The Mild Antics

Timeless melody, Renée So the Left Banke found me via this  10 Overlooked 60s bands post, and my immediate thought was that I knew the melody, at least until the end of the first line.  Knowing that I didn't know the band, it took me a while to trace. But if you look, in your mind, do you know what you will find...?  Timeless melody, indeed. Cast - the band John Power formed after the La's disbanded - later released a song called Walkaway . No great melody in that one, but perhaps a loose connection.

The Impossible Song, Untangled What follows is some kind of essay on the origins of that once-obscure Bob Dylan song, "I'm Not There (1956)", which was, of course, recorded in 1967. I've written down what he's probably almost definitely nearly singing, and I thought I might as well record it while I was at it.  I've been wrestling with "I'm Not There" for a while. I first came across it as a bootleg, passed on by a friend almost 25 years ago. Since then, it's gained prominence, first as the title of the 2007 Dylan biopic, and eventually issued on The Bootleg Series. I've read various attempts at transcribing it, and can see that few have got too far, at least in terms of producing a whole. On the official website, aptly, it's not there. Eyolf  Østrem , whose site I depend on for Dylan chords and lyrics , has left it undeciphered, convinced that the hieroglyphs can be enjoyed as they are. And they can.  Says Eyolf : "Even if it we...

 

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  The Mild Antics play their first gig out in the sticks, and also their first gig in a biker's pub. Late kick-off at 23h.