“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…
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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…
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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.…
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Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (1963) – Bob Dylan
(Beautiful shots from my all-time favorite album cover. Mike Batt’s Tarot Suite may be a close second, but The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan is iconic. I’ve always said that if I ever had the chance, I’d do a Dylan pilgrimage across…
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‘A Complete Unknown’ (Bob Dylan ft. Timothée Chalamet) – The Latest Trailer
Below is the new trailer. I wrote in the article of Bob Dylan’s Saving Grace on August 15 the following: In case you haven’t seen it already, I would like to present the new trailer for the Dylan biopic due…
My Back Pages (1964) – Bob Dylan
The song’s title evokes both the “back pages” of a book – its end – and the “pages” of life that lay behind a person as they proceed onward from start to finish. As Dylan turns the page on his past…
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