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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’).”
“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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Writtenjustice wrote:
Such an underrated track. This album is so damned good.
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Pasazer wrote:
would be perfect, but drums are too irritating
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KatOgonek wrote:
The sun's not yellow, it's chicken! <3
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spacefaceinfurs wrote:
cool!
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apleasant2011 wrote:
Tombstone Blues > Like a Rolling Stone 'Nuff said.
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godonnygo wrote:
The lyrics to this song are brilliant. Would have been even better if Bloomfield unleashed a 40-50 second solo instead of the short passages at the end of each verse.
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lv_simo wrote:
@sweet_kenny, "yellow" can mean cowardly, as can "chicken." that's my interpretation of it anyways, although that's not to say i ever have any idea what he's talking about.
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floreste wrote:
I listen to this while maintaining my fantastic collection of stamps
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sweet_kenny wrote:
"the sun's not yellow it's chicken" how the hell does he come up with this stuff?
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TooLegitVolz wrote:
Excellent.
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CoconutWarrior wrote:
AMAZING song
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GucciPiggy90 wrote:
The sun's not yellow, it's chicken.
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punk6268 wrote:
the man knows how to put some guts in his vocals...the poison line,it's way more hardcore than any hardcore song
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KingRattlehead wrote:
Awesome song.
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th0maZz wrote:
"stop all this weeping and swallow your pride you will not die its not poison" best lines EVER
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mikem123 wrote:
Dylan at his best.
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mike1048 wrote:
mike bloomfields guitar licks rock this song another great deceased artist
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Pookaquelquel wrote:
This is the first bob dylan song I heard and went oh!
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lizvelrene wrote:
The sun's not yellow, it's chicken.
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Zodiac_Killer wrote:
You will not die, it's not poison!
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