Playlist 10.09.12

Forty five verses about the sinking of the Titanic. No choruses. Almost 14 minutes in duration. You might argue that late night radio broadcasters live for such a lengthy affair - a chance to sort out the paperwork, to scan the alarming messages from late night obsessives plus a bit of Facebook dalliance. But sometimes you just have to give a long tune your attention.

Bob Dylan stretched the pop song to spectacular ends in 1965 with 'Like A Rolling Stone' and he has often returned to longform on 'Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands', 'Visions of Johanna' and more recently, 'Highlands'. So now we can add 'Tempest' with its Titanic theme. There are some powerful songs from the tradition about this event, but bizarrely, Bob seems to be getting his storyline from the James Cameron movie. Fictional characters have the run of it. Dylan is such an abstract guy that you're not entirely sure if this is an homage or some ever-rolling gag. Over to you, kind listeners.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

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Mondays, ten - midnight

Bob Dylan - Narrow Way (Columbia)

Master And Dog - Canada (white)

Palma Violets - Best Of Friends (Rough Trade)

Ry Cooder - profile

Alt J - Something Good (Infectious)

Calexico - No Te Vayas (City Slang)

David Byrne, St Vincent - Weekend In The Dust (4ad)

Stealing Sheep - Shut Eye (Heavenly)

The XX - Try (Young Turks)

Bob Dylan - Long And Wasted Years (Columbia)

Van She - You're My Rescue - (Modular)

Beth Orton - Magpie (Anti)

David Byrne, St Vincent - I Am An Ape (4ad)

The Time Jumpers - Nothing But The Blues (Rounder)

The Lost Brothers - Tumbling Line (Bird Dog)

Otis Clay - I Die a Little Every Day (Demon)

Bill Fay - Be At Peace With Yourself (Dead Oceans)

Grimes - Genesis (4ad)

Dan Deacon - Pretty Boy - (Domino)

Bob Dylan - Tempest (Columbia)