They always say 'Where did Dylan go in the 80s?' Well that's a good question, where did Dylan go? To some land where he could write incredible songs and they'd go completely unrecognized, I guess. These must be the same people who didn't 'get' Dylan when he went electric and didn't 'get' Dylan when he went country and didn't 'get' Dylan when he converted. Wake up, Dylan never went anywhere. So his songwriting changed, but it never changed for the worse. Just because it's different doesn't mean it's automatically terrible. Of course there were bad songs and of course there were bad albums, but there were always great ones too. This is in my top 5 for eighties songs along with I and I, Blind Willie McTell, Brownsville Girl and Foot of Pride. Oh and Man in the Long Black Coat. Top six, I guess. Anyways this is a brilliant song. These lyrics are phenomenal, could only be written by Dylan. There's a very interesting live version by him and Patti Smith, highly recommended.
They always say 'Where did Dylan go in the 80s?' Well that's a good question, where did Dylan go? To some land where he could write incredible songs and they'd go completely unrecognized, I guess. These must be the same people who didn't 'get' Dylan when he went electric and didn't 'get' Dylan when he went country and didn't 'get' Dylan when he converted. Wake up, Dylan never went anywhere. So his songwriting changed, but it never changed for the worse. Just because it's different doesn't mean it's automatically terrible. Of course there were bad songs and of course there were bad albums, but there were always great ones too. This is in my top 5 for eighties songs along with I and I, Blind Willie McTell, Brownsville Girl and Foot of Pride. Oh and Man in the Long Black Coat. Top six, I guess. Anyways this is a brilliant song. These lyrics are phenomenal, could only be written by Dylan. There's a very interesting live version by him and Patti Smith, highly recommended.