“I hadn’t realized how much you could get out of voice till I lost it in a motorcycle accident in 1966. When it came back, I had this rich, deep sound.”– Dylan in a 2004 interview Tell Me That It…
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Tears of Rage (1967) – Bob Dylan & The Band
To me Tears of Rage always seemed one of the most haunting and lamenting songs Bob and The Band had recorded. It captures in both the sorrowful lyric and mournful melody – a deep sense of betrayal, disillusionment, and mourning…
Tangled Up in Blue (1975) – Bob Dylan
It is a love song (Tangled Up In Blue), and a song about how it feels to have a personal history.. it is also a great road song, filled with the essential energy of the American highway. The Minnesota musicians…
It Ain’t Me Babe (1964) – Bob Dylan
I like this photo of Bob. You know that standard Elizabethan image of Shakespeare we all see (with the large lace collar which encircles his neck – called a ‘ruff’), well I could imagine something like the above being the…
Tagged with: a complete unknown, Another Side of Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, It Ain't Me Babe, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, june carter
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Make You Feel My Love (1997) – Bob Dylan
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…
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
Posted in Movies and TV
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…
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