Tuesday 24 November 2009

Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm



I remember being about fifteen and having a basic Bob Dylan best of CD that I listened the hell out of one Summer. I didn't understand a jot of it, but I fragile teenage mind twigged there was something important about it. This was the song that I put on again and again.
Perhaps because everyone can relate to the idea of "Shelter from the Strom". Perhaps because with typical adolescent self absorbence I fancied myself "hunted like a crocodile' though god knows why.
I still love this song and this version is a particularly fine one. I still don't have a clue what it's about, other than that we all need shelter sometimes, but it still sounds important and that's good enough for me.

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