Could "The King of Spain" be Bob Dylan? Provoking "bulls," or unforgiving, brutal critics with words, wearing "boots of Spanish leather," et cetera . . . He suggests that he would be this king of Spain if he could "reinvent [his] name," and "redirect [his] day." Bob Dylan (who, as we remember, "reinvented" his name from Robert Zimmerman) the Woody Guthrie-evoking folk singer happened a long, long time ago. Maybe that's the "day" he would "redirect." If this is the case, my respect for this dude has grown even more. As Bob was to Woody, Kristian Matsson is to Bob.
@lordimwalkingdowntheline you've just opened a world to me! Despite having a playlist composed solely on Tallest Man and Bob Dylan, I never quite thought of that... and it absolutely makes sense!
Kris wishes to be Bob Dylan.
This is how I read it now: Kris stole musical concepts hidden in Dylan's work and "offered him a ride" as to saying he gave new life to pre-electric Dylan, so he is his "lover", though he never realised that. And Kris is actually a native of the "North Pole" because he's Swedish...
And if someone could reinvent his name and redirect (as redirecting a movie)...
@lordimwalkingdowntheline you've just opened a world to me! Despite having a playlist composed solely on Tallest Man and Bob Dylan, I never quite thought of that... and it absolutely makes sense!
Kris wishes to be Bob Dylan.
This is how I read it now: Kris stole musical concepts hidden in Dylan's work and "offered him a ride" as to saying he gave new life to pre-electric Dylan, so he is his "lover", though he never realised that. And Kris is actually a native of the "North Pole" because he's Swedish...
And if someone could reinvent his name and redirect (as redirecting a movie) the day he was born, he would have liked to be Dylan, who provoked the government (bulls) with his songs; and the man who could meet the bulls may be seen as the president Dylan would have wanted? - he definitely says "blood is fake", maybe referring to peace-oriented politics of this "man".
I don't know about the following verses, mentioning señoritas and bottles and knives... The latter maybe being the pressure of the press on Dylan?
He too would wear Spanish boots, ending the first part of his career with some other musical genre as Flamenco, perhaps reaching the other side - referring to Dylan going electric?
Then eagle's wings are a symbol for liberty, and also the symbol of the USA, Dylan's nation.
It makes sense... maybe not always, so it might be a wrong interpretation. Still, it's very interesting!
Could "The King of Spain" be Bob Dylan? Provoking "bulls," or unforgiving, brutal critics with words, wearing "boots of Spanish leather," et cetera . . . He suggests that he would be this king of Spain if he could "reinvent [his] name," and "redirect [his] day." Bob Dylan (who, as we remember, "reinvented" his name from Robert Zimmerman) the Woody Guthrie-evoking folk singer happened a long, long time ago. Maybe that's the "day" he would "redirect." If this is the case, my respect for this dude has grown even more. As Bob was to Woody, Kristian Matsson is to Bob.
@lordimwalkingdowntheline you've just opened a world to me! Despite having a playlist composed solely on Tallest Man and Bob Dylan, I never quite thought of that... and it absolutely makes sense! Kris wishes to be Bob Dylan. This is how I read it now: Kris stole musical concepts hidden in Dylan's work and "offered him a ride" as to saying he gave new life to pre-electric Dylan, so he is his "lover", though he never realised that. And Kris is actually a native of the "North Pole" because he's Swedish... And if someone could reinvent his name and redirect (as redirecting a movie)...
@lordimwalkingdowntheline you've just opened a world to me! Despite having a playlist composed solely on Tallest Man and Bob Dylan, I never quite thought of that... and it absolutely makes sense! Kris wishes to be Bob Dylan. This is how I read it now: Kris stole musical concepts hidden in Dylan's work and "offered him a ride" as to saying he gave new life to pre-electric Dylan, so he is his "lover", though he never realised that. And Kris is actually a native of the "North Pole" because he's Swedish... And if someone could reinvent his name and redirect (as redirecting a movie) the day he was born, he would have liked to be Dylan, who provoked the government (bulls) with his songs; and the man who could meet the bulls may be seen as the president Dylan would have wanted? - he definitely says "blood is fake", maybe referring to peace-oriented politics of this "man". I don't know about the following verses, mentioning señoritas and bottles and knives... The latter maybe being the pressure of the press on Dylan? He too would wear Spanish boots, ending the first part of his career with some other musical genre as Flamenco, perhaps reaching the other side - referring to Dylan going electric? Then eagle's wings are a symbol for liberty, and also the symbol of the USA, Dylan's nation.
It makes sense... maybe not always, so it might be a wrong interpretation. Still, it's very interesting!