School of Rock - Wednesday 3/10 - Bob Dylan / Tangled Up In Blue

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In 1974 after Bob Dylan and his wife became publicly estranged, he filled a small red notebook with songs about relationships and heartbreak, and quickly recorded a new album entitled Blood on the Tracks.  Released in early 1975, it received mixed reviews.  In Rolling Stone, a critic wrote that "the record has been made with typical shoddiness." However, over the years critics have come to see it as one of Dylan's greatest achievements, calling it "the truest, most honest account of a love affair from tip to stern ever put down on magnetic tape."

This is a very personal song for Dylan, dealing with the changes he was going through, including his marriage falling apart.  Dylan sometimes introduced this on stage by saying it took "10 years to live and 2 years to write.”

In 1995 Hootie & the Blowfish wrote "Only Want To Be With You” as a tribute to Dylan, borrowing various lines of his songs, but he still sued the band for stealing his song-and got a huge settlement for it.