Jazz Connection Never … Continue reading

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Red River Shore (1997) part 7: Please try to make it rhyme

By by Jochen Markhorst Red River Shore (1997) part 1: She wrote me a letter Red River Shore (1997) part 2: The importance of capturing spontaneity Red River Shore part 3: Pretty angels all flying in a row Red River … Continue reading

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King Crimson And Yellow Dylan (Part II)

By Larry Fyffe Previously: Mixing-Up The Fluids: Red Crimson And Yellow Dylan So it can be posited that the lyrics of “The Court Of The Crimson King” sets up a tournament  between the purplish-red king, and the “yellow jester”; that … Continue reading

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A Dylan Cover a Day: If not for you, and a rant against prosody

By Tony Attwood A nice bouncy version from Barry Hay to begin which has a surprise sudden ending.  I thought they’d keep it going longer! And as the second example, something completely different – which I think shows the beauty … Continue reading

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Red River Shore (1997): VI  Misery is but the shadow of happiness

by Jochen Markhorst VI         Misery is but the shadow of happiness Well I’m wearing the cloak of misery And I’ve tasted jilted love And the frozen smile upon my face Fits me like a glove But I can’t escape from … Continue reading

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Mixing-Up The Fluids: Red Crimson And Yellow Dylan

By Larry Fyffe The Sound School of Dylanology tends to wash away the historical meaning of words by focusing on the sound loosed by the alliteration, rhythm, and rhyme, and the beat and tempo of the music that accompanies them. … Continue reading

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An extra Dylan cover a day: More idiot wind

By Tony Attwood https://lgeb.bandcamp.com/track/viento-idiota This little note is by way of a thank you, and by way of a more generalised request.   I’ll start with the request first. Because of the reach of Untold Dylan and the generally positive way … Continue reading

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Red River Shore (1997) part 5: Mom says the pills must be working

  by Jochen Markhorst V          Mom says the pills must be working Well I knew when I first laid eyes on her I could never be free One look at her and I knew right away She should always be … Continue reading

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