Bob Dylan

[Invader Zim]

It has been at least a month sinse the previous Bob Dylan thread last saw a post; this is unacceptable.

Bob Dylan proves there is a God, and God is called Bob Dylan: Discuss.

[Led Zeppelin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYefcvWe-x0

Nuff said.

[Holden Caulfield]

best album?
times they are a'changing
hands down
everysong is a classic and a social commentary

[Hit The North]

I find it difficult to favour any of his first eight albums over the others as they are all phenomenally brilliant. I can't think of another artist who has produced such a sustained output of sheer classics.

If Bob didn't exist, we'd have to invent him.

[Holden Caulfield]

"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
"Ballad of Hollis Brown"
"With God on Our Side"
"One Too Many Mornings"
"North Country Blues"
"Only a Pawn in Their Game"
"Boots of Spanish Leather"
"When the Ship Comes In"
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"
"Restless Farewell"

i was gonna highlight my faves but they are all fucking awesome, Hattie Carrol is maybe my fave but its very very close

[Hit The North]

"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
"Ballad of Hollis Brown"
"With God on Our Side"
"One Too Many Mornings"
"North Country Blues"
"Only a Pawn in Their Game"
"Boots of Spanish Leather"
"When the Ship Comes In"
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"
"Restless Farewell"

i was gonna highlight my faves but they are all fucking awesome, Hattie Carrol is maybe my fave but its very very close

Love that album, too. So stark. So political.

[gorillafuck]

Bob Dylan is a musical genius. I know it's a bit cliche, but my favorite song by him is Hurricane.

[cop an Attitude]

all of Highway 61 Revisted. Ballad of a Thin Man is so good. :thumbup:

[Holden Caulfield]

Hurricane.


awsome, i like Simple Twist of fate and Idiot Wind which i think are in the same vein as Hurricane

[Led Zeppelin]

Does anyone like some of his later stuff like Things Have Changed, Everything Is Broken, Not Dark Yet, Gotta Serve Somebody etc.?

I think they're pretty good as well.

[Invader Zim]

Does anyone like some of his later stuff like Things Have Changed, Everything Is Broken, Not Dark Yet, Gotta Serve Somebody etc.?

I think they're pretty good as well.

Some of the music he wrote, though not the lyrics which are just a collection of Christian clichés, during his religious phase is among the best he ever made. And it pisses me off, that because its Christian people think that its just shit, it isn't.

[JimmyJazz]

The best unappreciated Dylan song is definitely "In The Summertime" from Shot of Love. Such a classic. "Watered-Down Love" is also great.

Who here's read Chronicles: Vol I? It's got some great lines about American pop culture (and how much it sucks)

[JimmyJazz]

Practically every Dylan CD is $5.99 on Amazon.com right now btw.

[The Intransigent Faction]

"John Birch Society Paranoid Blues"..hilarious.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

He made a lot of good music in the past but everything that came out after he became a "born-again Christian" in the 1970s is horrible.

Have you all heard John Lennon's "Serve Yourself" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXd25Jqi7G0) (a response to Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody")?

[Led Zeppelin]

He made a lot of good music in the past but everything that came out after he became a "born-again Christian" in the 1970s is horrible.

Not all his post-70's music is religious though, he even recanted the religious crap later on:


Here's the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don't find it anywhere else. Songs like "Let Me Rest on a Peaceful Mountain" or "I Saw the Light (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Saw_the_Light_(Hank_Williams_song))"—that's my religion. I don't adhere to rabbis, preachers, evangelists, all of that. I've learned more from the songs than I've learned from any of this kind of entity. The songs are my lexicon. I believe the songs.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan#cite_note-Newsweek97-4)

In an interview published in The New York Times (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times) on September 28, 1997, journalist Jon Pareles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Pareles) reported that "Dylan says he now subscribes to no organized religion."[229] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan#cite_note-228)

The album Modern Times from 2006 is pretty good, especially the songs Thunder On The Mountain and Things Have Changed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd7o0L6ZCSg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPzg4WH7i3I

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

No, it's not all religious, but it is all horrible, as I said.

[Led Zeppelin]

Ok, but that's your opinion, and it's wrong.

[Junius]

Masters of War is great.

[Dr Mindbender]

didnt he write a pro-israel song?

I hope this isnt true.

[Pirate Utopian]

Yes he did, it's called Neighbourhood Bully.

[Invader Zim]

No, it's not all religious, but it is all horrible, as I said.

In terms of the actual music, a lot of it is better than most of the music he was making back in the 60s. Street Legal (1978), which was one of the first Dylan albums with hints of conversion (it was released just before his Gospel tour) has some great songs on them, as does Slow Train Coming and Slow Train Coming (I don't really like much from Saved, thats a bit shit), and they are certainly better than Self Portrait, which is a rubbish. And his post religious stuff, such as Time out of Mind is great.


Have you all heard John Lennon's "Serve Yourself" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXd25Jqi7G0) (a response to Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody")?

Yes, and the sad irony is that Dylan's song is far in a way better. While Dylan was writing awful cliché lyrics at least the song sounds good. With about two exceptions, and Serve Yourself isn't one of those exceptions, everything lennon made post-Beatles was dire.

[Holden Caulfield]

worst Dylan song?

Leopardskin pill box hat,

no doubt, utter shite

[Post-Something]

I've always avoided Dylan for some reason. If I wanted to start, which album would I start on?

[Pirate Utopian]

These 2:
Bringing it all back home
Highway 61 revisited

[Led Zeppelin]

worst Dylan song?

Leopardskin pill box hat,

no doubt, utter shite

Why? I actually think it's pretty good. Not great, but still decent enough to listen to.

[scarletghoul]

Bob Dylan's OK but really overrated

[Hit The North]

I've always avoided Dylan for some reason. If I wanted to start, which album would I start on?

Start with the first and go through them in chronological order, up to Blood On The Tracks.

[Yoghourt]

'Neighbourhood Bully' from the 'Infidels' album was perceived by some as being pro-Israel. Dylan himself denies this.

[Dr Mindbender]

i didnt like 'tombstone blues'. Good lyrics, but annoying instrumentals.

[Dr Mindbender]

'Neighbourhood Bully' from the 'Infidels' album was perceived by some as being pro-Israel. Dylan himself denies this.

Yeah, i'm sure his left wing fan base had nothing to do with that. :glare: