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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season 5 2) POP SONGS OF THE 1980s Part Three
May 26, 2026
22m 10s
BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Five 1) Lay Down Your Weary Tune
May 21, 2026
14m 55s
BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 24) MyBack Pages
May 19, 2026
17m 01s
BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 32) 'Pop Songs' of the 1980s (Part Three)
Apr 17, 2026
22m 10s
BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season 4 31) Pop Songs of the 1980s (Part Two) from 'Minstrel Boy'
Apr 17, 2026
14m 22s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/26/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season 5 2) POP SONGS OF THE 1980s Part Three | Chris dives into some of the weirdest episodes of Bob Dylan’s career | 22m 10s | ||||||
| 5/21/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Five 1) Lay Down Your Weary Tune | Chris looks at Bob Dylan's early visionary song LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE A version of this will appear in Chris Gregory's DIG YOURSELF: THE RISE OF BOB DYLAN 1961-66, the third volume of the PICASSO OF SONG trilogy ANY COMMENTS GRATEFULLY RECEIVED | 14m 55s | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 24) MyBack Pages | Chris looks at Bob Dylan's famously transitional song MY BACK Pages, signalling the end of his 'protest' phase | 17m 01s | ||||||
| 4/17/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 32) 'Pop Songs' of the 1980s (Part Three) | Chris discurses on more songs from Dylan's oddest period! | 22m 10s | ||||||
| 4/17/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season 4 31) Pop Songs of the 1980s (Part Two) from 'Minstrel Boy' | More ruminations on Dylan's strangest period when he attempted to compete with Michael, Madonna and Prince! | 14m 22s | ||||||
| 4/5/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 30) 'Pop Songs' of the 1980s (Part One) | Chris examines perhaps the strangest part of of Dylan's career - when he attempted to become a pop song writer in the 1980s, with 'mixed' results! | 17m 30s | ||||||
| 3/21/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 29) Two Songs from 'Blood on the Tracks' | An examination of YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LONESOME WHEN YOU GO and BUCKETS OF RAIN, two songs from Bob Dylan's masterpiece BLOOD ON THE TRACKS | 14m 15s | ||||||
| 2/26/26 |  BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season 4 Episode 29 Visions of Johanna: The Ghost of Electricity | Chris ' detailed focus on Bob Dylan's amazing poetic creation VISIONS OF JOHANNA | 24m 05s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 28) Tomsbstone Blues: The Sun's Not Yellow... | Chris examines Bob Dylan's magical and surreal satire TOMSTONE BLUES from 1965's HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED | 17m 03s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | BOB DYLAN A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 27) Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid: That Long Black Cloud | Chris examines Bob Dylan's music for Sam Peckinpah's 'revisionist Western' PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (1973), as well as his 'unique' acting style! | 14m 38s | ||||||
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| 12/9/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 26) Songs of Social Protest Part 4 | Chris does a detailed examination of Bob Dylan's OXFORD TOWN, ONLY A PAWN IN THEIR GAME and THE LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLL | 25m 34s | ||||||
| 11/27/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 25) Idiot Wind: Kiss Goodbye to Howling Beasts | Chris examines Bob Dylan's amazing and cathartic Idiot Wind, from 1975's Blood on the Tracks, with reference to the various versions of the song. | 28m 02s | ||||||
| 10/23/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 24) Songs of Social Protest Part 3 | CHRIS GREGORY looks at SEVEN CURSES, PERCY’S SONG and THE BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN, Three powerful early 60s protest songs | 15m 02s | ||||||
| 10/19/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Special Edition MInstrel Boy: THEMES AND SCHEMES | An edited version of Chris Gregory’s recent live stream in which He outlines some of the themes of and background to the Newly released MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN. COMMENTS WELCOME!!!! | 33m 43s | ||||||
| 10/8/25 |  'NASHVILLE SKYLINE: ONE HELL OF A POET' Extract from 'MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN' | Chris Gregory's take on NASHVILLE SKYLINE from his newly available MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN | 9m 26s | ||||||
| 10/3/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Special Episode. Introduction to MInstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan | Chris Gregory gives an introduction to MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN, which is the second volume of the PICASSO OF SONG trilogy. It will be released on October 8th 2025 | 8m 22s | ||||||
| 9/21/25 | BOB DYLAN:: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 23) Songs of Social Protest Part 2 | Chris looks at 3 more early Dylan protest songs - WHO KILLED DAVY MOORE, JOHN BROWN and HERO BLUES, setting them in historical, political and social contexts | 11m 57s | ||||||
| 9/12/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 22) Songs of Social Protest Part One | The first of three videos examining the developement of Bob Dylan's world-changing Protest Songs on the early 1960s. | 15m 42s | ||||||
| 9/2/25 |  BOB DYLAN A Headful of Ideas Season 4: 21: I Shall Be Released: Extract from 'Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan | Chris examines one of Bob Dylan's best known songs I Shall Be Released, originally from The Basement Tapes. This is an extract from Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN, which will be released at the beginning of October. Advance orders: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=1757373510&... | 10m 59s | ||||||
| 8/24/25 | BOB DYLAN A Headful of Ideas Season 4 20) All Along the Watchtower | Chris does a deep dive into Bob Dylan's mesmeric, revelatory song ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER, with special reference to Jimi Hendrix's version Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=17573735... | 16m 21s | ||||||
| 7/21/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 18) I and I: No Man Sees My Face and Lives | Chris looks in detail at Bob Dylan’s deeply spiritual I and I from 1983’s INFIDELS Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=1757373510&sprefix=chris+gregory+minstrel+boy%2Caps%2C84&s... | 17m 10s | ||||||
| 6/1/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season 4 : 19 No Time to Think | A deep dive into the mysteries of Bob Dylan's NO TIME TO THINK, including a discussion of the influence of Shakespeare's MACBETH and the TAROT CARDS on the song Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&am... | 14m 22s | ||||||
| 5/16/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 16) Three Songs from 'Oh Mercy' | Chris looks in depth at MOST OF THE TIME, WHAT GOOD AM I and WHAT WAS IT YOChris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=1757373510&sprefix=chris+gregory+minstrel+boy%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1&nb... | 23m 09s | ||||||
| 5/4/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 17) Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window | Chris examines Bob Dylan's brilliantly poetic 1965 single CAN YOU PLEASE CRAWL OUT YOUR WINDOW Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=1757373510&sprefix=chris+gregory+minstrel+boy%2Caps%2C... | 11m 35s | ||||||
| 4/16/25 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 15) Bob Dylan's Dream: I Wish, I Wish, I Wish in Vain... | Chris examines Bob Dylan's beautiful and nostalgic BOB DYLAN'S DREAM, an astonishing song for such a young man to write. There is also commentary on the song's relationship to LORD FRANKLIN, the folk song whose melody Dylan uses. Check out my website at http://www.chrisgregory.org and my you tube channel on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN released October 7th 2025. Pre order av... | 11m 10s | ||||||
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