Clearly, Dylan connected with a pretty big swath of the country.įair enough, though it’s unclear when the piece was recorded. The track began its life on the charts with over 1.8 million streams in the U.S. Last week, “Murder Most Foul” became Dylan’s first song to top the Billboard chart under his name (Peter, Paul and Mary and The Byrds previously reached the number one spot with covers of his songs). The last time Dylan was percolating this much in the culture, the man had just won a Nobel Prize. Still, I thought and hoped this might blow over fast (with wind-swept answers or otherwise). After my less than kind review, a number of those Dylan devotees landed in my inbox to chide my benighted understanding on the Forward culture page, Seth Rogovoy took me to school. Many have taken the occasion of Dylan’s first original track in nearly a decade to really unpack the poet’s words. Despite, or perhaps because of, its formidable length, the tune has staying power. At nearly 17 minutes, Bob Dylan’s coronavirus-timed release “Murder Most Foul” is his longest song - and it appears to be buying the 78-year-old songwriter more time in the spotlight.
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