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| PartyDoll MEG |
How in the hell do you pick just 5??!!!
Today's list (changes daily):
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Visions of Johanna
3. Positively 4th Street
4. It's Alright Ma
5. Every Grain of Sand |
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| Riffhard |
quote:
PartyDoll MEG wrote:
How in the hell do you pick just 5??!!!
Meg I couldn't even pick my top twenty! I'm with you mine list changes daily,if not hourly! Hell your list would work just fine with me.
Riffy |
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| PartyDoll MEG |
A better question would be:"Can you think of one Dylan song you do NOT like? |
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| texile |
simple twist of fate
isis
tangled up in blue
love minus zero/no limit
knocking on heaven's door
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| texile |
shelter from the storm
tonight i'll be staying here with you
romance in durango
seriously, where does it end.
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
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PartyDoll MEG wrote:
A better question would be:"Can you think of one Dylan song you do NOT like?
Mr. Tambourine Man |
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| sirmoonie |
Very much hated amongst us here, I still dig, and was lucky enought to see, the Stones version of Like A Rolling Stone. A great rendition of a great song by a great artist, IMHGDMFO.
See Bob Dylan if he comes to you area! (Psst, I didn't know this when I first saw him a few years ago, but he twists up and re-arranges his songs completely. Its whacked up.)
Mozambique! |
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| Brainbell Jangler |
There's no way I could narrow my favorites down to five, though any list would include "Visions of Johanna." Instead, I'll just list five which could have been, as the saying goes, "ripped from today's headlines":
1. Masters of War
2. With God on Our Side
3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
4. Maggie's Farm
5. I Pity the Poor Immigrant
I'm surprised that Josh "hates" Bob. I would have thought that the pro-Israeli "Neighborhood Bully" alone would have made him a fan. |
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| stonedinaustralia |
i know what you mean BJ - it's funny with "immigrant" tho as it's not entirely supportive of "immigrants" - bob's "pity" is inspired not by the immigrant's plight so much as their attitudes and self-inspired delusions
whether bob intended it to be funny or not i don't know but i always get a laugh out of the opening couplet
I pity the poor immigrant
Who wishes he would've stayed home,
Who uses all his power to do evil
But in the end is always left so alone.
That man whom with his fingers cheats
And who lies with ev'ry breath,
Who passionately hates his life
And likewise, fears his death.
I pity the poor immigrant
Whose strength is spent in vain,
Whose heaven is like Ironsides,
Whose tears are like rain,
Who eats but is not satisfied,
Who hears but does not see,
Who falls in love with wealth itself
And turns his back on me.
I pity the poor immigrant
Who tramples through the mud,
Who fills his mouth with laughing
And who builds his town with blood,
Whose visions in the final end
Must shatter like the glass.
I pity the poor immigrant
When his gladness comes to pass.
BTW the version of this on the "Hard Rain" TV special rocks as compared to the quietly acoustic version on JWH
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| PartyDoll MEG |
quote:
VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
Mr. Tambourine Man
Not in my list of favorites, I must admit. Here, I'll sing it for you, and you can sing along:
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Copyright © 1964; renewed 1992 Special Rider Music
[Edited by PartyDoll MEG] |
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| Soldatti |
1. The Times They Are A-Changin'
2. Visions Of Johanna
3. Knocking On Heaven's Door
4. Like A Rolling Stone
5. Positively 4th Street
So many great songs... |
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| Pako Gertte |
License to eat |
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| Poplar |
Lay, Lady, Lay
Drifter's Escape
I am a lonesome Hobo
Positively 4th street
Like a Rolling Stone
I was at the Tate in London a few years back (1998) and there was an instalation called "You gota lot of nerve" in one of the rooms. It was the entire lyrics to "Positively" in GRAND scale covering an entire wall. I always loved that song, and to walk into an art museum and see it scribed from floor to ceiling blew my mind.
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| Phog |
quote:
PartyDoll MEG wrote:
"Can you think of one Dylan song you do NOT like?
I can think of two:
1)Man Gave Names To All The Animals
2)And They Killed Him
I still love the crazy bastardo.
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| Ronnie Richards |
Choosing fave Bob song is like choosing fave family member..
1. Like a Rolling Stone
2. I Threw It All Away
3. Shelter From the Storm
4. Visions of Johanna
5. Romance in Durango |
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| bon jovi |
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Tweeter and The Monkey Man
Dirty World
If You Belonged To Me
I Shall Be Released
You Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Isis (RoLling Thunder Revue versions)
It's Alright,Ma
Foot Of Pride
Lord Protect My Child
...and Joey
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| Factory Girl |
This is a preliminary post--
1. Girl From the North Country. |
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| nanatod |
1(and no one else is even close). It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
2. Maggie's Farm
3. I Shall Be Free No. 10
4. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
5. When I Paint My Masterpiece
Just missing the top five: Tombstone Blues, Oxford Town, Absolutely Sweet Marie, Subterranean Homesick Blues, and Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again.
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| Martha |
I need this to be a 50 favorite list to even begin.
What immediately comes to mind:
Queen Jane Approximately
Honest With Me
Every Grain Of Sand
It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Ballad of a Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
She Belongs To Me
Love Sick
Can't Wait
Maggies Farm
Peggy Day
Seven Days (Woody)
Absolutely Sweet Marie (George)
Sugar Baby
Foot of Pride
Forever Young.....
I knew I couldn't stick with just 5.
:-)
Happy 65th Birthday (yesterday) Bob. I woke up to your Theme Time Radio Hour program at 8am and it was a great show. Baseball was the theme this week.
He sings a portion of "take me out to the ballgame" before he spins the baseball themed tunes...and it was priceless. I listened to Bob most of the day. What a songwriter.
I don't have words to express how much I love Bob.
jb.....hate is not what you have for Bob.....dislike maybe but not hate. :-)
peace and love and may you stay forever young,
Maaaaaaaaaaaartha! |
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| glencar |
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glencar wrote:
Hurricane
Gotta Serve Somebody
Stuck Inside of Memphis...
Just Like A Woman
Lovesick
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| Brainbell Jangler |
Picture this:
George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden doing a duet of "With God on Our Side." |
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| ebmp |
You people don't seem to dig Like A Rolling Stone that much 
As much as it is overplayed, it's still a masterpiece, and one of the best songs ever. The Stones and Jimi Hendrix version's rock harder though |
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| glencar |
If this was a thread about the Top Ten Bobby Z songs, LARS would be on mine. |
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| egon |
I'm not really a Bob fan, but i do very much like;
"I want you" |
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| Martha |
quote:
PartyDoll MEG wrote:
A better question would be:"Can you think of one Dylan song you do NOT like?
Good call Sway Team Sister. I was thinking the same thing! LOL!
Down Along The Cove
Political World
Everything is Broken
and all the rest....:-)
peace out for now,
Martha |
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| Factory Girl |
Martha,
How is life in the NEW city?
Your friend,
FG! |
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| ziggypayne |
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Blind Willie McTell
Cold Irons Bound
Visions of Johanna
Highway 61 Revisited |
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| keefjunkie |
quote:
ebmp wrote:
You people don't seem to dig Like A Rolling Stone that much
As much as it is overplayed, it's still a masterpiece, and one of the best songs ever. The Stones and Jimi Hendrix version's rock harder though
No way man,have you seen the Like A Rolling Stones performance
on "No Direction Home", he puts more emotion into that song then I've ever seen anyone put into to any other song. |
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| MrPleasant |
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VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
Mr. Tambourine Man
I swear: you have not LIVED until you've heard the William Shatner cover. It'll change your life and fry your mind. |
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| Gazza |
quote:
jb wrote:
I hate Bob, but if a gun was pointed to my head:
1)Tangled up in Blues
2)Joker Man
3)Blowin in the wind
4)The times, they are a changin
5)Positively 4th street
I would have thought a man of your background and leanings would have appreciated "Neighbourhood Bully", Josh...
I cant limit myself to just 5. Dylan has simply written and recorded more great songs than anyone in the history of popular music.
1. Visions of Johanna (any time I'm asked, its always my favourite. And even though I cant explain why, 'the ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face' may well be the coolest line of all time)
2. Idiot Wind (live version from 'Hard Rain'. The most rancourous performance of all time)
3. Blind Willie McTell (Bob laments that he cant get his message across as effectively as the great blues legend - but the irony is that he actually delivers a vocal performance that has few equals)
4. Brownsville Girl (check out his phrasing on this. How on earth does he fit all those words on one line? Eleven minutes of pure genius and vocal gymnastics and you feel like he's winging it the whole time)
5. Not Dark Yet (as Emmylou Harris called it - 'the greatest song ever written about growing old'. Written and recorded just before Bob almost 'went to see Elvis'. Amazingly and eerily prophetic)
20 Bubbling under in no particular order (this week) :
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Restless Farewell
My Back Pages
Mr Tambourine Man
Queen Jane Approximately
Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues
Like A Rolling Stone
Desolation Row
Absolutely Sweet Marie
Lily, Rosemary & The Jack of Hearts
You're a Big Girl Now
Tangled Up In Blue
Abandoned Love
Changing of the Guards
Senor
Every Grain of Sand
Caribbean Wind
Most of The Time
Man In the Long Black Coat
Series of Dreams |
