Bob Dylan

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Seen the arrow on the doorpost
Saying, "This land is condemned
All the way from New Orleans
To Jerusalem."
I traveled through East Texas
Where many martyrs fell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell

Well, I heard the hoot owl singing
As they were taking down the tents
The stars above the barren trees
Were his only audience
Them charcoal gypsy maidens
Can strut their feathers well
But nobody can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell

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This is a simple beautiful song.Possibly my favourite bob dylan song

Not much is certain about the authorship of this, most of us believe its a mostly ad-libbed one-off Dylan thing that sorta grew to a point that building a song around it (with an eye towards "real" lyrics later?) seemed like a good idea. This was recorded during the (in)famous Bromberg Sessions.

In part inspired by the Guardian's prompting, I crapped out a list of who, in my mind, were the top 5 lyricists of all times:

1. Bob Dylan
2. Ray Davies
3. Patti Smith
4. John Lennon
5. Robert Johnson

This has led me to think of a feature piece and with that in mind, next week I'll spend a day on each 5 summarizing why that lyricist fits the bill. Who would you put there? Comment here and on the Guardian's site, I dare ya.

They did the "Feelin' Groovy" video featured in my last post.  Here's their artistical interpretation of Bob Dylan's "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"

My version of Bob Dylan's "Love & Theft" starts off with "Things Have Changed." I decided one day that, much as I loved the album, I wasn't happy with the way it started, so I shuffled some music around and made Dylan's earlier song from the "Wonder Boys" soundtrack Track One, like how "Like A Rolling Stone" is the earlier single that leads off "Highway 61 Revisted." So now the album begins, for me, with Dylan in a strip club ("There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking... MORE

There's no stopping Bob Dylan. Even though he thinks the music world is" a made-up bunch of hypocritical rubbish," Dylan is still heading out on another US tour following his jaunt through Europe this July. "I know that the book people are a whole lot saner,” Dylan, who's released a bunch of books through out his life, was quoted saying by Contact Music. “And the art world? From the small steps I've taken in it, I'd say, yeah, the people are honest, upfront and de... MORE

Exclusive interview with Bob from Times UK Odense, Denmark, and the not-quite-grand hotel that for the next two nights will be a home away from home for Bob Dylan. He arrived here from Reykjavik, four days after his 67th birthday and in the first stages of a lengthy itinerary that will take him through Scandinavia, the Baltic states, Austria, Italy, France, Andorra, Spain and Portugal between now and mid-July. To his irritation, others long ago gave this ongoing schedule... MORE

Some days...You just gotta listen to some Dylan.. Possibly the best album of all time. ... Whata guy.

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You know how sometimes you just need to hear a Dylan track. That's how I'm feeling this evening. Here's "Dear Landlord," a fave of mine off John Wesley Harding.