Author Archives: TonyAttwood

By Larry Fyffe This article follows from Bob Dylan and More Mythology (Part I) Bob Dylan And More Mythology (Part II) Singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan messes with Greek and Roman mythology – rearranges their faces, and gives its gods and heroes … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Imaginary Future is the indie folk project of Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Jesse Epstein. Influenced in his youth by the records of Simon and Garfunkel, Epstein pairs acoustic guitar and vocals from his wife and fellow musician, Kina … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Larry Fyffe first found “Go away you bomb” for Untold Dylan in his article Bob Dylan and How I Learned to Love the Bomb but at the time we published that we were not … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood and Aaron Galbraith We have recently presented articles on the way those using sampling techniques have delved into Bob Dylan’s music to use it on their own tracks featuring “Lay Lady Lay” and “Just like Tom … Continue reading →

by Patrick Roefflaer Released                       July 14, 1986 Illustration                    Harry Lemon Pankhurst Art-director                   Charles Sappington The cover of Bob Dylan’s 24th studio album is one that reveals its secrets with difficulty. On the cover is a painting depicting three … Continue reading →

by Philip Hale As the pandemic of 2020 lays waste to all live music, stopping Dylan’s “Never Ending Tour” in its tracks as nothing else has, this seems a good time to reflect on his 2019 Fall performances and what … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Just recently we launched the Untold Dylan Showcase – quite simply an opportunity for readers of this site to submit recordings of themselves performing Dylan songs, or songs about Dylan, or songs inspired by Dylan – even … Continue reading →

This article continues from Bob Dylan And More Mythology Part I by Larry Fyffe A number of song lyrics by Bob Dylan have their roots soaked in the mythology of Dionysus. Dionysus (Bacchus) is known to be both kind and … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Previously in this mega-series we have looked at the very start of the Never Ending Tour (NET). The Never-Ending Tour: 1987 – Farewell to all that NET 1988: Desperate stratagems, Part 1: Heroes and Villains So … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst  By now it has the status of a classic, the book by The Band‘s drummer (1993). It is a textbook example of a rise-and-fall tragedy, embellished with some bitter venom (Robbie Robertson doesn’t get away well) and … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood OK the Untold Dylan Showcase is on the road: we have our first recording. This is a speculative idea, which comes out of the fact that I suspect many of us are stuck in our homes without … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood “I’ll not be a stranger” is a song that Bob Dylan has performed twice, and it is something of an interesting choice. It is a rather obscure piece and it is listed, (where it is listed at … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Diana (Artemis) is the mythological Goddess of the Moon, and the Hunt; the cypress tree and the deer are sacred to her; she has a gentle side and a dark side – turns a Peeping Tom into … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Over the years we have put on this site one or two recordings created by readers who have been performing Dylan songs.  Often these have been songs that Dylan himself hasn’t performed, or indeed their own arrangement … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood and Denise Konkal Denise has produced her final version of the lyrics of “Murder Most Foul” which are set out below.   As for Tony, here are his final thoughts after a full day of contemplation. In my … Continue reading →

Here are the lyrics provided by Denise Konkal – a massive improvement on my stumbling approach earlier today.  Below the lyrics we have a commentary on what it all means. 1: It was a dark day in Dallas November 63 … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The lyrics to Bob’s new song are being written up here. In my edition there are currently many gaps, and undoubtedly many errors – if you can correct any please do write in. But Denise is now … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Previously pointed out is that the song lyrics of ‘She Belongs To Me’ by Bob Dylan, though it’s a revised version of the myth, can be interpreted as having Jungian roots in the mythological story of Orpheus … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood In this series of articles I have been trying to give very simple one word definitions of the subject matter of Bob Dylan compositions year by year, in the hope of seeing exactly how the themes within … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst I          The Japanese Nightsong Translating poetry is walking on thin ice. One of the most beautiful examples from world literature is Goethe’s classic miniature “Wanderers Nachtlied” (Wanderers Nightsong) from 1780: Über allen Gipfeln                                 O’er all the … Continue reading →