Bob Dylan's best song?
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Kinda like that Canadian guy from Montreal: his best songs sound so much better when other people (even Axl and Jimi) cover them.
For me, not even remotely. At one time, he had the greatest band in the world, and noone could touch him. Listen to the Live 1966 Bootleg Series.
Little doubt people either love or hate Dylan's voice... I think he is one of the greatest vocalists of all time. His latest voice though is definitely an acquired taste... if you hear his Sirius radio show it can be very bizarre yet entertaining.
I'm going out on a limb here, not really much of one mind you, and thinking you mean Leonard Cohen.
Was unable to find that one anywhere but I did find a pretty version by Joan Baez. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLDevzWSPe8
A lot of stuff off "The Times They Are A-Changin'" album are great. Ballad of Hollis Brown, Only A Pawn in Their Game, Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol.
And I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but Blowin' In the Wind is an all-time classic.
And I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but Blowin' In the Wind is an all-time classic.
There isn't a youtube of this song, but I have an mp3 you can download here if anyone is curious about the cover.
The 4 Seasons recorded it under the name "Wonder Who" in 1965 and it did fairly well on the charts.
http://www.yousendit.com/download/RmNDYnV6Q0NtNEkwTVE9PQ
I think Dylan should of stopped playing years ago, but one of my favorites is: All along the watch tower but this version da best!!!!!
"No reason to get excited"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14qTXRkAKr8
"No reason to get excited"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14qTXRkAKr8
Blood on the Tracks was the last album he did that really felt whole to me, and Tangled Up in Blue is one of my favorite songs of his. When he did the album Desire, it seemed a tad too commercial for me, and why he saw fit to write a song about a nutjob like Joe Gallo as if he was a romantic figure I still don't get.
His new stuff is fantastic, I especially like the rockin' blues feel of "Rollin' And Tumblin" from Modern Times.
My fave would have to be Mr Tamborine Man.
The thing I never understood is how Bob Dylan ever got started as a money-making singer. Anyone hearing him would have said, Forget it, son, you simply can't sing in tune. Plus, your lyrics don't make sense.
The thing I never understood is how Bob Dylan ever got started as a money-making singer. Anyone hearing him would have said, Forget it, son, you simply can't sing in tune. Plus, your lyrics don't make sense.
lol, Woodpeckr is right, you obvously weren't around in the 60's, you had to experience what the youth was going through in those times, his music represented a movement of change. His lyrics do make sense but if you weren't around then, I can see why it wouldn't make sense to you, or any other younger person today.
