Bob Dylan is an artist who initially blew up during the 1960s. That moment in time, as you may already know, was a tumultuous era in American history. But he embraced the moment by confronting its...
This song serves as a tribute to a late, great blues’ musician by the name of Jimmy Reed. But the way Bob Dylan goes about doing so is not by talking about the man himself, at...
“Black Rider” is yet another song from Bob Dylan’s “Rough and Rowdy Ways” in which the listener is tasked with interpreting who exactly the titular character may be. What we do know, based on the...
It has been noted that the “mother of Muses” is actually a figure from Greek mythology named Mnemosyne. And in this song Bob Dylan indeed refers to her as a deity, if you will. In earlier parts...
“Crossing the Rubicon” is a colloquial phrase which points to the idea of an individual reaching a point where he or she cannot turn back. And the way Bob Dylan uses it in this song seems...
Key West is actually a city in Florida. But more to the point of this song it represents the singer’s dream residence – the place where he has retired, if you will. As such, there are two sentiments...
Whoa, Bob Dylan! This is someone who as of 2020 is still making international headlines dropping new songs over a half of century after the one we’re currently going to discuss. And it is...
This is another deep, indeed we can even say esoteric song from Bob Dylan. For example, it is obvious at certain points that he is speaking to the concept of the afterlife. Also he delves into...
The title of this song (“I Contain Multitudes”) was derived from a Walt Whitman poem that was published way back in 1855. Said poem focuses on how the narrator is someone like an all-encompassing individual. And that is the same...
The lyrics of Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul” focus primarily on the shocking 1963 assassination of America’s 35th President, John Kennedy. And in narrating the brutal assassination, Dylan makes a plethora of references to...
