420. "A Simple Twist of Fate" Bob Dylan

"A Simple Twist of Fate"
Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks
1975

I remember reading an article a few years ago about the Jonas Brothers (I told you it was a few years ago), and one of them (I think it was Posh Jonas, but it might have been Sporty) said something along the lines of "I have a lot to learn, I haven't had my Bob Dylan phase yet." And some guy in the letters page in the next issue got all uppity about that quote, for some dumb reason. This had to be Rolling Stone, only Rolling Stone readers would get offended by someone making music without having studied the Bob Dylan canon. It was a free subscription.
It was a good quote, though. Most rock music fans DO have a Dylan phase, and you can't force it. I didn't start listening to him until I was 22 or so, when I bought Highway 61 Revisited. And of course then my obsessive side took over and I bought like 5 Dylan records in the next month.
Blood on the Tracks was my favorite, and this was the best song on there.

People tell me it's a sin
To know and feel too much within
I still believe she was my twin but I lost the ring
She was born in spring but I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.


The guy was pretty good at writing lyrics. Hope your journey is going well, Posh Jonas.