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Favourite Bob Dylan Song?

Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
edited August 2006 in Other Music
Of the many many many astoundingly great Bob Dyan songs the one which blow me away every time is The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.Should've won a Noble Prize.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qEtyi4rcCc&mode=related&search=bob%20dylan%20lonesome%20death%20of%20hattie%20carroll
What's everyone else's fave?
It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

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  • improvgirl312improvgirl312 Posts: 40
    Just one?

    I'm kind of torn between It's A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall and Positively Fourth Street.

    And of course, Like A Rolling Stone.
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  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    Make it top 5 if you want,just one is near impossible.Personally I'd pick:

    1.Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
    2.Blowin in The Wind
    3.Forever Young
    4.Gotta Serve Somebody
    5.I Want You
    It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
    But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

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  • zeppelinzeppelin Posts: 121
    Masters of War
    For threatening my baby
    Unborn and unamed
    You aint worth the blood
    That runs through your veins
  • cubbieblue82cubbieblue82 Posts: 292
    I don't really have a particular order, but 5 of my favs would have to be:

    Don't Think Twice
    Blowin' in the Wind
    Masters of War
    Highway 61 Revisited
    With God on our Side

    Really hard to choose though, I love most of his stuff!
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  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    a simple twist of fate
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,104
    thanks for that video, its definitely one of my favorite dylan tunes. man i wish i could write like that.

    some of my other faves that haven't been listed are...

    1) boots of spanish leather/girl from the north country (these 2 have same music just different lyrics)

    2) one to many mornings

    3) ballad in plain d

    4) restless farewell

    5) just like a woman

    i am more partial to the early stuff.
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    I can't do just one:

    Positively 4rth street
    a hard rain's a gonna fall
    Don't think twice.... it's allright
    Lay Lady lay
    Not dark yet
    Sarah
    shelter from the storm
    hurricane
    sad eyed lady of the lowlands
    Masters of war
    Absolutely sweet marie
    It;s all over now baby blue
    to name a few... there are just too many to choose.
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  • SathogwaSathogwa Posts: 227
    Everyone needs to check out his first self-titled album. It is fucking amazing! You never hear about it, and seems to be largely forgotten, but it is so good! It is all his interpretations of old folk and blues songs. Its like acoustic punk, especially "Freight Train Blues" and "Gospel Plow."
    Sleep on horseback
    Far moon in a continuing dream
    Steam of roasting tea

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  • morepeopleshouldsingmorepeopleshouldsing Posts: 44
    Lay Lady Lay
    Want to be enlightened, like I want to be told the end.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    my fave dylan song that he sings: hurricane.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    no fave dylan song. thats like saying a favorite beatles, who, or pj song. fuck it.
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,843
    subterranian homesick blues
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    A little off topic, but this made me do a little more research on the case. I had no idea this took place in 1963. For some reason, I assumed it was in the late 1800's, early 1900's. William Zantzinger is still alive and well, and was still being his racist self back in '91 when he was charged with charging rent to black families on properities he no longer owned. Theres some good articles linked to on this page:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonesome_Death_of_Hattie_Carroll

    This may be the best quote from it, and I'm sure it makes Dylan proud:

    "Zantzinger has recently (as of 2005) told Howard Sounes, in Down the Highway, the Life of Bob Dylan, "It's actually had no effect upon my life", but is vitriolic in his scorn for Dylan, saying, "He's a no-account son of a bitch", claiming that the song is inaccurate. "He's just like a scum of a scum bag [sic] of the earth, I should have sued him and put him in jail". He claims that the song is a total lie, but has never attempted to prevent Dylan from performing it."

    Oh, and favorite Dylan song? Thats tough. Jokerman, Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, Forever Young, Desolation Row all are up there.
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  • *Boy*Boy Posts: 112
    Dylan wrote one of my fav love songs ever ever ever called Nobody 'Cept You. i know its about a relationship with God but in my own version i changed a few lines so it could also be about someone you love dearly (like in my case) i don't care too much musically for his version (i fucking love the 16HP version though) but lyrically its awesome
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  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Tangled up in Blue.....hands down.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • SathogwaSathogwa Posts: 227
    *Boy wrote:
    Dylan wrote one of my fav love songs ever ever ever called Nobody 'Cept You. i know its about a relationship with God but in my own version i changed a few lines so it could also be about someone you love dearly (like in my case) i don't care too much musically for his version (i fucking love the 16HP version though) but lyrically its awesome

    You dig 16 Horsepower? Right on!
    Sleep on horseback
    Far moon in a continuing dream
    Steam of roasting tea

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  • elstongunnelstongunn Posts: 285
    mama you've been on my mind
    farewell angelina
    you're gonna make me lonesome when you go
    every grain of sand
    forever young

    and the hilarious i shall be free need to check this song out if you haven't, you'll laugh out loud. (on freewheelin')
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    EVACUATION!!
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  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    I can't stop listening to "Wallflower" right now

    Wallflower, wallflower
    Won't you dance with me
    I'm sad and lonely too

    Wallflower, wallflower
    Won't you dance with me
    I'm falling in love with you

    Just like you I'm wondering what I'm doing here
    Just like you I'm wondering what's going on

    Wallflower, wallflower
    Won't you dance with me
    The night will soon be gone

    I have seen you standing in the smokey haze
    And I know that you're gonna be mine one of these days, mine alone

    Wallflower, wallflower
    Take a chance on me
    Let me ride you home
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • ItsEvolutionBaby74ItsEvolutionBaby74 Posts: 490
    My favourite song of B.Dylan is "Shelter From The Storm"!
    "Feel it rising, yeah next stop falling!"

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  • Farmer JohnFarmer John Posts: 2
    High Water Everywhere - Love and Theft
    In The Summertime - Shot of Love
    Black Diamond Bay - Desire
    Drifter's Escape - John Wesley Harding
    Tough Mama - Planet Waves
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Shelter From The Storm
    Love Minus Zero/No Limit
    It's Alright Ma (I'm only bleeding)
  • *given*to*fly**given*to*fly* Posts: 325
    kdpjam wrote:
    no fave dylan song. thats like saying a favorite beatles, who, or pj song. fuck it.



    hahaha so so true
    dream like your living forever
    live like your dying today
  • likepilateihaveadoglikepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    rosemary, lily and the jack of hearts
    Teamwork. Rawk. Pwnage. Infinite Possibilities. YIELD. Hells yeah.
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    Ballad of Hollis Brown
    Desolation Row
    Lady, Lady, Lay
    Mr Tambourind Man
    North Country Blues

    and et al

    been listen' to Dylan for many years and still lovin his songs.. :)
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • sadprofessorsadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    Honestly, I don't think anything is even in the same league as Desolation Row... that song is just epic.
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  • likepilateihaveadoglikepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    girl of the north country?

    anyone say that yet?
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  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    O god i have so many

    5: My back pages

    4: Liek a rolling stone

    3: its alright ma im only bleeding

    2: Girl from north country

    1: Desolation ROw
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  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    I think people who say "Girl From The North Country" should have to specify which version, the one from 1962 or the one from 1969, they like better.


    And for the person who said they love "Nobody 'Cept You," you're right, the song is great and should have been the last song on "Planet Waves" instead of Wedding Song, which is good, but the lyrics aren't quite up to par.
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  • likepilateihaveadoglikepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    pearlzepfan wrote:
    I think people who say "Girl From The North Country" should have to specify which version, the one from 1962 or the one from 1969, they like better.

    Fair enough!

    Actually, I never really liked the Dylan versions until I heard a cover by this woman named Susan Hamlin from Saratoga, NY.

    It's fantastic.
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  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    No way I could ever pick just one!

    Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
    Visions of Johanna
    Masters of War
    Boots of Spanish Leather
    Idiot Wind
    Desolation Row
    Sara
    Chimes of Freedom
    My Back Pages
    Isis
    It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
    One Too Many Mornings
    Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
    Queen Jane Approximately
    The Times They Are A-Changing
    With God On Our Side
    To Ramona
    Not Dark Yet
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