– Legend has it that she was Suze Rotolo’s sister. – It’s about Johanna Gezina van Gogh (Bonger), sister-in-law of – It relates to ‘Gehenna’, the Hebrew word for the ‘afterworld’ Still, the identity of Johanna has long been debated. In Tim Riley’s book, “Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary,” he argues, “as a grand cosmic farce, Blonde on Blonde strings along half-baked plots and ramshackle discourse not only for the thrill of getting away with it–a key rock principle–but to demonstrate, like Picasso or Braque, how rife with implication nonsense can be made to sound, how seemingly slapdash methods can field unforeseen express vitality.”Īn awesome quote and a worthy sentiment. Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a whileīut Mona Lisa musta had the highway bluesĪ Wikipedia post makes reference to an extra verse supposedly unveiled in Australia in 1966, with references to kangaroos and pralines, but I’m inclined to say “I don’t believe you.” (Does anybody have an opinion on this?)
#Twisted insane visions lyrics trial#
Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial The ghost of ‘lectricity howls in the bones of her face We can hear the night watchman click his flashlightĪsk himself if it’s him or them that’s really insane Name me someone that’s not a parasite and I’ll go out and say a prayer for him The Beat poets, whose writing Dylan passionately ingested, could embrace a song like “Visions” (On the Road author Jack Kerouac penned two novels called “Visions of Cody” and “Visions of Gerard.”) His taffy-like singing and cinematic attention to detail (“in this room the heat pipes just cough”) make for 7:27 minutes of heaven. His harmonica solos slay fools.The studio version, on Blonde on Blonde, was captured in a single take on Valentine’s Day, 1966 (with Al Kooper on organ). The emotions he conjures up and sustains during his early live acoustic performances are stunning. In any of its multiple versions, (from Blonde on Blonde to Live 1966 to Biograph and beyond), Dylan sings the song as if from the middle of a fever dream. It’s 4 AM in your soul, “last call” at the bar of salvation, and you’re in the mood for one more drink. “Visions Of Johanna” is a song that captures the feeling of being pushed to the edge of an emotional brink. “Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re trying to be so quiet?”
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