Apart from turning me on to other important aspects of life, my first "steady" bird turned me onto Dylan in the summer of '64. She already had his first 4 albums in her collection...gem of a find that one. What was her name again ?
The best one was the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' album. BTW, did you know that album cover was responsible for the line in Don Maclean's American Pie "In a coat he borrowed from .James Dean"? He was wearing the same style of jacket James .Dean wore in Rebel Without A Cause and they were both rebels.
Didn't know that fact CC. Despite loving his first 4 albums, imo his next 5 were the best he ever made ('65-67) which were his initial "electric" offerings. Pick of the bunch for me was "Blonde on Blonde", as you say, making '66 a brilliant year. Apparently the earliest pressings of "Freewheelin' BD" had 4 tracks that were replaced in later pressings...making those initial pressings very rare collectors items.
Bit late to the party it seems. On American Pie, Don's lyrics reference so much stuff from the sixties, some more obvious than others 'The birds flew off with a fallout shelter, Eight miles high and falling fast' for example.
If you want to know them just ask. The one most got wrong, especially in this country,but google helps them out nowadays was who,the quartet practising in their park were whilst Lennon read a book on Marx.
I think a lot of people mistook Lennon for Lenin. When I first heard it I wasn't 100%, but it's obviously the former. I've got a pretty decent grasp on the lyrics now, having listened to it so many times and knowing a lot about that period.
Just a minor digression...4 hours roughly...for those interested (Robbie Robertson & The Band plus guests)... Bugger all to do with 'B' sides
So, without googling, who were the quartet practising in the park? To be honest, ironic given my avatar, I was slow on the uptake about him meeting a lady who sung the blues. I assumed it was a black singer.
