What's your favourite Bob Dylan song?

[Punksnotdead]

2 hours ago, danmarks said:

All of blood on the tracks except maybe lily rosemary and the jack of hearts. Perfect dylan but doesn't fit with flow in my head.

Jokerman is perfect. 

Obviously skipped to end of thread so apologies 

WTF! - Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts is fucking amazing!

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's fine, but I agree that it sticks out like a sore thumb on BOTT. 

[Wanderlei]

Visions of Johanna

[bamber]

On 5/29/2021 at 1:24 AM, bamber said:

Anything off of Desire really but Black Diamond Bay if pushed for an answer.

A Novel of a tune.

 

To re-iterate, Black Diamond Bay, if pushed. It is the best.

 

[bamber]

Some honourable mentions..

This is another masterpiece,

 

[bamber]

This one is right up there too. This late, it is the one...

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQL982NrEvA/?utm_medium=copy_link

🤔

[Gnomicide]

Yikes...

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/bob-dylan-sued-child-abuse-b1903596.html

[SwedgeAntilles]

Well, shit.

[gigpusher]

11 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Yikes...

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/bob-dylan-sued-child-abuse-b1903596.html

Seen a lot of things on Twitter saying that he was on a different continent when this allegedly happened. 

[Gnomicide]

Just now, gigpusher said:

Seen a lot of things on Twitter saying that he was on a different continent when this allegedly happened. 

Yeah, I was just coming to post this thread:

 

[Gnomicide]

Obviously you can't just dismiss people making accusations, that happens far too often to genuine victims but looking at the timelime, it just doesn't fit. You'd think their lawyers would have done at least some investigation before filing the claim.

[gigpusher]

3 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Yeah, I was just coming to post this thread:

 

Seems a bit weird that legislation called Look Back is what brought these allegations to light and a tour called Don't Look Back could be what ends them. 

[Hugh Jass]

Noncing on heaven’s door…

[henry bear]

Lie Lady Lie

[Watergirl]

Tangled Up In Blue.

[Wanderlei]

Visions of Johanna

[dogeggs]

I do love Tangled up in Blue, but my favourite is The Man In Me. The Coen Brothers made it part of my soundtrack to the late 90s, and it never fails to put a smile on my face.

[Brave Sir Robin]

12 hours ago, TASHMA BWABWE said:

I don't see it mentioned here and it doesn't often get much love, so I'd like to give a nod to I And I from Infidels.

Described by Dylan as one of his "Caribbean songs" and famously written "in 15 minutes" (as told to Leonard Cohen who was a fan of the song) with guitar parts by Mick Taylor (the Rolling Stones best lead guitarist, imo) that excellently complement Sly & Robbie's rhythm section, all wrapped up nicely in Mark Knopfler's production. I love it.

Great track. I also enjoy the Dr Dread ‘reggae remix’ and dub versions that made it onto streaming platforms last year:

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Hehe. I bought that at RSD last year and it's still sitting unplayed.

[joeltg]

Either Hurricane or Girl from the North Country. 

[Avalon_Fields]

It's a great challenge to chose one, but I can't get past Desolation Row. I know it's special to me because every time I play it I listen very closely to the lyrics. Still doesn't mean I have a clue to what the words mean, such as this snippet:

Ophelia, she's 'neath the window for her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday she already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic she wears an iron vest
Her profession's her religion, her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow
She spends her time peeking into Desolation Row

[Neil]

Neighbourhood bully, cos he's not scared to tackle a tough subject. 

[Pear_Cider]

Some great shouts on here, especially the Visions of Johanna votes. One song I never skip when I'm playing Dylan though is The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.

Edited April 2, 2022 by Pear_Cider

[Brave Sir Robin]

3 hours ago, TASHMA BWABWE said:

Yeah, they're great. I've loved those mixes since they appeared on "Is It Rolling, Bob?"

There are also the newer remixes of Jokerman that were included on the RSD release, but I'm much less keen on those.

Agreed, the Jokerman mixes are much less successful.