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- Bob Dylan and US History: part 10
- Sitting On A Barbed-Wire Fence part 1: We haven’t got any words for it man
- How will Bob Dylan’s music be remembered, as the world continues to change?
- No Nobel Prize for music: One musical line sung 12 times to 130 words.
- A great song makes quantum leaps
- A History in Performance: Bringing It All Back Home, Side B. Afterthoughts and favourites.
- Bob Dylan: the concert series (number 49): Niagra Falls 15 November 1975
- The Philosphy of Modern Song from “Jesse James” to Po Boy
Category Archives: Infidels
Neighborhood Bully: how not to write a song in praise of something
By Tony Attwood There is something I really don’t like about Neighbourhood Bully, despite Dylan’s assertions that it is not about Zionism. Maybe it is not. Maybe it is just about the state of Israel. I would always appreciate that … Continue reading
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Jokerman: the meaning of the lyrics and the music
By Tony Attwood Numerous reference books suggest that Jokerman is one of Dylan’s masterpieces. A great poetic adventure that encapsulates everyone and everything from Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats (1884) to… well, anything you like. All mixed with … Continue reading
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