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Dylanology No. 3 (2021/07)

Dylanology No. 3 (2021/07)

1: Death and Desire: Desire revisited - 2: The Letterman Jokerman - 3: A first look at False Prophet (Rough And Rowdy Ways), and a second look at the world

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What happened at Letterman? In 1984 Dylan played Jokerman and other songs in an iconic performance on David Letterman’s tv-show with a new band of young musicians. But something chaotic emerges from the song. What is it? And is it chaos or calculation? Eyolf Østrem looks into the performance in detail - By now Desire (1976) is one of Dylan’s classic alb…

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