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On The Road Again (1965) part I: I don’t know why everyone is so rude On The Road Again (1965) part 2: The shitting Pope On The Road Again (1965) part 3 by Jochen Markhorst    A handsome Malacca sword-cane … Continue reading →

The Ballad of Frankly and Joni by Larry Fyffe Charles Darwin dumps a bucket of water, his “Theory of Evolution”, onto the fire of the Romantic Transcendentalist writers’ attempts to save God. What’s worse, Darwin’s Theory is transformed into an … Continue reading →

Compiled by Tony Attwood from suggestions by readers of Untold Dylan, and cover versions used within articles.  Plus this time something extra.  I decided to look at all the Dylan songs with titles starting with A and try and find … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst On The Road Again (1965) part I: I don’t know why everyone is so rude The shitting Pope Well, I asked for something to eat I’m hungry as a hog So I get brown rice, seaweed … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe While the moon sometimes appears in the daytime sky, oddly enough the sun never appears in the sky at night. According to the Old Testament, hidden baby Moses is found, and looked after by an Egyptian princess. … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Beautiful Obscurity is a series in which Aaron in the USA selects a Dylan song and a series of cover versions, and which Tony (in the UK) then listens to and writes his instant … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Well, I woke up in the morning There’s frogs inside my socks Your mama, she’s a-hidin’ Inside the icebox Your daddy walks in wearin’ A Napoleon Bonaparte mask Then you ask why I don’t live here Honey, … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Treading in the footsteps of Friedrich Nietzsche and William Yeats, singing that eventually dead men we all shall be, songwriter/musician Bob Dylan nevertheless presents a recurrent vision of micro-, and macro-change in a number of his songs … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Earlier episodes of All Directions are listed here The last episode in this series, which looks at Bob’s songwriting as a continuum rather than at individual songs in isolation, or albums as a collection, ended with the … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Beautiful Obscurity is a series in which Aaron in the USA selects a Dylan song and a series of cover versions, and which Tony (in the UK) then listens to and writes his instant … Continue reading →

Love Minus Zero/No Limit part I: Rose of England Love Minus Zero/No Limit part II : A Song Of Ice And Fire Love Minus Zero/No Limit part III: I love you, but you’re strange Love Minus Zero/No Limit part IV: … Continue reading →

by ram-tam-bam (Article written on June 23-24, when there was very little specific information regarding this event. More specific and trustworthy updates might come along the way (not from me though, read the article to understand what I mean). This … Continue reading →

Publisher’s note: I’ve had a technical fault (or alternatively a publisher cock up) on the site and this article which was showing as being published is now showing as not being published.  I have seriously reprimanded myself, and am now … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan In Search Of Eden (Part I) by Larry Fyffe God boots Adam and Eve from the earthly kingdom of innocence; locks them outside in kingdoms of experience. He’s not happy that the couple disobeyed His order to stay … Continue reading →

Dylan’s nominations and awards Best contemporary folk album Bob Dylan’s Grammies: Album of the year 1998 – Time out of mind Bob’s Grammy Nominations and Wins Bob’s Grammy Nominations and Wins 2: Best male rock vocal 1980! Best rock vocal … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst Love Minus Zero/No Limit part I: Rose of England Love Minus Zero/No Limit part II : A Song Of Ice And Fire Love Minus Zero/No Limit part III: I love you, but you’re strange Love Minus … Continue reading →

By Filip Łobodziński No, it’s not going to be about Tarantula nor the sadly-up-to-now-discontinued Chronicles. It’s going to be about the songs. Because with Bob Dylan it all starts with the songs and their performance. Each time I see a … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe According to the Holy Bible, the Almighty One drives Adam and Eve out of earthly paradise after Eve disobeys God’s order. She’s temped by the Devil into having a taste of the Tree of Knowledge of Good … Continue reading →

This article is part of a unique series which reviews the artwork on Dylan’s albums.  A full index can be found here.    The most recent articles are NEW: Blood on the Tracks Blonde On Blonde: The Artwork by Patrick … Continue reading →

by John Henry As one of the richest and most captivating songs in an unequalled catalogue of brilliant songs, “Desolation Row” has attracted a lot of attention from commentators on Dylan’s art. Much has been said about it, and no … Continue reading →