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The songs that Bob wrote and has never played in concert

  By Tony Attwood Previously in this series The series we should never forget: The album covers The series we should never forget: Songs Bob played just once or twice  The series of articles we should never forget  – “I … Continue reading

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The Philosophy of Modern Song: Without a song by Perry Como

Preface: This series is not a set of reviews of what Bob said about each song, but rather it contains my own reaction to each song – and sometimes found Bob’s articles a little hard to follow. The titles of … Continue reading

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No Nobel Prize – Most likely you go your way…. Bob Dylan takes on a unique musical form

The full title of this series is “No Nobel Prize for Music” reflecting on the fact that Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, not for songwriting, because there is no Nobel Prize for music or any aspect … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan and US History 7

by Larry Fyffe Below, a wisecrack reference to “Now I’ll Tell”, a movie that involves a necklace placed around a teddy bear’s neck, the necklace supposedly stolen by Shirley Temple: & a bunch of old Shirley temple pictures with her … Continue reading

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My Own Version Of You part 22 (final): From the chord fairy

  by Jochen Markhorst XXII      From the chord fairy “Quite advanced playing, which requires precision and dexterity — not for the faint of heart!” says Eyolf Østrem on his acclaimed website Dylanchords – The Complete Chords and Lyrics of Bob Dylan (dylanchords.com). … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan in 1964: certainly one of the most wonderful recordings of them all.

by Tony Attwood Revision note: although my link to the concert noted below worked ok when I first put it up, it has now been blocked – at least in the UK.   But if you find it blocked what you … Continue reading

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The series of articles we should never forget: 3 – “I contain multitudes”

Previously in this series The album covers Once or twice    By Tony Attwood The idea behind “The series we should never forget” is simple.  Untold Dylan was started in 2008, and since then we have published nearly 4,000 articles, … Continue reading

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The Philosophy of Modern Song: Saturday night at the movies are always the same. Almost.

By Tony Attwood Preface: This series is not a set of reviews of what Bob said about each song (you can, of course, buy a copy of Bob’s  “Philosophy” book and see what he said), but rather it contains my … Continue reading

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Dylan’s music: 1966 continued; “Just like a woman” – the response to failure

The last episode in this series was  The best ever version of “Where are you tonight sweet Marie?” Episdoe 32.  1966 (continued) In previous articles in the “No Nobel Prize for Music” series I have dealt somewhat on the failure … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan And American History VI

Bob Dylan and US History Part 1 Bob Dylan and American History II  Bob Dylan and American History III Bob Dylan and US History IV Bob Dylan and US History V By Larry Fyffe Below, a spoof of a newspaper … Continue reading

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My own version of You 21: Here sit I, forming mortals after my image

  by Jochen Markhorst XXI       Here sit I, forming mortals after my image “My Own Version Of You” is, apart from the oddball “Murder Most Foul”, the only song on Rough And Rowdy Ways that is not named after the … Continue reading

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Casino Lights and Stage Brights: Theatrics and Risk in Dylan’s Performances

Learn more about Bob Dylan’s perception of stage lights and how it has affected his shows. Discover the list of casino venues where he successfully performed. When you think of great names such as Bob Dylan, amazing concerts, shows, and … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan the concert series: St Louis 2007 with guest Elvis Costello

Videos selected by Tony Attwood with the idea of finding a representative concert for each year since Bob started performing live.    If you have any suggestions for videos we ought to include, please do drop a note to tony@schools.co.uk  … Continue reading

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Untold Dylan: “Once or twice” – the series maybe worth considering again

By Tony Attwood As part of my work in publishing a new article about Bob Dylan about 350 times a year I also do a fair amount of checking back through the almost 4000 articles already on the site, and … Continue reading

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The Philosophy of Modern Song: CIA Man – The Fugs

  By Tony Attwood CIA Man  The Fugs Preface: This series is not a set of reviews of what Bob said about each song (you can, of course, buy a copy of Bob’s  “Philosophy” book and see what he said) … Continue reading

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No Nobel Prize for Music: The best ever version of “Where are you tonight sweet Marie?”

  By Tony Attwood (Prelude: my reference in the title to the best ever, does not refer to the above version of the song under discussion, fun though that is.  The “best ever” is a version from the Never Ending … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan and US History V

Bob Dylan and US History Part 1 Bob Dylan and American History II  Bob Dylan and American History III Bob Dylan and US History IV By Larry Fyffe From the back cover of Bob Dylan’s fourth album: henry miller stands … Continue reading

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My Own Version Of You (part 20): If you’re okay, say something

  by Jochen Markhorst   XX        If you’re okay, say something One strike of lightning is all that I need And a blast of ‘lectricity that runs at top speed Show me your ribs – I’ll stick in the knife … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan: the concert series: Kansas City 2010

  Videos selected by Tony Attwood with the idea of finding as good a recording as possible for on interesting concert each year – where possible!  This one is from Kansas City The musical programme…. 1. Watching The River Flow … Continue reading

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Untold Dylan: the series we should never forget: 1 – The album covers

  By Tony Attwood It is very rare for me, secured in my East Midlands village in middle England, to meet those people who so kindly and willingly give up their time to write for Bob Dylan. And indeed once … Continue reading

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