"Torch Songs" and "Cast Iron Ballads": Deep Cuts from the Planet Waves Era
On his 1973 album Planet Waves , Bob Dylan seems to be caught in between two words: the domestic tranquility represented by New Morning and the dark sad night of Blood on the Tracks . Songs like " On a Night Like This " represent that maybe the party with friends far and wide isn't quite over, while " Forever Young " serves as a touching tribute to his children, a truly moving and heartfelt song that uplifts the sacred duty of parenthood to the spiritual. We've got friends, children, and big dreams, but what else? The romance. There are four major songs of romantic involvement from this era that also are worth mentioning: "Nobody 'Cept You", "The Wedding Song", "Dirge", and "Going, Going, Gone". " Nobody 'Cept You ", a tune recorded for Planet Waves that didn't see the light of day until the first Bootleg Series in 1991. Everything about the song, from the sound to the lyrical content, sug...