Dylanology No. 5 (2021/09) - Art and philosophical lovemaking

1: "Love And Theft", 9/11, and The Essence of Great Art - 2: Dylan in the Eighties - 3: Mr. Tambourine Man, The First Verse - 4: The Universal Lover (Or: The Philosophical Wordplay in Wedding Song)

“Love And Theft”, 9/11, and The Essence of Great Art

By Eyolf Østrem

It was twenty years ago today. There was a new Dylan album out. Not in itself a groundbreaking event, you might say, but back then, in 2001, it actually was: rumour had it that it was actually a good album. Not even just a fairly good album, but a fairly damn good album, and that was exc…