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In reply to the discussion: Happy 80th birthday Bob Dylan [View all]malaise
(268,701 posts)4. Great read here
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/22/beyond-mr-tambourine-man-80-bob-dylan-songs-everyone-should-know
Beyond Mr Tambourine Man: 80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know
To mark the singer-songwriters 80th birthday, super fan Edward Docx has picked 80 tracks for the Dylan-curious those who know the hits, but not what to try next
This list is for people who are like my friend Jo, who knows a little of Bob Dylan and asked, what songs I would recommend? Hes heard the uber-uber-famous works such as Mr Tambourine Man, Knocking on Heavens Door and Blowing in the Wind - so Ive left these off here. But beyond that, I have taken one or two of the very best from the first studio album (1961) to the last (2020).
I have ordered these by recording date and dodged the thousand trapdoors offered by alternative or unreleased takes. Of course, there are also the recordings of the live work but those who are already in that deep need no guidance from me.
Needless to say, I have left off a further 100 or so songs that I initially wrote down as definite. And I know devotees are bound to be incensed not to see their favourites here. But this list is for people like Jo the Dylan-curious. And if you want to get started on the mighty 60-year work of the man, you wont go too far wrong with these songs, each and every one full of Dylans enduring genius.
Beyond Mr Tambourine Man: 80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know
To mark the singer-songwriters 80th birthday, super fan Edward Docx has picked 80 tracks for the Dylan-curious those who know the hits, but not what to try next
This list is for people who are like my friend Jo, who knows a little of Bob Dylan and asked, what songs I would recommend? Hes heard the uber-uber-famous works such as Mr Tambourine Man, Knocking on Heavens Door and Blowing in the Wind - so Ive left these off here. But beyond that, I have taken one or two of the very best from the first studio album (1961) to the last (2020).
I have ordered these by recording date and dodged the thousand trapdoors offered by alternative or unreleased takes. Of course, there are also the recordings of the live work but those who are already in that deep need no guidance from me.
Needless to say, I have left off a further 100 or so songs that I initially wrote down as definite. And I know devotees are bound to be incensed not to see their favourites here. But this list is for people like Jo the Dylan-curious. And if you want to get started on the mighty 60-year work of the man, you wont go too far wrong with these songs, each and every one full of Dylans enduring genius.
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He did that placard thing decades before it became "a thing"! A classic video.
George II
May 2021
#28
Had the pleasure of singing "Blowin in the Wind" at a local small bar 60th Dylan Birthday Party.
Hoyt
May 2021
#16
The sign of his greatness is how many times he's been covered by other artists
FakeNoose
May 2021
#25