Murder Most Foul analysis, new version

Christopher Rollason

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Apr 20, 2020, 12:00:17 PM4/20/20

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At: https://rollason.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/bob-dylans-murder-most-foul-and-its-music-intertext/

I have posted a new version of my text on MMF, with a song list added

khematite

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Apr 20, 2020, 5:06:16 PM4/20/20

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On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 12:00:17 PM UTC-4, Christopher Rollason wrote:
> At: https://rollason.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/bob-dylans-murder-most-foul-and-its-music-intertext/
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> I have posted a new version of my text on MMF, with a song list added

Excellent catalog of the references and allusions in "I Contain Multitudes." One more that's been noted is "I carry four pistols and two large knives."
This may refer to one of Lincoln's bodyguards, Ward Hill Lamon, at the time Lincoln entered Washington to take the presidential oath of office. The specific line can be found in Shelby Foote's The Civil War, A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville (1958).

https://twitter.com/venetianblonde/status/1251243443889848321

This line serves to remind us that Whitman was, in some sense, the poet of Lincoln's death. His poem "O Captain! My Captain!" is fairly well-known in the U.S., though "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" was a much fuller exposition of his feelings about Lincoln's assassination. And, of course, this makes presidential assassination a thematic link between "Murder Most Foul" and "I Contain Multitudes."

Willie

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Apr 21, 2020, 12:08:19 PM4/21/20

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Wow, that makes brilliant sense. Kennedy was Bob's "powerful western fallen star." I'll bet there are references to "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" in "Murder Most Foul."

Rocky

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Apr 21, 2020, 6:11:36 PM4/21/20

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On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 12:00:17 PM UTC-4, Christopher Rollason wrote:
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> At: https://rollason.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/bob-dylans-murder-most-foul-and-its-music-intertext/
>
> I have posted a new version of my text on MMF, with a song list added

Quite good...

khematite

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Apr 21, 2020, 6:18:19 PM4/21/20

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Even earlier than "I Contain Multitudes," one can find allusions to Whitman's poetry in Dylan's lyrics:

https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/5670

"In a number of his song lyrics, Dylan makes reference to Walt Whitman’s poetry:

All swims before her eyes, flashes with black, she
catches the main words only
Sentences broken, ‘gunshot wound in the breast, cavalry
skirmish, taken to hospital
At present low, but soon will be better ….
While they stand at the home at the door he is dead already
(Walt Whitman: Come Up From The Fields Father)

Below again, a connection to the American Civil War:

A letter came to to mother
Came today
Gunshot wound to the breast
Is what it did say
But he’ll be better soon
He’s in a hospital bed
But he’ll never be better
He’s already dead
(Bob Dylan: ‘Cross The Green Mountain)"

Just Walkin'

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Apr 22, 2020, 9:09:10 PM4/22/20

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But don't forget, he also said he liked Fidel Castro and his beard.

Grave Digger

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Apr 22, 2020, 9:15:11 PM4/22/20

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> But don't forget, he also said he liked Fidel Castro and his beard.

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"I was lookin' in the sink an' underneath the chair
I looked way up my chimney hole
I even looked deep inside my toilet bowl"

Them there reds are everywhere

pamel...@gmail.com

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Apr 22, 2020, 10:31:39 PM4/22/20

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This is my analysis of MMF. I am a JFK researcher, focusing on the limo at ss100x.com. I also happen to have a blog on Dylan...

https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2020/04/09/deconstructing-murder-most-foul-were-a-j-weberman-and-david-icke-among-the-sources-bob-dylan-used/

Pamela Brown

pamel...@gmail.com

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Apr 22, 2020, 10:33:41 PM4/22/20

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The only mention Dylan made about the JFK assassination prior to MMF was his statements on receiving the Tom Paine award, where he said he could understand how Lee Harvey Oswald felt...

Pamela Brown
ss100x.com

Willie

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Apr 23, 2020, 12:59:37 PM4/23/20

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Hi Pamela. You wrote:

> "We’ve already got someone here to take your place"
> One of the most plausible conspiracy theories is that LBJ knew
> all about the plot to assassinate JFK and carried on the
> cover-up afterward.

Is there evidence to support LBJ's foreknowledge? (I haven't followed the different theories, but am surprised about this one.)

Will Dockery

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Apr 23, 2020, 2:08:07 PM4/23/20

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Good Lord, we (Americans) can only hope that is not true, but I have heard that theory about LBJ, the Texas connection, and so on.

James Zadok

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Apr 23, 2020, 5:52:26 PM4/23/20

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Roger Stone wouldn't lie, would he?

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Man-Who-Killed-Kennedy/Roger-Stone/9781629144894

pamel...@gmail.com

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Apr 23, 2020, 9:21:38 PM4/23/20

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Yes. He watched JFK like a hawk throughout the breakfast in Ft. Worth, and immediately after the assassination he and his wife Lady Bird tried to get Jackie to change into a clean outfit after coercing her to agree to join LBJ for a photo at his swearing-in. Jackie's response, as she refused to change, was "Let them see what they have done." I consider these things to give credence to LBJ's foreknowledge.

Then we have the cover-up that LBJ initiated right after the assassination. He insisted all the Dallas evidence be flown to DC so the FBI would have control of it. And it goes on and on...

Pamela Brown
ss100.com

pamel...@gmail.com

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Apr 23, 2020, 9:24:03 PM4/23/20

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Historically speaking, LBJ and the Kennedys hated each other right from the start. LBJ was put on the 1960 ticket only because he had such clout in the South and Kennedy needed all the help he could get. No love lost there...

Pamela Brown
my limo blog..
ss100x.wordpress.com

Pamela Brown

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Apr 24, 2020, 9:35:58 PM4/24/20

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On Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 1:08:07 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:

That was a terrible time.

Zod-The...@none.i2p

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Apr 25, 2020, 2:44:13 AM4/25/20

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Christopher Rollason wrote on Mon, 20 April 2020 16:00

> At: https://rollason.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/bob-dylans-murder-most-foul-and-its-music-intertext/
>
> I have posted a new version of my text on MMF, with a song list added

Quite cogent,,,,,

Terrance

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Jun 7, 2020, 8:57:04 AM6/7/20

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khematite wrote:

> On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 12:00:17 PM UTC-4, Christopher Rollason wrote:
>
>> At: https://rollason.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/bob-dylans-murder-most-foul-and-its-music-intertext/
>>
>> I have posted a new version of my text on MMF, with a song list added

> Excellent catalog of the references and allusions in "I Contain Multitudes." One more that's been noted is "I carry four pistols and two large knives.."

> This may refer to one of Lincoln's bodyguards, Ward Hill Lamon, at the time Lincoln entered Washington to take the presidential oath of office. The specific line can be found in Shelby Foote's The Civil War, A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville (1958).

> https://twitter.com/venetianblonde/status/1251243443889848321

> This line serves to remind us that Whitman was, in some sense, the poet of Lincoln's death. His poem "O Captain! My Captain!" is fairly well-known in the U.S., though "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" was a much fuller exposition of his feelings about Lincoln's assassination. And, of course, this makes presidential assassination a thematic link between "Murder Most Foul" and "I Contain Multitudes."

Quite cool....

Pamela Brown

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Jun 8, 2020, 1:27:26 PM6/8/20

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I have added photos and information about LBJ and JFK and Jackie at the swearing-in in my updated version of Deconstructing Murder Most Foul...

https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2020/04/09/deconstructing-murder-most-foul-were-a-j-weberman-and-david-icke-among-the-sources-bob-dylan-used/

Pamela
dylagence.wordpress.com