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You know how sometimes you just need to hear a Dylan track. That's how I'm feeling this evening. Here's "Dear Landlord," a fave of mine off John Wesley Harding.
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John Wesley Harding
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AMG Review of John Wesley Harding
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideBob Dylan returned from exile with John Wesley Harding, a quiet, country-tinged album that split dramatically from his previous three. A calm, reflective album, John Wesley Harding strips away all of the wilder tendencies of Dylan's ock albums -- even the then-unreleased Basement Tapes he made the previous year -- but it isn't a return to his folk roots. If anything, the album is his first serious foray into country, but only a handful of songs, such as "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," are straight country songs. Instead, John Wesley Harding is informed by the rustic sound of country, as well as many rural myths, with seemingly simple songs like "All Along the Watchtower," "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine," and "The Wicked Messenger" revealing several layers of meaning with repeated plays. Although the lyrics are somewhat enigmatic, the music is simple, direct, and melodic, providing a touchstone for the country-rock revolution that swept through ock in the late '60s.
Stream Bob Dylan's "Dear Landlord" Off "John Wesley Harding
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"There was a wicked messengerFrom Eli he did comeWith a mind that multipliedThe smallest matterWhen questioned who had sent for himHe answered with his thumbFor his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter.He stayed behind the assembly hallIt was there he made his bedOftentimes he could be seen returningUntil one day he just appearedWith a note in his hand which read"The soles of my feet, I.
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