We return to one of Bob Dylan’s most impactful political songs, Only a Pawn in Their Game. You could be forgiven for thinking you’re listening to the gravelly voice of a world-weary old man, but Dylan was just 22 years…
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Only a Pawn in Their Game (1963) – Bob Dylan
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Medgar Evers, Only a Pawn in Their Game, The Times They Are A-Changin’
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Move it on Over (1947) – Hank Williams
This cheeky little song from Hank is meant to get a chuckle. The writing is just so relatable, easy to just gel with, and if you pair it with the gospel number I Saw the Light, recorded at the same…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, hank williams, Johnny Cash, move it on over, the band, Woody Guthrie
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She Belongs to Me (1965) – Bob Dylan
She Belongs to Me is a gentle song, sung with Dylan’s relaxed phrasing and a lightly swaying accompaniment that feels easy. On the surface, it sounds warm and affectionate, almost carefree. The woman he sings about is an “artist” too,…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Bringing it all back home, Love Minus Zero / No Limit, she belongs to me
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Thunder On The Mountain (2006) – Bob Dylan
There’s Bob and then there’s everyone else. Today’s featured song comes from what is probably my least favourite Bob Dylan album – Modern Times from 2006 (image inset). The irony is that Thunder on the Mountain is still one of…
Right Back to It (2024) – Waxahatchee
“I’m really interested in writing love songs that are gritty and unromantic,” she said of the track (Right Back to It). “I wanted to make a song about the ebb and flow of a longtime love story. I thought it…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, i can tell, outlaw music festival, Right Back To It, tigers blood, Waxahatchee
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Absolutely Sweet Marie (1992) – George Harrison (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert)
As much as I love you, Bob, George Harrison owned this song. George always brought a lucid, sunny disposition to whatever he touched, and that’s absolutely the case with his rendition of Absolutely Sweet Marie. He channels pre Dylan –…
Tagged with: 12, absolutely sweet marie, blonde on blonde, Bob Dylan, bob dylan 30th anniversary concert, george harrison
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Things Have Changed (2000) – Bob Dylan
This song is pivotal – not only in Bob Dylan’s career but as a wider statement about human nature and our strange place in the modern world. Dylan, who almost never explains or interprets his own songs, made an uncharacteristic…
They Killed Him (1986) – Bob Dylan
I was about 14 when I bought the cassette of Dylan’s much-maligned Knocked Out Loaded album. I got a kick out of some of its tracks – including today’s featured song, They Killed Him. Even now, whenever I hear it,…
15/9/25 – 21/9/25 – Positively 4th Street, Emotional Support Alligator & Hemingway
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Bob Dylan Performs, Positively 4th Street, at Outlaw Festival, Saratoga Springs 2 August 2025Concert video at Music Legend Two blogger friends – Max (PowerPop)…
Tagged with: alligator, Bob Dylan, depression, desolation row, ernest hemingway, outlaw music festival, Positively 4th Street, the sun also rises, Under the Red Sky
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Lay Down Your Weary Tune (1963) – Bob Dylan
I remember procuring Bob Dylan’s Biograph (a 3 a three-cassette tape) when I was a young tacker. I devoured it as though I had found a treasure trove of lost musical artefacts although only 18 of the 53 tracks were…
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