Talkin' Bob Dylan (favorite song, albums, member, track, quote)

sleepy jack · 01-09-2008, 04:35 PM

Ranking them in order of preference so far, I plan to finish this up in the next two weeks. Lets hope I actually do.

1. Blood on the Tracks
2. Blonde on Blonde
3. Desire
4. Bringing It All Back Home
5. New Morning
6. Highway 61 Revisited
7. John Wesley Harding
8. Another Side of Bob Dylan
9. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
10. Street Legal
11. The Times They Are A-Changin'
12. Nashville Skyline
13. Planet Waves
14. Slow Train Coming
15. Bob Dylan
16. The Basement Tapes
17. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
18. Self Portrait
19. Dylan

bluesmad2403 · 01-14-2008, 12:15 PM

Wheres street Legal???
Are you going to do Infidels, thats got my favourite Dylan song on it.

sleepy jack · 01-14-2008, 05:36 PM

Um...I just did Street Legal...last page.

Halfa · 01-25-2008, 05:22 PM

I dont know about songwriter, but he is definately the greatest Lyricist of all time. Maybe if you don't consider Lennon and McCarthy as one songwriter he is, but if you do then he's second.

but as a lyricist no one can beat him. no way. he's the master poet.

sleepy jack · 01-28-2008, 03:43 AM

"Saved (1980)"

This is a decent and listenable album. It's more true to his own sound than the last dylan album, most of the songs are just an acoustic guitar, an organ and an occasional choir. The Christian message gets very tiring after awhile, but as I said it's a decent album. More a Dylan album for the fans that anything else. I really don't have much to say on this album as it didn't leave much of an impression, not as good as Slow Train Coming and obviously it's no Blonde on Blonde but for an album about God it isn't so bad, certainly not as bad as the album cover suggests.

Favorite Songs: Solid Rock, Saved, Pressing On, What Can I Do For You

sleepy jack · 02-01-2008, 07:21 PM

"Shot of Love (1981)"

Holy shit, get it? Shot of Love is pretty bad mainly because it marks the start of Dylan's downward musical 80s spiral however Every Grain of Sand is incredible and the other two songs I've listed are solid too.

Favorite Songs: Lenny Bruce, Every Grain of Sand, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-01-2008, 07:24 PM

My Fall thread is going to go the same way this one has once I reach the 1990s

sleepy jack · 02-01-2008, 07:28 PM

I'm kind of scared to trudge on to be perfectly honest, because I know for a fact it's all **** from here on out, at least until Oh Mercy. =[

Molecules · 02-05-2008, 11:34 AM

I was very late coming to Bob Dylan...but it was on getting Highway 61 and Bringing It All Back Home I was converted, there's so much to get your teeth into with these albums.
Most importantly though is the influence of his lyricism on my musical heroes (the Beatles, among others), even though I don't often receive the subliminal messages he is sending out. A true poet still
Dunno if this has been posted before...

mr. goth glam · 02-03-2008, 09:33 PM

I wouldn't go that far. There are some gems to be found...it just takes a couple good listens.

Honestly, I can't think of a single Dylan album that is without at least one solid track.

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mr. goth glam Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Waverly, VA. Posts: 406	I wouldn't go that far. There are some gems to be found...it just takes a couple good listens. Honestly, I can't think of a single Dylan album that is without at least one solid track. __________________

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bluesmad2403 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10	Wheres street Legal??? Are you going to do Infidels, thats got my favourite Dylan song on it.

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Halfa Allman Brothers Obsessor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Whipping Post Posts: 260	I dont know about songwriter, but he is definately the greatest Lyricist of all time. Maybe if you don't consider Lennon and McCarthy as one songwriter he is, but if you do then he's second. but as a lyricist no one can beat him. no way. he's the master poet.