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The lyrics are at times opaque, but the song seems to be (like most of the songs on the album), the tale of a love that has ended. Dylan continually re-worked the lyrics even after the album was released; the version on his live album ''[[Real Live]]'' has radically different lyrics. In live performances he has often sung some of the verses in the third person, as opposed to the first person point of view in the ''Blood on the Tracks'' version. |
The lyrics are at times opaque, but the song seems to be (like most of the songs on the album), the tale of a love that has ended. Dylan continually re-worked the lyrics even after the album was released; the version on his live album ''[[Real Live]]'' has radically different lyrics. In live performances he has often sung some of the verses in the third person, as opposed to the first person point of view in the ''Blood on the Tracks'' version. |
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The song contains one of the more famous [[mondegreen]]s in [[rock and roll]] music: "We split up on a dark, sad night," understood by many listeners as "We split up on the docks |
The song contains one of the more famous [[mondegreen]]s in [[rock and roll]] music: "We split up on a dark, sad night," understood by many listeners as "We split up on the docks that night." |
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== Covers and references == |
== Covers and references == |
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"Tangled Up in Blue" is a song by Bob Dylan. It appeared on his album Blood on the Tracks in 1975. Rolling Stone ranked it #68 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Lyrics
"Tangled Up in Blue" is one of the most clear examples of Dylan's attempts to write "multi-dimensional" songs which defied a fixed notion of time and space. Dylan was influenced by his recent study of painting and the Cubist school of artists, which sought to incorporate multiple perspectives within a single plane of view. In a 1978 interview Dylan explained this style of songwriting: "What's different about it is that there's a code in the lyrics, and there's also no sense of time. There's no respect for it. You've got yesterday, today and tomorrow all in the same room, and there's very little you can't imagine not happening."
The lyrics are at times opaque, but the song seems to be (like most of the songs on the album), the tale of a love that has ended. Dylan continually re-worked the lyrics even after the album was released; the version on his live album Real Live has radically different lyrics. In live performances he has often sung some of the verses in the third person, as opposed to the first person point of view in the Blood on the Tracks version.
The song contains one of the more famous mondegreens in rock and roll music: "We split up on a dark, sad night," understood by many listeners as "We split up on the docks that night."
Covers and references
The song has been covered by various artists, including Jerry Garcia, Robyn Hitchcock, the Indigo Girls, Ani Difranco, the String Cheese Incident and The Whitlams on their Eternal Nightcap album of 1997. Scottish Folk singer-songwriter K.T. Tunstall covered the song on The BBC show Later with Jools Holland. She released it as a B-side on her 2005 single, "Under the Weather".
In the Hootie & the Blowfish song "Only Wanna Be with You" the singer (Darius Rucker) mentions that he is "tangled up in blue". "Yeah I'm tangled up in blue / Only wanna be with you / You can call me your fool / Only wanna be with you " The reference extends a string of mentions of Bob Dylan in the song, beginning at the start of the second verse: "Putting on a little Dylan ..."
There is also a film version of the song called "Tangled Up in Brown". The text refers to the main plot of the TV show Firefly, told from the viewpoint of the ship's captain, Malcolm Reynolds.
The alternative rock band, Queens of the Stone Age, make a play off of "Tangled Up in Blue," with their song "Tangled up in Plaid," from their album "Lullabies to Paralyze". Although the Queens of the Stone Age song has no real relation to "Tangled Up in Blue," besides the titles.
The Belgian TV-host Bart Peeters, who is also a singer-songwriter, made a Dutch version of the song. The lyrics are modified by him, and as result he tells a more personal story about how he met his wife. The Dutch title is "Prachtig in het blauw"
Barb Jungr who is a British based award winning jazz singer covers Tangled Up In Blue on her CD 'Every Grain Of Sand'. The album celebrates the songwriting of Dylan.