Bob Dylan at 80 - favourite song?

[butcher]

Never understood or particularly liked his music or appeal, why does he sing in that ridiculous voice?

I don't have a problem with anyone else enjoying his schtick, but with all this hoo-ha about him having a birthday I thought I'd ask, he sounds like someone hoovering a carpet two room away.

ETA: I don't read pop periodicals but a bit of googling turned up this which sums up my feelings about the grumbly old warbler

Sacred Cows - Why Bob Dylan Is Not The Legend Everyone Thinks He Is

It’s not just the voice like a ferret being skinned alive with a potato peeler. It’s mostly that, but not exclusively. It’s the fact that all of his best known songs – none of which are particularly memorable unless massively over-played – were vastly improved by other musicians covering them...

www.nme.com

 

[belboid]

 

[belboid]

Or sometimes

 

[Humberto]

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Hard to pick a favourite, but if I had to I think it would have to be Mr Tambourine Man.

 

[BigMoaner]

Bob I love you so much.

This one at the moment. He inhabits endless personalities

 

[BigMoaner]

Never understood or particularly liked his music or appeal, why does he sing in that ridiculous voice?

I don't have a problem with anyone else enjoying his schtick, but with all this hoo-ha about him having a birthday I thought I'd ask, he sounds like someone hoovering a carpet two room away.

ETA: I don't read pop periodicals but a bit of googling turned up this which sums up my feelings about the grumbly old warbler

Sacred Cows - Why Bob Dylan Is Not The Legend Everyone Thinks He Is

It’s not just the voice like a ferret being skinned alive with a potato peeler. It’s mostly that, but not exclusively. It’s the fact that all of his best known songs – none of which are particularly memorable unless massively over-played – were vastly improved by other musicians covering them...

www.nme.com

Start at the beginning. From album to album. He is probably 60% hit rate.

 

[BigMoaner]

For people who don't get him try thay one. Just one of his endless masterpieces

 

[deeyo]

to ramona.

 

[Hollis]

Forgot about this song..

 

[BigMoaner]

to ramona.

Dif version. Love it


So talented I'm sure something was wrong with him. An alien.

 

[zahir]

An out-take from Desire.

 

[Orang Utan]

Never understood or particularly liked his music or appeal, why does he sing in that ridiculous voice?

I don't have a problem with anyone else enjoying his schtick, but with all this hoo-ha about him having a birthday I thought I'd ask, he sounds like someone hoovering a carpet two room away.

ETA: I don't read pop periodicals but a bit of googling turned up this which sums up my feelings about the grumbly old warbler

Sacred Cows - Why Bob Dylan Is Not The Legend Everyone Thinks He Is

It’s not just the voice like a ferret being skinned alive with a potato peeler. It’s mostly that, but not exclusively. It’s the fact that all of his best known songs – none of which are particularly memorable unless massively over-played – were vastly improved by other musicians covering them...

www.nme.com

He’s only worth the bother if you can process his lyrics but his voice bypasses any efforts to do so

 

[Hollis]

 

[BigMoaner]

Heart breaker

 

[killer b]

He’s only worth the bother if you can process his lyrics but his voice bypasses any efforts to do so

not sure about that, I like him well enough and I don't bother listening to the words. I like his delivery.

 

[BigMoaner]

Dixie on that film is also bloody goof

 

[BigMoaner]

Positively Van Gough

 

[BigMoaner]

Prob my fav clip of Bob. Stick with it. Fucking other worldly.



That's enough gushing from me.

 

[BigMoaner]

Doing a line at the end there I think

 

[BigMoaner]

Perhaps it’s the color of the sun cut flat
An’ cov’rin’ the crossroads I’m standing at
Or maybe it’s the weather or something like that
But mama, you been on my mind

Down the streets the dogs are barking
And the day is getting dark.
When the night comes in falling
The dogs will loose their bark.

And the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind
I'm just one too many mornings
Amd a thousand miles behind.

 

[BigMoaner]

I went through a phase with this one too. I believe some people think it's too frivolous for Blood on the Tracks. Bollocks.

It's fucking marvelous. Its mental. One of my all time favs

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Down the streets the dogs are barking
And the day is getting dark.
When the night comes in falling
The dogs will loose their bark.

And the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind
I'm just one too many mornings
Amd a thousand miles behind.

Ah, One Too Many Mornings, another fave of mine.

 

[BigMoaner]

Is there any song where he is actually himself? It's all interpretation, like he's a an actor. But it's so consistent that it's authentic. There's always a slight step away from himself if that makes sense.

 

[BigMoaner]

I can remember hearing this as a teen and being stopped absoloutly in my tracks.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Based on this excellent Guardian piece..

My favourite Dylan song – by Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Judy Collins and more

Bob Dylan is 80 today. But what’s his greatest song? Stars pick their favourite – and recall their own encounters, from Marianne Faithfull turning him down to Judy Collins whacking a policeman to get backstage

www.theguardian.com

What's your fav? I confess I've always preferred him as a poet rather than a singer, although well. He's incomparable at both really.. This is mine.


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Ballad of a Thin Man always makes me laugh. It's a great song though.

 

[fishfinger]

this Peanuts cartoon from 50 years ago is pretty on the nose

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[SpookyFrank]

Sacred Cows - Why Bob Dylan Is Not The Legend Everyone Thinks He Is

It’s not just the voice like a ferret being skinned alive with a potato peeler. It’s mostly that, but not exclusively. It’s the fact that all of his best known songs – none of which are particularly memorable unless massively over-played – were vastly improved by other musicians covering them...

www.nme.com

Jesus christ but that's bad writing.

 

[Knotted]

I bought a cassette of Highway 61 Revisited when I was around 18 and I dutifully listened to it quite a lot. I'm pretty familiar with it. There's definitely some arresting lines on it, and I like his voice/delivery. But I just got bored with it. Especially bloody Desolation Row. I find it colourless and hard to relate to and I soon became much more interested in Leonard Cohen whose pseudo profondities resonated with me. There aren't any songs off that album I really like, but I do like It's All Over Now Baby Blue and Subterranean Homesick Blues. But I guess those are the two obvious Dylan songs. Also only really like the former because I hear the 13th Floor Elevators cover in my head whenever I hear it. So by elimination my favourite Dylan song is Subterranean Homesick Blues and to be fair he really kills it on that one.

 

[BigMoaner]

He deserved the Noble Prize for literature. No trendy signalling, it was deserved.