Chris Gregory

Bob Dylan - A Headful of Ideas

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(Mostly serious) ruminations on Bob Dylan's work

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Chris Gregory

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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 13) Desolation Row: Between the Windows of the Sea 17.03.2024 48:26

Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's 1965 epic masterpiece DESOLATION ROW THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM THE PEN OF...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 12) Dirge: Searching for a Gem 11.03.2024 14:36

Chris looks at Bob Dylan's DIRGE from 1974's Planet Waves THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM THE PEN OF CHRIS GR...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 11) Three Songs From John Wesley Harding 15.02.2024 29:50

Chris Gregory examines DEAR LANDLORD, I PITY THE POOR IMMIGRANT and I DREAMED I SAW ST. AUGUSTINE from JOHN WESLEY HARDING THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 10) Black Rider (Extract from 'Determined to Stand') 12.02.2024 11:27

Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's audacious BLACK RIDER from ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS Extract from DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/produc...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 9 )Isis: You Mystical Chid 25.01.2024 22:39

Chris Gregory takes a deep dive into Bob Dylan's amazing 1976 song ISIS also on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kraSDB32h48 (PLEASE like and SUBSCRIBE!!!!) DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN available at https://chrisgregory.org/product-cate.. . CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM THE PEN OF CHRIS GREGORY : https://chrisgregory.org/music/podcas.. . COMMENTS WELCOME!!...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 8) Abandoned Love: Everybody's Wearing a Disguise 14.01.2024 15:06

THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM THE PEN OF CHRIS GREGORY : Includes hundreds of essays, podcasts and videos on Bob Dyla...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 7) Nonsense Songs From the Basement Tapes (Part Two) 28.12.2023 29:24

Chris Gregory examines more weird excursions from Bob Dylan's amazing 'secret recordings' THE BASEMENT TAPES from 1967. THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determin...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 6) Nonsense Songs from The Basement Tapes (Part One) 11.12.2023 30:07

Hi folks I'm Chris Gregory, author of DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN. In this podcast I'm discussing the amazing and fabulous 'nonsense songs' from THE BASEMENT TAPES. THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 5) Black Diamond Bay: Another Hard Luck Story 06.12.2023 17:43

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 4) Nashville Skyline: One Hell of a Poet (Part Two) 29.11.2023 28:45

Chris Gregory discurses on Bob Dylan's 1969 album NASHVILLE SKYLINE THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM THE PEN OF CHR...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 3) Nashville Skyline: One Hell of a Poet (Part One) 26.11.2023 27:56

Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's joyful country album NASHVILLE SKYLINE from 1969 THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FRO...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 2) Forever Young: A Ladder to the Stars 20.11.2023 13:00

Forever Young is a very atypical Dylan song. It is one of the few occasions when he appears to allow his heart to rule his brain. Yet this is really highly appropriate for such a song. Parents naturally do feel sentimental about their children. Despite Dylan’s use of clichés here, the uncertainty of certain elements of the song adds to its emotional realism. Picture the acclaimed ‘acid tongued’ po...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Three 1) Tangled Up in Blue: From Different Points of View 06.11.2023 39:12

Chris Gregory, author of DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN, examines the musical and historical context, the literary and artistic influences of Bob Dylan's groundbreaking TANGLED UP IN BLUE, in which conventional narrative structures give way to 'cubist' perspectives.

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two: 15) Mr. Tambourine Man: Cast Your Dancing Spell 27.12.2022 21:42

Chris Gregory discurses on Dylan's great 1965 song MR TAMBOURINE MAN THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM THE PEN OF CH...

BOB DYLAN A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two 14) Red River Shore 13.12.2022 13:52

Chris looks at Bob Dylan's amazing, mysterious and enigmatic unreleased masyterpiece RED RIVER SHORE THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS&...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two: 13) Minstrel Boy: Isle of Wight 1969 05.12.2022 18:10

Chris takes us back to 1969 and Bob Dylan's controversial show at the Isle of Wight in 1969 THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEB...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two:12) Tears of Rage: The Heart is Filled With Gold 10.10.2022 25:01

Chris Gregory examines TEARS OF RAGE Bob Dylan's 1967 song from the Basement Tapes (cowritten with The Band's Richard Manuel) THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determin...

BOB DYLAN A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two 11) Caribbean Wind: Upon a Painted Ocean 18.09.2022 28:44

Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's enigmatic and changeable song CARIBBEAN WIND THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM TH...

BOB DYLAN A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two 10) Masters of War and With God on Our Side: Public Poet 06.09.2022 21:40

Chris Gregory author of DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN, looks at two of Dylan's best known early 'protest songs'. THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dy...

BOB DYLAN A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two 9) Extract from 'Determined to Stand: The Reinvention of Bob Dylan: Key West 02.09.2022 13:45

Chris Gregory examines Bob Dylan's great KEY WEST from ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM THE PE...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two 8) Farewell Angelina: The Sky is on Fire 28.07.2022 18:14

Chris Gregory ruminates on Dylan's 1965 song FARWELL ANGELINA, first recorded by Joan Baez THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBS...

BOB DYLAN A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two 7) Dig Yourself: Subterranean Homesick Blues 16.05.2022 25:50

Chris Gregory discurses on Dylan's iconic 1965 song SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM TH...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two 6) Hurricane and Joey 02.05.2022 37:35

Chris examines and compares HURRICANE and JOEY from DESIRE THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM THE PEN OF CHRIS GREGORY : I...

BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Two 5) Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands:Your Saint Like Face 17.04.2022 30:04

Chris Gregory looks at Bob Dylan's great enigmatic song SAD EYED LADY OF THE LOWLANDS THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE F...

BOB DYLAN A HEADFUL OF IDEAS SEASON Two 4) Songs About Bob 11.04.2022 27:23

Chris Gregory discusses various songs written about Bob Dylan THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work https://chrisgregory.org/product/bob-dylan-determined-to-stand/ CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE FROM THE PEN OF CHRIS GREGORY...