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by Jochen Markhorst In June and July my “Mississippi” series was published here on Untold. That was my attempt to write an article about that song, which got out of hand, just as before with “Desolation Row” and “Where Are … Continue reading →

A list of the full set of articles in this series which traces the Never Ending Tour from its origins to the present day are given at the end of the article ————– By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) In the previous … Continue reading →

  This article continues from Don’t think twice, Part I: Time Passes by Jochen Markhorst In Holland, the annual election of the Top 2000 is quite a thing.  In the first week of December, millions of votes are cast by … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This article revised and updated 25 September 2020 In my article A song is like a painting, you can’t see it all if you’re standing too close I attempted to make the point that sometimes detailed analyses … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Writes Les Fyffe in reference to Bob Dylan’s song entitled “Tempest” – a song about the sinking of the Titanic: “I’ve heard a rumour that Dylan’s lyrics originally included the verse below but the song was already … Continue reading →

The story so far… An emotionally tight connection in the night. The deal, dreaming of you, beyond here lies nothing. Must be Santa, Drummer Boy, Duquesne, the noir By Aaron Galbraith (opening comments for each video) and Tony Attwood (replies) … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood You might also enjoy, from this series: Bob Dylan: side man. Farina, von Schmidt and Bob Dylan with Belafonte, Hester and Big Joe Williams Dylan and Barry Goldberg Jack Elliott, Geoff Muldaur, Neill Young … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst It is a missed opportunity for IBM. They should of course have called their talking supercomputer HAL, the name of the talking computer from Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odessey (1968). Writer Arthur C. Clarke later stated, quite … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Though the lyrics of songs by Bob Dylan do not saddle the the human race with such doctrines as ‘original sin’ imposed by the officials of some organized religions, his lyrics express a cynical view of the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood It was Dick Dale, “king of the surf guitar,” who said “every song is like a painting.”  It is not a massively famous quote any more than Dick Dale’s music is remembered worldwide, but it gives an … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood with track selections by Aaron Galbraith What makes Bob pick one of his own songs, perform it just the once and then move on?   Sadly that is a rhetorical question – I have no idea of the … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Dylan’s promotional videos – the story so far An emotionally tight connection in the night. The deal, dreaming of you, beyond here lies nothing. Aaron: For this episode I’d thought we’d continue on from … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe A quick review. It’s a deep artistic well from which singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan draws, Jungian or deliberately, in a number of his song lyrics. From a Romantic poem, darkly hopeful: Column, tower, and dome, and spire … Continue reading →

Research by Aaron, caught out by surprise by Tony Tony: So there I was watching the clock and trying to finish off my piece, “The song is like a painting, you can’t see it all at once if you’re standing … Continue reading →

The story so far… Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part I: Look out kid Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part II: On a desert island Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part III: Words don’t interfere Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part IV: A smoke … Continue reading →

Video and listing by mr tabourine Intro comments by Tony Attwood mr tabourine has prepared this amazing video sequence, which I have to admit I have been playing since the moment he made it go live. It is a sequence … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst The story so far… Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part I: Look out kid Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part II: On a desert island Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part III: Words don’t interfere 1          Open your ears; 9r”5j5& … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood As ever, Aaron chooses the music and writes the introductions, and then sends his notes across the Atlantic where Tony tries to respond – but sometimes goes way off message. Aaron: Just the two … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst In his highly entertaining autobiography 31 Songs, Nick Hornby devotes Chapter 7 to the favourite from his teens: Rod Stewart. Rod Stewart, he argues almost apologetically, is the equivalent of Oasis in the early 1970s – you … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Just in case you’ve not encountered Play lady play before, it works like this.  Aaron in the USA selects recordings of Dylan songs by female performers, and sends them with a few notes to … Continue reading →