Dylan’s “Can’t wait”: the meaning of the music and the lyrics in two different versions
By Tony Attwood The fact is that “Tell Tale Signs” Can’t Wait is so different from the “Time Out of Mind”[…]
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Standing in the doorway: a work of solemn genius from Bob Dylan
Review by Tony Attwood. Updated May 2018 with addition of this extraordinary live version of the song, and the opening[…]
Read moreBob Dylan’s “Highlands”; its origins in Burns poetry, and a beautiful rare reworking in concert
By Tony Attwood This review updated 26 June 2018, with addition of this live version – I really would recommend[…]
Read moreLove Sick. Bob Dylan’s unexpected brilliant masterpiece of decline that surpasses all lost love songs before or since
Revised 14 May 2018. by Tony Attwood You want a masterpiece from the old boy – here it is. Unexpected,[…]
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[…]
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