About this episode

Chris examines Bob Dylan's song 'MY BACK Pages' and its significance in marking the end of his protest phase.

Chris looks at Bob Dylan's famously transitional song MY BACK Pages, signalling the end of his 'protest' phase

People in this episode

Host: Chris Gregory

Topics covered

• Bob Dylan
• music analysis
• protest songs
• transitional music
• song meaning

Keywords

• Bob Dylan
• MY BACK Pages
• protest phase
• music commentary
• song analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: MY BACK Pages

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