Author Archives: Tony Attwood

My Own Version Of You (2020) part 8 by Jochen Markhorst VIII       A truly fascinating song I say to the willow tree – don’t weep for me I’m saying the hell with all things that used to be “An exceptional … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Bob Dylan’s book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, was written, as I understand it, after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.  It is not a book I feel I can comment upon, largely because I … Continue reading →

So, only six more songs to go by Jochen Markhorst The history of my love affair with Highway 61 Revisited is probably not that different from most of us: upon discovering the LP in my father’s record collection, I kept … Continue reading →

Introduction by Tony Attwood I think we first mentioned the band Dylan.pl back in 2018 when we picked up on their cover of Jokerman and have noted with much applause a fair amount of their work since.  Indeed I’ve been … Continue reading →

Do you have a view on Dylan, his lyrics or his music which you’d like to put across to our readers?   If so, please do drop me a line.  We are always open to new ideas and new points of … Continue reading →

Details of the previous articles in this series are given at the end of the article.  Details of all the series were are currently running, and some recently concluded are given on the home page of this site.    We … Continue reading →

By Jack Beam It’s quite a while since we did a review of Bob Dylan’s compositions over time on the subject of gambling, but I am always willing to oblige when the subject comes up, (as indeed it did in … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood In his final part in the series of articles on the Dylan song “False Prophet” (published on this site), Jochen wrote: “Having resisted the label “prophet” for more than half a century, Dylan now then confesses: … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst VII        “Although I did not mean myself when I said ‘I’…” I study Sanskrit and Arabic to improve my mind I want to do things for the benefit of all mankind “What if my readers think … Continue reading →

    Do you have a view on Dylan, his lyrics or his music which you’d like to put across to our readers?   If so, please do drop me a line.  We are always open to new ideas and new … Continue reading →

  This series looks at Bob’s compositions from a musical point of view considering the songs in the order that they were written. Details of earlier articles in this series are given at the foot of this piece. By Tony … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst VI         They saw, yet they did not see I get blood from a cactus – make gunpowder from ice I don’t gamble with cards and I don’t shoot no dice Can you look in my face … Continue reading →

  There is something about Bob Dylan songs, when you hear them, you feel like you are galloping through the American countryside on a horse named Nostalgia. Well, if you do feel that, you are not the first person to … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood The idea of the concert series is very simple – a set of links which each contain a link to a video or recording of a single concert year by year so then when complete we … Continue reading →

My apologies for the technical problems on this article – I think I have resolved them by removing the links to examples from the Never Ending Tour series – so the article is now readable.  I’ve now included a link … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst V          The whole world is a cactus I get blood from a cactus – make gunpowder from ice I don’t gamble with cards and I don’t shoot no dice  Jacques Dutronc reaches immortality and eternal fame … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… Part 1: 1965.  Part 2: 1975. Part 3: 1984 – 1989 Part 4: 1990 – 1995 Part 5: 1996 – 2001  Part 6: 2002 – 2010 Part 7: 2011 – 2025. All over now By Mike … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst IV         Tough and tender, granite and satin I’ll take Scarface Pacino and the Godfather Brando Mix ‘em up in a tank and get a robot commando If I do it upright and put the head on … Continue reading →

A list of previous articles in this series appears at the end of the piece. By Tony Attwood In the last article (How Dylan turned the strophic form into something new) I took a look at “Love is just a … Continue reading →

Each of these articles features either a recording of a complete concert or (where there is not one available in the UK, where I have my internet connection) the next best thing I can find.   I’m hoping to be able … Continue reading →