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by Larry Fyffe According to the Jewish/Christian Bible, with Moses gone up on the mountain, most of those fleeing Egypt demand that his brother Aaron construct a Golden Calf, a representation of a Baalist fertility god, for them to follow … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I can still remember the first time I heard Dylan’s “Man in The Long Black Coat” – someone (I can’t recall who) had given me a cassette of the album (remember cassettes?) upon its release, and I … Continue reading →

Crossing The Rubicon (2020) part 1 by Jochen Markhorst   I           A hard-living, hard-drinking, hard-fighting guy Dylan provides sparingly, but with some regularity, insight into his working methods, into how he arrives at his songs. In the interview with Douglas … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood This series looks at and listens to Bob Dylan’s performances of songs written by people other than himself.  Aaron in the USA selects the tracks and Tony in the UK then tries to write … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Taken as a whole, the metonymic motifs in the songs of Bob Dylan are not nearly as fragmented as they first appear. Mythologists, poets, writers, and other artists, speak up for the languageless, for the ‘silent’, Cosmos … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst One More Night 1: There’s a Tear in my Beer II          I believe in Hank Williams  While the lyrics may be somewhat distinctive in form, the musical accompaniment is not, nor is there much to enjoy … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Musically “Mama you’ve been on my mind” is extremely unusual in Dylan terms – it might even be unique, although I’d have to go through the whole catalogue to verify that point, and I have other bits … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan and Don’t Ya Tell Henry (part one) Don’t You Tell Henry (Part II) by Larry Fyffe Singer/writer/musician Bob Dylan oft pays tribute to other writers: Even if the flesh falls off my face …. (Bob Dylan: Dreaming Of … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith (in USA) and Tony Attwood (in UK) Aaron: Bob’s band on the track includes punk legends Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) and Paul Simonon (The Clash). Tony: This is one of those tracks that sounds good, but having … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst I There’s A Tear In My Beer Arguably one of the prettiest, though one of the most middle-of-the-road songs on Nashville Skyline is “One More Night”. And arguably the song with the most remarkable vocals, too. Even … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood  “Obscurity and Clarity” Dylan’s songs of meaninglessness: Series of Dreams and Drifter’s Escape I am seeking to evolve a theory that a lot of Dylan’s lyrics actually have no meaning at all and that rather than being … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan sprinkles his song lyrics with reworked Greek and Roman mythology, oft thread through the Gothic/Gnostic poetry of John Keats. A  long poem by John Keats, messes with the mythology of Poena; therein, she’s the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood If you really like this song, as indeed I think most Dylan fans do, then Untold Dylan must be the site for you, for we have covered it many times in many ways. For example in the … Continue reading →

Champaign, Illinois (1969) part 1: You’re happy, Tim? Champaign, Illinois (1969) part 2: Oh, how I love you by Jochen Markhorst   III         So that’s where the song is going I got a woman in Morocco I got a woman … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe “I wish I didn’t love you so much” ~ Casablanca As Will Shakespeare reigns in the First Elizabethan Era, Bob Dylan reigns in the Second. To the point ~ The Jungian template for a number of masterful … Continue reading →

Never Ending Tour, 2006, Part 1, Enter The Organ Grinder Never Ending Tour, 2006, Part 2, Enter Modern Times Never Ending Tour, 2006, Part 3.  Walking through the Cities of the plague Never Ending Tour 2006, Part 4.  Strange Brews … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood This article is part of the series on Bob Dylan’s recordings of songs not written by himself.  A list of the previous articles in the series is given at the end. The songs and … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I am sure someone somewhere has recreated Maggie’s Farm and done something totally different with the song, but from the cover versions I’ve been listening to, the main thrust of the musicians’ ideas seems to be play … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst Champaign, Illinois (1969) part 1: You’re happy, Tim? II          Oh, how I love you In most models, the universe was filled with an enormous energy density and enormous temperatures and pressures. Filled with jump blues by … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan: On his way home (parts I and II) Bob Dylan: On His Way Home (Parts III and IV) by Larry Fyffe The cryptic signs ‘penny’ and ‘day’ pop up in the following song lyrics: You go in the … Continue reading →