Visions of Johanna

...and 'dots' respectively, in view of the printed pattern on each. Disc Stripes contains eight recordings including two versions of "Visions of Johanna", which Hitchcock introduces as 'the reason I started writing songs'. His source...

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"Visions of Johanna" is a song by Bob Dylan from the 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. Considered among Dylan's greatest works, Dylan referred to it as his favorite song on the album which captured that "thin, wild mercury sound". The song is...

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...proved an effective weapon throughout the show. The 65-minute second set included a surprising take on the haunting Bob Dylan classic "Visions of Johanna," as well as the new album's title track, Smither's best known song, "Love You Like A...

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...has too many days without sun (due to the inversions). My favorite song changes day to day, that's true, but one of my very favorites is Visions of Johanna by Bob Dylan. I love Dylan, period. White Room was on a list of songs from the...

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...uncomfortable talking about Dylan. She demurred when asked about the half-dozen or so Dylan songs believed to be about her, in particular "Visions of Johanna," a song of intense longing written after the couple split, which many fans...

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...listens to white noise; literally, he has an iTunes track of pure stereo fuzz. When asked what song defines himself, he said Bob Dylan's "Visions of Johanna." But roommate and Associate Copy Editor Darren Ranck claims Wyclef Jean's "Perfect...

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Next time he comes through, I will probably miss him-that is, if there is a next time. I probably will never get to hear him sing "Visions of Johanna. " It's also nice to know you're guaranteed to hear one of the greatest songs ever written.

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...name-checked women, among them Corinna, Isis, Rosemary, Lily, Sarah, Hattie, Ramona, Maggie, Marie and Johanna. It's believed "Visions of Johanna" is for Johanna Gezina van Gogh, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh, and allegedly the sour...

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...by the way/A drunken man got mad at him/Because he barked in joy/He beat him and he's dying here today," etc. Okay, so it's not exactly "Visions of Johanna." ... The hits (and misses) kept on coming from Canadian musician Gonzales, who set a...

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...Smither eased through "Shillin' for the Blues," "Cave Man," "No Love Today," the often-recorded "Love You Like a Man" and Bob Dylan's "Visions of Johanna." Most of his melodies are simple variations of traditional blues progressions, but...

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