| Bob Dylan – Gates of Eden Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I really like this analysis. I first heard the song on the 'Dylan Live 1964' CD, and the booklet to that CD expresses a related idea. It talks about a this concert being a critical show because you can see hints of a transition period. Dylan plays many of the folsky political songs that people came to love him for, like 'The times they are-a-changin' but he also ventures into some new material, (like this song.) More serious/ cryptic, and stranger musically as well. The booklet says Dylan would soon begin to really change his style. Hed start playing electric instruments, and more precise songs, with more personal (rather than political) lyrics, and he lost a lot of fans. People were furious, because they loved the early dylan-- the folsky, political, voice-of-the-generation. Voice-of-a-generation has a lot of pressure attached to it, and maybe that wasnt a role Dylan wanted to permanently fill. I relate all this to your interpretation, because you're saying the main message hear is 'there are no absolute truths.' Perhaps what he is really saying is "I dont have all the answers." Through these unusually cryptic lyrics and unusual song style, perhaps Dylan was warming his fans that he could not fill the role of 'voice-of-the-gneration' forever. |
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