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The 20 Greatest Dylan Songs!? #4
4:03 PM GMT 30/06/2009
4. Desolation Row
(Highway 61 Revisited, 1965)
Post-messianic stress leads to despairing 11-minute state-of-the-nation address.
Roy Harper: "Desolation Row, I thought when I first got hold of the record, That's exactly where we're at. It contained all the elements of where we'd felt civilisation had been for years. But it wasn't delivered with the overt sense of humour of his more accessible earlier songs. Times had changed for Dylan. He was no longer the carefree young vibe thief of the freewheelin' age. He was now expected by everyone under 20 to become the next messiah, just as he was becoming more human. There were rumours of hard drugs and self-examination. Like a lot of us, he was on the verge of floundering. There were no easy solutions any more."
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 4:03 PM GMT 30/06/2009
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