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Poll--The Weakest Link: Bob Dylan's 'Blood On The Tracks' Final Round

MedozKMedozK Posts: 9,209
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Welcome to the Final Round to determine the GREATEST song on Bob Dylan's 'Blood On The Tracks'.
Eliminated Round 1 - Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts (7), You're A Big Girl Now (5) and Buckets of Rain (4)
Eliminated Round 2 - If You See Her, Say Hello (8), You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (7), and Meet Me In The Morning (7)
Eliminated Round 3 - Idiot Wind (12), Simple Twist Of Fate (10)

For anyone new to the game:
You are going to pick the song that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 3 days the song with the fewest votes will be crowned CHAMPION.
- Remember you are voting to eliminate songs from contention.

Lets have fun with this. Remember debating and discussing why your right and others are wrong is always fun.  

Poll--The Weakest Link: Bob Dylan's 'Blood On The Tracks' Final Round 29 votes

Tangled Up In Blue
24%
mcgruff10pledgeagrievanceDewieCoxerebusRS151862BLACK35brianlux 7 votes
Shelter From The Storm
75%
PoncierjosevolutiongoldrushcutzLukinFandudemanBrainofBGAjoberschlakeHesCalledDyerdankindGern BlansteneddiecF Me In The BrainhauntingfamiliarHobbesPJ_SoulnjnancyRenfieldSmallestOceansCsAc99 22 votes
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  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    Very easy choice. Tangled Up In Blue is an extraordinary song.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,541
    Shelter From The Storm
    It’s been called by many the greatest song ever written TUIB , it might just be ! 
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    Shelter From The Storm
    No dice needed today.  Tangled for the win.
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  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    @MedozK  Do you vote in the Polls?
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Shelter From The Storm
    Probably my favorite version of "Tangled Up in Blue":

    https://youtu.be/QuBZVeltfxM

    The tempo breakdown at 4:45 and return at 6:20 are just inspired.
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  • MedozKMedozK Posts: 9,209
    edited June 2019
    Renfield said:
    @MedozK  Do you vote in the Polls?
    Sometimes, I just like the conversations the polls make. I feel I’m more of a moderator.
  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    dankind said:
    Probably my favorite version of "Tangled Up in Blue":

    https://youtu.be/QuBZVeltfxM

    The tempo breakdown at 4:45 and return at 6:20 are just inspired.
    This is a freakin great cover- love them blues
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,836
    edited June 2019
    Shelter From The Storm
    WOW!!  I'm shocked that these are the last 2 songs remaining. 
    Post edited by cutz on
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    Tangled Up In Blue
    Where is "Idiot Wind"?  Just kidding but... :frowning:

    I have to think about how to vote for awhile.  TOUGH CALL!
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    Tangled Up In Blue
    I voted Tangled purely in the notion that NO SONG should be trounced by any other on this nearly perfect album.  My voting is done, this cruel and punishing weakest link game is done for me, now if you will excuse me, I have a glass of most excellent Cabernet from the sierra foothills with which to drown my sorrows.

    It's been real.  Really real!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • HobbesHobbes Posts: 6,423
    Shelter From The Storm
    Experiencing Dylan play TUIB live has been a highlight of my musical odyssey.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Shelter From The Storm
    Hobbes said:
    Experiencing Dylan play TUIB live has been a highlight of my musical odyssey.
    Scorsese has a Rolling Thunder Revue film out (or coming out). Those performances, at least those on the official bootleg series, are hot fire. 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    dankind said:
    Hobbes said:
    Experiencing Dylan play TUIB live has been a highlight of my musical odyssey.
    Scorsese has a Rolling Thunder Revue film out (or coming out). Those performances, at least those on the official bootleg series, are hot fire. 
    Netflix showings begin June 12
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-rolling-thunder-revue-trailer-martin-scorsese-netflix-doc-843743/amp/
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,954
    Shelter From The Storm
    Buckets of Rain should have been in the finals.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Shelter From The Storm
    Renfield said:
    dankind said:
    Hobbes said:
    Experiencing Dylan play TUIB live has been a highlight of my musical odyssey.
    Scorsese has a Rolling Thunder Revue film out (or coming out). Those performances, at least those on the official bootleg series, are hot fire. 
    Netflix showings begin June 12
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-rolling-thunder-revue-trailer-martin-scorsese-netflix-doc-843743/amp/

    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    edited June 2019
    Shelter From The Storm
    PJ_Soul said:
    Buckets of Rain should have been in the finals.
    My favorite version of that tune:

    https://youtu.be/R5J9MuWiAMk
    Post edited by dankind on
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  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    dankind said:
    Renfield said:
    dankind said:
    Hobbes said:
    Experiencing Dylan play TUIB live has been a highlight of my musical odyssey.
    Scorsese has a Rolling Thunder Revue film out (or coming out). Those performances, at least those on the official bootleg series, are hot fire. 
    Netflix showings begin June 12
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-rolling-thunder-revue-trailer-martin-scorsese-netflix-doc-843743/amp/

    Ahahaha-I don’t have Netflix, going to IFC in the Village (same theater I saw Let’s Play Two).
  • ed243421ed243421 Posts: 7,659
    dankind said:
    Renfield said:
    dankind said:
    Hobbes said:
    Experiencing Dylan play TUIB live has been a highlight of my musical odyssey.
    Scorsese has a Rolling Thunder Revue film out (or coming out). Those performances, at least those on the official bootleg series, are hot fire. 
    Netflix showings begin June 12
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-rolling-thunder-revue-trailer-martin-scorsese-netflix-doc-843743/amp/


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  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    @dankind
    When you say best version (Indigo Girls, Neko Case) do you mean better than Bob?

    I don’t listen to many covers of his songs.  I like his versions, other than Watchtower-which Jimi owns, Masters Of War- PJ Fenway1 2016 (UNREAL) and sometimes I listen to Every Grain Of Sand by EmmyLou Harris.

    If you have a minute would you please pass on some other covers you like?

  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Shelter From The Storm
    Not the best. Just my favorites. 

    There are are a few covers that I like better than the originals, though. Indigo Girls’ version of “Romeo and Juliet” comes to mind, Guns’ version of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (not the shitty live version in which bandleader Axl requests a little reggae), Cowboy Junkies’ “Sweet Jane,” Shirley Manson’s version of “Samson and Delilah,” probably any cover by Neko Case or Emmylou Harris. I like what Marilyn Manson does with covers, but I don’t really like Marilyn Manson all that much. 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    dankind said:
    Not the best. Just my favorites. 

    There are are a few covers that I like better than the originals, though. Indigo Girls’ version of “Romeo and Juliet” comes to mind, Guns’ version of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (not the shitty live version in which bandleader Axl requests a little reggae), Cowboy Junkies’ “Sweet Jane,” Shirley Manson’s version of “Samson and Delilah,” probably any cover by Neko Case or Emmylou Harris. I like what Marilyn Manson does with covers, but I don’t really like Marilyn Manson all that much. 
    Thank you!
    I’ll listen to covers by Neko Case and Emmylou Harris. Forgot about GnR. Love Cowboy Junkies- I didn’t realize Dylan wrote Sweet Jane, I thought Lou Reed did. Not sure if I can handle MM.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    edited June 2019
    Shelter From The Storm
    Oh yeah. I was just talking covers in general. I don’t think Dylan wrote “Samson & Delilah” either, and “Romeo and Juliet” is a Dire Straits tune. 
    Post edited by dankind on
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  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    dankind said:
    Oh yeah. I was just talking covers in general. I don’t think Dylan wrote “Samson & Delilah” either. 
    Ah-got it! Samson & Delilah sure sounds like a song title of Dylan tho’
  • MedozKMedozK Posts: 9,209
    This poll closes tomorrow. Looks like we have a runaway winner.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Shelter From The Storm
    Renfield said:
    dankind said:
    Oh yeah. I was just talking covers in general. I don’t think Dylan wrote “Samson & Delilah” either. 
    Ah-got it! Samson & Delilah sure sounds like a song title of Dylan tho’
    From Bob Dylan’s website, it looks like he has played Samson and Delilah once in 2004 at Bonnaroo.

    And Slash’s solo between the first and second verses of GNR’s studio version “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” is sublime. 

    The Marliyn Manson covers I’ve heard of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and “The KKK Took My Baby Away” are quite creative. 
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  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    dankind said:
    Renfield said:
    dankind said:
    Oh yeah. I was just talking covers in general. I don’t think Dylan wrote “Samson & Delilah” either. 
    Ah-got it! Samson & Delilah sure sounds like a song title of Dylan tho’
    From Bob Dylan’s website, it looks like he has played Samson and Delilah once in 2004 at Bonnaroo.

    And Slash’s solo between the first and second verses of GNR’s studio version “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” is sublime. 

    The Marliyn Manson covers I’ve heard of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and “The KKK Took My Baby Away” are quite creative. 
    Only got in a few snippets of Samson & Delilah.  Looks like I have some good stuff to listen to when I get home tonight!
  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    dankind said:
    Renfield said:
    dankind said:
    Oh yeah. I was just talking covers in general. I don’t think Dylan wrote “Samson & Delilah” either. 
    Ah-got it! Samson & Delilah sure sounds like a song title of Dylan tho’
    From Bob Dylan’s website, it looks like he has played Samson and Delilah once in 2004 at Bonnaroo.

    And Slash’s solo between the first and second verses of GNR’s studio version “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” is sublime. 

    The Marliyn Manson covers I’ve heard of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and “The KKK Took My Baby Away” are quite creative. 
    All these are pretty fabulous. Marilyn Manson is so tough for me to digest though, he’s what nightmares are made of. I forgot about his Tainted Love cover- it’s pretty darn good too.
  • RenfieldRenfield Posts: 1,054
    Shelter From The Storm
    MedozK said:
    This poll closes tomorrow. Looks like we have a runaway winner.
    A well-deserved win for Tangled Up In Blue.
    My two favorite versions:


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM


  • KN219077KN219077 Posts: 1,116
    Wtf...choosing between these as a weak link? Both are vital!
  • SmallestOceansSmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Shelter From The Storm
    A nice version of Tangled by Jerr...
    https://youtu.be/KMup73A0Jo4
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    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
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