This show, taped for MTV, finds Dylan turning in an 11-song set, with eight of the songs dating from his 1963-1967 heyday, including such standards as "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "Like a Rolling Stone." ("John Brown," a powerful antiwar song from 1963, had not been released on a Dylan album previously.) The '70s are represented by "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," and the '80s by "Shooting Star" and "Dignity" (a trunk song, the studio version of which had emerged only the previous November on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3). Dylan, accompanied by a competent five-piece band, approaches his material in a gentler fashion than on some of the originals -- "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "With God on Our Side," for example, seem sadder and less defiant than they did back in 1964. Otherwise, unlike some other Unplugged performances, this one doesn't offer a noticeably different view of the artist's work. But then, Dylan has been unplugged for much of his career, anyway.
"The soul of the nation's goin' under the knifeDeath is standing in the doorway of lifeIn another room a man argues with his wifeabout Dignity""Most people don't do what they believe inThey do what's most convenientAnd then they repent.I always said hang on to me baby and let's hope that the roof stays on""try imagining a place where its alway safe and warm'Come in', she said, 'I'LL give you sh...
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Nick Hornby once put together a list of 31 songs that had really, really touched his life, and a couple of years ago, he published them in a strange, rambling and wise little book. Having re-read this book recently, I started to get interested in certain songs, and how and why they touch people. My personal list of 31 songs will be unravelling itself over the next little while (if this does not...
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Tombstone Blues |
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| 2 Shooting Star |
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| 3 All Along the Watchtower |
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| 4 The Times They Are A-Changin' |
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| 5 John Brown |
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| 6 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 |
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| 7 Desolation Row |
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| 8 Dignity |
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| 9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
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| 10 Like a Rolling Stone |
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| 11 With God on Our Side |
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