![]() Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Live) – B Side 1966 Corrina Corrina – B Side 1962 (Different recording to The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan)ģ. Can't remember what it was off the top of my head.Ģ. There are actually 83 tracks here as one song from my original compilation was subsequently included on a Dylan set. When there’s too much choice and nothing’s quite right When you need inspiration in the cold, dark night When your brain is frazzled and the world’s gone wrong And you want comfort and strength and you want it from a song And you toss and turn and shiver and shake And you fear that it’s now that your spirit will break You want something special, moving and funny Something deep and real, poetic, sunny Though it’s only one playlist, assembled on a whim Here’s a song from each decade we’ve been lucky to have him. An impossible task, but if you insist, I’ll leave you with seven … and a poem: I’m sometimes asked for my favourite Bob Dylan songs. … and soon I was gone, to my own mystic garden. ‘As I walked out in the mystic garden, on a hot summer day, a hot summer lawnĮxcuse me, ma'am, I beg your pardon, there's no one here, the gardener is gone’ I hit repeat on Ain’t Talkin from Modern Times. Two years ago, anxious in the dark on a long distance flight, Dylan on the headphones kept me sane. Stephen Cummings sang Never Say Goodbye at our wedding, Forever Young could have been written for my children and I Contain Multitudes brings compassion to the deaths of parents and friends. I saw him three wet nights in a row at The Music Bowl in 1978 and then at Kooyong, The Palais, Rod Laver and Byron Bay. Since my cousins played me Blonde On Blonde, since Like A Rolling Stone spoke to me of rebellion.Īt 19, I hitchhiked to Queensland chasing adventure and because I wanted to say, “I've been hittin' some hard travelin' too”. I’ve loved the music and the spirit of Dylan since I first heard The Times They Are A-Changin’ on our kitchen radio. Our ‘conversation’ was short and sweet.īob: “Mmmmmmm, yeeeeaaaah.” But somehow it was deeply momentous. I offered my hand, he shook it and was gone. Dylan begins to leave, but I’m ready by the door, hoping he’ll walk past me on his way out. He folded himself into the couch, politely answered our questions in a sing-song voice and suddenly it’s over. Dylan strolled into the room, barefoot and smiling, eyes darting, hair tangled, wearing a silk dressing gown and bangles on his wrists. “He’s just the greatest singer songwriter who ever lived” … and we both start screaming.īut, of course, it was fine. I calm down, he calms down, I tell him it’ll be fine. Whattareyounuts? YES! I’m ecstatic, I’m jumping for joy … and then he begins to panic again. When it was time to go, he casually asked if I’d carry his bags and come to the interview. I made some suggestions, we chatted and he eventually relaxed. We met and it was clear the interview would be a disaster. Their music reporter was nervous and my friend asked if I’d check the questions. In 1986, a friend of mine was working for a television show that was offered an interview with Dylan. Apart from featuring our first live music in over a year - Shane O’Mara, Lisa Miller, Rebecca Barnard and Charm Of Finches - we’ll ask for your close encounters with Dylan. On this week’s show, The Friday Revue is paying tribute to Bob Dylan, in honour of his 80 th birthday on May 24. A cousin of Spike Milligan rang to tell us about letters he wrote to her, Liza Minnelli invited a listener to play cards, a Roy Orbison fan described a ride with ‘The Big O’ on the Arthurs Seat chairlift and a former tour manager for Tina Turner shared a story of flying into Philadelphia with Tina and Mick Jagger for Live Aid. One caller remembered saving a swimmer whose yacht had capsized, only to find she’d rescued Jon English. As Jacinta always says “our audience never lets us down” and your contributions prove her correct.įrom regular Friday night chats with Ronnie Corbett in a English ‘chippie, to driving Willie Nelson’s tour van around New Zealand, your stories have been wonderful. We encourage texts or calls about meetings that go beyond seeing them on stage, walking down a street or ordering pizza, though if they order Hawaiian, we’re happy to discuss hot pineapple. Each week on The Friday Revue, Jacinta and I invite listeners to share stories of close encounters with various public figures … someone celebrating a birthday, an anniversary, or some sort of milestone. ![]()
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