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Bob Dylan and Donovan, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Who was “baby blue?” Was it Joan Baez, Dylan’s folk loving audience, Bob Dylan himself? No one knows, maybe not even Bob. “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” is one of the greatest pieces of symbolist poetry ever, one of the greatest folk songs ever, and one of Bob’s best. Released in 1965 0n the…
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John Lennon, India, India
Sorry for the disturbing lack of updates, but I was busy packing up my Brooklyn apartment and heading north for Maine. I’ve got three weeks in beautiful Portland before I head across the world to South Korea and Australia. I’m happy to be out of the city and hear crickets out my window, as four…
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Simon and Garfunkel, The Sounds of Silence
It’s part 96 of my youtube countdown, and we are getting so close to the end! This time I have Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sounds of Silence,” from the album of the same name. When I was crafting the title of this entry, I noticed that the original version of the song was not titled,…
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Neko Case, Buckets of Rain
In part 32 of my youtube countdown, we find Neko Case covering Bob Dylan’s Buckets of Rain from Bob’s “Blood on the Tracks” album. There are two things you need to understand. First, Neko Case is my favorite female singer in the world. Her voice is just a soaring laser beam of power and clarity. …