like what is the lyrics saying
2006-08-29 17:12:25 · 6 answers · asked by askance 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Dylan, recovering from a motorcycle accident that marks a shift in his career as an amphetamine-driven rock-poet, was reading the Bible on a daily basis. "Watchtower" contain possible biblical and apocalyptic references, and are difficult to decipher with any degree of certainty. The song depicts a conversation between two people, a "joker" and a "thief", about the difficulties of getting by in life ("There's too much confusion"). Ironically, the joker is concerned about losing his property, and it is the thief rather than the joker who observes that some individuals among them believe that life can be humorous: "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke." (It's been said that Dylan was complaining about record company executives cheating him out of royalties with the lines "Businessman they drink my wine/Plow men dig my earth". The joker then suggests that time is running out, which may hint of their own mortality or foreshadow a change in society. In the last verse the viewpoint of the song switches abruptly. The ruling princes stand guard in a watchtower over their women and servants as an unnamed pair approach amid ominous sounds.
2006-08-29 17:19:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
This isn't gonna help much, I'm afraid. It's a conversation between the joker and the thief. The "narrative" of the song seems to work backwards, making the verse about the prince not as unrelated to the rest of the song as it seems.
Dylan had been reading the Bible during that period, and like the rest of the John Wesley Harding, "Watchtower" is supposedly full of Biblical references.
And it's only got three chords (A minor, G and F, I think).
2006-08-29 17:47:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i admire each and every song on the album, it somewhat is my well-liked Dylan album. yet my suitable 5 are possibly a million. a tricky Rain's A-Gonna Fall 2. Masters of conflict 3. Talkin' international conflict III Blues 4. Corrina, Corrina 5. female From North united states of america
2016-09-30 03:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by bugenhagen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you listen, it is a story that takes place in the medieval era, and relates it to love today; or at least love in the 60's.
2006-08-29 17:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by Roy W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Jimi Hendrix's version better....
It has to do with the approach of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
2006-08-29 17:18:46 · answer #5 · answered by DG 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Here is one interesting interpretation:
http://www.reasontorock.com/tracks/watchtower.html
2006-08-29 17:19:10 · answer #6 · answered by george 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋