Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week is "Dreamin' of You" off 2008's Bootleg Series Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs.
Oh, this is also our Rustic Episode, the first we've done outdoors.
We talk Day Dreamin' Davey, Sarah McLachlan, Trent Reznor, prototypes and diminishments, "Standing in the Doorway," as well as oir reflections on the modern.
Next week: It rolls and flows and rolls and flows through the holes in the pockets of my clothes
CONTEXT (8:00)
Recorded in the Time Out of Mind sessions and part of the original track list for the record, it was cut along with “Mississippi” and “Red River Shore.” Apparently, there are two versions of the song but may just be built atop one another. This was the single released prior to the release of TBLS Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs in 2008. It’s never been played live.
SONG ITSELF (10:00)
Daniel and Kelly talk about the soulful intro (harkening back to “Cold Irons Bound” as well as the idea of “improving” a song and if this stands on its own (as many lines were stripped from here and used in “Standing In the Doorway”). The song is full of disparate images – haunting, romantic, meta, beautiful, natural, nostalgic, grateful – that makes this required listening.
MIXED UP CONFUSION
In addition to our episode on “Dreamin’ of You,” we closed out Music Video Month in style, out in the backyard, talking (at length) about the Dylan’s video as well as the music videos that influenced us in our lives. Come listen!
THE EPISODE’S BOOKLET & PLAYLIST
RECOMMENDATIONS (27:00)
To continue the saga from previous weeks, Minus the Bear tickets have been bought! While the final Seattle show (which turned into 3 final shows due to demand) sold out almost immediately, we snuck into the final Portland show on December 13! So excited.
Kelly went to the Portland Queer Comedy Festival and talks about seeing Belinda Carroll, Julie Goldman, and others (and being on Dumb Gay Politics).
Daniel listed to Chance the Rapper’s new singles (“I Might Need Security,” “Work Out,” “Wala Cam,” and “65th and Ingleside”), Wilson Pickett’s The Exciting Wilson Pickett and played a ton of Far Cry 5.
ENDINGS
I’m surprised we even remembered how to randomly pick a song because it’s been so long. Out of 469 songs left, Kelly guessed #420. That would have been Fallen Angels, which wouldn’t’ work. It’s #227, "Walkin' Down the Line."
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