Bobby Neuwirth was called and invited personally onto the tour by Dylan who was keen to show what he could do, particularly with The Beatles receiving world wide recognition.
I always thought it amazing that in , at such a young age, Dylan could write a song about what is clearly an abusive relationship, and one in which he describes both parties suffering. Richard I would agree that if putting an idea forward shuts down debate then of course that is bad, but putting ideas forward can stimulate debate.
Listening to the alternative versions when I was adding a little to the original review it struck me that the person Dylan was writing about was possibly a school teacher.
Especially the references to chalk. I do not think that Dylan writes songs that can only be properly understood if you know his history in detail — he makes use of events, of course, but events always echo and have symbolic meaning.
Richard, I honestly think that this is total and absolute nastiness on the part of Dylan. I think its about Dylan exhorting kids to drop out of college as he did. Dylan had two big hits with tell-em-off dittys Rolling Stone and 4th Street and some have it that the biz folks wanted another tell em off hit.
In the early 70s, I rented a room from a woman in Berkeley who claimed to be the original inspiration for this song. Her story was that she was at a party where Dylan was present, and that at one point people started doing hard drugs.
Which apparently Dylan found to be amusing. But sometimes you need a hook to get started. Dylan admires Tennessee Williams Work. Chris: Yes, we — all live in houses on fire, no fire-department to call; no way out, just the upstairs windows to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. Your email address will not be published. Untold Dylan.
Skip to content. Knocked out loaded. And if you want to go further, try this alternative version Anyway, back to the earlier review… Dylan has a history of writing about the intellectually, socially and metaphorically lost, and when he does so he can be utterly vicious. The chorus however is more conventional using I, IV, V throughout. You can go back to him any time you want to So the message is clear. He just needs you to talk or to hand him his chalk Or pick it up after he throws it Nothing can be more denigrating to a woman.
While his genocide fools and his friends rearrange Their religion of the little tin women A religion of the little tin women? What is on the site 1: Over reviews of Dylan songs. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. July 22, at pm. Row says:. January 7, at pm. Hazard says:. May 31, at am. February 14, at am. Mr Richard Keys says:. February 16, at pm. TonyAttwood says:. February 17, at am. February 17, at pm. February 18, at pm.
Music of Bob Dylan says:. April 16, at pm. Hans Castorp says:. Loekie says:. August 28, at am. Why does he look so righteous while your face is so changed Are you frightened of the box you keep him in While his genocide fools and his friends rearrange Their religion of the little ten women That backs up their views but your face is so bruised Come on out the dark is beginning.
All rights reserved. Please click here if you are not redirected within a few seconds. I bought a copy of the 45 way back in the day when it first came out!! Interestingly, the lyrics quote do not quite correspond with either of the versions of the song you include in the post!
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