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An essay about a single song by Bob Dylan, which says it's Dylan's version of the song "Norweigan [sic] Wood", or maybe "Norwiegan [sic] Wood". I realize that Dylanology is still a booming business, but this song is no "Blowing in the Wind" and I wonder if it's all that notable; meanwhile, this article as it now stands contains what I'll charitably term "original research". -- Hoary 03:39, 2005 Jan 12 (UTC)
As a huge Dylan-fan i've pondered over the lyrics a lot, and my interpretation is a lot different. As I see it, the narrator in the song visits a prostitute since his wife, being disabled, is unable to satisfy him sexually. (...I tried to make sense/ out of that picture of you in your wheelchair...) Upon realising that the prostitute and his wife know each other he panics for fear the wife might find out, and strangles the prostitute to death. Later he confesses to his wife, with no sign of remorse. If this interpretation is correct the title of the song would also make sense, since the story takes place during the fourth visit to the prostitute. I was just wondering if anybody else has thought the same thing about the song. JesperLærke 02:08, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
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Someone enjoys using the word "boasts" a lot and wrongly.
"4th Time Around" was commonly speculated to be a response to The Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood" - written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney for their 1965 album Rubber Soul - as the two tracks boast a reasonably similar melody and lyrical premise. "Norwegian Wood" was considered an artistic leap for Lennon, as it was his earliest story-song and boasted an obvious Dylan-influence.
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Is it "4th Time Around" or "Fourth Time Around"? —Preceding
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I don't suppose there's any way of confirming this unless it was recorded in some way at the time, but although Dylan normally gave oblique/meaningless/indecipherable replies to questions about 'Norwegian wood'/'4th time around' I'm sure I once saw a street interview in which he just said "It needed finishing", which I took to mean that '4th time' was the end of the story started in NW. So I tried listening to them in that light and it does work, but... well, can anyone confirm from a reliable source that he said it, and am I interpreting it correctly? -- Deke42 ( talk) 23:07, 1 July 2013 (UTC)