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TANGLED UP
from page 54
edition of Dylan's 1966 book,
Tarantula (first released in 1971) , a
rambling, gambling, gamboling
work of prose that it takes a Dylan
fan to love.
An Amazon.com search will find
you lots of books on Dylan — from
songbooks, interview and lyric col-
lections to analyses like Tangled Up
in the Bible and Dylan's Visions of Sin
to Chimes of Freedom: The Politics of
Bob Dylan and even Keys to the Rain:
The Definitive Bob Dylan
Encyclopedia, which is actually quite
definitive.
While on the topic of definitive,
how about 283 pages on a six-
minute song? But, of course, it's not
just any song. "Like a Rolling Stone:
Bob Dylan at the Crossroads," by
music writer Greil Marcus, sets the
tone of the times that created "Like
a Rolling Stone" and subjectively
analyzes its impact, but it is most
effective re-creating the studio ses-
sions that produced it.
With the largest Dylan void still in
video, look for DVD releases of con-
cert performances. Dylan's 2003
Masked and Anonymous is an
acquired taste that may be too much
for those not already Dylanphiles,
but don't miss the almost four-hour
Renaldo and Clara, a concert film,
love story and biography from 1978,
when it comes out. It may be a slow
train, but I'll bet it's coming. O
Detroit Public Television-Channel
56 screens Martin Scorsese's
Dylan documentary, No Direction
Home, in two parts. Part 1 airs 9
p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, and Part
2 airs 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27.
No Direction Home: The
Soundtrack and the book The Bob
Dylan Scrapbook, 1956--1966 are
currently in stores.
LISTEN To from page 55
Just remember that death is not the end /And you
search in vain to find just one law abiding citizen /
Just remember that death is not the end.
"Everything Is Broken" (Oh Mercy, 1989): The
kabbalistic idea of tikkun olam — repair of the
world — teaches that God's perfect creation is bro-
ken and we must rebuild it.
Lyrics: Broken hands on broken ploughs / Broken
treaties, broken vows / Broken pipes, broken tools /
People bending broken rides/ Hound dog howling,
bullfrog croaking/Everything is broken.
"With God on Our Side" (The Times They Are A-
Changin: 1964): Few were writing Holocaust refer-
ences in the `60s, and this one ridicules the idea
that evil can be forgiven so quickly.
Lyrics: When the Second World War / Came to an
end / We forgave the Germans /And we were friends /
Though they murdered 6 million / In the ovens they
fried / The Germans now too / Have God on their
side.
"Forever Young" (Planet Waves, 1974): Written for
his son Jakob (lead singer of the band The
Wallflowers), it references the biblical ladder to
heaven and echoes the parent's Shabbat blessing for
their children. The album was the first of Dylan's
new publishing company, Ram Horn's Music.
Lyrics: May God bless and keep you always / May
your wishes all come true / May you always do for oth-
ers /And let others do for you / May you build a lad-
der to the stars /And climb on every rung / May you
stay forever young.
"Blowin' in the Wind" ( The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan,
1963): Dylan conveys the idea of ruach nefesh, the
spirit of the soul. "Ruach" is also Hebrew for wind.
Lyrics: Yes, '1z' how many times can a man turn his
head / Pretending he just doesn't see? / The answer, my
friend, is blowin' in the wind / The answer is blowin'
in the wind.
Honey") attitudes and link them to anti-Semitic
stereotypes of Jews and money.
Lyrics: Its undeniable what they'd have you to think
/ Its indescribable it can drive you to drink/ They said
it was the land of milk and honey/ Now they say it's
the land of money /
Who ever thought they could ever make that stick /
Its unbelievable you can get this rich this quick.
"Masters of War" ( The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan,
1963): The idea that accumulated wealth does no
good for someone who has died echoes a prayer
often read at a shivah home.
Lyrics: Let me ask you one question / Is your money
that good? I Will it buy you forgiveness? / Do you
think that it could? I I think you will find / When
your death takes its toll /All the money you made
/Will never buy back your soul. Ei
"Unbelievable" (Under the Red Sky, 1990): Dylan
seems to ridicule anti-Israel ("Land of Milk and
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