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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
Song Writing & Lyrics

Boots of Spanish leather

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00Hello, do you know that song by Bob Dylan? 02br
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00I have a question: I never managed to figure out the "symbol" of these boots. 02br
00Boots are made for walking, but also for kicking... and probably for other things too. 02br
00So, what do they represent here, in your opinion? Why boots? 02br
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0 Reminiscence of lost love? 02br 02br 00You can find analysis of dylan's work in this book: Christopher Ricks, Dylan's Visions of Sin, Viking/Penguin, late 2003, 517pp, £25 hardback, ISBN 0 670 80133 X. (you might get it at a library) 0-

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  • 0 Reminiscence of lost love?
  • 02br 02br 00You can find analysis of dylan's work in this book: Christopher Ricks, Dylan's Visions of Sin, Viking/Penguin, late 2003, 517pp, £25 hardback, ISBN 0 670 80133 X.
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0 Reminiscence of lost love? 02br
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0 I wouldn't necessarily take them as a symbol. The first few verses knock back and forth between 'his' exotic offers and 'her' rather plaintive replies – she doesn't want anything exotic; she just wants him to come home; and then at the end, as if slightly weary of the subject, she suddenly lights on an item which is practical but distinguished: some elegant footwear. 02br
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Hey - I've been drawn in recently by the lyrics of this song...well rather, the cover of it by Ida. And I've been trying to figure out the meaning of the boots at the end also, and this is what I think so far:

(In the version I'm listening to, it seems like it's the girl that's sailing away to Spain, and the boy that's waiting for her to come back)

Anyways, she keeps writing to
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Thank you for your interpretation, Anon, it's most interesting Emotion: smile
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anon, this song is one of my favorites and i think you understand the lyrics right. in my thinking, the boots are something he would want if he just would choose something on a purely practical basis, and he is not a guy so interested in diamonds anyway. also you could think that as he knows now he will have to "continue the walk", a pair of new boots wouldnt do any bad. and of course he cho
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Omg! Your interpretation was a complete epiphany for me. Thank you, I think you hit it right on.
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Hi there, all very interesting but its the words I am looking for. Can you help?
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the boots are his "walking shoes" ie: "I am outta here"
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