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My Own Version Of You (2020) part 18 by Jochen Markhorst   XVIII    “It is strange what people discover in my work” Step right into the burning hell Where some of the best known enemies of mankind dwell Mister Freud … Continue reading →

Videos selected by Tony Attwood The aim of this series is to provide one Dylan concert to listen to with reasonable acoustics for each year since Bob started performing regularly.  However, there have of course, been some years when Bob … Continue reading →

The Philosophy of Modern Song (The titles of songs reviewed in this series are now in alphabetical order, not in the order of publication.  That makes it easier for me even if no one else.) Cheaper to Keep Her Detroit … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The last article in this series (wrongly published originally as part 38, and although it might have seemed like that it was in fact part 28), allowed me to put forward my argument that “Visions of Johanna” … Continue reading →

  Bob Dylan and US History Part 1 by Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan’s persona takes jabs at America’s materialistic culture and its glorification of “manifest destiny”: … (T)he parades don’t need your money baby … it’s the confetti & one … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst   XVII     They seemed to have an ancient presence I can see the history of the whole human race It’s all right there – it’s carved into your face Should I break it all down – … Continue reading →

  Videos selected by Tony Attwood The aim of this series is to provide one Dylan concert to listen to with reasonable acoustics for each year since Bob started performing regularly.  However, there have of course, been some years when … Continue reading →

    by Jochen Markhorst XVI      Your writings and rotten plagiarisings ill-gotten Can you tell me what it means to be or not to be You won’t get away with fooling me Can you help me walk that moonlight mile … Continue reading →

An index to our most recent publications and the current series can be found on the home page of this site. by Tony Attwood In this series, I am looking at the songs Bob selected for his book “The Philosophy of Modern … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In this series of articles, we are looking at the songs Bob Dylan wrote in 1965, specifically in the order that he wrote them, looking specifically at the way Bob composed the music songs.  In this piece, … Continue reading →

    By Larry Fyffe “Tarantula”, a small book by Bob Dylan, bears the marks of Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg, James Joyce, and other somewhat obscure postmodernists.  But a good knowledge in reference to the history of the United States of … Continue reading →

Videos selected by Tony Attwood The aim of this series is to provide one Dylan concert to listen to with reasonable acoustics for each year since Bob started performing regularly.  However, there have of course, been some years when Bob … Continue reading →

  An index to our most recent publications and the current series can be found on the home page of this site. by Tony Attwood In this series, I am looking at the actual songs Bob selected for his book … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst XV       “And Mick can write!” Can you tell me what it means to be or not to be You won’t get away with fooling me Can you help me walk that moonlight mile Can you give … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood In this series, at the moment, we are looking at the songs Bob Dylan wrote in 1965, specifically in the order that he wrote them, looking specifically at the way Bob composed the music songs.  The … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The aim of this series is to provide one Dylan concert to listen to with reasonable acoustics for each year since Bob started performing regularly.  However, there have of course, been some years when Bob hasn’t performed … Continue reading →

Previously… Detroit City Take Me from This Garden of Evil Pump it up There stands the glass Waist Deep in the Big Muddy My Generation and Desolation Row Dirty Life and Times “Old Violin” by Johnny Paycheck Cheaper to Keep … Continue reading →

My Own Version Of You (2020) part 14 by Jochen Markhorst   XIV      Carrying a noose on a silver tray You can bring it to St. Peter – you can bring it to Jerome You can move it on over … Continue reading →

    By Tony Attwood 1993 The last article in this series was Where the lyrics find new lands, keep the music simple and it made a point I should have spotted a long time ago.  What finally tipped me … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The aim of this series is to provide one Dylan concert to listen to with reasonable acoustics for each year since Bob started performing regularly.  However, there have of course, been some years when Bob hasn’t performed … Continue reading →