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  Episode 1 – 1961.  “I was young when I left home” By Tony Attwood This is a just-started series of articles in which I take a look back at Dylan’s compositions year by year and choose one that still … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously in this series 1: Happy 20th anniversary, Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun 2: Mother  3: Drinking 4: Coffee 5: Jail 6: Father Now I may be the odd one out here, revealing vast … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst VI         Glitter amongst the chicken feed I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac Like Louie and Jimmy and Buddy and all of the rest It might not … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood This series takes a look at the songs Bob Dylan wrote about in his work “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” the book that he wrote following the award of the honorary doctorate.  It’s not a review … Continue reading →

  Recently on this site Bob Dylan – the greatest song of 1961: five versions of “I was young when I left home” Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour: Father There is an index to our current series on the … Continue reading →

  Episode 1 of “The Greatest Dylan Song year by year” By Tony Attwood The idea of this new series is for me to select one song from each year in which Bob Dylan has been composing and nominate it … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously in this series Happy anniversary, Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun Episode 2: Mother  20 years of Theme Time Radio: Drinking Theme Time Radio Hour part: Coffee Theme Time Radio Hour: Jail The episode … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst The previous episode is available at The gentle lapping of the music V          Doc Pomus liked my songs I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac Like Louie … Continue reading →

Details of other songs from Dylan’s book “The Philosophy” which have been covered within Untold Dylan are given at the end of this article.  Here, I take a look at and listen to the Italian song “Volare” By Tony Attwood … Continue reading →

  There is an index to our current and some recently concluded series on the home page of this site.  There is an index to all the previous articles in the “No Nobel Prize” series at the foot of this … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood Previously in this series Happy anniversary, Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun Episode 2: Mother  20 years of Theme Time Radio part 3: Drinking Theme Time Radio Hour part 4: Coffee Bob Dylan selected … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst (with comments on the musical arrangement by Tony Attwood) IV         The gentle lapping of the music Key West is the place to be If you’re lookin’ for immortality Stay on the road – follow the highway … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood If you want an overall review of Bob’s book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song” there is one here.   And of course, there is the option of reading Bob’s book, or one of the multitude of fulsome reviews … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood If ever there were a song that should NOT work, “Lily, Rosemary” etc. is it.   Around 800 words, some 15 verses all musically identical, each ending with the lyrics “the Jack of Hearts,” with the whole … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood Happy anniversary, Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun Episode 2: Mother  20 years of Theme Time Radio part 3 Drinking It is only after three episodes of this series that I have realised what … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst Key West III         Familiar sounding, but something’s off I’m searchin’ for love and inspiration On that pirate radio station It’s comin’ out of Luxembourg and Budapest Radio signal clear as can be I’m so deep in … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Today we have Truckin’.   The first paragraph below is my general introduction, but if you’ve been here before please skip the first paragraph and go straight onto what is, in my view, one of the most brilliant … Continue reading →

You only have to listen to a handful of songs, or even just read a few of our articles, to find the message: music has always been a terrific method to tell stories. Sound has been affecting emotions, stress, and … Continue reading →

  Recently on this site…. 20 years of Theme Time Radio part 3.1: Drinking Bob Dylan in concert 1962. The final entry in the concert series (for now) A full index to the previous articles in this series is given … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously in this series: Happy anniversary Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun Episode 2: Mother  So we move on to Bob’s programme on Drinking (episode 3) which was first broadcast on 17 May 2006, and … Continue reading →