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Tombstone Blues

“If Salvador Dalí or Luis Buñuel had picked up a Fender Strat to head a blues band, they might have come up with something like ‘Tombstone Blues,’” writes critic Bill Janovitz. “Like the work of these surrealists, Dylan’s song is rich with non sequiturs like ‘The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly / Saying, ‘Death to all those who would whimper and cry’ / And dropping a barbell he points to the sky / Saying, ‘The sun’s not yellow / it’s chicken’,’ and takes irreverent jabs at religious … , political, and bureaucratic figures (‘The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits / To Jezebel the nun she violently knits / A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits/At the head of the chamber of commerce’).”
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  • Malkamillian

    every single line is fuckin' poetry.

    last week

  • tsefrebotko

    the sun's not yellow it's chicken

    last month

  • dontsagemebro

    man. shit.

    last month

  • velvetpansy

    the sun's not yellow it's chicken (3)

    last month

  • MikesDmusic

    Our Pastor's wife is wild about Bob - understandably so!

    March 2012

  • crawlpalmetto

    Probably the only song you could ever follow Like A Rolling Stone with. This is BEAUTIFUL! That guitar is stunning!

    March 2012

  • noideaasusualxD

    love the 'about this track' section damn bob outdoing himself even

    March 2012

  • weetzien

    Robert! \o/

    February 2012

  • ACDCfuckinrocks

    Swallow your pride, you will not die, it's not poison!

    December 2011

  • crawlpalmetto

    Yeah this is pretty amazing far-out songwriting going on right here. <3 This is messed up and beautiful and flies along at an incredible rate. "The sun's not yellow, it's chicken" is wonderful wordplay.

    October 2011

  • AceOfSpades24

    “If Salvador Dalí or Luis Buñuel had picked up a Fender Strat to head a blues band, they might have come up with something like ‘Tombstone Blues.'" Sounds pretty accurate to me.

    September 2011

  • Sandman2527

    Some of Dylan's best lyrics, hot damn...

    September 2011

  • SpaceHeathen

    The sun's not yellow, IT'S CHICKEN [2]

    July 2011

  • Krasow

    http://widespreadconfusion.blogspot.com/2005/06/suns-not-yellow-its-chicken.html

    July 2011

  • r_m

    This came out in 1965, think about it. Dylan was a true pioneer.

    July 2011

  • Reuve

    как обычно, бездельник еще тот

    June 2011

  • Nakkinak

    i can't get over the chicken line

    May 2011

  • TaxMonkey

    Swallow your pride, you will not die, it's not poison!

    May 2011

  • Nakkinak

    the sun s not yellow it's chicken! [2] THE FUCK?

    May 2011

  • arsham_sh

    the sun s not yellow it's chicken!

    May 2011
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