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“Isis”
Song by Bob Dylan
Album Desire
Released 5 January 1976
Format vinyl record
Recorded July 1975
Genre Rock
Length 6:58
Label Columbia
Producer Don DeVito

"Isis" is the second track on the Bob Dylan album Desire. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Desire is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan 's 17th studio album released by Columbia Records in 1976 Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A gramophone A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Desire is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan 's 17th studio album released by Columbia Records in 1976 It was written by Bob Dylan in collaboration with Jacques Levy. Jacques Levy ( 29 July 1935 &ndash 30 September 2004) was a Jewish American Songwriter, Theatre director

This song is in a moderately fast 3/4 time, in the key of B flat major. Also see B-flat minor, or B major. B major or B-flat major is a Major scale based on B-flat The arrangement is based on rhythm chords played on acoustic piano, accompanied by bass, drums, and violin. The harmonic pattern consists of the chords I-VIIb-IV-I (Bb-Ab-Eb-Bb) throughout. As in "Visions of Johanna," the lyrics are all verses; there is no chorus. " Visions of Johanna " is a song by Bob Dylan from the 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. The melody is in the style of a modal folk song, emphasising the tonic and dominant notes in the scale, with leaps of a fifth in between them. The mode is Mixolydian with a major third in the harmony, but Dylan's delivery of the melody uses a flatted third as in the blues. The Mixolydian mode is a Musical mode or Diatonic scale. It has the same series of tones and semitones as the Major scale, except The length of the track is 6 minutes and 58 seconds. The lineup: Bob Dylan, voice, piano and harmonica; Scarlet Rivera, violin; Rob Stoner, bass; Howie Wyeth, drums. Scarlet Rivera is an American violinist She is best known for her work with Bob Dylan, in particular on his album Desire and as part of the Robert David Rothstein ( April 20, 1948, Manhattan New York City, NY better known as Rob Stoner, is an American multi-instrumental Howard Pyle Wyeth ( April 22 1944 – March 27 1996) also known as Howie Wyeth, was an American Drummer and

"Isis" tells a tale of a man who married an enigmatic figure named Isis. Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and is celebrated in their mythology as the ideal mother and wife patron of nature and magic friend of slaves sinners The main part of the story told by her spouse is about his separation from her. The song opens with their wedding "on the fifth day of May," an allusion to Cinco de Mayo, a patriotic holiday of Mexico, one of several Mexican themes found in Dylan's songs during the 1970s. Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "5th of May" is a Mexican national holiday that honors the Mexican victory over the French army at Puebla de Los Angeles in 1862 The holiday commemorates Still in the first verse, the tale describes the couple's separation and the narrator's travels through an adventure that sounds like the Wild West or Mexico crossed with Egypt crossed with allegorical science fiction. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. He rides a pony and hitches it up "on the right" in a "high place" symbolically divided by a line through the middle into light and dark. He goes to wash his clothes, as though to wash himself of his past. He falls in with a shady character who promises easy treasure. They ride "to the pyramids all embedded in ice," and dig in freezing conditions until the treasure-hunting companion dies. So the narrator breaks into the empty tomb, finds no treasure, and realizes the adventure had been crazy. He buries the dead man in the tomb within the pyramid, says a quick prayer, and rides back to Isis because he still loves her. He sees her in a field where Isis asks him if he is going to stay this time. The narrator replies "If you want me to, yes!"

The song was written and recorded during a time of separation and reunion in Dylan's own marriage; consequently, for fans and critics the temptation to interpret it as an allegory of Dylan's own marital difficulties is irresistible, especially since the Desire album contains the song "Sara" which is openly about their marriage and separation. Since Dylan was known to include autobiographical hints in his previous songs, this interpretation cannot be considered farfetched. "Isis" draws upon mythological themes of a male hero separating from his wife, going on adventures, and returning to the marriage, going back to the Odyssey. The Odyssey ( Greek: Ὀδύσσεια or Odússeia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

Dylan did an up-tempo live version of this song with the Rolling Thunder Revue, a performance of which was included in the film Renaldo and Clara. The Rolling Thunder Revue was a famed Concert tour comprised of a traveling caravan of musicians headed by Bob Dylan, that took Renaldo and Clara is a Surrealist movie directed by and starring Bob Dylan. A live Rolling Thunder version of the song was included on the compilation album Biograph, which Dylan introduces as "a song about marriage". Biograph is a 53-track compilation spanning the career of Bob Dylan, from his 1962 debut album to the 1981 LP Shot Coupled with the name of the album, this introduction further insinuates that the song documents Dylan's marital tribulations.

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