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3/ 100 2017 X100 Challenge Theme Bob Dylan Songs
"We live in a political world
Where peace is not welcome at all
It's turned away from the door
To wonder some more
Or put up against the wall"
/watch?v=jg29g6D0sPs
This song is the opening track on Oh Mercy, released in 1989. It was a comeback of sorts for Dylan who was struggling for inspiration to write. "Everybody works in the shadow of what they have previously done. But you have to overcome that." The most outstanding song on this album is Man in the long black coat, gloriously covered by Mark Lanegan but I digress...
This street art depicted in this image is located in a Laneway off Queen Victoria Market by the artist Heesco (Thanks Andrew). I'll let you make your own connections between the image and Dylan's song, but for me, it couldn't be more relevant with the recent exclusion events in the USA. The cover of the Oh Mercy album is a piece of street art that Dylan came across in Hell's Kitchen, New York so I thought that made a nice tie in.
We Live In a Political World DSC_8056
3/ 100 2017 X100 Challenge Theme Bob Dylan Songs
"We live in a political world
Where peace is not welcome at all
It's turned away from the door
To wonder some more
Or put up against the wall"
/watch?v=jg29g6D0sPs
This song is the opening track on Oh Mercy, released in 1989. It was a comeback of sorts for Dylan who was struggling for inspiration to write. "Everybody works in the shadow of what they have previously done. But you have to overcome that." The most outstanding song on this album is Man in the long black coat, gloriously covered by Mark Lanegan but I digress...
This street art depicted in this image is located in a Laneway off Queen Victoria Market by the artist Heesco (Thanks Andrew). I'll let you make your own connections between the image and Dylan's song, but for me, it couldn't be more relevant with the recent exclusion events in the USA. The cover of the Oh Mercy album is a piece of street art that Dylan came across in Hell's Kitchen, New York so I thought that made a nice tie in.