Bob Dylan - where to start?

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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Okay, be honest, who here who has heard all 34 studio albums and all 9 of the Bootleg Series releases?

    Absolutely not

    I have and I would recommend listening to all of them except like 7 of the albums are pretty damn bad

    So, how many have you heard?
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Okay, be honest, who here who has heard all 34 studio albums and all 9 of the Bootleg Series releases?

    Absolutely not

    I have and I would recommend listening to all of them except like 7 of the albums are pretty damn bad

    So, how many have you heard?

    Um... Probably close to half
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    i own a great deal of the 9 bootlegs and 34 studio albums. I own a majority of them. I dont have any albums from his 80s period though, or any from the early 90's
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    i own a great deal of the 9 bootlegs and 34 studio albums. I own a majority of them. I dont have any albums from his 80s period though, or any from the early 90's

    The early 90s were not good to Bob :oops:. No need to listen to those three albums. But he ended the 90s quite nicely with Time Out of Mind :D.

    As for the 80s, I highly recommend Oh Mercy (89) and Saved (80).
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Okay, be honest, who here who has heard all 34 studio albums and all 9 of the Bootleg Series releases?

    I've heard most of them, but not all. I've got about 5 of the bootlegs. I don't think I've heard a few of the 80's-early 90's records.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Highway 61 Revisited is a brilliant album, love 'Just like Tom Thumbs Blues'.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Byrnzie wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Okay, be honest, who here who has heard all 34 studio albums and all 9 of the Bootleg Series releases?

    I've heard most of them, but not all. I've got about 5 of the bootlegs. I don't think I've heard a few of the 80's-early 90's records.

    All bootleg series releases are brilliant except the 7th and the 9th has some duds
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    i own a great deal of the 9 bootlegs and 34 studio albums. I own a majority of them. I dont have any albums from his 80s period though, or any from the early 90's

    The early 90s were not good to Bob :oops:. No need to listen to those three albums. But he ended the 90s quite nicely with Time Out of Mind :D.

    As for the 80s, I highly recommend Oh Mercy (89) and Saved (80).

    Saved... Yes... I do have that one on vinyl.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    i own a great deal of the 9 bootlegs and 34 studio albums. I own a majority of them. I dont have any albums from his 80s period though, or any from the early 90's

    The early 90s were not good to Bob :oops:. No need to listen to those three albums. But he ended the 90s quite nicely with Time Out of Mind :D.

    As for the 80s, I highly recommend Oh Mercy (89) and Saved (80).

    Saved... Yes... I do have that one on vinyl.

    New Pony is my jam 8-)
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    i own a great deal of the 9 bootlegs and 34 studio albums. I own a majority of them. I dont have any albums from his 80s period though, or any from the early 90's

    The early 90s were not good to Bob :oops:. No need to listen to those three albums. But he ended the 90s quite nicely with Time Out of Mind :D.

    As for the 80s, I highly recommend Oh Mercy (89) and Saved (80).
    Is "Saved" the one that has "Every Grain of Sand"?
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Newch91 wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    i own a great deal of the 9 bootlegs and 34 studio albums. I own a majority of them. I dont have any albums from his 80s period though, or any from the early 90's

    The early 90s were not good to Bob :oops:. No need to listen to those three albums. But he ended the 90s quite nicely with Time Out of Mind :D.

    As for the 80s, I highly recommend Oh Mercy (89) and Saved (80).
    Is "Saved" the one that has "Every Grain of Sand"?

    That's off the next album Shot of Love. And holy crap I meant to recommend Street Legal which actually came out in 78 :shock: :oops: :lol:. Oops all those albums that begin with "s"'s confused me. See that's what happens when you release 34 albums :lol:.
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    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
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  • JK36392JK36392 Posts: 840
    here is hoping i get lucky tomorrow am for tickets.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    JK36392 wrote:
    here is hoping i get lucky tomorrow am for tickets.

    I want to get tix to his Brooklyn show but they don't go on sale for a while :?

    I was front row for one of his shows in 2010 and pretty close to the stage at a show in 2006, so I need to be close again :D
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
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    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
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  • HinnHinn Posts: 1,517
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Okay, be honest, who here who has heard all 34 studio albums and all 9 of the Bootleg Series releases?
    6 bootlegs, 30th anniversary concert, 15 albums and the soundtrack to I'm Not There.

    Had. Lost my laptop, lost my ipod, never backed up, and all my stuff is back in Oz.

    Can't stand him live, though. Not a single good experience from 4 shows, so I'd quit. Except for the one time when I saw the Frames open for him, but that's the opener, not him.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Another Side of Bob Dylan is a very enjoyable album from start to finish.

    I find the song 'I Shall Be Free No. 10' so funny.
    Best part:

    Now I gotta friend who spends his life
    Stabbing my picture with a bowie-knife
    Dreams of strangling me with a scarf
    When my name comes up he pretends to barf.
    I've got a million friends!

    The last line.... :lol:
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I was front row for one of his shows in 2010 and pretty close to the stage at a show in 2006, so I need to be close again :D

    I saw him in 1987 at Wembley Arena when I was 16. It was my second ever concert. I went by myself with a coachload of much older people. He was supported by Tom Petty & The Heart Breakers, whom I remember being really good.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Another Side of Bob Dylan is a very enjoyable album from start to finish.

    I find the song 'I Shall Be Free No. 10' so funny.
    Best part:

    Now I gotta friend who spends his life
    Stabbing my picture with a bowie-knife
    Dreams of strangling me with a scarf
    When my name comes up he pretends to barf.
    I've got a million friends!

    The last line.... :lol:

    In my top 3 or 4 Dylan albums (and I've heard them all :D)

    This was recorded in one night and released just two months later :o :shock: :)

    All IIIIIIIIII reallyyyy wanna doooooooooooooooooooo is baby be friends with youuuuuuuu
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Moved onto Blonde on Blonde now.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP6bnDmF ... re=related

    Love this.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Moved onto Blonde on Blonde now.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP6bnDmF ... re=related

    Love this.

    My favorite DYlan album of all time and in my top 5 of ANY album :D
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    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • I dont own Oh mercy, or any of his 80s albums, i own everything else. but I just "listened" really listened to Ring them Bells for the first time the other day, reading the lyrics as well, and its just such a gorgeous song. I feel so at peace, and connected to God, and life, and nature when I hear it. No ones mentioned 2 albums that Ring Them bells was on, besides Oh mercy. The 2007 double disc dylan greatest hits, which I believe was chosen specifically by the Bobhead himself. And then Bootleg 8. At this moment the lyrics to Ring them Bells are hitting me pretty hard. May be among my all time favorites of his, but that list would be such an enormous list.

    And I dont think anyones mentioned Dylan movies. Dont Look Back is a classic, maybe the archetypal documentary. I found it stunning and intriging when i first saw it, my only complaint was DA would cut out parts of the songs. That Hattie Carrol version in the film is brutal in a good way, but of course the cameras battery died during the last verse.

    And of course Im Not There. With a great 2 disc soundtrack. The scene with the girl in the coffin, when Jim James starts singing Goin to Acapolco still gives me chills. One of the more bizaare films we will ever see, but once you understand dylan as an artist, the film makes a great deal of sense.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    John Wesley Harding - thoughts?
    Not my favourite album but still enjoyable.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    John Wesley Harding - thoughts?
    Not my favourite album but still enjoyable.

    Has a few good ones on it.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    John Wesley Harding - thoughts?
    Not my favourite album but still enjoyable.

    Fantastic album IMO. One of Dylan's classics and a must for any fan.
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    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero / No Limit
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7aIL_1NYNQ
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    My goal of rating/reviewing every one of Dylan's 34 albums before the 35th album comes out is almost complete. 4 albums to go :D.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    My goal of rating/reviewing every one of Dylan's 34 albums before the 35th album comes out is almost complete. 4 albums to go :D.
    :lol: Nice! Can't wait to see your work.
    Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Newch91 wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    My goal of rating/reviewing every one of Dylan's 34 albums before the 35th album comes out is almost complete. 4 albums to go :D.
    :lol: Nice! Can't wait to see your work.

    Haha thanks

    Small show in Westchester just announced :crazy:
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    My goal of rating/reviewing every one of Dylan's 34 albums before the 35th album comes out is almost complete. 4 albums to go :D.
    :lol: Nice! Can't wait to see your work.

    Haha thanks

    Small show in Westchester just announced :crazy:
    I know he's coming to CT. I'd love to go but I just spent a bunch on Bruce. Although Bob's prices are cheaper than Bruce's. :think:
    Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Newch91 wrote:
    I know he's coming to CT. I'd love to go but I just spent a bunch on Bruce. Although Bob's prices are cheaper than Bruce's. :think:

    He is playing Mohegan Sun on a Saturday night. Sounds like a hell of a weekend to me :D.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero / No Limit
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7aIL_1NYNQ

    Wow, amazing.
    Never seen that before and this is one of my favourite songs of his.
    Thank you for sharing. 8-)
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
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