As the great John Lennon said 'Bob Dylan just puts words together at random '. Can anybody tell me what this one is about, what Patti Smith is being so reverential and pretentious and solemn about?
Judging by the title,I'd hazard a guess that it's about a man in a long black coat.Nothing so wonderful as "I am the Walrus".WTF is that gibberish about!Words at random,nah,surely not!
Sin, death, illicit sexuality and satanic power. The song's lyric tells the story of a woman who leaves her partner to run away with the mysterious title character. It is a reworking of the ancient "daemon lover" motif, in which a woman leaves her husband for the devil. Dylan explored this genre early in his career by performing the traditional folk song "House Carpenter", recordings of which can be found on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 and The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971), but the lyrics to "Man in the Long Black Coat" seem to be, by design, more ambiguous. Or is it the Grim Reaper, Death, who took her away? "The incarnation of death, even the devil? But would Satan mention the Bible? More poetically, the mysterious man in a black coat could be the symbol of a journey, the loneliness of the pilgrim on the road seeking the truth. But Dylan does not want to reveal anything about the character's identity or even about his female companion. Perhaps she wanted to leave the world of corruption behind". In his memoir Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan compared the song to one of Johnny Cash's biggest hits: "I thought of it as my 'I Walk the Line', a song I'd always considered to be up there at the top, one of the most mysterious and revolutionary of all time, a song that makes an attack on your most vulnerable spots, sharp words from a master".
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As the great John Lennon said 'Bob Dylan just puts words together at random '. Can anybody tell me what this one is about, what Patti Smith is being so reverential and pretentious and solemn about?
John lennon was jealous
@benjaminblakely3421 In fact he was kidding, but maybe a little bit jealous
Judging by the title,I'd hazard a guess that it's about a man in a long black coat.Nothing so wonderful as "I am the Walrus".WTF is that gibberish about!Words at random,nah,surely not!
Sin, death, illicit sexuality and satanic power.
The song's lyric tells the story of a woman who leaves her partner to run away with the mysterious title character. It is a reworking of the ancient "daemon lover" motif, in which a woman leaves her husband for the devil. Dylan explored this genre early in his career by performing the traditional folk song "House Carpenter", recordings of which can be found on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 and The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971), but the lyrics to "Man in the Long Black Coat" seem to be, by design, more ambiguous. Or is it the Grim Reaper, Death, who took her away? "The incarnation of death, even the devil? But would Satan mention the Bible? More poetically, the mysterious man in a black coat could be the symbol of a journey, the loneliness of the pilgrim on the road seeking the truth. But Dylan does not want to reveal anything about the character's identity or even about his female companion. Perhaps she wanted to leave the world of corruption behind". In his memoir Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan compared the song to one of Johnny Cash's biggest hits: "I thought of it as my 'I Walk the Line', a song I'd always considered to be up there at the top, one of the most mysterious and revolutionary of all time, a song that makes an attack on your most vulnerable spots, sharp words from a master".