Link to Song: Tangled Up in Blue
What you should know about this song: Originally, Dylan taped this song in two different cuts for the Blood on the Tracks album, but to his dissatisfaction he decided to rewrite the song for the stage. It was the live version for the 1984 album Real Live that Dylan claimed most represented the song’s definitive incarnation. To this day, he is still known for changing up the lyrics on the road.
“That’s one of the top ten songs of the 20th century.” – Richard Thompson*
“I was trying to do something that I didn’t think had ever been done before – in terms of trying to tell a story and be a present character in it without it being some kind of fake, sappy, attempted tearjerker. I was trying to be somebody in the present time while conjuring up a lot of past images.” – Bob Dylan, 1985
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
