Author Archives: Tony Attwood

  By Tony Attwood If ever there were a song that should NOT work, “Lily, Rosemary” etc. is it.   Around 800 words, some 15 verses all musically identical, each ending with the lyrics “the Jack of Hearts,” with the whole … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood Happy anniversary, Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun Episode 2: Mother  20 years of Theme Time Radio part 3 Drinking It is only after three episodes of this series that I have realised what … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst Key West III         Familiar sounding, but something’s off I’m searchin’ for love and inspiration On that pirate radio station It’s comin’ out of Luxembourg and Budapest Radio signal clear as can be I’m so deep in … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Today we have Truckin’.   The first paragraph below is my general introduction, but if you’ve been here before please skip the first paragraph and go straight onto what is, in my view, one of the most brilliant … Continue reading →

You only have to listen to a handful of songs, or even just read a few of our articles, to find the message: music has always been a terrific method to tell stories. Sound has been affecting emotions, stress, and … Continue reading →

  Recently on this site…. 20 years of Theme Time Radio part 3.1: Drinking Bob Dylan in concert 1962. The final entry in the concert series (for now) A full index to the previous articles in this series is given … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously in this series: Happy anniversary Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun Episode 2: Mother  So we move on to Bob’s programme on Drinking (episode 3) which was first broadcast on 17 May 2006, and … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood So with this recording of a concert in Montreal, on 2 July 1962 we come to the end of the series, searching for a concert, or something akin to that, each year from 1961 to 2025.  … Continue reading →

Key West part 1: Andorra by Jochen Markhorst II          The lyrics kinda float from person to person McKinley hollered – McKinley squalled Doctor said McKinley – death is on the wall Say it to me if you got something to … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood If you want an overall review of Bob’s book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song” there is one here.   And of course, there is the option of reading Bob’s book, or one of the multitude of fulsome reviews … Continue reading →

  Last year felt like a big one for consumer rights against the surge of ticket prices. Several headline events saw customers suffer at the hands of re-sellers and, more notably, the ticket-selling platforms themselves. While re-sellers putting tickets up … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood In the last episode in which I pondered the music of “You Angel You”, I edged to the conclusion that Bob was both musically and lyrically deliberately seeking to break away from his musical past, while … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously in this series: Happy anniversary Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun In the first article in this series, we took a glimpse at the very first episode of Bob’s radio programme, which was on … Continue reading →

  Concert selection by Tony Attwood Type into Wiki asking a question about Dylan in 1963 and it is quite likely you will find a note saying something to the effect that the 1963 concerts are “crucial historical documents, showing … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst I           Andorra “Andorra – this does not, of course, refer to the actual microstate of that name, nor to the people in the Pyrenees whom I do not know, nor to any other small real country … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is song number 39 from Bob Dylan’s book “The Philosophy of Modern Song” published in 2022.  There are 66 songs in the book, so we’re just over halfway through.  And what I would say is that … Continue reading →

    Happy anniversary Theme Time Radio Hour. By Tony Attwood This series of articles (No Nobel Prize for Music)  looks at Dylan’s compositions from the point of view of the music he wrote and the way he changed his … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The very first Theme Time Radio Hour was broadcast on 3 May , 2006 on XM Satellite Radio.   And seeing as that is almost twenty years ago I thought I would go back and have a listen, … Continue reading →

Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 4 1: Look at Barry Run  2: density and gravity 3: The amusing cruelty by Jochen Markhorst IV         “I’m sure that Bob Dylan would dig this version!” So there are no successful … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Some nine years ago, long before I thought of compiling a series which contained a recording of one Bob Dylan concert for each year I wrote and published here the article Bob Dylan in 1977: the preparation … Continue reading →