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

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:56 pm

"They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn." Sly

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:57 pm

A bit of a blues plodder.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:57 pm

I quite like this one.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:58 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:"They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn."

You've either never gone to bed late enough or ever got up a bit too early.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:59 pm

This is pure, unadulterated filler.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:59 pm

Guitar solo. strum banana

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:59 pm

It's a duet. strum banana

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:59 pm

I particularly like the bit about the sun sinking like a ship. It reminds me of the bit about the sun looking good going down over the sea in It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:00 pm

Track 7 - Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:00 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Guitar solo.

As ever, you're slightly ahead of me. gaah

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:00 pm

It's nine minutes. suicide fail

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:01 pm

It would be nice to assume that's because it's filled with musical variation and surprising twists and turns.

I suspect it's not.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:01 pm

It's basically going to be nine minutes of one verse repeated endlessly, isn't it?

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:02 pm

This is a prime example of how Bob can keep you engrossed in a song that has a limited musical appeal but that has a dreamlike, elliptical narrative akin to a light-hearted Sam Peckinpah film.

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:02 pm

This song was my greatest post-1991 Bob discovery.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:02 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:It's basically going to be nine minutes of one verse repeated endlessly, isn't it?

Listen to the story. rant

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:03 pm

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:04 pm

There's a verse in the official lyrics which Bob doesn't sing on the album.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:05 pm

It should be added that I was brought up on Bob Dylan - and particular this LP.

My Mum was obsessed with him.

I grew up from a very young age immersed in these strange, rambling pseudo-Wild West shaggy dog tales.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:05 pm

Nightjar wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Guitar solo.

As ever, you're slightly ahead of me.

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

That's not his real name you know.