Motorpsycho Nightmare

Refer to the lyrics at www.bobdylan.com


Subject of the Post: Reference to the movie "Psycho"

Date Added: 12/01/98



Aaron 'doomsayer' Nielson wrote:

[first he cites the relevant lines from the song]

I was sleepin' like a rat
When I heard something jerkin'.
There stood Rita
Lookin' just like Tony Perkins.

I'll be honest, I have no idea who Tony Perkins is so I always feel dumb when I hear Dylan refer to him in Motorpsycho Nightmare. Anyone feel like enlightenin' the younger fans on the joke?

Trica Jungwirth wrote in response:

"Motorpsycho Nightmare" contains, surprise surprise, a lot of pretty screwy references to the movie "Psycho" which starred, surprise surprise, Tony Perkins. Who's also a kind of gay icon, so there you go, young 'un...