Highlands (song)
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"Highlands" is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his 30th studio album Time Out of Mind in 1997. It is Dylan's longest known studio recording at sixteen minutes and thirty-one seconds. The song's title is borrowed from the poem "My Heart's in the Highlands" by Scottish poet Robert Burns.[citation needed] In the song's lyrics, Dylan makes references to musician Neil Young and author Erica Jong.
Structure
The song is based on a simple (E blues) riff, inspired, according to Dylan, by an unnamed Charley Patton record that has yet to be identified.[1] The riff is played the whole way through the song. The song has no traditional chorus or bridge.[2]
Other versions
A live version of the song was included on the limited edition version of The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 (2000) and on a Japanese edition of the "Things Have Changed" single. The recording came from a performance in the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa Cruz, California on March 16, 2000.
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References
- ↑ Sounes, H., 2002. Down The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan. Grove Press. p481.
- ↑ Marshall, L., 2007. Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Star. Polity. pp. 246
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