Re: Bob 'The Bob' Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:39 pm

There's a good version of this on Budokan.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:39 pm

This one's too repetitive for my liking.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:40 pm

Track 3 - You're a Big Girl Now.

Kenneth

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:40 pm

More acoustic guitar.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:40 pm

I always thought he was singing "she was born in Spain".

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:41 pm

It would've been interesting if he'd got Steely Dan in to produce him.

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:41 pm

Unusually for Bob's songs I like the sound of this more than I do the lyrics.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:42 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Track 3 - You're a Big Girl Now.

I swear to you - the Hard Rain version is better.

Nobody else in the world but me thinks this, but that's just the way I roll. box

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:43 pm

The ramshackle quality and the mournful violin supercharges it.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:44 pm

Struggling to hear it over the rain. bawl

I shall battle bravely on. box

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:44 pm

Mouth organ.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:44 pm

A warning to all:

The harmonica 'solo' at the end is arguably one of the very worst ever ever EVER. sad yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:44 pm

Lightning-fast fadeout. dontpanic

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:45 pm

Idiot Wind!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:45 pm

Track 4 - Idiot Wind.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:45 pm

Oh, Bob.

You were so famous and powerful that nobody had the guts to rip that harmonica out of your mouth. sad yes

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:46 pm

This track haunted me as a child.

The narrative is almost medieval or Shakespearian in its lurid opacity.

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:47 pm

This is one of my all-time favourite Bob songs. It was the first one I heard that wasn't on Bringing It All Back Home. We were outside our student accommodation block in 1989, soaking up the sun, when my new friend D approached me with a walkman and said 'Fangirl, Bob's got a song to sing you' and I put it on and listened to Idiot Wind.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:47 pm

"Visions of your chestnuts." llama

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:48 pm

Lyrically, Bobby at his best!

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Bob 'The Bob' Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)

That's not his real name you know.