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By Tony Attwood Some 45 years on, working through the first LP of the original Blonde on Blonde album is[…]
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Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again: Dylan visits WC Handy
by Tony Attwood There are two ways to interpret a song like this: by trying to find a meaning in[…]
Read more“If not for you” – a simple love song of distinction
“If Not for You” was released in 1970. The Dylan version comes from “New Morning”. Shortly after that George Harrison[…]
Read moreA classification of Dylan’s songs
A classification of Dylan’s songs Below you’ll find my initial thoughts on how Dylan’s songs might be classified into types,[…]
Read moreOne of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later). Is it Dylan’s hatred of women or just a failed affair?
By Tony Attwood This review updated 3 August 2018 with the addition of videos and further commentary. In particular the[…]
Read moreKnocking on heaven’s door
By Tony Attwood How many Dylan songs can you name which have a chorus consisting of the title sung over[…]
Read moreYou ain’t going nowhere: absurdism and surrealism in popular music
This review has been updated several times, the last on 13 April 2020, and some of the comments were written[…]
Read moreI’ll be your baby tonight
By Tony Attwood “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” was recorded in the autumn of 1967 by Bob Dylan and released[…]
Read moreUntold writers
Untold Dylan seeks to explore the compositions of Bob Dylan, and the influences upon his creative work. Details of[…]
Read moreDylan’s Rainy Day Women #12 & 35: the meaning, the music and the live versions.
By Tony Attwood Updated 8 August 2018 with occasional text changes and four new video presentations Can you perform a[…]
Read moreQuinn the Eskimo: Bob Dylan having a laugh and 3 reinterpretations taking us elsewhere
By Tony Attwood By no means Bob Dylan’s only nursery rhyme, but probably the only one to get to number[…]
Read moreJust like a woman. The meaning of the music and lyrics of Bob Dylan’s song
By Tony Attwood Three new videos added July 2018. From as early as 1963 Dylan was highly engaged in writing[…]
Read moreOne too many mornings: the start of a journey that led to Tangled up in Blue
By Tony Attwood One of the many reasons why “One too many mornings” stands out is that its original release[…]
Read more“I want you” – Bob Dylan’s song fast, slow and what Springsteen made of it all.
By Tony Attwood Updated July 2018 with a stunning performance by Bruce Springsteen, take 1 from the original recording session,[…]
Read moreIt’s all over now, baby blue. Bob Dylan’s song is as powerful now as it was when he wrote it
By Tony Attwood This review updated July 2018, with a few changed comments, a copy of the song that Dylan[…]
Read more90 miles an hour down a dead end street
By Tony Attwood It is strange where research can take you. Let me start from a simple observation: I think[…]
Read more“Can you please crawl out your window?” The meaning of the lyrics and the music
By Tony Attwood Updated 2 May 2017 and 12 Feb 2018 My addition on 12 Feb 2018 is simple: I[…]
Read moreMaybe Someday – the forgotten masterpiece. (Knocked out loaded)
By Tony Attwood Updated 20 September 2017 with link to the song at the end. If I could be given[…]
Read moreSilvio: with lyrics by Robert Hunter, a brilliant live version and strange comments.
By Tony Attwood This review updated July 2018 with the addition of videos. I did think about trying to adjust[…]
Read moreShelter from the storm: Dylan the poet laureate, Dylan the myth maker
This review updated 19 July 2018, with the addition of three videos of the song, plus the missing verse and[…]
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