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By Tony Attwood I suspect there are many people in England (as I am) who know “I’ll keep it with mine” as a Fairport Convention song, and fortunately for anyone who has never heard this version it is on the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “Pledging My Time” is in many regards a fairly standard 8 bar Chicago blues which was recorded in a couple of sessions along with Absolutely Sweet Marie and Just like a woman. Indeed if we look at the chronology of … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Updated 7 August 2018. If you battle through this review (which I have not touched since I first wrote it in December 2015) you’ll see there is a lot in this song I just don’t like – … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood It is difficult to find anyone who has anything much to say about One More Night from Nashville Skyline, and in a sense one can see why.  It is a twinkly country song with a message that … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood If you have ventured into the Dylan songs in Chronological Order section of this site, you may have noticed two things. First, that it only goes from 1962 to 1969, and second that whereas in 1967 Dylan … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood It is difficult to find very many people with that much good to say about Ballad in Plain D.  At around 8 minutes 30 seconds of pain, viscous blame and remorse all tangled up with each other … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Here’s a coincidence.  I’ve been focussing on Dylan’s writings in 1964, trying to fill up some of the gaps in the reviews on this site, and so came to Motorpsycho Nightmare (also written sometimes as Motorpsycho Nitemare) … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood To Romana has a very important place in our attempt to understand the way in which Bob Dylan writes some of his songs.  Where there are many commentators who like to see each metaphor, each image and … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Another side of Bob Dylan is a curious album.  Apparently 14 songs were recorded in one single session, and that was the album.  The songs finally left out were “Denise” (sometimes known as “Denise Denise” – a … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Using my rough and ready chronological approach to Dylan’s writing, 1964 ended with All I really want to do I’ll keep it with mine My back pages Gates of Eden It’s all right ma If you’ve gotta … Continue reading →

We’ve already taken one look at Forever Young, but as we’ve seen before, there’s much to be said and much to be gained in considering an alternative view.  There’s a link to the original review at the end of this … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Who is or was Queen Jane?  Joan Baez?  Lady Jane Grey?  Jane Seymour?   Someone else?  Anyone?  Or is it that Queen Jane is a variation on “Mary Jane”, one of the infinite number of slang words for marijuana? Or … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is a song that has attracted few commentaries, but those who have ventured into it have wandered deep, dark and different roads as they have endeavoured to make sense of the whole piece. Speaking generally, there … Continue reading →

“Baby, Please Don’t Go“ Baby please don’t go is often reported as the song that everyone who has sung the blues or played in a blues band has worked on, mostly while trying to get an authentic blues sound out … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In my house, at the foot of the stairs, is a picture that I bought some 16 years ago.  The buying of the painting was quite an important personal moment in my life (I won’t bore you … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “If You Gotta Go, Go Now” is not by any means a great Dylan song, but it is of interest if the analyses of what was happening at the time are to be believed. The Beatles were … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood It is curious that the phrase “I don’t believe you” was the proper name for a Dylan song of 1964, when then became known popularly by another name (“She acts like we never have met”) while “I … Continue reading →

  Dylan as Celebrity By Dearbhla Egan We live in an age where the label of ‘celebrity’ is up for grabs by anyone with even the most tenuous and limited claim to fame.  The title of ‘Celebrity’ is pinned on … Continue reading →