Bob Dylan - A Headful of Ideas

Feb 28 2025 62 ep. 22 mins 22
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(Mostly serious) ruminations on Bob Dylan's work

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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS: LOVE SONGS OF THE MID-60s (PART TWO)

Feb 28 2025 20 mins  
Chris Gregory looks in detail at more of Bob Dylan’s love songs from the mid-1960s, many of which seem to be related to wider concerns. The songs covered in this section are IT AIN’T ME BABE, I DON’T BELIEVE YOU, IF YOU GOTTA GO (GO NOW), and I’LL KEEP IT WITH MINE.

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS: Season Four 10) Love Songs of the mid 60s (Part One)

Feb 22 2025 19 mins  
Chris Gregory looks in detail at several Bob Dylan love songs from the mid-60s: Ballad in Plain D, Spanish Harlem Incident and All I Really Want to Do

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS: Season Four 9) Highway 61 Revisited: Next Time You See Me Coming…

Jan 27 2025 21 mins  
Chris Gregory looks at the satirical blues rock song HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED from the album of the same name.

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 8) Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie (Part Two))

Jan 22 2025 20 mins  
Chris Gregory looks deeper into the influence of Woody Guthrie on Bob Dylan, focusing on various songs and the amazing extended poem LAST THOUGHTS ON WOODY GUTHRIE

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 7) Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie (Part One)

Jan 16 2025 19 mins  
Part One of Chris Gregory's analysis of the profound influence that the great folk singer WOODY GUTHRIE had on Bob Dylan's career Check out Chris' website at http://www.chrisgregory.org

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 6) Love Songs from ‘Desire’ (Part Two)

Dec 04 2024 18 mins  
Chris looks at comic and romantic love songs from 1976's DESIRE: RITA MAY, MOZAMBIQUE, ROMANCE IN DURANGO and OH SISTER

PODCAST: BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 5) 'Time is an Ocean': Love Songs from 'Desire' (Part One)

Dec 01 2024 16 mins  
The first part of an examination of Bob Dylan's love songs from 'DESIRE'. Chris examines ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE and GOLDEN LOOM

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 4) Tempest: Extract from 'Determined to Stand'

Nov 21 2024 20 mins  
Chris Gregory dives into a sinking ship, as he looks in detail at Bob Dylan's rather bizarre song TEMPEST from the album of the same name. Check out Chris' essays and videos at https://chrisgregory.org/ DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN available at https://chrisgregory.org

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 3) Frankie Lee and Judas Priest: Nothing is Revealed

Nov 21 2024 19 mins  
Chris Gregory examines bob dylan's wonderful 'shaggy dog story' THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE LEE AND JUDAS PRIEST Check out Chris' essays and videos at https://chrisgregory.org/ DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN available at https://chrisgregory.org/product-cate...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 2) Gates of Eden: No Man Sees My Face and Lives

Oct 21 2024 17 mins  
Chris Gregory looks in detail at Bob Dylan's highly symbolic 1965 song GATES OF EDEN