What’s your favorite Bob Dylan song?

Visions of Johanna is my favorite when sung by Dylan.

Tomorrow is a Long Time, as sung by Elvis Presley, is the best cover though.

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It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding

IS EPIC



Shelter From The Storm is quite lovely

"One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later," or "Queen Jane Approximately."

Nearly impossible to answer this question but if I was forced to choose I'd usually go with Visions of Johanna. It is perfect. Like a lot of his songs though.

Nailing down a definitive favorite is really tough, but I do love this particular version of "Tangled Up in Blue."

Don't Think Twice. It's one of my favorite songs period.

It's so scathingly bitter and sarcastic and brilliant.

Boots of Spanish Leather is the only song that can make me cry

i'm a sucker for the more blunt favor of protest song

Hard Rain, bar none.

The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll -- Great song about the structural racism and classism in our justice system, still of course very relevant today. I love his harmonica playing in it, and the end of the song is a huge gut punch.

Subterranean Homesick Blues.

Been fascinated by this song since I was in High School.

A simple twist of fate

Don't Think Twice is a great pick, OP. I really like both versions of Girl from the North Country, but mostly the Freewheelin' version. I think The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is lowkey his best album.

Anything from the acoustic half of the " royal Albert hall" concert. I'm spellbound through the whole thing.

Im very partial to oxford town, i just love the guitar on that shit

An underrated one for me is Changing of the Guards.

All time favorite tho is Love Minus Zero. Or maybe To Ramona.

All Along the Watchtower.

Never really cared for the Hendrix cover.

No love for more recent Dylan work? Modern Times is my favorite album of all time. It's impossible to pick a song but recently I've been listening to "This Dream of You" Quite a bit. Other songs that I like that just came to mind are "Shelter From the Storm", "Things Have Changed", "Highlands", "Shooting Star" and "Lonesome Day Blues".

gimme shelter

My personal favorite is Hurricane.

I really like One More Cup of Coffee.

Great but impossible question particularly considering the multitude of versions of many of his songs.

I really love a 1984 performance of love minus zero/no limit-i need to figure out which concert it is, I don't have access this moment. Audience really gets into it and bobs voice is his 1984 middle aged and a bit contemplative voice. Accepting of his life, a stark contrast from even 1978 bob.

One too many mornings on hard rain is another favorite. Really nice version with my favorite Dylan voice.

I could drone on for hours on this, Ive been listening to a ton of Dylan for the past few years. I've been pulling as many versions of jokerman as I can find on YouTube recently. Good stuff.

Hurricane


Times they are a-changin

The ones performed by other people.

Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands

I was raised on Bob Dylan so it's impossible for me to pick just one.
Gates of Eden
It Ain't Me Babe
Lay Lady Lay
Tangled Up In Blue
Just Like A Woman

Desolation Row

Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues
Positively 4th Street
Bob Dylans 115th Dream
You Ain't Going Nowhere
Quinn the Eskimo

Sara but it's hard to find a youtube link of the right one so here's a vimeo link:

https://vimeo.com/223956531

A Simple Desultory Philippic

All Along the Watchtower and The Hurricane.

kris. said:

Don't Think Twice. It's one of my favorite songs period.

It's so scathingly bitter and sarcastic and brilliant.

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Mine right here. Love it.

Desolation Row for me. One of my favorite songs.
Love the rythm and the lyrics.

As I Went Out One Morning

Tambourine Man

I've always been partial to I'm Not There, which I think is the greatest "lost song" of all time (obviously released on the soundtrack and Bootleg Series now). Visions of Johanna and Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again are two classics that really resonated with me in my college years. It's important not to forget modern Dylan, I think Mississippi and Not Dark Yet hang as one of the all time greats, the older I get the more I appreciate them. Isis, specifically the live electric version from the Bootleg Series Volume 5 is a wild ride. There's dozens more songs. I didn't even mention it but honestly you could probably make a good argument for every song on Blood on the Tracks.

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Subterranean Homesick Blues.

Been fascinated by this song since I was in High School.

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This or all along the watchtower. Tough choice though. Dylan has an incredible back catalogue.

Puck Beaverton said:

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On a similar note...

https://youtu.be/YcFUA-avFqY


As for the topic, Desolation Row or Positively 4th Street maybe?

I'm a huge fan of Dylan's earlier years (the whole 60's period). His concert at at he Royal Albert Hall in 1966 is pretty much the soundtrack to my youth. If I had to pick one tune I would pick Ballad of a thin Man, especially the version performed at the Royal Albert Hall.



I think it's this one. The organ kills me.

Make You Feel My Love, but the Adele cover