Bob Dylan - A Headful of Ideas
(Mostly serious) ruminations on Bob Dylan's work
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- Chris Gregory13 eps
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- 🇮🇱IL · Music Commentary#7841 to 7.6K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Music Commentary#19347 to 426
- 🇩🇰DK · Music Commentary#1696 to 53
- 🇳🇴NO · Music Commentary#1755 to 48
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900 to 8.1K🎙 Monthly cadence·92 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1K to 9K🇺🇸71%🇮🇱27%🇬🇧2% - Active Followers
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400 to 3.6K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Five 11) Mysterious Songs from The Basement Tapes | NEW PODCAST MYSTERIOUS SONGS FROM THE BASEMENT TAPES Chris Gregory examines three rather bizarre But haunting songs from The Basement Tapes – EDGE OF THE OCEAN, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM and WILD WOLF An amended version of this appears in ‘MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN’ ALL COMMENTS VERY WELCOME!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9hFPF_OVno | 10m 26s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Five 10) STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE: GOING THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS TWICE | NEW VIDEO PODCAST FROM ‘BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS’ BY CHRIS GREGORY Chris examines one of Bob’s most freewheeling and funny songs From 1966’s BLONDE ON BLONDE STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE… FROM THE FORTHCOMING ‘DIG YOURSELF: THE RISE OF BOB DYLAN 1961-66’ PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS !!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDx0RDCLjTo CHECK OUT CHRIS' WEBSITE https://www.chrisgregory.org | 19m 18s | ||||||
| 10/10/26 | BOB DYLAN : A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Five 9) Dylan's 1960s Blues | Chris looks at one of Dylan’s major influences… | 32m 08s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Five 8) She Once Was a True Love of Mine: Girl From the North Country and Boots of Spaniah Leather | An exploration of two of Bob Dylan's most memorable early love songs, examining their origins in the traditional ballad 'Scarborough Fair' | 29m 20s | ||||||
| 9/13/26 | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Five 7) Restless Farewell: It's Closing Time | In 1964's RESTLESS FAREWELL, Bob Dylan begins to signal the elements that will bring about his oncoming change of style | 13m 11s | ||||||
| 9/6/26 | Bob Dylanunreleased songs+3 | — | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEASBLONDE ON BLONDE+2 | — | Bob Dylanunreleased songs+4 | — | 23m 39s | ||
| 8/29/26 | Bob DylanBallad of a Thin Man+3 | — | BALLAD OF A THIN MAN | — | Bob DylanBallad of a Thin Man+3 | — | 19m 47s | ||
| 6/26/26 | Bob Dylanmusic analysis+3 | — | A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALLDIG YOURSELF: THE RISE OF BOB DYLAN 1961-66+1 | — | Bob DylanA Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall+4 | — | 28m 01s | ||
| 5/26/26 | Bob Dylan's career1980s pop songs+3 | — | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEASPOP SONGS OF THE 1980s | — | Bob Dylan1980s+3 | — | 22m 10s | ||
| 5/21/26 | Bob Dylanmusic analysis+3 | — | LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNEDIG YOURSELF: THE RISE OF BOB DYLAN 1961-66+1 | — | Bob DylanLay Down Your Weary Tune+3 | — | 14m 55s | ||
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| 5/19/26 | Bob Dylanmusic analysis+3 | — | MY BACK Pages | — | Bob DylanMY BACK Pages+3 | — | 17m 01s | ||
| 4/17/26 | Bob Dylan1980s music+3 | — | Pop SongsBOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS | — | Bob Dylan1980s+3 | — | 22m 10s | ||
| 4/17/26 | Bob Dylan1980s pop music+5 | — | Minstrel Boy | — | Bob Dylan1980s+6 | — | 14m 22s | ||
| 4/5/26 | Bob Dylan's careerpop songwriting+3 | — | BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS | — | Bob Dylan1980s+3 | — | 17m 30s | ||
| 3/21/26 | Bob DylanBlood on the Tracks+3 | — | BLOOD ON THE TRACKSYOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LONESOME WHEN YOU GO+1 | — | Bob DylanBlood on the Tracks+4 | — | 14m 15s | ||
| 2/26/26 | Bob Dylanpoetry+3 | — | VISIONS OF JOHANNA | — | Bob DylanVisions of Johanna+3 | — | 24m 05s | ||
| 1/26/26 | Bob Dylanmusic analysis+3 | — | TOMBSTONE BLUESHIGHWAY 61 REVISITED | — | Bob DylanTOMBSTONE BLUES+5 | — | 17m 03s | ||
| 1/12/26 | Bob Dylanmusic analysis+3 | — | PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID | — | Bob DylanPat Garrett and Billy The Kid+3 | — | 14m 38s | ||
| 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 | ||||||
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Chart history for Bob Dylan - A Headful of Ideas
Peaked at #7 in IL, top 10 in 1 of 5 tracked markets, currently #7 in IL.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| IL | — | #81 | #81 | — |
| Denmark | — | #169 | #169 | — |
| Norway | — | #175 | #175 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #193 | #193 | — |
Chart Positions
5 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
5 placements across 4 markets.