# New Amazon Series Based on Bob Dylan Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275 "2016-04-15T15:23:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/1 "2016-04-15T15:23:02Z")
[Story Here](http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/bob-dylan-amazon-drama-series-josh-wakely-1201751701/) Apparently this will be a “season anthology” (that is, each season will comprise a complete story essentially unrelated to the stories told in other seasons, like in _American Horror Story_). So which Dylan songs/characters do you think could be made into interesting stories for this series? I’m thinking that “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” could be developed into a season all by itself. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/2 "2016-04-15T15:50:03Z")
Just a few to start… Quinn The Eskimo Tangled Up In Blue (probably most of the tunes off of BOTT) To Ramona Señor ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/3 "2016-04-15T15:53:13Z")
“Isis” would be a good template for a mysterious romantic adventure episode I’d love to see. Edit: Oh, and “The Man In The Long Black Coat” would make a great character for an episode. If they make a good series out of that, I’d be willing to subscribe to Amazon Prime just to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/4 "2016-04-15T16:06:29Z")
You could build an entire season out of one _verse_ of “Highway 61 Revisited”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/5 "2016-04-15T16:19:21Z")
_Hollis Brown_: this would be an extremely dark story line, though. _Like A Rolling Stone_ would be a winner. A real challenge would be to come up with a story line for _Subterranean Homesick Blues_. Come to think of it, perhaps Breaking Bad covered that one. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/6 "2016-04-15T16:48:33Z")
I’d love to see a dramatization of “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream”. Other obvious ones: Motorpsycho Nitemare Ballad in Plain D Hurricane Percy’s Song The Drifter’s Escape The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/7 "2016-04-15T17:08:35Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I’d love to see a dramatization of “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream”. > > Other obvious ones: > > Motorpsycho Nitemare > Ballad in Plain D > Hurricane > Percy’s Song > The Drifter’s Escape > The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest Already been a movie done on Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/8 "2016-04-15T17:14:03Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I’d love to see a dramatization of “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream”. Yeah, that could be quite funny. Another candidate for a funny, yet apocalyptic episode would be “Talking World War Three Blues”. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/9 "2016-04-15T17:14:46Z")
One song per episode or per season? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/10 "2016-04-15T17:21:03Z")
It’s a pity that Fellini is dead, I bet he could handle a dramatization of “Desolation Row” quite well. And “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” would make for a good, sleazy border story. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/11 "2016-04-15T17:35:44Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > One song per episode or per season? Not completely sure. All the article says is: > [@](#): > > The plan for the series is that two characters or story threads from Dylan songs that wind up colliding in some way. So they might not be following the plot of any one song, just weaving in concepts and characters from the body of Dylan’s work. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/12 "2016-04-15T17:45:08Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > Quinn The Eskimo [It already exists.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Savage_Innocents) _All Along the Watchtower_ could be interesting. In [_Black Diamond Bay_](http://bobdylan.com/songs/black-diamond-bay/) I would love to know the backstories of the woman in the Panama hat, the Greek, the desk clerk, the soldier, the tiny man, and the gambler. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/13 "2016-04-15T17:49:32Z")
Lots of possibilities Romance in Durango Changing of the Guards Black Diamond Bay Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts Ballad of a Thin Man Sounds like a fun project Desolation Row might be a season unto itself ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/14 "2016-04-15T18:00:11Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > In [_Black Diamond Bay_](http://bobdylan.com/songs/black-diamond-bay/) I would love to know the backstories of the woman in the Panama hat, the Greek, the desk clerk, the soldier, the tiny man, and the gambler. Wow, yes, that could be a great one. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/15 "2016-04-15T18:23:07Z")
Well, inspired by this thread, I’m listening to _Bringing It All Back Home_ right now, so if they are looking for characters, the black Madonna two-wheeled gypsy queen from _Gates Of Eden_ must be considered, she was always a favorite of mine and I’d love to see her pictured. Another character that shouldn’t be missing in the series’ universe is of course _Mr. Tambourine Man_. I have to stop know, Dylan threads always make me do binge posting :D. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazon-series-based-on-bob-dylan-songs/752275/16 "2016-04-15T19:02:54Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Lots of possibilities > … > Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts > … Hell, that could be a mini-series.