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Waxing Lyrical: Bob Dylan - BBC Radio Scotland Feature

Have you ever wondered how Bob Dylan writes hit after hit? The art of writing great lyrics is revealed by musician Davie Scott in this new series. This week the lyrics of Bob Dylan.
At the same time that BD was writing:
"to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,", the Beatles were writing,"I wanna hold your Hand."

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http://rapidshare.com/files/75528417/WaxingLyricalBD.zip

26 min. 64 kbps. I didn't catch who the speakers were, but I'm pretty sure that one of them was Michael Gray. Other musicians to feature in this series will be Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. BBC Radio Scotland, 11.30 a.m. 6, 13, 20, 27 Dec.'07 Cheers.

thanks for that. very interesting.
yes, the first speaker is indeed michael gray.
the other bloke is patrick humphries
and the 'scotch' lady is liz lochhead

"...Bob Dylan writes hit after hit?"

He does? Bobby has written a handful of "hits".

I Wanna Hold Your Hand was a massive "hit".

That isn't the point, is it?

Well, I'll give this a listen and see what they're talking about.

Ta.