He has interpolated lines of dialogue from Humphrey Bogart movies. "False Prophet" is hardly the first time Dylan has reconfigured the blues form – see " Cold Irons Bound," from 1997's Time Out of Mind, for one example among many – and it's not the first time he's folded images, words or musical devices from other sources into his work. In one verse, he proclaims himself "the enemy of the unlived meaningless life " in another, he boasts "I'm last of the best - you can bury the rest / Bury 'em naked with their silver and gold."
Emerson's song talks about love, while Dylan's addresses celebrity culture, image and the elusive notion of authenticity. There are other differences between the songs. Dylan has included Emerson's "Red Hot" and "Every Woman I Know (Crazy 'Bout Automobiles)" on his Theme Time Radio Hour. The effect of this editing is something more than a clever, technical flim-flam: It transforms something standard, a form we've heard forever, into something ear-catchingly new.Ī representative for Dylan declined to comment on any similarities between the recordings. But there are a couple of crucial tweaks or modifications: Dylan truncates the form to 10 measures instead of 12, and shortens one measure from four beats to two. It faithfully replicates the rhythm guitar phrase and leans on the same lead guitar line for punctuation. All Songs Considered A List Of The Songs Named In Bob Dylan's 'Murder Most Foul'ĭylan's "False Prophet" sits in the same tempo, and key, as Emerson's song.
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