Dylan:Revisited
You always were Freewheelin’
Something we all knew
Even when Times were Changin’
We saw Another Side of you
You brought it All Back Home
When you Revisited 61
A Blonde wearing a pill box hat
Your Greatest Hits, you were the one
Just ask John Wesley Harding
When observing a Nashville Skyline
Have him paint your Portrait
With Alberta and some wine
It’s a brand New Morning
With the release of Volume 2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kidd
Then Dylan, as if on cue
The Planet Waves and shouts
Warning us Before the Flood
But the tracks remain silent
And all we see is Blood
We head down to the Basement
Where the face of Desire is plain
Holding ourselves tightly
In anticipation for Hard Rain
Up on the Street Legal
There is no time to think
In Budokan the Slow Train Coming
Precious Angel do not blink
Do you believe that he was Saved
Given a Shot of Love?
The Infidels may question this
So look to the man above
It’s time to become Real Live
All Tangled Up in Blue
Don’t forget to see Empire Burlesque
Where he will Remember You
Biograph and all three discs
Deserve a stanza all their own
Johanna, Ramona…come on
Mind blown
Then he came upon us
With Knocked out Loaded
Then Dylan And The Dead
And the audience just exploded!
Effortlessly he moves
And heads Down In The Groove
Where the crowd yelled Oh Mercy
This man has nothing to prove
With the black and ivory beneath his fingers
He sings from Under the Red Sky
Then on to release the Bootleg series
It Takes a Train to Cry
Good As I Been To You
Sung upon a stage
Followed by his 30th Anniversary
By greats who never age
Just when you think he can do no better
And the World has Gone Wrong
Along comes Volume Three
Which has my favorite song
MTV Unplugged
Dylan sure is one of a kind
This he proves to be true
With Time Out of Mind
Love and Theft surprised us
Live in ’66, ’75 and ‘64
And in between all that he tosses in
The Essential Bob Dylan and more
No Direction Home
Woodie Guthrie would have been proud
The Best of Bob Dylan
Slide it in and play it loud
Modern Times is the third one
Ballads and Rockabilly
On to DYLAN with 3 CD’s
With Maggie and Blind Willie
The Telltale Signs are there
As we move Together Through Life
This Dream of you, Jolene
And a story about his wife
The end is near or so I thought
Then Christmas In The Heart
Sure showed me all his talents
Cause then I found out about his art!
This man continues to amaze me
As his old songs are re-done
Even as he approaches seventy
This guy shows us why he’s number one
So Happy Birthday Bob!
Thanks for all the songs you’ve sung
Something inside me says
You are far from being done
-Joanne Spencer
http://www.bobdylan.com/albums/list
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I will check it out! Thanks for the kind words!
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This was a fun read. you so cleverly wove information into a story and form. I played with figuring what I knew and what was unfamiliar to me. Clever and original.
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Enjoyed this – great way to remember a lot of great songs too.
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Thanks! I had so much fun writing it as well. Like a trip down memory lane as I reviewed each album again for inspiration!
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Wow! I am a big Bob Dylan fan, he is truly one of the greatest musician/songwriters! I’ve always loved his lyrics, and his voice. Really really enjoyed your poem! A wonderful tribute!
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Thanks for the kind words! I am quite the fan myself! I also wrote an article regarding his nomination for the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. It
is also this site!
I will head over to your site and it out! Again, thanks!
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Your words portray the saga that has been his array of songs.
Loved your poem!
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Thanks so much for the kind words!!
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