Song Lyric Sunday: Friendship – ‘Bob Dylan’s Dream’

“We thought we could sit forever in fun Our chances really was a million to one” Serendipity can be the strangest thing. Today, Helen has set us the theme of ‘Friendship’ for Song Lyric Sunday – and only yesterday I published a post about my five most-viewed posts, but only specified four of them. The…

Song Lyric Sunday: Respect – ‘Do Right To Me Baby’

“Don’t wanna treat nobody like they was dirt” Hard to believe that I’ve been participating in Helen Espinosa’s Song Lyric Sunday at This Thing Called Life One Word At A Time for over four months and not yet put up something by Bob Dylan. Well, today’s the day we make it right. This week’s theme…

My Music Lexicon: D is for Dylan (and The Doors)

D? Dylan of course. It’s really hard to imagine anyone with an interest in music and a serious side to their personality hitting their teens in the mid-sixties who wouldn’t go for Bob Dylan as a major influence. I’m certanly no exception. I was never an enthusiast for the traditional folk music that Billy Connolly…

‘Forever in fun’

During my first year as a student at the University of Kent, between October 1970 and June 1971, I lived in room E1 S4 of Eliot College. Why ‘E1 S4’? You may well ask. Simple really: it was room number 4 in the south corridor on the first (ground) floor of the east block of the…