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David

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16/08/2020 at 11:48 in reply to: What are You’re Favourite Bob Dylan Songs?

Hi Howard, Thanks for your reply & your insights. I feel the same way that his 60’s material really resonates with me & had the largest impact on music and on popular culture. He popularized the idea of someone performing their own songs that they wrote themselves. Its incredible that the albums Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 & Blonde On Blonde were all released in the span of just over one year. Lines like You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows; He not busy being born, is busy dying; Money does’t talk, it swears. These lines & many others had a huge impact and people still quote them today. But like Joe said Dylan knew what he wanted to do & he wanted to keep changing. He didn’t want to be labeled or to give people what they expected from him. One constant theme through out his career has been to showcase the power of the individual to keep re-inventing himself. To keep creating. Protest singer, to surreal, introspective lyrics, to going electric with a band, to a family man making making “old weird” American music, to a country singer, to a man facing the end of his marriage & revealing his pain, to traveling troubadour, to mystical, tarot card reading romany, to born again Christian etc. etc. I love all these changes. He did each one well & then he moved on. When you look at Dylan’s out put as a whole you see an incredible range of musical styles.

David

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15/08/2020 at 14:31 in reply to: Howdy from sunny Arizona

Welcome to the Club Don,

Enjoy discovering all their wonderful music here. I really enjoy reading what members have to say about the twins songs; sharing all their wonderful insights.

David

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15/08/2020 at 14:12 in reply to: What are You’re Favourite Bob Dylan Songs?

Thanks for your reply John,

Harrison & Dylan did a recording session together in 1970 playing each others songs. It hasn’t been officially released yet but there is some cool performances. I agree his performance of If Not For You is wonderful.

David

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15/08/2020 at 14:02 in reply to: What are You’re Favourite Bob Dylan Songs?

Joe, I think Street Legal is an underrated album. Love Señor, Changing Of The Guards & Where are you Tonight? I agree about Serve Somebody. He did some unforgettably moving songs during his religious period.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJbddZjbDTM

David

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15/08/2020 at 13:56 in reply to: What are You’re Favourite Bob Dylan Songs?

Thanks for your reply, Jung

What a hip teacher; sharing his love of great music

I have a similar memory of a high school teacher playing us Dylan’s Desolation Row in English class.

David

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15/08/2020 at 13:49 in reply to: What are You’re Favourite Bob Dylan Songs?

Here is Dylan performing it live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHG06Q45ziI

David

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15/08/2020 at 13:47 in reply to: What are You’re Favourite Bob Dylan Songs?

Ian & Sylvia did a fantastic cover of Dylan’s Tomorrow Is A Long Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5qJMFjdKmQ

David

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15/08/2020 at 13:44 in reply to: What are You’re Favourite Bob Dylan Songs?

Thanks for your reply Mike

I love the way Stuck Inside of Mobile with those Memphis Blues Again was used in the intro to the film I’m Not There. I agree its full of surreal fun lines.