Author Archives: TonyAttwood

Bob Dylan In Search Of Eden (Part I) Bob Dylan In Search Of Eden (Part II) by Larry Fyffe ‘Gates Of Eden’, a song by Bob Dylan, is open to differing levels of interpretation though of course these levels must … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The previous episode in this series was All directions at once part 56: Most of the time Bob’s a genius The index to the series is to be found here  1989 was a year of confusion, of … Continue reading →

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 →

Bob Dylan And The Eye Of Horus Bob Dylan And The Eye Of Horus (Part II)   By Larry Fyffe The falcon of Horus flies at twilight: Far away in a stormy night Far away, and over the wall You … Continue reading →

220 selected cover versions of Dylan songs Beautiful Obscurity: The man in me Hollis Brown, and why does it all have to be like this? The album of extraordinary rarities now has its own page. Beautiful Obscurity: The Dignity Covers … Continue reading →

On The Road Again (1965) part I: I don’t know why everyone is so rude On The Road Again (1965) part 2: The shitting Pope On The Road Again (1965) part 3: A handsome Malacca sword-cane by Jochen Markhorst   … Continue reading →

There is an index to earlier articles in this series here   The two earlier parts of 1999 are… NET, 1999, Part 1: Every night in a combustible way. Never Ending Tour, 1999, part 2 – Is everything as hollow as … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And The Eye Of Horus (Part I) by Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan messes around with mythologies – it could be interpreted that in the song lyrics below, that the narrator thereof takes on the persona of a modernized … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Earlier episodes of All Directions are listed here The previous episode was “After the loss the rebuild” A while back I fantasized on the notion that Bob Dylan would one day knock on my door and in … Continue reading →

Beautiful Obscurity and the Covers Index 220 selected cover versions of Dylan songs Beautiful Obscurity: The man in me Hollis Brown, and why does it all have to be like this? The album of extraordinary rarities now has its own … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe As mentioned before – according to ancient Egyptian mythology, Horus is the son of Isis, the Goddess of the Moon and her twin brother Osiris; Set (or Seth), another brother of Isis, causes Osiris to descend to … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In the article Never Ending Tour, 1999, part 2 – Is everything as hollow as it seems? Mike posed a really interesting question: “The oddest aspect of these 1999 performances of ‘Can’t Wait’, which Dylan regularly performed, is … Continue reading →

An index to all the articles in the series appears here. The last article in this series appeared, and then had a technical fault. It has been republished here. By Mike Johnson (kiwipoet) ‘Windows were shaking all night in my … Continue reading →

Symbolism Of The Cypress Tree Part I By Larry Fyffe In the song lyrics below,  the narrator thereof depicts himself as Paris, a Trojan of Troy, who’s under attack by Achilles (and other Greeks) – sourced from ancient Greek/Roman mythology: … Continue reading →

Publisher’s note: we seem to have had a technical fault on the site which I am currently trying to sort out.  For the moment the 1999 part 1 edition of the Never Ending Tour series appears to be unavailable so … Continue reading →

On The Road Again (1965) part I: I don’t know why everyone is so rude On The Road Again (1965) part 2: The shitting Pope On The Road Again (1965) part 3 by Jochen Markhorst    A handsome Malacca sword-cane … Continue reading →

The Ballad of Frankly and Joni by Larry Fyffe Charles Darwin dumps a bucket of water, his “Theory of Evolution”, onto the fire of the Romantic Transcendentalist writers’ attempts to save God. What’s worse, Darwin’s Theory is transformed into an … Continue reading →

Compiled by Tony Attwood from suggestions by readers of Untold Dylan, and cover versions used within articles.  Plus this time something extra.  I decided to look at all the Dylan songs with titles starting with A and try and find … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst On The Road Again (1965) part I: I don’t know why everyone is so rude The shitting Pope Well, I asked for something to eat I’m hungry as a hog So I get brown rice, seaweed … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe While the moon sometimes appears in the daytime sky, oddly enough the sun never appears in the sky at night. According to the Old Testament, hidden baby Moses is found, and looked after by an Egyptian princess. … Continue reading →