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By Tony Attwood The problem with covers is that the more distinctive the song, the more difficult it is to retain the essence of the song and yet make a new version that says and offers something different. The opening … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst XX        The elegance of Euler’s identity 17 April 2020  Apart from enthusiasm, there is also some relief on 17 April 2020, when “I Contain Multitudes” is surprisingly released. It is a real song. “Murder Most Foul”, … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: “You Belong to Me” is a popular music ballad from the 1950s. It is well known for its opening line, “See the pyramids along the Nile”. The first recording of the song, in … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Crocogator Alligator Kindred spirits of political satire be cartoonist Walt Kelly and the younger singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan. Writes, plays, and sings the latter: Well the Lone Ranger and Tonto They’re riding down the line Fixing everybody’s troubles … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, delving a little further and comparing some of the recordings from the Never Ending Tour, based on the comprehensive NET series by Mike Johnson (for which there is an index here). Previously I’ve taken a look at Frankie … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst XIX       Burping and belching and other bodily functions Get lost Madam – get up off my knee Keep your mouth away from me I’ll keep the path open – the path in my mind I’ll see to … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: The first recording of the song was in November 1926 by Blind Blake, and here it is Tony: Blind Blake is one of those blues artists of whose life little is recorded, and … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe The Falcon Book  Report On “Pogo”: (T)he chief of police holding a bazooka with his name engraved on it, coming in drunk and putting the barrel into the face of the lawyer’s pig, once a wife beater, … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I found it hard to think of too many cover versions of this song that actually seemed to take us somewhere both new and interesting, but then on getting into the subject a little, I realised how … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst XVIII    Thou art at last—just what thou art Get lost Madam – get up off my knee Keep your mouth away from me I’ll keep the path open – the path in my mind I’ll see … Continue reading →

    By Tony Attwood, delving a little further and comparing some of the recordings from the Never Ending Tour, based on the comprehensive NET series by Mike Johnson (for which there is an index here). In the first piece in … Continue reading →

—— Details of our current series and a link to the latest article in each series can be found on the home page.   A list of all the articles in this “Other people’s songs” series is at the foot of … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In this series I attempt to show that analyses of Dylan’s songs that focus just on the lyrics can miss the point.  It is the combination of this music with these lyrics that makes the songs as … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe The Sandman Ancient mythology’s Morpheus (Sandman) sends forth recipes containing human shapes for artistic cooks to shake up into dreams. For example, to the American civil rights leader Martin Luthor King: (I) had a dream – that … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood Jochen provided us with the original Memphis Blues, from which everything else emerged… Indeed Jochen’s piece also contains the phrase, “The bloodthirsty railway staff ” – and ever since he provided the article in 2020 I’ve been … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst XVII     An inarticulate proposition Get lost Madam – get up off my knee Keep your mouth away from me I’ll keep the path open – the path in my mind I’ll see to it that there’s … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood, delving a little further and comparing some of the recordings from the Never Ending Tour, based on the comprehensive NET series by Mike Johnson (for which there is an index here). In what might be the … Continue reading →

  Other people’s songs looks at performances by Bob Dylan both of traditional songs, and those written by others, with explorations of their origins.  The song and subsequent recordings are selected by Aaron Galbraith in the USA and then comments are … Continue reading →

From his soulful melodies to his ventures into whiskey, Bob Dylan remains a multifaceted enigma in the realm of rock music and beyond. This article delves deep into the intertwined relationship between Dylan’s passion for music, gambling, whiskey, and baseball, … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe Previously: The Rastas and The Stabber Of Polyphemus The Stabber Of Polyphemus and The Rococo Angel Glides Take Your Pick With the benefit of a hindsight twist, and already noted, the alligator/allegory works just as well … Continue reading →