Disc of the day
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Magnificent late-'50s singles round-up that keeps on giving.
News
The 20 Greatest Dylan Songs!? #10
2:30 PM GMT 30/06/2009
10. Just Like A Woman
(Blonde On Blonde, 1966)
Baby's got new clothes, but Bob can see right through them. Or at least he claims to.
Jimmy Webb: "This was when I understood how deep Dylan's well really was. It wasn't a folk song, it wasn't protest, it was just a great love song. What a fortuitous nexus of rhyme and purpose is the chorus: 'She takes just like a woman / She makes love just like a woman / Then she aches just like a woman / But she breaks just like a little girl.' As songwriters we live for the moment when words to fall together like that, as if they've been waiting for just that arrangement. The way everything leads toward that last line is masterful. That would be enough for most writers, but the third verse reveals Dylan's strategy to be much larger. When he says 'Please don't let on that you knew me when / I was hungry and it was your world,' he steps on-camera and addresses this person directly to deliver one final twist. There's a lifetime of listening in these details and layered subtleties."
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 2:30 PM GMT 30/06/2009
end of body content back to top
Footer
Join us on:
© Copyright Bauer - all
rights reserved.
Reproduction of this
website, in whole or in
part, in any form or
medium without express
written permission from
Bauer is prohibited. All
use is subject to our
Terms of Use
|
|
Comments
Comment on this post
Comment on this post