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More Than Flesh And Blood part VII: The line dances a jig
by Jochen Markhorst More Than Flesh And Blood part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood part III: Do right man More Than Flesh And Blood part IV: … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part III)
By Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan and Stephen Crane (part I) Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part II) There was a man Who lived a life of fire Even upon the fabric of time Where purple became orange And orange purple … Continue reading
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Dylan Obscuranti: Track 10: What kind of friend is this?
By Tony Attwood A new Dylan Album This is an album made up of tracks either by Dylan himself or other artists covering his work, which I think might be unknown to many fans. The songs are drawn from all … Continue reading
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More Than Flesh And Blood: VI – Muddy kickin’ in your stall
by Jochen Markhorst Previously in this series… More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man … Continue reading
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All Directions at once: the first five directions
By Tony Attwood The most recent editions of the “All Directions at once” series are… 40: 100 twists before trying Christianity 41: the Slow Train to the end of the year In the on-going series, “All directions at once,” I’ve … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part II)
Previously published: Bob Dylan and Stephen Crane (part I) by Larry Fyffe In the onomatopoeic lines below, though he be influenced by the neo-Romantic sentiments of Friedrich Nietzsche, and the dark tenets of anti-Romanic Naturalism of modernist writers, the poet … Continue reading
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Beautiful obscurity: unexpected reworkings of “All along the watchtower”
By Tony Attwood The aim of this little series is to look at a few Dylan songs and find some cover versions that take different approaches, including maybe one or two that you might not know. Or if not, at … Continue reading
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More Than Flesh And Blood part V: Time regards a snarky bacterium
by Jochen Markhorst Previously in this series… More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man … Continue reading
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Blonde On Blonde: The Artwork
This is episode 32 of the series looking at the artwork on Bob Dylan albums, with as many illustrations of pictures used and unused on the album. An index of the whole series can be found under the Album … Continue reading
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NET, 1995, part 6: The kingdoms of experience
There is a full index to our series on the Never Ending Tour here. The 1995 episodes published so far are 1995, part 1: The Prague Revelation and other astonishments 1995, part 2: The Prague Revelation – Salt for Salt, … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan And The Selfie Rhyme Twister
By Larry Fyffe Though it may be by mere coincidence, seems that singer/songwriter Bob Dylan not only borrows rhymes, often twisting the around a bit, from songs and poems by others. And he borrows them from his own works too, … Continue reading
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All Directions 41: the Slow Train to the end of the year
By Tony Attwood There is an index to the complete “All Directions at once” series here. The series “All Directions at once” has now reached the final year before, for the first time ever, Bob devoted himself to writing songs … Continue reading
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More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part IV: Exquisite corpse
More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man by Jochen Markhorst IV Exquisite corpse … Continue reading
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Beautiful obscurity: revisiting the alternative versions of Sweet Marie
By Tony Attwood This new series is an experiment – as indeed all of Untold Dylan has been as each series has started. One or two people have an idea, we try it out, see what comments we get, get … Continue reading
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Revealed: More Bob Dylan Time-Travel
Revealed: More Bob Dylan Time-Travel Previous time travel articles: Exclusive Untold Interview: Bob talks about time travelling in Canada Time Travel with Bob Dylan in Canada (part II) Bob Dylan goes time travellin’ once again By Larry Fyffe After a … Continue reading
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More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man
More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting by Jochen Markhorst III Do right man In a tour bus with experienced, thoroughbred musicians and the … Continue reading
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Never Ending Tour, 1995. Part 5 – Acoustic wonderland
This is part 30 of Mike’s mammoth review of the Never Ending Tour. You can find an index to the whole series thus far here. The previous two episodes were 1995, Part 3, The Prague Revelation – down in the … Continue reading
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All Directions 40: 100 twists before trying Christianity
There is an index to the complete series of All Directions at Once here. The most recent articles prior to this one are All Directions 36: all hail the new direction All Directions 37: but which direction? Bob’s 1977 solution … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan: Who Died On The Cross Anyway? (Part IV)
Previously in this series Bob Dylan: Who Died On The Cross Anyway? Bob Dylan: Who Died On The Cross Anyway? (Part II) Bob Dylan: Who Died On The Cross Anyway? (Part III) By Larry Fyffe New Testament Mary Magdalene, mythological … Continue reading
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More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting
by Jochen Markhorst More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry II Johnnie, that’s called songwriting In 2004, English music journalist and author Peter Doggett writes the wonderful article “Whose Masterpiece Is It Anyway?” for the … Continue reading
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