POD DYLAN
Episode 20 - When He Returns
Rob welcomes back Prof. Alan Middleton (DORKNESS TO LIGHT) to talk about "When He Returns", the final song from Bob Dylan's 1979 album SLOW TRAIN COMING.
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Always wonderful to hear Alan on the show. I love that old coot.
And he loves you, David.
I didn’t know there were quarter bins for CDs.
Garage sales
Best song of Dylan’s Christian era for me, sheer brilliance, most underrated song in his entire catalog?
Excellent podcast, i appreciate how you compared Slow Train to a protest album. I’ve said before this was Bob’s last great protest album, I like how you compared this album to Times Are A-Changin’. I see this as almost a companion song to ‘Restless Farewell,’ both are the final songs on their albums, even having parallel verses:
Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through
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But if the arrow is straight
And the point is slick
It can pierce through dust no matter how thick
Never heard a live version? … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPbWvj9SEcg
Great show, and a classy discussion fellas. I know I’m always comparing Dylan to Cash, but that’s my wheelhouse, so I have to say this sounds like a slightly softer version of Johnny’s “When the Man Comes Around.”
And his vocal does sound great here.
Chris