tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post4386985307602338196..comments2024-03-21T00:34:35.359-07:00Comments on Every Bob Dylan Song: Bob Dylan Song #107: The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas PriestTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12613923038816299394noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-63046285336885606442018-09-09T20:15:17.206-07:002018-09-09T20:15:17.206-07:00Hello there Tony, Thank you for posting this analy...Hello there Tony, Thank you for posting this analysis of a song from Bob Dylan's Music Box: http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/635/The-Ballad-of-Frankie-Lee-and-Judas-Priest Come and join us inside and listen to every song composed, recorded or performed by Bob Dylan, plus all the great covers streaming on YouTube, Spotify, Deezer and SoundCloud plus so much more... including this link.Music of Bob Dylanhttp://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/635/The-Ballad-of-Frankie-Lee-and-Judas-Priestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-40421319565297471702017-03-09T18:31:20.770-08:002017-03-09T18:31:20.770-08:00Hello Tony, yes another interesting piece of analy...Hello Tony, yes another interesting piece of analysis. Join us inside Bob Dylan's Music Box http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/635/The-Ballad-of-Frankie-Lee-and-Judas-Priest and listen to every version of every song.David George Freemanhttp://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/635/The-Ballad-of-Frankie-Lee-and-Judas-Priestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-59525460579040759972014-08-19T01:57:45.371-07:002014-08-19T01:57:45.371-07:00I always imagined this as a parable. Well, Dylan&#...I always imagined this as a parable. Well, Dylan's version of one.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07142886720643992968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-92003910269037228512013-04-22T10:38:15.645-07:002013-04-22T10:38:15.645-07:00Anybody else think Dylan was reading the inferno a...Anybody else think Dylan was reading the inferno at the time he was writing this classic.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-15826888844201671992010-03-29T19:17:33.718-07:002010-03-29T19:17:33.718-07:00I think the "thirst" is suggesting that ...I think the "thirst" is suggesting that in worldly things such as money and sex there is no satisfaction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-34703891523571526172009-06-09T06:43:36.641-07:002009-06-09T06:43:36.641-07:00The more I listen to this album, the closer it com...The more I listen to this album, the closer it comes to being my favorite Dylan album. So seemingly unassuming, yet so profound. This song is a great example of that. Iam enjoying your blog very much. Thank you for taking the time to do this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04998175169052755747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-14153630711095985672009-06-08T23:15:36.225-07:002009-06-08T23:15:36.225-07:00you kind of hit the nail on the head in a strange ...you kind of hit the nail on the head in a strange way. but you make a value judgment. this is one of my favorite dylan songs ever. i get it. or at least i thought i did when it made me cry one time. but like the "meaning" of any dylan song, it's entirely personal. when it comes to you it comes to you.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062380489513512119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-47011637397259259232009-06-08T17:20:37.306-07:002009-06-08T17:20:37.306-07:00To "gambel" his life or to *gambol throu...To "gambel" his life or to *gambol through* life ... ?!! Also, when you say that Judas P is aiming for "paradice" could that be a hidden reference to gambling, as in "dice" ... meaning that it is JP who is the real gambler? ! And does "Franky" Lee die of "exhaustion" rather than dehydration because, Frankly, my dear reader, you're over-analysis of BD will drive you to an early grave ? All of which suggests that perhaps the above post was written by BD Himself ?!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-31354274058129666462009-06-08T12:36:12.256-07:002009-06-08T12:36:12.256-07:00The above post is, without a doubt, my favorite co...The above post is, without a doubt, my favorite comment ever left on this site.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12613923038816299394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-31674779927901521032009-06-08T11:14:38.757-07:002009-06-08T11:14:38.757-07:00Its obvious that Franky Lee is a gambler and he is...Its obvious that Franky Lee is a gambler and he is willing to gambel his life. While Judas Priest he is planning for the long haul and paradice. Franky Lee strays and finds himself in a whore house. He spends 16 days and nights there. He has been one busy man with all the women and exhaustion catches up with him and he dies. Don t read Dylan too deeply. Dylan like most lyisists is just trying to ryhme. Like shake rymhes with make or takeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-50849845610692037742009-06-08T05:25:16.093-07:002009-06-08T05:25:16.093-07:00I think maybe you had to hear the song in '68 ...I think maybe you had to hear the song in '68 to fully understand it's impact. One of my all time favorite songs of Bob, it was truly shocking in a very odd way. The layers of meaning form the archetype of a "Dylan song". Read Frankie as Bob, and Judas as Albert, his manager, and you begin to get one layer. Dylan's father had just died, prior to the recording of the song.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-59972314083285623912009-06-07T17:30:17.025-07:002009-06-07T17:30:17.025-07:00ok, got it. My dark and twisted mind was trying to...ok, got it. My dark and twisted mind was trying to think what particular sex act you had in mind that would lead to dehydration !Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-26499948490689594582009-06-07T17:24:28.950-07:002009-06-07T17:24:28.950-07:00The suggestion I was making was that Frankie Lee w...The suggestion I was making was that Frankie Lee would be so, um, busy that he would have no time to consume food or drink, and would thus die of dehydration. This is what us writerly types call a "bad joke". No need to apologize, and you're certainly not dim for missing it.<br /><br />For posterity, I'm going to leave the, ahem, joke in the post, so that these comments will still make sense.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12613923038816299394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-51463080619672158782009-06-07T17:19:07.666-07:002009-06-07T17:19:07.666-07:00a woman in every window = whorehouse ... frankie l...a woman in every window = whorehouse ... frankie lee od's on sex ... but "thirst", still don't see it ...Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-6941172026295343952009-06-07T17:16:03.397-07:002009-06-07T17:16:03.397-07:00Tony, sorry to be dim, but re. "icky", y...Tony, sorry to be dim, but re. "icky", you obviously imply something to do with sex and those women, but I can't quite see what to do with sex would leave him dying of thirst ... a clue to what you're suggesting please ?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.com