“Mississippi” finds Bob Dylan taking us on a personal journey through the US state of Mississippi. The lyrics talk about a challenging time in the artist’s life with phrases such as “your days are...
The long and short of “Blowin’ in the Wind” is that it is a protest song. As I delve through the lyrics, I quickly realize they poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace,...
On 26 July 2023, the iconic Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor sadly passed away at the age of 56. That has compelled us to take a look at “Sister Sinead”, a song that singer/actor Kris Kristofferson...
Those of us who have some type of in depth knowledge of The Beatles know that this act proved prominent enough to have even attracted their own conspiracy theories. Indeed, even individuals who worked with...
There really is no such thing as a simple Dylan song, at least not one that we’ve ever come across. Usually his pieces tend to be multi-subjected, with said subjects themselves being pretty weighty, such...
Bob Dylan is known for dropping deep songs, probably more so than any other A list American musician. But this track is different from his usual fare in two regards. One is that, he doesn’t...
Woodstock is a sparsely-populated, inconspicuous part of New York that is best known for having hosted a musical festival named in its honor in 1969 (which wasn’t actually held in Woodstock, but still). Apparently though, what...
If you think Bob Dylan’s 21st century pieces are challenging to decipher, he was really wild for the night back in the day, such as on this song (“Shelter from the Storm”), which he dropped...
“Things Have Changed” is a song that was written specifically for a certain film, 2000’s Wonder Boys starring Michael Douglas. As such, certain lyrics were directly influenced by the movie’s storyline, most notably in that regard it would seem...
During his youth Bob Dylan was a lot like a rap star. And what we mean by that is that he had the type of don’t-give-AF attitude where fans expected him to live what he...
