Bringing it All Back Home first released in 1965 is certainly one of Bob Dylan's finest albums. I first purchased it on vinyl in the 60s. After I while, I wore out the grooves, so I bought it again on cassette tape in the 1980s. I still have a record player and a cassette deck, but lack CDs for many Dylan albums. Last week I started to order two CDs from Amazon.com that reached $23. I needed $2 more to get the free shipping, so I ordered Bringing it All Back Home for about $7 so I could get the free shipping.
For many of the songs in this album, the listener must extract certain lines and take them out of context. Here are some examples:
From Maggie's Farm: "Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them."
From Outlaw Blues: " Don’t ask me nothin’ about nothin’
I just might tell you the truth"
From It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding): But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have to stand naked
And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They’d probably put my head in a guillotine
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