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- The Philosophy of Modern Song: My Prayer
- No Nobel Prize for Music: the staggeringly wonderful “Abandoned Love”
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- Key West part 10: What a long strange trip it’s been
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- No Nobel Prize for Music: I guess its just “Up to me”
- Bob Dylan’s song of the year 1965: one of the greatest masterpieces of all time
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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream part 5: Almost like a Buster Keaton or something
Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 5 by Jochen Markhorst VIII Almost like a Buster Keaton or something I ran right outside, I hopped inside a cab I went out the other door, this Englishman said, “Fab” As he saw … Continue reading
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Dylan re-writes Dylan: Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar
By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In the first little venture into a possible series on Dylan re-writes Dylan we looked particularly at how the music was changed between one version of “We better talk this over” and another. Taking … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part XVI)
An index to the full “Cooking Up More Mythologies” series appears at the end of this article. by Larry Fyffe In Greek/Roman mythology, Hera, the wife of the Thunder God, punishes Venus by cursing her, and with Dionysus the Goddess … Continue reading
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The art work of Bob Dylan’s albums: 31 – Good as I Been to You
This is part of our series reviewing the art work on Dylan’s albums. There is a full index to the series here. by Patrick Roefflaer Released: October 27, 1992 Photographer: Jimmy Wachtel Art-director: Dawn Patrol, LA For his first entirely … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 4
Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream Part 1: There’s very little that you can’t imagine not happening Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 2 – Blow Boys Blow Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 3: Your waitress: Captain America by Jochen Markhorst … Continue reading
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Dylan rewrites Dylan. Finally grasping what Bob did with “We better talk this over”
By Tony Attwood Way back in the dark ages (well, 2008 actually) I wrote a review of We Better Talk This Over in which I said ‘“We better talk this over” is hardly a great song, but it does have … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part XV)
An index to the full “Cooking Up More Mythologies” series appears at the end of this article. By Larry Fyffe The dogma of ‘original sin’ is rooted in the following biblical verse: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered the … Continue reading
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NET, 2000, part 3: Master Vocalist: Rock and Roil.
This is episode 50 of our complete history of the Never Ending Tour. The complete index is to be found here. The last two episodes were Never Ending Tour 2000, Part 1 – Master Vocalist: Finding voice NET, 2000, Part … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 3: Your waitress: Captain America
by Jochen Markhorst Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream Part 1: There’s very little that you can’t imagine not happening Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 2 – Blow Boys Blow V Your waitress: Captain America I went into a restaurant lookin’ … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part XIV)
An index to the full “Cooking Up More Mythologies” series appears at the end of this article. by Larry Fyffe Throw a Passover feast at the time that Jesus Christ is nailed to the cross by the Romans, and the … Continue reading
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All Directions at once part 63: Completing “Time out of Mind”
The five songs Dylan composed in 1997 take us on a strange journey as he worked to complete the recordings for Time Out of Mind. An index to the full series is here The articles covering 1996 are All Directions … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan and Gene Simmons joint compositions: make of them what you will
Research by Aaron Galbraith, commentary by Tony Attwood This is a review of part of the Gene Simmons’ $2000 10 disc “Vault“ box set in which Simmons and Bob Dylan talk and work a little on evolving a song together. … Continue reading
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Cooking up more mythologies XIII
By Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (part I) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part II) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part III) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part IV) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 2 – Blow Boys Blow
Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream Part 1: There’s very little that you can’t imagine not happening by Jochen Markhorst II Blow Boys Blow I was riding on the Mayflower when I thought I spied some land I yelled for Captain Arab, … Continue reading
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Dylan Adjacent: Echo in the Canyon
Dylan Adjacent: Charlie Sexton Dylan Adjacent: Bob and Larry Campbell By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood The people we are looking at in this series are going to be artists who have a direct connection to Dylan and his work … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part XII)
Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (part I) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part II) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part III) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part IV) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part V) Bob … Continue reading
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Beautiful Obscurity Subterranean Homesick Blues.
By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood This is our celebration of the best, and the more unusual, cover versions of Dylan’s music. Some of the earlier articles from the series are included here. In this series Aaron in the USA … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream Part 1: There’s very little that you can’t imagine not happening
Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (1965) part 1 by Jochen Markhorst I There’s very little that you can’t imagine not happening In April 2020, Robert Eggington, director at Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation in Perth, posts an enchanting story on Facebook about … Continue reading
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NET, 2000, Part 2. Master Vocalist – Please heed these words that I speak
This article was updated 11 March 2024 with the addition of the recording of Dear Landlord This is part of our on-going series reviewing the Never Ending Tour. A full index to the previous articles can be found here. The … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan: Cooking Up Mythologies (Part XI)
Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (part I) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part II) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part III) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part IV) Bob Dylan: Cooking Up More Mythologies (Part V) Bob … Continue reading
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