Now you would not think to look at him
 But he was famous long ago
 For playing the electric violin
 On Desolation Row
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Song: “Desolation Row”
Album: Highway 61 Revisited
First played: 1965-08-28
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/desolation-row/
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From his album “Chocolate Chip” (1975): #MusicHistory http://youtube.com/watch?v=qIgs87qqlVI&feature=youtu.be http://jansensjamz.com/2026/04/15/isaac-hayes-i-cant-turn-around/

In this video you’ll learn: ・How hip-hop started and spread across the United States ・Regional scenes like East Coast, West Coast, South, and Midwest ・The rise of sampling, turntablism, and drum machines #HipHop #USHipHop #MusicHistory #Sampling youtu.be/H241Xlr_nMQ

What Is US Hip-Hop? Regional S...

 But me, I’m still on the road
 Headin’ for another joint
 We always did feel the same
 We just saw it from a different point of view
 Tangled up in blue
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Song: “Tangled Up In Blue”
Album: Blood on the Tracks
First played: 1975-11-13
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/tangled-blue/
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 My eye is like a shooting star
 It looks at nothing, neither near or far
 No one ever told me, it’s just something I knew
 I’ve made up my mind to give myself to you
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Song: “I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You”
Album: Rough and Rowdy Ways
First played: 2021-11-02
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/ive-made-up-my-mind-to-give-myself-to-you/
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 But I did it for you and all you gave me was a smile
 Well, I cried for you—now it’s your turn to cry awhile
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Song: “Cry a While”
Album: Love and Theft
First played: 2001-10-10
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/cry-while/
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 I and I
 In creation where one’s nature neither honors nor forgives
 I and I
 One says to the other, no man sees my face and lives
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Song: “I and I”
Album: Infidels
First played: 1984-05-28
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/i-and-i/
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There’s something beautiful about old cassette-era obsession becoming a public archive. These recordings preserve a version of live music culture that would otherwise be gone.
#LiveMusic #MusicHistory #ConcertArchive #InternetArchive #IndieMusic #TapeCulture #RareRecordings

 Mama’s in the fact’ry
 She ain’t got no shoes
 Daddy’s in the alley
 He’s lookin’ for the fuse
 I’m in the streets
 With the tombstone blues
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Song: “Tombstone Blues”
Album: Highway 61 Revisited
First played: 1965-08-28
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/tombstone-blues/
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 Sometimes I wonder
 Why you can’t treat me right
 You do good all day
 Then you do wrong all night
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Song: “Spirit on the Water”
Album: Modern Times
First played: 2006-10-22
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https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/spirit-water/
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