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By Tony Attwood.  Lyrics transcribed by Larry Fyffe “Patty gone to Larado” has always annoyed me in the sense that there is no recording of it on the internet which is readily – or at least easily –  available.  I’m … Continue reading →

Crossing The Rubicon part 1: A hard-living, hard-drinking, hard-fighting guy Crossing The Rubicon (2020) part 2: That day I’ll always remember by Jochen Markhorst III         So many things that we never will undo I crossed the Rubicon on the 14th … Continue reading →

Compiled by Tony Attwood Untold Dylan Showcase is a feature we’ve run whenever we’ve had the chance, which quite simply consists of recordings made by our readers or about our readers’ music making.   Sometimes the music we get is supplied … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Biblical Beezlebub, linked to the worshippers of Baal, and later to Satan, seduces young women. The Lord of the Flies sneaks into lyrics performed by a Christian-oriented singer: They’d say when he grows up, watch out When … Continue reading →

A list of the previous episodes is here. Never Ending Tour 2007 part 1: The Light is Never Dying By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) It’s natural that the more recent songs, in performance, find Dylan at his most enthusiastic. While we … Continue reading →

  by Denise Konkal I am revisiting this amazing compilation of Bob Dylan’s LIVE *Lovesick* performances. To me, this song brilliantly examines the deepest experience of love-longing. It effectively explores the torture that love can cause a person, especially when … Continue reading →

Crossing The Rubicon part 1: A hard-living, hard-drinking, hard-fighting guy by Jochen Markhorst   II          That day I’ll always remember I crossed the Rubicon on the 14th day of the most dangerous month of the year It is a popular … Continue reading →

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 →