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The Dylan song that seems to tell us how he really feels

  Covers we missed which I utterly, utterly adore: The Airborne Toxic Event Bob Dylan’s sense of humour By Tony Attwood In April 2023 the song “Watching the River Flow” by Dylan (originlly released in 1971) was released as a … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan’s sense of humour

    Recent articles Covers we missed: the most wonderful “Boots of Spanish Leather” ever recorded. Is there a reason why certain Dylan songs are so rarely performed by Bob? By Tony Attwood There are a fair number of sites … Continue reading →

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Covers we missed which I utterly, utterly adore: The Airborne Toxic Event

  The Airborne Toxic Event perform Boots of Spanish Leather: beyond all I have imagined By Tony Attwood I have two disadvantages in writing this blog – one is I live in the United Kingdom wherein many bands never get … Continue reading →

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Is there a reason why certain Dylan songs are so rarely performed by Bob?

  Recently on this site Of all the early albums the one I value the most I’m not there: one of Bob’s most troublesome songs. By Tony Attwood In my experience it is hard to find anyone who likes Dylan’s … Continue reading →

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Of all the early albums, the one I value the most

If you would like to contribute an article to Untold Dylan please do send it as a word document to Tony@schools.co.uk  I’d be very glad to hear from you. Recent Posts “I’m Not There” one of Bob Dylan’s most troublesome … Continue reading →

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“I’m Not There” one of Bob Dylan’s most troublesome disappearing songs

  Recent articles Murder Most Foul part 11: Let me thrill your soul Bob Dylan for aliens, or how I’d explain to someone why he is the greatest. By Tony Attwood “I’m not there” is one of the most troublesome … Continue reading →

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Murder Most Foul part 11: Let me thrill your soul

by Jochen Markhorst XI         Let me thrill your soul Put your head out the window, let the good times roll There’s a party going on behind the grassy knoll Stack up the bricks and pour the cement Don’t say Dallas … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan for aliens, or how I’d explain to someone why he is the greatest.

By Tony Attwood We were having one of our little discussions about Dylan’s greatest moments in his career, when one of my pals said “we’ve done a series on this”.   And on her laptop she typed in the search box … Continue reading →

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Chance, Fate and Reinvention in Modern Songwriting

  Bob Dylan’s songs have a peculiar way of making uncertainty feel personal. A stranger turns up on a road, a relationship slips out of reach, a familiar place suddenly seems foreign, and the narrator is left trying to work … Continue reading →

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A reintroduction to Bob Dylan’s themes

One of the great problems with having a website called Untold Dylan is that when those of us involved in getting the site going came to look at the issue, we found vast numbers of themes that could be explored.  … Continue reading →

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The Best Covers of Dylan songs – 2026 update

  Compiled by Tony, but primarily created by readers of Untold.  Thank you everyone. We produced our first list of great cover versions of Dylan songs some years ago (sorry I forget when) and new suggestions have been made from … Continue reading →

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If only I could make an album of Dylan’s most wonderful forgotten songs….

Recent Posts Bob’s best ever songs – in the view of Artificial Intelligence Murder Most Foul part 10: His is the voice in the wilderness of your head By Tony Attwood When I hear a cover version, of a Bob … Continue reading →

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Bob’s best ever songs – in the view of Artificial Intelligence

By Tony Attwood There is quite a debate going on in the UK about the veracity of Artificial Intelligence, and whether we should be putting as much faith in AI as we seem to be doing.   So since I spend … Continue reading →

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Murder Most Foul part 10: His is the voice in the wilderness of your head

by Jochen Markhorst X          His is the voice in the wilderness of your head Put your head out the window, let the good times roll There’s a party going on behind the grassy knoll Stack up the bricks and pour … Continue reading →

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How far do we need to go into Bob’s cover versions?

  My problems with God on our Side. By Tony Attwood You might recall Fred Muller quite correctly took me to task for not mentioning certain cover versions of Bob Dylan songs, and it has made me ponder the whole … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Bob and old age, and rhymes and things….

  By Tony Attwood I was writing just the other day (or maybe it was a year ago, days tend to slip by as you get to olderage) about books and Untold Dylan,  and I got a note from Jeremy … Continue reading →

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The old man falters but some corrections can be found

  By Tony Attwood Fulsome apologies for mistakes made in my recent post.   Youssou N’Dour recorded Chimes of Freedom, not With God on Our Side!  These problems arise due to my age – and thinking I could run an active … Continue reading →

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Bringing It All Back Home, Side B – A History in Performance:  The book.

  By Mike Johnson When I started writing articles for Untold Dylan back in 2019, I had no intention of publishing them in book form. Writing about Dylan was a weekend relaxation for me, a means of getting away from … Continue reading →

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A return to “tomorrow is a long time” as the covers keep rolling on

By Tony Attwood When we published our index of Dylan covers with links to the songs I simply ignored the fact of how incomplete it was, and happily moved on to whatever else was on my mind.  But now coming … Continue reading →

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How to make yourself feel better today

By Tony Attwood One of the many wonderful rewards I have for running this blog is that everyday I get people writing to me.    Occasionally to tell me I have missed something out or got something wrong, which is … Continue reading →

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