Bonus Song Thursday - Bob Dylan "Pay in Blood"

The Great Albums

Bill Lambusta

Music, Music Commentary

4.3 • 760 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2016

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

It's Bonus Song Thursday! Bill and Brian welcome back singer, songwriter, and musician Renee Maskin (lowlightnj.bandcamp.com) to continue talking about that guy/historical figure/musical genius Bob Dylan. Because it's Bonus Song Thursday, we focus on a single song, and this time it's "Pay in Blood" off Dylan's 2012 album Tempest. Brian, Bill, and Renee talk about the lyrics, the Christ and war imagery, how the song evokes a little bit of Tom Waits, songs about the Titanic that references the 1997 film, and how that reference is similar to songs about Westerns or political activism of the 60s.

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0:00.0	Well, I grind my life out, steady and sure.
0:13.0	Nothing more retic than what I must endure.
0:18.0	I'm dressed in the light that shines for the sun.
0:22.6	I could stone you to death for the wrongs that you done.
0:27.6	Soon or later, you'll make it mistake.
0:31.6	I put you in a chain that you never would break.
0:36.6	Legs and arms and body and bold.
0:41.8	I'm paying blood, but it's my own.
0:47.6	Hello, I'm Bill.
0:49.3	And I'm Brian.
0:50.1	And this is The Great Albums podcast, Bonus Song Thursday.
0:54.4	Welcome to it.
0:55.8	On Monday, Brian, what were we talking about on our previous episode?
0:59.8	We were talking about 1969's Nashville Skyline by...
1:05.0	Who's that guy?
1:06.4	Who's that guy, Renee?
1:08.4	I think it goes by Bob Dylan.
1:13.9	Bob Dylan, all right.
1:15.5	Yeah, that's the voice of Renee Maskin, who was our guest on the previous episode, and she's here again.
1:20.3	Welcome back.
1:20.9	Yeah, thank you.
1:22.1	And we were talking about Bob Dylan for we, if you've never listened to the podcast before what we do is we take
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