Michael Bolton routinely introduces a number he’s about to sing by first announcing its composer, Bob Dylan. The reaction is usually muted: “Bob Dylan should elicit this enormous response,” he says. “But I don’t get that.” Then the piano-based melody…
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The Phantom Thread’s New Year’s Eve Party
To share and celebrate making more cherished memories in 2025, I present to you; what has become a New Year’s Eve tradition here at Observation Blogger: The New Year’s Eve party scene from Phantom Thread which currently sits at No.…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Daniel Day Lewis, new years, new years eve, oscars, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, Things Have Changed, when harry met sally
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Posted in Movies and TV
Must Be Santa (Bob Dylan) – Christmas Countdown No. 3
Today’s featured Christmas song sitting at No. 3 in my Christmas Countdown is Must Be Santa by Bob Dylan. It is the second song from Bob Dylan’s unexpected 2009 release Christmas in the Heart which ventures into the Christian festive…
Little Drummer Boy (Bob Dylan) – Christmas Countdown No. 5
Advent marks the beginning of the Christian liturgical calendar, commencing on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and continuing until Christmas Eve. Derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming” or “arrival,” Advent embodies a time of anticipation and reflection. In…
Summer Days (2001) – Bob Dylan
“Summer Days” is recalled as Bob Dylan’s first foray into crafting a swing-infused, vintage rockabilly tune. It takes its place as the third track on his thirty-first studio album, Love and Theft. I’ve always enjoyed the playful wit and impulsive…
Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965) – Bob Dylan
Subterranean Homesick Blues is the pinnacle as far as counter-establishment songs are concerned. A lot of people think that this masterpiece may well have been the first ever song which exhibited predominant features of the rap genre including the following:– Dylan’s…
Hurricane (1975) – Bob Dylan
Hurricane was the tag given to the middleweight boxer Rubin Carter (image left) and is the subject of one of Dylan’s most recognisable post 60’s songs. It is also his fourth most successful single of the 70’s, reaching No. 33…
Stage Fright (1976) – The Band (The Last Waltz)
Of all the songs from the The Last Waltz concert, Stage Fright was always the one that captivated my musical sensibilities the most. It’s such an unusual song and I mean that in the best possible way. As the title…
Soon After Midnight (2012) – Bob Dylan
Soon After Midnight is track 2 on Bob Dylan’s 2012 album Tempest and the third track to appear here from the album after his previous entry Pay in Blood. Like much of Dylan’s 21st-century output, he produced the album himself…
Tagged with: A Midsummer Night's Dream, a new shade of blue, Bob Dylan, David weir, song analysis, soon after midnight, tempest, the bobby fuller four, William Shakespeare
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Posted in Music
Someone’s Got a Hold of My Heart (1983) – Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s 1983 resurgence album Infidels includes some fantastic outtakes like Blind Willie McTell, Foot of Pride and today’s featured song Someone’s Got a Hold of My Heart. It boggles the mind how he could leave these gems off the record.…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Empire Burlesque, infidels, mark knopfler, Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart
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