Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
"Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his fifth album, Bringing It All Back Home. In 2005, Mojo magazine rated the song as the 68th greatest Bob Dylan song.[1]
| "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Bob Dylan | |
| from the album Bringing It All Back Home | |
| Released | March 22, 1965 |
| Recorded | January 13–14, 1965 |
| Studio | Columbia Recording, New York City |
| Genre | Folk rock, blues rock, talking blues |
| Length | 6:32 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan |
The title is an allusion to a Dylan number from two years prior: "Bob Dylan's Dream". The track commences with an early take of Dylan beginning to play the song alone before producer Tom Wilson is heard bursting into laughter and signalling for a start-over. The track is then transitioned into a later take played by the full band.
The song is a satirical and highly surrealistic story that gleefully jumbles together historical and literary and narrative reference points from the voyages of Columbus to Moby Dick to the present day. A protagonist, "Captain Arab" (making reference to Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick)[2] is in the narrator's mind for much of the tale.
References
- "The 100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs". Mojo Magazine. September 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
- Shelton, Robert. No Direction Home: The Life and Times of Bob Dylan. Da Capo Press. pp. 273–274. ISBN 0-306-81287-8.
