Author Archives: Tony Attwood

DYLAN & US: BEYOND AMERICA by Wouter van Oorschot Translated by Brent Annable A list of the previous articles in this series is given at the end What you really don’t want – part 2  (continued) In the final track … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst XII        How Does It Feel?  The in itself rather generic question How does it feel has by now pretty much been hijacked by Dylan’s song – two, three generations can no longer hear the word combination without … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A friend and I went to see “A Complete Unknown” – the movie – last night at our local cinema and it was indeed a pleasant evening out – at least until the very end.   The film, … Continue reading →

(Editor’s note, we’ve had to replace one video on this page, and the version added is set by the originator to play immediately this page is open.  To stop the soundtrack please scroll down to Liverpool 1965 and click on … Continue reading →

Covers of Boots of Spanish Leather by Jürg Lehmann A list of previous articles in the “Covers we Missed” series is given at the end.  The blue links in the article will also take you to recordings. There is a … Continue reading →

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 11 by Jochen Markhorst XI         I was transformed The Guinness Book of World Records states that Bing Crosby’s 1942 “White Christmas” is the best-selling single of all time with an estimated 50 million units. … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood As if putting a song on an album, and then never once, in a lifetime of touring and performing, actually play it, is not strange enough, it is surely even stranger to record a song, put it … Continue reading →

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 10 by Jochen Markhorst X          Just jump on it James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown (2024) does romanticise it a bit, of course, but by and large the film follows the actual, researched and confirmed … Continue reading →

DYLAN & US: BEYOND AMERICA by Wouter van Oorschot; Translated by Brent Annable A list of the previous articles in this series is given at the end.  What you really don’t want – part 1 But it’s not to stand naked … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood As a not particularly successful musician, but still nonetheless a musician through my early working life, I lived and worked with the firm belief that music itself carried a meaning.  Not always a meaning that could … Continue reading →

All the songs Bob has never sung The songs Bob has never performed: Temporary Like Achilles Motopsycho Nightmare “On the road again” is a 12 bar blues, and it is possible that Bob doesn’t play that many 12 bar blues … Continue reading →

  Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 9 by Jochen Markhorst IX         I’m a bit of a textualist You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him now, he calls … Continue reading →

Previously: All the songs Bob has never sung The songs Bob has never performed: Temporary Like Achilles A list of our current and some past series can be found on the home page. By Tony Attwood I did quite a … Continue reading →

by Wouter van Oorschot Translated by Brent Annable A list of the previous articles in this series is given at the end.   What you really want   I ain’t lookin’ for you to feel like me See like me … Continue reading →

  The Gates of Eden – A History in Performance  Part 1: 1964 Ancestral voices prophesying war Part 2: 1974 – 1991 A crashing but meaningless blow Part 3: 1991 – 2001. Where Babies Wail: A Spooky Grandeur By Mike … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst VIII       Just like some tragic beat Napoleon You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse When you got … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood In my rambling piece “All the songs that Bob’s never sung (or at least not very often)” I reached the conclusion that sometimes why he has not performed a song live is obvious – the song … Continue reading →

DYLAN & US: BEYOND AMERICA  by Wouter van Oorschot Translated by Brent Annable Previously in this series… Amuse bouche Who the book is (not) for – part 1 Who this book is (not) for – part 2 Anything but idolatry … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood If you have been extraordinarily patient or perhaps you have a particular interest in creativity as a subject, or maybe you just don’t like the work of Heylin, you might be pleased to note that I … Continue reading →

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 7 by Jochen Markhorst 1: The Rumpelstilskin tantrum 2: It’s all just about got to be too much 3: It was just a riff really 4: You’ll curse the day you started going down … Continue reading →