Category Archives: No Direction Home

“When the ship comes in.” Bob Dylan as a prophet of vengeance and a better life to come.

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood This review updated July 2018, with the addition of one of Dylan’s rare outings for the song, and two totally different renditions linked at the end. Amidst all the moral relativism of Dylan, all the references to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bootleg Series volume 3, No Direction Home, The Songs, Times they are a changing | 10 Comments

Bob Dylan’s Maggie’s Farm. 3 very different versions; but why play it so often?

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood (revised March 2013 and again June 2018) Between 1965 and 2009 Bob Dylan performed Maggie’s Farm 1051 times on stage – often as an opening song; an interesting outcome for a song that was a last minute … Continue reading →

Posted in At Boudakan, Bringing it all Back Home, Essential Bob Dylan, Greatest Hits Volume 2, Hard Rain, No Direction Home, The Songs | 10 Comments

Don’t think twice by Bob Dylan. Looking back to 1962 and a beautiful live version

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Tony Attwood

This article was updated in May 2018. This song is based on the folk song “Who’s gonna buy you ribbons” which has both music and some lyrics that closely resemble Bob’s song. This version recorded in 1960 was made by … Continue reading →

Posted in Freewheelin, No Direction Home, The Songs | 7 Comments

Dylan’s “She Belongs to Me”: never has a 12 bar blues sounded more beautiful

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Tony Attwood

by Tony Attwood, updated 5 August 2018 with additional video links. https://youtu.be/Wy7UNuw81Ig Of course you never know with Dylan, but it is hard to put any interpretation on “She Belongs to Me” other than that it is about a child … Continue reading →

Posted in Bringing it all Back Home, No Direction Home, Self Portrait | 31 Comments