Bob Dylan (Official Thread)

[joker1961]

Great album, yet a lot of people seem not to like it much!

yeah spot on

 

[JimJam]

"Like A Rolling Stone" was released fifty years ago this Summer. I came across this excerpt from a review in Melody Maker.

"....monotonous melody and Dylan's expressionless intoning just cannot hold the interest for what seems like the longest six minutes since the invention of time."

 

[brettfan]

For anyone browsing the internet attempting to learn about Dylan and listen to his music, keep a few things in mind.

1. You likely will not understand the music upon first listen.

2. Dylan's output during the first 10 years or so of his career varies greatly in the style and subject matter

3. Dylan is a true poet. His voice isn't beautiful by any means, but that's integral to the aesthetic. He doesn't try to be Elvis, Marvin Gaye, Freddie Mercury, etc., it's the tone and sincerity in that nasaly, sometimes crackly voice that delivers the lyrics properly.

4. Do not be deceived, Dylan can write some beautiful melodies. Blonde On Blonde is a good album to reference, along with Highway 61 Revisited.

5. Post Blood On The Tracks Dylan sucks cock, honestly, almost everything is boring minus Desire, and he's my favorite artist. Everything up to Nashville Skyline as well as Blood On The Tracks is amazing, though.
Anyways, my top 25

1. Tangled Up In Blue ( New York Version )
2. Sooner Or Later
3. Like A Rolling Stone
4. The Times Are A Changin
5. Mr. Tambourine Man
6. Girl From The North Country
7. Blowin In The Wind
8. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
9. Queen Jane Approximatly
10. All Along The Watchtower
11. Lay Lady Lay
12. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
13. Stuck Inside A Mobile
14. Subterannean Homesick Blues
15. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
16. Peggy Day
17. Tombstone Blues
18. It's Alright Ma ( I'm Only Bleeding )
19. Shelter From The Storm
20. Knockin On Heavens Door
21. Absolutely Sweet Marie
22. Simple Twist Of Fate
23. Tell Me That It Isn't True
24. Maggie's Farm
25. I Want You Back

Honorable Mentions: Visions Of Johana, Idiot Wind, Rainy Day Women #12 and 35, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

I beg to differ on your thoughts that Bob Dylan sucked after 1975. Here are songs to hear after 1975 from Dylan.
1. Gotta Serve Somebody - Slow Train Coming 1979
2. Blind Willie McTell - The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 - (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 ( Outtake from Infidels) 1991
3. What Was It You Wanted - Oh Mercy 1989
4. Everything Is Broken - Oh Mercy 1989
5. Dignity - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 1994
6. No Time to Think - Street Legal 1978
7. Pressing on - Saved 1980
8. Trouble - Shot of Love 1981
9. The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar - Shot Of Love 1981
10. License To Kill - Infidels 1983
11. Foot Of Pride - The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 - (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 ( Outtake from Infidels) 1991
12. Every Grain Of Sand - Shot Of Love 1981
13. Man Of Peace - Infidels 1983
14. Jokerman - Infidels 1983
15. Political World - Oh Mercy 1989
16. Abandoned Love (unreleased version) - Biography 1985
17. Up To Me (unreleased version) - Biography 1985
18. I and I (live) - Real Live 1984
19. Blowin' In The Wind (live) - At Budokan 1979
20. Brownsville Girl -Knocked Out Loaded 1986
21. Silvio - Down In The Groove 1988
22. Ugliest Woman In The World - Down In The Groove 1988
23. Ring Them Bells - Oh Mercy 1989
24. Unbelievable - Under The Red Sky 1990
25. Under The Red Sky - Under The Red Sky 1990
26. Emotionally Yours - Empire Burlesque 1985
27. Never Gonna Be The Same - Empire Burlesque 1985
28. Dark Eyes - Empire Burlesque 1985
29. Mississippi - Tell Tale Signs : Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (Version 2) (unreleased Time Out Of Mind) - 2008
30. Born In Time - Tell Tale Signs : Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (outtake of Oh Mercy) 2008
31. Series Of Dreams - The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 - (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 ( Outtake from Oh Mercy) 1991
32. Dignity (unreleased version) - Tell Tale Signs : Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (outtake of Oh Mercy) 2008
33. Jack-a-Roe - World Gone Wrong 1993
34. Blackjack Davey - Good As I Been To You 1992
35. If You See Her, Say Hello - The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 - (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (unreleased version) 1991
36. Seven Days (live) - The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 - (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (unreleased version) 1991
37. Idiot Wind - The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 - (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (unreleased version) 1991
38. World Gone Wrong - World Gone Wrong 1993
39. Shooting Star - MTV Unplugged 1995
40. Make You Feel My Love -Time Out of Mind 1997
41. Not Dark Yet - Time Out Of Mind 1997
42. Sugar Baby - Love and Theft 2001
43. Things Have Changed - Dylan 2007
44. Mississippi - Love and Theft 2001
45. Life Is Hard - Together Through Life 2009
46. It's All Good - Together Through Life 2009
47. Workman's Blues #2 - Modern Times 2006
48. When The Deal Goes Down - The Essential Bob Dylan 2014
49. Long and Wasted Years - Tempest 2012
50. Tempest - Tempest 2012
51. Somethings Burning Baby - Empire Burlesque 1985
52. Changing Of The Guard - Street Legal 1978
53. When You Gonna Wake Up - Slow Train Coming 1979
54. Handy Dandy - Under The Red Sky 1990
55. Need A Woman - The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 - (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (unreleased version) 1991

There you go 55 songs from the years between 1975 and 2014 or basically now. They are not bad tunes. You can't say Bob Dylan sucked after 1974 or 1975.

 

[joker1961]

I never have said he sucks at any dates...

 

[JerseyGirl]

See How Bob Dylan's Iconic 'Bringing It All Back Home' Cover Was Made

Film accompanies upcoming release of 'The Cutting Edge,' new Bootleg Series set that covers singer-songwriter's early electric period

This past March marked the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan's landmark album Bringing It All Back Home, which contained his first electric recordings and the singles "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and "Maggie's Farm." Its album cover featured an intriguing photo, taken by Daniel Kramer, of the singer-songwriter holding a cat as a woman in red reclines in the background in the center of a blurry swirl. In anticipation of the release of the upcoming compilation, The Cutting Edge 1965–1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12, which contains session recordings from the album, PopSpots host Bob Egan made a mini-documentary that shows how and where the picture was taken.

Kramer got the shot on the estate of Albert Grossman, Dylan's manager, who lived in Bearsville, New York. The photographer explains to Egan that he took 10 shots that day. As for why he picked the image that eventually graced Bringing It All Back Home's sleeve, Kramer said it was "the only one in which the cat was looking at the lens." The swirl around the photo was meant to represent the turning of the world and the turning of the record, at least to the photographer. He also explained that it was Dylan's idea to situate his previous LP, Another Side of Bob Dylan, behind the woman — Albert's wife, Sally — for a reason that remains personal to the singer-songwriter.

The film is the first in a series to chronicle Dylan's cover art in association with the compilation. Documentaries about the covers of Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde — both of which will be anthologized on The Cutting Edge — will be released soon.

The Cutting Edge will come out on November 6th and present an authoritative look at Dylan's early electric period. Notably, the box set, which will be available in two-disc and six-disc configurations and sports an extensive track list, will include alternate versions of "Subterranean Homesick Blues," "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Visions of Johanna."

*VIDEO IN LINK*


Read more: See How Bob Dylan's Iconic 'Bringing It All Back Home' Cover Was Made | Rolling Stone
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[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

I must admit that when I first laid eyes on the Dylan sleeve,I thought it was a bit off an odd one,but then on the other hand,the concept only fits in with Dyan's tendencies towards individual approach rather than jumping on pop culture bandwagons just to ensure listener acceptatnce.......

 

[Dude111]

I like and respect Bob Dylan, but I don't play his music very often.

Ya buddy I have 2 albums

1) Freewheeling bob dylan
2) Greatest Hits


Both are in Mono

 

[Kate]

Surely, on "classic" rock forums I've missed previous mention of today's epic release announcement regarding .....

...the best dang news in music since Europe '72 (and that include 30 Trips!)...WOOT!/peace, K

 

[joker1961]

Surely, on "classic" rock forums I've missed previous mention of today's epic release announcement regarding .....

...the best dang news in music since Europe '72 (and that include 30 Trips!)...WOOT!/peace, K

yes @Kate it will cost £100 in the U.K

 

[joker1961]

didn't understand why there`s never any love for `79/`80`s albums hmmm ok there may not be up there with 60`s and 2017 but I just love them both they are "Slow Train A Coming and Saved" imho there awesome are there any other takers. . .