Any Dylan fans about?? Favorite songs?

[ailsagirl]

I've been listening to "Subterranean Homesick Blues" a lot-- catchy. And I know all the words!!

Desolation Row
The Times They are A'Changing
Ballad of a Thin Man
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Rainy Day Women #12 and 35

Know what? There are too damn many!!

[two gun sid]

1. Idiot Wind....

Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Visions of Johanna
It's Alright Ma ( I'm only Bleeding )

[Hissyspit]

10. Yer an idiot, babe. It's a wonder you still know how to breathe...

[bobthedrummer]

2. I'm responsible for the Dylan vs. Beatles polls.

I mean Bob influenced them and they became much better as a result.
:smoke:
Drifter's Escape
Desolation Row
Ballad of a Thin Man
Just like Tom Thumb's Blues
All Along The Watchtower
The Time's They Are A Changing
etc.
etc.

[BeatleBoot]

3. The Mighty Quinn

Was just playing it on the Fender like 10 minutes ago....

Another Hot Friday night!

Whooo!!! Hooo!!!!

[Jade Fox]

4. Most of Blood On the Tracks....

and "Masters of War"--just about the best anti-was song ever.

[LTR]

5. Too many to mention

How about "Masters Of War"? Over forty years old, yet still haunting and relevant today.

I also love "The Hurricane". Very good storytelling.

[ailsagirl]

27. It's true-- there are far too many

Not to compare Dylan with Shakespeare (no one was greater than Shakespeare... IMO!!), but it's like asking which of Shakespeare's plays are your favorites.

Too, too many to name.

What a rich legacy we have from both

[ailsagirl]

28. I highly recommend the film "Don't Look Back"

I don't know how many of you have seen it, but I consider it a fantastic documentary (about his 1965 tour of England).

Oops... I answered my own posts!! :blush:

[LilKim]

6. I like his instrumentals

[Itchinjim]

7. One song,

"Tangled Up In Blue"
Nothing, and I mean nothing, by Bob or any other artist in the history of humankind comes as close to absolute perfection as this song.
The rest of "Blood on the Tracks" comes pretty close however.

[Itchinjim]

8. One song,

"Tangled Up In Blue"
Nothing, and I mean nothing, by Bob or any other artist in the history of humankind comes as close to absolute perfection as this song.
The rest of "Blood on the Tracks" comes pretty close however.

[6000eliot]

9. "Forever Young"

"I Shall Be Released"
"Your Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat"
"Tangled Up in Blue"
"Tweeter and the Monkey Man"

[Hissyspit]

11. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"

"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"

[ailsagirl]

24. YES-- those are beautiful songs

One thing about "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"-- I WISH it were longer. It's so short. I wish it were one of his 15 minute songs!!

[Hissyspit]

12. "...some are mathuhmatishuns, some are carpenter's wiives..."

/nasal intonation off

[ailsagirl]

25. And toward the end of the song, the words that have helped me:

"The only thing I knew how to do
was to keep on keeping on..."

Sort of my rallying cry!!

[Tom Kitten]

13. I love just about all Dylan...

...but I'm a sick kitty, my favorite is "Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread"...It just fits my personality...

Well, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.
The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
On the very next day, with a nose full of pus.
Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread

It's a one-track town, just brown, and a breeze, too,
Pack up the meat, sweet, we're headin' out
For Wichita in a pile of fruit.
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout

Now, pull that drummer out from behind that bottle.
Bring me my pipe, we're gonna shake it.
Slap that drummer with a pie that smells.
Take me down to California, baby
Take me down to California, baby
Take me down to California, baby

Yes, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.
The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
On the very next day, with a nose full of pus.
Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread

[Heidi]

14. Big Dylan fan . . .

thanks to my parents. My favorite Dylan song depends on the day and my mood.

Right now, "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" from the album, "Desire," 1976.

[ailsagirl]

23. That's great, Heidi

You sort of inherited Dylan from your parents. I was young when Dylan came out so I became familiar with his songs as they unfolded. And each album seemed to outdo the previous one.

I'm prone to dismiss his Christian stuff (just because I'm not of that ilk) but do like John Wesley Harding (which definitely does have biblical overtones).

I forgot to mention "Subterranean Homesick Blues"

Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles

BTW, there's a website that lists all his songs and all the lyrics. Handy.
http://bobdylan.com/songs/index.html

[Hissyspit]

15. "George Jackson"

...and then his greatest lyric ever from "Hurricane":

"...and then somebody called the cops..."

[Diogenes2]

16. 4th Time Around

Farewell, Angelina
She Belongs To Me
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Lay Down Your Weary Tune
To Ramona
Million Dollar Bash
I'll Keep It With Mine
Paths of Victory
When the Ship Comes In

[Quixote1818]

17. Lay Lady Lay

Lay across my big brass bead.

[Arugula Latte]

26. I like that one too

The guitar riff is very ... I don't know ... melancholy and plaintive.

[ailsagirl]

29. "The Legend of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"

All Along the Watchtower
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
It Ain't Me Babe

[Clarkie1]

18. Tambourine man, Tangled up in Blue (especially Jerry Garcia band version)

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow...

[Zen Democrat]

19. Only A Pawn In Their Game

What a powerful and insightful song, and unfortunately still relevant today. Also on my current Dylan playlist:

Masters of War
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
If You See Her, Say Hello
Tangled Up In Blue
Political World
Ring Them Bells
License To Kill
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)-- Dylan's Anthem
Just Like A Woman
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Everything Is Broken
Most Of The Time
Who Killed Davey Moore?
Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie (Spoken Word)
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues

And, of course, Mr. Tambourine Man with some of the most visually stunning lyrics ever penned: "To dance beneath the diamond sky
with one hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves ....." Words that always leave me breathless.


Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.

Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.

Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

[ailsagirl]

22. Hiya, Zen!! Thanks for the post... what about

"It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleedin')" ??

Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying.

Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying.

Temptation's page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover
That you'd just be
One more person crying.

So don't fear if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.

As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred.

Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Make everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred.

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.

An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's only people's games that you got to dodge
And it's alright, Ma, I can make it.

Advertising signs that con you
Into thinking you're the one
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you.

You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you.

A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
Insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not fergit
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to.

Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.

For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Cultivate their flowers to be
Nothing more than something
They invest in.

While some on principles baptized
To strict party platform ties
Social clubs in drag disguise
Outsiders they can freely criticize
Tell nothing except who to idolize
And then say God bless him.

While one who sings with his tongue on fire
Gargles in the rat race choir
Bent out of shape from society's pliers
Cares not to come up any higher
But rather get you down in the hole
That he's in.

But I mean no harm nor put fault
On anyone that lives in a vault
But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.

Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony.

While them that defend what they cannot see
With a killer's pride, security
It blows the minds most bitterly
For them that think death's honesty
Won't fall upon them naturally
Life sometimes
Must get lonely.

My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards
False gods, I scuff
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
Kick my legs to crash it off
Say okay, I have had enough
What else can you show me?

And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only.

[Bzzzz]

20. Lay Lady Lay (nt)

[MrScorpio]

21. Lay, Lady, Lay

Lay 'cross my big brass bed.

[deadparrot]

30. "The Times They are A'Changing"

Absolutely love all his stuff, but this is my favorite. :)