Category Archives: Street Legal

“Is your love in vain?” The meaning of the music and the lyrics

Posted on October 6, 2014 by TonyAttwood

By Tony Attwood I have to say I really don’t get why Street Legal got such a bad press (although in fact I think it got less negativity in the UK than it did in the USA) ,and indeed why … Continue reading →

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Dylan’s “We better talk this over”: the meaning of the music and the lyrics

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Tony Attwood

We better talk this over is hardly a great song, but it does have a way with words that is unusual even for Dylan. The start does not auger well with the opening lines still jarring after all these years … Continue reading →

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Dylan’s “Where are you tonight?” – the meaning of the music and the lyrics

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Tony Attwood

by Tony Attwood There’s a long-distance train rolling through the rain, tears on the letter I write. There is a set of Dylan songs where each line is a song – you can take the line and it has an … Continue reading →

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Changing of the Guards: The meanings behind Bob Dylan’s song

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood The original review was written in 2008, and then updated in 2013.  Coming back to it in 2018, I found myself very unhappy with what I had written, and thus decided to start again. Changing of the … Continue reading →

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