NP nor Pandemic. We can all talk about this new song and why Bob released it now?

[David Morris]

There are MANY band/song references.  The music is lamentful.  To me this
is a dirge, an epitaph.  "Bye Bye Mis American Pie" is in that tradition,
but was bouncy. I also think the timing of the release is something to
think about.

David Morris

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 5:21 PM Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
wrote:

> Too early to say anything substantial about this. Of course, the title
> is taken from "Hamlet".
>
> Dylan namechecks "Nature Boy" which was written by eden ahbez and made
> famous by Nat King Cole. Here is a version by Alex Chilton with William
> Eggleston on the piano:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1phuIrU6sKY
>
> And while I am at it, here is "Corona" by the Minutemen (and no, I am
> not familiar with this song because of "Jackass"):
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOFOqOjJ9Wk
>
> Am 27.03.2020 um 13:31 schrieb Mark Kohut:
> > https:/m/twitter.com/bobdylan/status/1243389605451198465?s=20
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