
Bob Dylan - A Headful of Ideas
(Mostly serious) ruminations on Bob Dylan's work
Episodes
66 episodes
BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 15) Bob Dylan's Dream: I Wish, I Wish, I Wish in Vain...
Chris examiones Bob Dylan's beautiful and nostalgic BOB DYLAN'S DREAM, an astonishing song for such a young man to write. There is also commentary on the song's relationship to LORD FRANKLIN, the folk song whose melody Dylan uses.Check o...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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11:10

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS: Season Four 14) Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues: Howling at the Moon
TAKE A TRIP INTO BOB DYLAN'S MYSTERIOUS AND SURREAL 'JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES SET IN DEEPEST MEXICO, FULL OF COLOURFUL CHARACTERS AND WEIRD JUXTAPOSITIONS
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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17:30

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 13) Senor: Can You Tell Me Where We're Heading?
Chris does a detailed deep dive into Bob Dylan's mystical fable SENOR, from 1978's STREET LEGALDETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN available at
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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16:06

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 12) LOVE SONGS OF THE MID-60s (PART THREE)
NEW PODCAST IN THE SERIES ‘BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS’LOVE SONGS OF THE MID-60s (PART THREE)Chris Gregory takes a detailed look at more of Bob Dylan’s love songs from the mid-60s.Songs examined in this segment are LOVE I...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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24:13

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS: LOVE SONGS OF THE MID-60s (PART TWO)
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...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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20:38

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS: Season Four 10) Love Songs of the mid 60s (Part One)
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
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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19:45

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS: Season Four 9) Highway 61 Revisited: Next Time You See Me Coming…
Chris Gregory looks at the satirical blues rock song HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED from the album of the same name.THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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21:13

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 8) Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie (Part Two))
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 GUTHRIETHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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20:23

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 7) Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie (Part One)
Part One of Chris Gregory's analysis of the profound influence that the great folk singer WOODY GUTHRIE had on Bob Dylan's careerTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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19:36

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 6) Love Songs from ‘Desire’ (Part Two)
Chris looks at comic and romantic love songs from 1976's DESIRE: RITA MAY, MOZAMBIQUE, ROMANCE IN DURANGO and OH SISTERTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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18:18

PODCAST: BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 5) 'Time is an Ocean': Love Songs from 'Desire' (Part One)
The first part of an examination of Bob Dylan's love songs from 'DESIRE'. Chris examines ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE and GOLDEN LOOMTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Episode 5
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16:37

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 4) Tempest: Extract from 'Determined to Stand'
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.THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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20:05

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 3) Frankie Lee and Judas Priest: Nothing is Revealed
Chris Gregory examines bob dylan's wonderful 'shaggy dog story' THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE LEE AND JUDAS PRIESTTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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19:13

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 2) Gates of Eden: No Man Sees My Face and Lives
Chris Gregory looks in detail at Bob Dylan's highly symbolic 1965 song GATES OF EDENTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www....
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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17:45

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 1) Jokerman: Dance to the Nightingale's Tune...
Chris Gregory looks in detail at JOKERMAN from 1983's INFIDELSTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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26:59

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 23) Two Bitter Love Songs from 'Blood on the Tracks'
Chris does a deep dive into the anguished IF YOU SEE HER SAY HELLO and YOU'RE A BIG GIRL NOW from BLOOD ON THE TRACKS PLEASE like and SUBSCRIBE!!!! DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN available at
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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29:23

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 21) Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's hilarious spoof Western song from 1975 LILY ROSEMARY AND THE JACK OF HEARTSTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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25:39

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 22) Five Twisted Love Songs from 'Street Legal'
Chris looks at NEW PONY, BABY STOP CRYING, WE BETTER TALK THIS OVER, TRUE LOVE TENDS TO FORGET AND IS YOUR LOVE IN VAIN? from 1978's STREET LEGALTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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29:25

PODCAST: BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 20) It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's enigmatic 1965 song It's All Over Now, Baby BlueTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.y...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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18:37

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 19) Brownsville Girl: If there's an Original Thought Out There
Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's mysterious and beguiling 1986 song BROWNSVILLE GIRL, co written with SAM SHEPARD THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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27:32

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 18) Motorpsycho Nitemare: A Clean Cut Kid
Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's satirical 1964 'talking blues' MOTORPSYCHO NITEMARE with its topical references to the Cold War and Hitchcock's 'Psycho'.THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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11:52

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 17) New Morning: A Pastoral Dream (Part 2)
Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's weirdly dreamy 1970 opus NEW MORNING and relates it to the tradition of pastoral poetry.THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST:
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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33:39

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 16) New Morning: A Pastoral Dream (Part One)
Chris examines Bob Dylan's dreamy 1970 album NEW MORNINGTHE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7g...
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