Tangled up in Blue is my all time fave, but one measure of a great song is how well it stands up to other interpretations. by that standard, Don't Think Twice and You Ain't going Nowhere are two of my all time faves. Also love "Visions of Johanna" from Blonde on Blonde.
Girl From The North Country To Romona I Don't Believe You Not Dark Yet Love Sick Million Miles Isis Simple Twist of Fate Mama, You Been On My Mind Seven Curses If You Gotta Go, Go Now She's Your Lover Now Nobody 'Cept You Walkin Down The Line It' Alright Ma Mississippi Po' Boy Sugar Baby Ballad Of A Thin Man Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Drifter.... ...to name a few.
Ah, so many from which to choose: It's Alright Ma... Tangled Up in Blue Subterranean Homesick Blues Buckets of Rain Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands Hurricane Simple Twist of Fate Idiot Wind Masters of War Jokerman Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Ring Them Bells Stuck Inside of Memphis... You're Gonna Make me Lonesome... Edit: His version of Sad Eyed Lady in Austin 2-3 years ago was unbelievable.
Girl from the North Country (with Johnny Cash) Desolatin Row Like Rolling Stone Don't think Twice When the Ship Comes In Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
I just heard Highway 61 on my way home from work today, and it's my favorite for two reasons. 1) I've only listened to three Bob Dylan songs ever, and it's the only one I know the title to 2) It has a kazoo in it
Oh where to begin? So many great songs, so many great lines. Off the top of my head and in no particular order. Like a rolling stone (one on my karaoke set list) Visions of Johanna Absolutely Sweet Marie I want you 4th time around one of must know(sooner or later) It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry Just like Tom Thumb's blues Every song on John Wesley Harding except The Ballad of Frankie Lee & Judas Priest. Dear Landlord & I am a Lonesome Hobo are F^&*ing Great!! You're a big girl now You're going to make me lonesome when you go Shelter from the storm buckets of rain Mr. tambourine man Lay lady lay Knockin on heaven's door I would like to hear him cover Get Off My Cloud by the Stones. For some reason I think he could make a great version.
There's so many: It's all over now, baby blue Positively 4th street Desolation Row The Man in Me Buckets of Rain Up to Me Abandoned Love Hurricane Forever Young All Along the Watchtower You're a Big Girl Now Just Like a Woman It takes a lot to laugh, It takes a train to cry... Oxford Town Talkin' Bear mountain picnic massacre blues Masters of War If you see her, say hello Girl from the north country Visions of Johanna ....just to name a few.
Everything is broken Pledging my Time Baby let me follow you down In My Time of Dying (cover) Who Killed Davy Moore? He was a friend of mine (not an original) A Hard Rain's a gonna fall
I went ahead and bought that last night as it has "Blind Willie McTell" which was the song I couldn't remember the name to. From what I read, this whole box set is worth it just for that song alone!
do you know the version w/ Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman from "Will the Circle be Unbroken, Vol. 2?" no surprise, it sounds a lot like the Byrds version, but i actually like it better, and it's better recorded.
I need to try to get into Dylan. Never really listened to him all that much. Tangled Up in Blue would probably be my favorite from what I've heard.
I would recommend these 3 albums to someone new to Dylan in "Blonde on Blonde", "Highway 61 Revisited", and "Blood on the Tracks". If you like these albums, you will probably like pretty much anything he did, IMO. I think the hardest thing about Dylan for most people is his voice - they can't get past the fact that he doesn't have the most soothing singing voice ever. I like him because of the way he phrases his words and I find his instrumentation (if that makes sense) always to be very interesting (Case in point, on the "Infidels" album he had the uber reggae duo of Sly and Robbie on bass and drums along with Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, and the keyboardist from Dire Straits as his other musicians).
Thanks Manny. Reminds me of my favorite movie where Barry's chastising the customer for not owning "Blonde on Blonde". I may have to pick that up today when going to get Orange is In. There better be a little joke about me in the liner notes. OK, I gotta get off this High Fidelity kick.
Okay, I got my copy of The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1-3 and I am finishing up listening to the 3rd CD. The 1st CD was alright but will probably take some growing on me as it is mainly acoustic (except for the spoken word poem at the end). The 2nd CD was very good, especially the alternate version of "If Not For You" with George Harrison on guitar. But it is the 3rd CD that I was looking forward to the most and it did not disappoint. "Blind Willie McTell" was wow. That one song really made it worth to buy the whole thing.
song for woody new morning dont think twice... girl from north country(Nashville skyline version with J.C) talkin new york who killed davey moore i dont believe you(she acts like we never have met) with god on our side lonesome death of hattie carroll
No, I'll have to check that out. I have heard the Byrds version though. I really like the looseness and "off the cuff" feel of the Dylan and the Band version. It sounds kinda half-assed, but it works.
