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I have been thinking a lot about when this song might have been recorded. In something I read there was a suggestion that it could have been all the way back to the Tempest sessions but I don't think the voice is the same, it's quite raspy on Tempest and I don't hear that in Murder Most Foul. There's also a lot of violin in this song and I'm reminded of the fact that during his most recent leg of the tour, there seemed to be a greater use of the violin in many of the songs. The drumming still has me scratching my head - I think sometimes it sounds more like Matt than George, but then occasionally I think it sounds more like George than Matt. The post from Derek on the use of the phrase "it is what it is" is intriguing to me. I wasn't thinking of it by Pesci when he says it in the Irishman but just the term generally. I may be completely wrong here but I just get the impression that the term is being used much more recently than in the past. So this would point to Murder Most Foul being a newer recording. Of course this could just be my own wishful thinking. Of course I want to think that Dylan recorded it the day before it was released! And that this is part of a new collection of songs about to be announced. I'm still quite staggered by Murder Most Foul, I think it is an exceptional and moving piece which I am still trying to fathom. Perhaps most intriguing of all is the timing of its release, with the 'world on its side', a new and profound Dylan song gifted to us.
Thanks for reading, just a few thoughts I had.
Keep safe, God bless.
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