Just like a woman. The meaning of the music and lyrics of Bob Dylan’s song
By Tony Attwood Three new videos added July 2018. From as early as 1963 Dylan was highly engaged in writing[…]
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Lay Lady Lay: Three Bob Dylan transformations of his song & a look at the meanings.
By Tony Attwood In returning to this song I didn’t really feel I wanted to change any of the original[…]
Read moreBob Dylan’s Maggie’s Farm. 3 very different versions; but why play it so often?
By Tony Attwood (revised March 2013 and again June 2018) Between 1965 and 2009 Bob Dylan performed Maggie’s Farm 1051[…]
Read moreSubterranean Homesick Blues: the meaning of the music and the lyrics
By Tony Attwood Revised 13 October 2017 This was Dylan’s first successful attempt to integrate the emotions of the Beat[…]
Read moreLove minus Zero / No Limit. Bob Dylan takes a Zen approach to the perfect relationship
By Tony Attwood This review revised May 2017 The second of the two love songs from the first side of[…]
Read moreBob Dylan’s “Dignity”. A work of genius, or neat but unfinished idea?
By Tony Attwood And what are we to make of Dignity? Raved over by many Dylan fans, it didn’t turn[…]
Read moreChanging of the Guards: The meanings behind Bob Dylan’s song
By Tony Attwood The original review was written in 2008, and then updated in 2013. Coming back to it in[…]
Read moreThings have changed: the meanings behind Bob Dylan’s song
By Tony Attwood Dylan’s commentary on being dislocated from the world, while being within it – here but not here[…]
Read moreBlind Willie McTell: the meaning behind Bob Dylan’s song
Blind Willie McTell This review updated 8 October 2016 including the addition of the link to the Dylan recording of[…]
Read moreNot Dark Yet: Bob Dylan as 20th century Keats, and the memories that still linger
by Tony Attwood. Revised April 2018, with links to recordings by Dylan and other artists. “I try to live[…]
Read moreAll along the watch tower: Bob Dylan’s eternal masterpiece.
By Tony Attwood According to some the imagery in this song comes from the 21st chapter of the prophet Isaiah[…]
Read moreBob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me Babe” – from “Go way from my window” to “Yeah yeah yeah”
By Tony Attwood This review revised on 10 February 2018 Listening again (in 2018) the Dylan performing It Ain’t Me[…]
Read morePositively 4th Street: the meaning and the music with an interesting variant
Updated September 2020 with studio outtake By Tony Attwood. This review revised September 2014 and April 2018 with two videos[…]
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