896 Bob Dylan “Visions of Johanna” 1966

“Being without the one you love can play funny tricks on you. The narrator in ‘Visions of Johanna’ describes the world around him as if viewed through a fun-house mirror, yet he manages striking clarity with his observations in the midst of this skewed reality. Ultimately, it’s of little consolation or consequence to him because Johanna is all that matters. Dylan’s songwriting gifts have never been so brazenly on display as on this staggering effort from Blonde on Blonde. It has perhaps a higher degree of difficulty than any of his songs, in that it must make you interested in the narrator’s wanderings without ever diverting focus from what’s most important: That he misses Johanna” (Jim Beviglia, Counting Down Bob Dylan, 2013).

Bob Dylan “Visions of Johanna”