Favorite Dylan Song

Hendrix played guitar better than anyone, and he was a better singer, on some material, than Bob. He was coming along as a Dylan-influenced lyricist -- the lyrics on "Cry of Love," especially "Drfitin'" are great -- but Bob's the moldbreaker and the template-maker.

 

Ragu - What I love about Dylan is the journey through American music that his catalog takes you through. So many twists and turns, from the early folky stuff to the down-and-dirty electric blues to gospel with even some missteps along the way with he tried to mess with the '80s synth sound.

 

Always had a soft for Idiot Wind. I used it as the title of my column in my high school newspaper thirty some years ago.

 

Kevin McHale, Roger Maris, Vincent Bugliosi and Gary Puckett are working on it and will get back to you.

 

Anything from Blood on the Tracks...

 

I'm feeling partial to the acoustic Dylan this morning, so I'll take "Boots of Spanish Leather" and "Girl from the North Country."

Album-wise, "Blonde" and "Highway 61."

The lyrics to "Changing of the Guard" and a bag of mushrooms could be an interesting way to spend the evening.

Nice to see cuts from another underrated album, "New Morning," get some mention.

 

Positively 4th Street.

 

Gotta Serve Somebody

 

Excellent choice, Frank. The Christian period had some good stuff, and it made possible Infidels, which should have been his greatest record, dammit, -- No "Blind Willie McTell" -- but he futzed it down to just being a good one.
And wi, New Morning was not only underrated. but damned important, since it was his recovery from Self-Portrait.
I still think "He did it in Las Vegas/and he can do it here!" is the funniest line he's ever written and I do not know why.

 

I'm a big fan of the earlier stuff probably because I was in my teens when the albums from Freewheeling to Blonde on Blonde came out.

Boots of Spanish Leather is a great love song.

 

I may be one of the few people who think Self-Portrait gets a raw deal critically.