Desolation Row
E106972
"Desolation Row" is a long, surreal, and lyrically dense Bob Dylan song widely regarded as one of his greatest and most influential works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Desolation Row canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Highway 61 Revisited ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception |
often cited as one of Bob Dylan's greatest songs
ⓘ
widely acclaimed by music critics ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus |
considered a landmark in rock songwriting
ⓘ
regarded as a classic Bob Dylan track ⓘ |
| hasFormat | studio recording ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
bass ⓘ light percussion ⓘ |
| hasLyricalCharacteristic |
allusions to historical figures
ⓘ
allusions to literary characters ⓘ dense imagery ⓘ surrealist style ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
decay of society ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
acoustic arrangement
ⓘ
multiple verses ⓘ narrative structure ⓘ prominent acoustic guitar ⓘ surreal lyrics ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Chris Smither
ⓘ
Grateful Dead ⓘ My Chemical Romance ⓘ Robyn Hitchcock ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| includedIn | Bob Dylan live performance repertoire ⓘ |
| influenced |
folk rock genre
ⓘ
later singer-songwriters ⓘ rock lyricism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 11 minutes ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| partOf | 1960s protest-era popular music canon ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| trackPosition | final track on Highway 61 Revisited ⓘ |
| writer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.