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I'm sort of obsessed with this song and have been for a while. But Bob Dylan rules. He was in his mid 50's when he wrote this. While assholes like Eric Clapton and Van Morrison are writing out of touch antivax songs in their old age its cool that Bob is/was still making beautiful love songs.
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A little overlooked and a little maligned as being part of that period in Bobâs career (starting after the motorcycle incident) where he ended his streak of revolutionary albums (that had his contemporaries in a constant chokehold from â63-â66), and instead began turning inwards; a little more pastoral, a little more run-down and homey. Whatever, he couldâve stopped after Visions of Johanna, anything after is a blessing. It pains me when people treat this as pedestrian or unessential music. Close to John Wesley Harding in sound and aesthetic but more honest and not as interested in folk-mythmaking. This is like his McCartney, total domestic bliss and joie de vivre. Sign On The Window is my favourite.
Hopefully gets some reappraisal after Timmy covered Three Angels on SNL.
Hopefully gets some reappraisal after Timmy covered Three Angels on SNL.
Feb 10, 2025
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I love âDesolation Row,â and Iâm always happy when Bob passes the ten minute mark. we got:
âKey West (Philosopher Pirate)â â a dreamy meditation on life and finding meaning in the margins on the world âSad-eyed Lady of the Lowlandsââ the worldâs prettiest haunted love song âBrownsville Girlâ â in running for funniest song ever. a guy describing a movie he canât quite remember, and a road trip with a lost love, while the stories bleed together like repeating dreams. made complete by Kanye-style blasts of gospel choir. âHighlandsâ â a guy wanders around and flirts/argues with a diner waitress? ok idk this one is for the heads.
And of course âMurder Most Foulâ â 17 minutes of Fiona Apple piano and Bob narrating the moment of JFKâs demise, a nation betrayed and sentenced to pay, its cultural history collapsing in on itself at the start of a new age.
âKey West (Philosopher Pirate)â â a dreamy meditation on life and finding meaning in the margins on the world âSad-eyed Lady of the Lowlandsââ the worldâs prettiest haunted love song âBrownsville Girlâ â in running for funniest song ever. a guy describing a movie he canât quite remember, and a road trip with a lost love, while the stories bleed together like repeating dreams. made complete by Kanye-style blasts of gospel choir. âHighlandsâ â a guy wanders around and flirts/argues with a diner waitress? ok idk this one is for the heads.
And of course âMurder Most Foulâ â 17 minutes of Fiona Apple piano and Bob narrating the moment of JFKâs demise, a nation betrayed and sentenced to pay, its cultural history collapsing in on itself at the start of a new age.
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đSchool made us think reading is a holy act. It is not. Its just something to do. Like watching a movie or sports. You arenât going to be tested by anyone. Read high. Read drunk. Read 2 pages. Read half awake. Remember nothing or just some of it. It really doesnât matter
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âI feel like growing up every band or musician besides super huge pop stars was just normal looking. Not weird in a cool way and not perfectly curated. Just actually weird or actually normal. I miss that. Everyone is too hot now. To quote Silver Jews,
"What's with all the handsome grandsons In these rock band magazines? What have they done with the fat ones? The bald and the goateed?"
We need more normals in music.
"What's with all the handsome grandsons In these rock band magazines? What have they done with the fat ones? The bald and the goateed?"
We need more normals in music.