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'''"Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"''' is a song by [[Bob Dylan]], released on his fifth album, ''[[Bringing It All Back Home]]''. In 2005, ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine rated the song as the 68th greatest Bob Dylan song.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs|work=Mojo Magazine|date=September 2005|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p4.htm#Bob%20Dylan%20Songs|accessdate=May 27, 2009}}</ref> |
'''"Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"''' is a song by [[Bob Dylan]], released on his fifth album, ''[[Bringing It All Back Home]]''. In 2005, ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine rated the song as the 68th greatest Bob Dylan song.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs|work=Mojo Magazine|date=September 2005|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p4.htm#Bob%20Dylan%20Songs|accessdate=May 27, 2009}}</ref> |
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The title is an allusion to a Dylan number from two years prior: "[[Bob Dylan's Dream]]". The track commences with an early take of Dylan beginning to play the song alone before producer |
The title is an allusion to a Dylan number from two years prior: "[[Bob Dylan's Dream]]". The track commences with an early take of Dylan beginning to play the song alone before producer Tom Wilson is heard bursting into laughter and signalling for a start-over. The track is then transitioned into a later take played by the full band. |
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The song is a satirical and highly surrealistic story that gleefully jumbles together historical and literary and narrative reference points from the [[voyages of Columbus]] to ''[[Moby Dick]]'' to the present day. A protagonist, "Captain Arab" (making reference to [[Ahab (Moby-Dick)#Ahab|Captain Ahab]] from ''Moby-Dick'')<ref>{{cite book|last=Shelton|first=Robert|title=No Direction Home: The Life and Times of Bob Dylan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nAHO6LlEVMC&dq=bob+dylan%27s+115th+dream&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|isbn=0-306-81287-8|publisher=Da Capo Press|pages=273–274}}</ref> is in the narrator's mind for much of the tale. Numerous bizarre encounters and happenings take place in a highly sardonic, non-linear dreamscape parallel cataloguing of the discovery, creation and merits of the United States. |
The song is a satirical and highly surrealistic story that gleefully jumbles together historical and literary and narrative reference points from the [[voyages of Columbus]] to ''[[Moby Dick]]'' to the present day. A protagonist, "Captain Arab" (making reference to [[Ahab (Moby-Dick)#Ahab|Captain Ahab]] from ''Moby-Dick'')<ref>{{cite book|last=Shelton|first=Robert|title=No Direction Home: The Life and Times of Bob Dylan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nAHO6LlEVMC&dq=bob+dylan%27s+115th+dream&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|isbn=0-306-81287-8|publisher=Da Capo Press|pages=273–274}}</ref> is in the narrator's mind for much of the tale. Numerous bizarre encounters and happenings take place in a highly sardonic, non-linear dreamscape parallel cataloguing of the discovery, creation and merits of the United States. |
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| "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" | |
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| SongbyBob Dylan | |
| from the album Bringing It All Back Home | |
| Released | March 22, 1965 |
| Recorded | January 13-14, 1965 |
| Studio | Columbia Recording Studios, New York City |
| Genre | Folk rock, blues rock, talking blues |
| Length | 6:32 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan |
| Bringing It All Back Home track listing | |
| Template:Bringing It All Back Home tracks | |
"Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his fifth album, Bringing It All Back Home. In 2005, Mojo magazine rated the song as the 68th greatest Bob Dylan song.[1]
The title is an allusion to a Dylan number from two years prior: "Bob Dylan's Dream". The track commences with an early take of Dylan beginning to play the song alone before producer Tom Wilson is heard bursting into laughter and signalling for a start-over. The track is then transitioned into a later take played by the full band.
The song is a satirical and highly surrealistic story that gleefully jumbles together historical and literary and narrative reference points from the voyages of ColumbustoMoby Dick to the present day. A protagonist, "Captain Arab" (making reference to Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick)[2] is in the narrator's mind for much of the tale. Numerous bizarre encounters and happenings take place in a highly sardonic, non-linear dreamscape parallel cataloguing of the discovery, creation and merits of the United States.
