Category Archives: Uncategorized

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: As I am going to be busy next week with a medical procedure, I thought I would put together a quick “Other people’s songs” for Tony to look at. So this time I … Continue reading →

    I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood We have already had one Warren Zevon song in this list of Dylan favourites: ‘Desperado Under the Eaves’,   And now it is time for a second: ‘Lawyers, Guns, and Money’.  And we do have several recordings of … Continue reading →

An index to all 111 previous episodes in this definitive series on the Never Ending Tour can be found here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Some songs seem to have their peak years in terms of their live performances. Those are … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “I don’t know what it’s about,” said Bob, and that’s good enough for me.  I like poems and songs and abstract works of art that are not about anything.   After all why does art have to be … Continue reading →

I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 3 I’ve … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe 38: Claudette The Travelling Tarantula Show carries biblical allusions and allegories, often dark humorous ones, on its ink-stained back. Claudette, the sandman’s pupil wounded in her fifth year in the business & she’s only fifteen & go … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The songs that we have covered so far in this series are listed at the end of this piece, and if you’ve played through the songs, or indeed already know them, I rather suspect you might have … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, based on the series The Never Ending Tour by Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet). This version of “Don’t think twice” turned up in 2000 (noted in the review “Back to Bedrock part one”) The song is obviously a song of … Continue reading →

    I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 9 by Jochen Markhorst IX         “Yes” is the answer to your question I traveled from the mountains to the sea I hope that the gods go … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: The song is best known from its 1939 recording by Harry James and his Orchestra, with Frank Sinatra on vocals. Tony: It was very common in the music of the first half of … Continue reading →

Links to the previous articles in this series are provided at the end. By Larry Fyffe Nadine & Nadine who comes running & says ‘Where’s Gus?’ & she’s salty about the bread he’s been making off her worms … (Bob … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The question is always: why is this artist or this band covering this particular Dylan song?  And sadly the answer is too often “because it is a Dylan song and people like Dylan songs”.   What that then … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You … Continue reading →

  There is an index of other articles from this series at the end of the article. By Tony Attwood I started this series with the Sam Stone song (“Death of an Unpopular Poet“) and if you want it, there … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Looking back through previous episodes, it would appear that this is the last track to look at from the debut album. The song is a traditional African American spiritual. The earliest recording is … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Tarantulazarus Time twists stories around: Oh the new sheriff send a letter Go out and get me Lazarus Dead or alive, dead or alive … Oh Lazarus, Lazarus, his little sister She come to the funeral Lord, … Continue reading →

I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 3 I’ve … Continue reading →

An index to all the previous articles from this series can be found here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) ‘Dylan moved around the stage all night, the ‘retreats’ behind the keyboards now had a part to play in an overall context … Continue reading →

This is episode 111 of the Never Ending Tour series – you can find a complete index of previous episodes here. By Mike Johnson (kiwipoet) Among the innovations of 2011, Dylan’s new performance act and his banner, the Eye of … Continue reading →