Monday, February 28, 2011

Suze Rotolo

Suze Rotolo died.
You remember her in the
Village. In the snow.

(Suze Rotolo, 1943-2011)

Monday, February 21, 2011

Blue Suede Shoes

Who knew Bob Dylan
Had a pair of blue suede shoes?
Don't step on them, pal.

Blues Stay Away From Me

You can ask the blues
To stay away from you, but
Usually they don't.

Blue Moon of Kentucky

He must not mind that
She left. He still wants the moon
To shine blue on her.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Blue Moon

Channeling Elvis,
But failing. Who said Dylan
Had to sing this song?

Blue Monday

Mondays are a drag.
Fridays are payday. Weekends
Are for having fun.

Blue Bonnet Girl

Girls in blue bonnets
Are the ones you want to kiss.
They're warm as the spring!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Blowin' in the Wind

Bob knows so little.
He asks where the answers are.
He has a strong hunch.

Blood in My Eyes

He's so into her.
He gave her money, but she
Doesn't care a bit.

Blind Willie McTell

Deep south, magnolias,
Slaves, plantations, blues singers --
Chicken-fried music.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Blessed Is the Name

God is quite decent.
Dylan cites Noah and Lot
Who vouch for THE LORD.

Black Muddy River

When things get too tough,
Bob will walk by the river
And sing a Dead song.

Blackjack Davey

Davey charms girl, and
Steals her from her family,
And she won't go home!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Renaldo and Clara to get DVD release?

This person quotes an anonymous source near or in Dylan's management team.


As epic bombs go,
Renaldo and Clara is
Said to be The One.

Black Diamond Bay

An Altmanesque cast
In Irwin Allen's "Earthquake."
They die in the end.

Black Crow Blues

Bob wants his babe back.
He wanders, disconsolate.
He suffers mood swings.

Black Cross

Vicious white preacher
Steamrolls and hangs a black man
Who is much smarter.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The 'Billy' songs from 'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'

The Goldberg Variations of the Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett saga, all from the 1973 soundtrack album to Sam Peckinpah's "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid."

Billy

Bob sets grim tone for
Billy the Kid’s elegy
And for Pat Garrett’s.


Billy 1

Bob tells the story
Of Pat Garrett and Billy,
Once friends, now fighting


Billy 4

He's Billy the Kid,
A saint and a sinner, now
Dying with the West


Billy 7

Bob tells his sad tale
Of Billy and Pat, his friend.
They killed each other.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell's song
Bemoans development, and
Bob feels the same way.

Big River

When your girl departs
Down the big Mississippi.
You have to follow!