A songwriting experiment with Sam Shepard that is the best moment of the otherwise mixed-up 'Knocked-Out Loaded'. Like the other songs on that album, it suffers from mid-80's overproduction...the backing vox are cool but mixed too high.
The good thing is that Dylan was getting back into the storytelling side of his writing, something that had been neglected since 'Street Legal'. This song is epic without being intense. Appropriately, it is best listened to as if it were a movie. It gets better with each listen; there is more than enough detail in it to keep you from getting bored. It is just about a guy reminiscing about a particular woman's good qualities and her strength in the face of the bad situation they were in. Play this for anyone who accuses Bob of being a misogynist writer.
A songwriting experiment with Sam Shepard that is the best moment of the otherwise mixed-up 'Knocked-Out Loaded'. Like the other songs on that album, it suffers from mid-80's overproduction...the backing vox are cool but mixed too high.
The good thing is that Dylan was getting back into the storytelling side of his writing, something that had been neglected since 'Street Legal'. This song is epic without being intense. Appropriately, it is best listened to as if it were a movie. It gets better with each listen; there is more than enough detail in it to keep you from getting bored. It is just about a guy reminiscing about a particular woman's good qualities and her strength in the face of the bad situation they were in. Play this for anyone who accuses Bob of being a misogynist writer.