Bob Dylan hasn’t given a lot of interviews in recent years, but with the upcoming release of his first album of new material since 2012’s The Tempest, he opened up in a wide-ranging discussion with The New York Times.
The 79-year-old music icon shares this thoughts on an array of topics, from the death of George Floyd to, oddly enough, his favourite Eagles songs.
Asked if he was surprised when his recent single, the 17-minute “Murder Most Foul”, hit #1 on the Billboard charts, he admitted, “I was, yeah.” The song contains a head-spinning volume of pop-culture references, including a shoutout to Eagles’ founders Don Henley and Glenn Frey, and he revealed his favourite Eagles tracks to be “New Kid in Town,” “Life in the Fast Lane” and