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Visions of Johanna
"Visions of Johanna" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan on his 1966 album "Blonde on Blonde". Several critics have acclaimed "Visions of Johanna" as one of Dylan's highest achievements in writing, praising the allusiveness and subtlety of the language. "Rolling Stone" included "Visions of Johanna" on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1999, Sir Andrew Motion, poet laureate of the UK, listed it as his candidate for the greatest song
November 30, 1965 outtakes appearing on the 6-disc and 2-disc versions of that album. The 18-disc version contains 11 takes of "Visions of Johanna" recorded in New York on November 30, 1965; it contains a further four takes of the song recorded in Nashville on February 14, 1966.
Interpretation.
Noting how popular "Visions of Johanna" remains among "hardcore Dylanophiles," Andy Gill suggests it is the enigmatic quality of the song that is responsible for its popularity—"forever teetering on the brink of lucidity, yet