Sixty years after I got a neckache gaping up at Dylan’s generation-defining 1960s oracles, I’m still playing catch-up. Even in his dotage, he outdistances me.
Continue reading...324: Bob Dylan, ‘Things We Said Today’
164: Bob Dylan, ‘Tangled Up in Blue’
Bob Dylan at his best. It don’t get no better than that.
Continue reading...322: A Complete Unknown/Bob Dylan, ‘I’ll Keep It with Mine’
“You can never tell why someone’s gonna stick something in a song. You just gotta remember that the whole is bigger than the sum of its parts. You can’t expect to understand everything in every song.”–Bob Dylan
Continue reading...190: Bob Dylan, ‘Boots of Spanish Leather’
Kids, be careful! One little romp in the back seat, whoops, you’re a parent forever. One untimely text while driving, you’re limping through the Pearly Gates at 21. Write a Protest Song at 22, you’re a Protest Singer forever.
Continue reading...127: The Band, ‘Tears of Rage’ (“Music from Big Pink”)
As intimate as lovers, as self-effacing as monks, as synchronized as guys who have been on the road together for six years.
Continue reading...126: Bob Dylan, ‘Tears of Rage’ (The Basement Tapes)
Dylan’s “King Lear”–a daughter’s love denied.
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145: Peter, Paul & Mary, ‘Early Morning Rain’
“Hi, I’m Peter, but I’m no saint.”
“Hi, I’m Paul, and I’m no saint.”
“Hi, I’m Mary, and I’m no virgin.”