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- ‘Every Grain of Sand’ Shot of Love, 1981. “It’s like one of the great Psalms of David,” Bono says about “Every Grain of Sand,” the spellbinding ballad from Shot of Love that concludes Dylan‘s overtly Christian songwriting phase.
- ‘Visions of Johanna’ Blonde On Blonde, 1966. “Visions of Johanna” is a tour de force, a breakthrough not only for the writer but for the very possibilities of songwriting.
- ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ Bringing It All Back Home, 1965. As far as I can tell, the Byrds‘ recording of “Mr. Tambourine Man” was the first time anyone put really good poetry on the radio The Beatles hadn’t gotten to “Eleanor Rigby” or “A Day in the Life” — they were still writing “Ooh, baby.”
- ‘It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)’ Bringing It All Back Home, 1965. “I don’t know how I got to write those songs,” Dylan said in 2004, apropos of “It’s Alright, Ma.”
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- “Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)” (1978) Dylan said this baffling-yet-haunting country-rock epic was inspired by a man he saw on a train ride from Mexico to San Diego: “He must have been 150 years old… Both his eyes were burning, and there was smoke coming out of his nostrils.”
- “John Wesley Harding” (1967) “I was gonna write a ballad,” Dylan told Rolling Stone‘s Jann Wenner. “Like maybe one of those old cowboy [songs]… you know, a real long ballad.”
- “Corrina, Corrina” (1963) "Corrina, Corrina" is an early example of Dylan's ability to place folk music in a wider pop tradition, and vice versa. The song had been a blues and country standard, under various titles for decades, recorded by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Chet Atkins, Big Joe Turner and teen crooner Ray Peterson, among others, usually as a fun dance tune.
- “Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)” (1978) The last track on a Dylan album is often a kind of preview of his next record – check the way John Wesley Harding‘s “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” is a trailer for the country sound of Nashville Skyline.
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Bob Dylan - Changing of the Guards (Official Audio) Playlist with the 50 greatest songs by Bob Dylan, in order from 1 to 50, according to a list made by The Guardian in 2020.
A folk standard. But the rise and fall of his voice as he sings the four lines in each verse contains the DNA for how countless Bob Dylan songs would go – from “The Times They Are A Changin'”...
- Daniel Durchholz
- Bob Dylan – “Blowin’ in the Wind” If Dylan’s claim that he wrote “Blowin’ in the Wind” in 10 minutes is true, you’d be hard pressed to find another 10 minutes in any songwriter’s career that were better spent.
- Bob Dylan – “Like a Rolling Stone” The snare drum shot that opens the song is the sound of a gauntlet being thrown down. “Like a Rolling Stone” is a challenge, on every level, to everyone who hears it.
- Bob Dylan – “It’s Alright Ma, (I’m Only Bleeding)” The problem with positing yourself as a teller of truth and a chronicler of others hypocrisies is that it sets you up for a fall — people who live in glass houses, etc.
- Bob Dylan – “Tangled Up in Blue” Dylan has said in concert that “Tangled Up in Blue” took him “10 years to live and two years to write.” Because he generally says so little by way of introducing his songs, those words carry weight.
May 24, 2024 · One of the most remarkable aspects of Bob Dylan’s remarkable song repertoire is its breadth and depth. Dylan has recorded songs from so many genres, including folk, blues, rock, pop, gospel ...
2 days ago · Bob Dylan wrote and recorded the song in 1962, and it was released on his album “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.” The song’s simple yet profound lyrics pose a series of rhetorical questions ...
