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Bob Dylan and Tennessee Williams: there is no escape By Larry Fyffe In the movie “Sweet Bird Of Youth”, Adonis-like drifter Paul Newman hooks up with an ageing movie actress. Realizing the clock is ticking, Chance Wayne hopes that the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Dylan’s performances, like his songs, move from the fast, loud and aggressive down to the delicate, fragile and soft. But this perfectly reasonable variation brings with it a problem, because some members of the audience can find … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Zeus be the central and immortal God of the Cosmos; however, Greek/Roman mythology is dualistic, composed of both light and dark forces: … Angelia, daughter of Hermes, might speak … Of the shining glory of Olympia Zeus … Continue reading →

Country Pie (1969) part 1: People try and read so much into songs by Jochen Markhorst II          Slap that drummer with a pie that smells Just like old Saxophone Joe When he’s got the hogshead up on his toe Oh … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I have two versions of Oxford Town that I love so much I don’t really want to go and find anything else – largely because I love listening to these two tracks, and because I don’t want … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The Gates of Eden is a song about desolation and chaos, which has a remarkable quality within it that means it can be performed in many different ways while still retaining that sense of everything being lost, … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe The philosophy of a professional pirate ~ a professional pirate does not rob – he steals: But I being fond of true philosophy Say very often to myself, “Alas All things that have been born were born to … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst I           People try and read so much into songs  In 1987, the fanzine Look Back publishes in issue #15, “Fifteen Jugglers”, a funny little interview with Dylan that a subscriber managed to score by pure coincidence. … Continue reading →

Never Ending Tour – the absolute highlights. 1: John Brown 1987 Never Ending Tour: the absolute highlights 2: Desolation Row. 1990. Never Ending Tour: the absolute highlights 3: She Belongs to Me Never Ending tour: The Absolute Highlights. 4: Tangled … Continue reading →

Previously in this series Tarantula The Bride and the Return of Tarantula by Larry Fyffe (F)atty Aphrodite’s mama – I bend to you & with sex mad eternity at my vegetable show (Bob Dylan: Tarantula) Something’s up ~ it’s well … Continue reading →

  Girl From The North Country (1963) part 1: He was a real magpie Girl From The North Country (1963) part 2: La Gazza Ladra Girl From The North Country (1963) part 3: Whatever “country” is by Jochen Markhorst IV         … Continue reading →

See also Tarantula by Larry Fyffe The Bride of Tarantula Humour comes in handy-dandy when waiting around all day for the Messiah to come, but, like Godot, doesn’t show up: How long can I stay drunk on fear out in … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I suspect that those whose minds allow them occasionally to let Dylan songs slip away from their memories, may well have forgotten “Outlaw Blues,” even though it appears on one of the most popular Dylan albums of … Continue reading →

  by Aaron Galbraith (in the USA) and Tony Attwood (in the UK) (Note: a list of the other articles in this series is published at the end). Aaron: It’s funny to think that most Christmas songs are written and … Continue reading →

Girl From The North Country (1963) part 1: He was a real magpie Girl From The North Country (1963) part 2: La Gazza Ladra by Jochen Markhorst III         Whatever “country” is “John R. Cash was an American country singer-songwriter.” Thus … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe When Bob Dylan’s song-visions are taken as a whole, revealed is what the singer considers a flaw in Christian thought. That is, the religion foresees the future as ending with the second return of Jesus Christ; supposedly … Continue reading →

Reminding me of just how lucky I have been. by Tony Attwood “Only a pawn” is such an idiosyncratic song, and a song sung by Bob in such a particular way, with the variations of timing and verse lengths, that … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood A list of previous articles from this series can be found at the end of the article. Aaron: Dylan mentioned that he remembered first hearing “Must Be Santa” on Holiday Sing-Along with Mitch by … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Girl From The North Country (1963) part 1: He was a real magpie II          La Gazza Ladra Ornithomancy it is called, divination based on bird behaviour. The ancient Romans, for example, released pigeons and the augurs would … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe In Byron’s Baroque-like mock epic, adrift in a longboat, akin to those on the real raft of the Medusa, the name of Don Juan’s kindly tutor is drawn from a hat. Bad luck he has, killed he … Continue reading →