Author Archives: Tony Attwood

  By Tony Attwood So far in this series… “I don’t know who I am most of the time. It doesn’t even matter to me”. I don’t know where I am going, nor what it will look like Bob Dylan … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood I have recently posted three articles which relate to the claim that Bob has made that he has an ever changing personality.   In order of publication they are “I don’t know who I am most of … Continue reading →

    I don’t know where I am going, nor what it will look like “I don’t know who I am most of the time. It doesn’t even matter to me”. By Tony Attwood One of the very interesting things … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood I recently published the article “I don’t know who I am most of the time. It doesn’t even matter to me” which focussed on Bob’s view that his personality, or perhaps his view of the world, … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan and Dissociative Identity Disorder By Tony Attwood Dylan has long been fascinated by the concept of the multiplicity of the self, evident in everything from his fondness for Arthur Rimbaud‘s phrase “Je est un autre” (“I is another”), which … Continue reading →

  Details of some of our current and recent series can be found here. By Tony Attwood Dylan has long been fascinated by the concept of the multiplicity of the self, evident in everything from his fondness for Arthur Rimbaud‘s phrase … Continue reading →

  There is a listing of some of our series and recent articles on the home page. By Tony Attwood If you have a tendency to read much of what is published on this site then first of all, thank … Continue reading →

That restlessness that has kept Bob moving on and on…. Will the circle be unbroken?: over 100 years old, still going strong By Tony Attwood Aside from passing my time with others on this site, creating commentaries about Bob Dylan … Continue reading →

  You can find an index to our current and recent series on the home page. By Tony Attwood When, many many years ago, I first started researching  pop and rock music as an academic subject, one of the issues … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This song appeared on the Bootleg series and it is reported Bob performed it three or four times on tour (depending on which source you use) in concerts.   You can find a recording of it here It … Continue reading →

  Commentary by Tony Attwood I do love being sent copies of Dylan songs sung by performers who are either amateurs or whose work, as professionals, has not yet reached a wider audience. I have another one to offer today, … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan spends close to nine minutes in “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” telling a story in which nearly every important character is named after a playing card, and almost nothing is spelled out. There is a robbery, … Continue reading →

A review of “I’M GLAD I’M NOT ME” by Ethan Warren Published by Columbia University Press. Review by Tony Attwood These days the view seems to be that by and large everything Dylan does is significant.  But I have been … Continue reading →

  The Philosophy of Modern Song was Bob Dylan’s publication provided after he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his work as a songwriter.   My suspicion was that Bob didn’t actually realise that he was going to be required to … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood As you may have noted in the past, occasionally readers of Untold Dylan do send us their own recordings of Dylan songs, and from time to time I do like to publish one or two of these.  … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “The Philosophy of Modern Song” was Bob Dylan’s publication, provided after he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his work as a songwriter.   My suspicion was that Bob didn’t actually realise that he was going to be … Continue reading →

    Fifty years after it was written, ‘Isis’ still opens the same way, with a marriage on the fifth day of May and a narrator who cannot sit still. What follows is a fever dream of the American West … Continue reading →

There is a strange moment that happens when you return to a Dylan record you have known for years. The words arrive exactly where you expect them, you know when the harmonica is coming, and yet suddenly there is a … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood “Let It Be Me” was originally released in 1954 in French under the title “Je t’appartiens”, but later, with an English version of the lyrics it was a hit for the Everly Brothers in some six … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy” was written by Pete Seeger in 1967.   It tells the true story of a platoon attempting to wade a deep river with an officer pushing the men on despite it … Continue reading →