Best Dylan Song

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Any song of his where I can listen to someone else sing it.

All Along the Watchtower - by Jimi Hendrix
(not that Jimi's voice was any better, but his guitar plucking sure was!!!)

Highway 66 Revisted

Originally posted by Jaguär:
Highway 66 Revisted

Is that the new local traffic program?

Originally posted by ggw:
I'm surprised vansmack hasn't given props to the Mike Ness version of Don't Think Twice.

Sorry, wasn't watching this thread. I thought it was best said by Rhett "any song with someone else singing" so I moved on.

But thank you GGW, I would have said Ness's "Don't Think Twice" so in my absence, I defer to the masteful GGW to speak on my behalf.

Originally posted by ggw:

Originally posted by Jaguär:
Highway 66 Revisted

Is that the new local traffic program?

LOL.

Crap! I got the number wrong. See what DC traffic is doing to my brain. :roll: It would be better if it were 66. Has more of a DC/Devilish/Rt. 66 flow to it….unlike DC/NOVA traffic.

Highway 61 Revisited

good simple ?; too bad you gotta have some "cool guys" trying to have a laugh…..
hands down, dont know but either tangled up in blue or simple twist of fate…..or like a rolling stone? so hard

Magnet just released a good cover of Lay Lady Lay.

Well it sounds like everyone one will be going to see Dylan in his new big movie roll.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/masked/

"In a fictional America caught up in a civil war that is tearing the nation apart, a benefit concert is being organized. A traveling troubadour named Jack Fate is sprung from jail by his scheming former manager, Uncle Sweetheart, to headline a concert with the expectations to bring peace to a country that is entrenched by chaos, lawlessness and pandemonium.

After months of rumors, whispers, gossip, tall tales and idle speculation, we are finally face to face with Masked and Anonymous, a film directed by Larry Charles with the black humor he brought to Seinfeld and starring Bob Dylan as an aging rock legend who once upon a time wrote songs such as The Times They Are a Changin' and Like a Rolling Stone. Talk about typecasting.

The film also stars John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Mickey Rourke, Luke Wilson, Penelope Cruz, Angela Basette, Giovanni Ribisi, Val Kilmer, Cheech Marin, Ed Harris and Bruce Dern in roles that seem like the lyrics of Highway 61 Revisited come to life, from the roving gambler to the promoter who nearly fell off the floor. Dylan has been cagey about how much of a hand he had in writing the script, but (by inspiration, innovation, or imitation) these characters sure talk like Dylan songs. It's a lot of fun to see what happens when a dark woman from Infidels bumps up against a drifter from John Wesley Harding and a prodigal son from Slow Train Coming."

http://www.sonyclassics.com/masked/

I've been listening to his song Wigwam a lot recently.

Originally posted by raebyddet:
Well it sounds like everyone one will be going to see Dylan in his new big movie roll.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/masked/

"In a fictional America caught up in a civil war that is tearing the nation apart, a benefit concert is being organized. A traveling troubadour named Jack Fate is sprung from jail by his scheming former manager, Uncle Sweetheart, to headline a concert with the expectations to bring peace to a country that is entrenched by chaos, lawlessness and pandemonium.

After months of rumors, whispers, gossip, tall tales and idle speculation, we are finally face to face with Masked and Anonymous, a film directed by Larry Charles with the black humor he brought to Seinfeld and starring Bob Dylan as an aging rock legend who once upon a time wrote songs such as The Times They Are a Changin' and Like a Rolling Stone. Talk about typecasting.

The film also stars John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Mickey Rourke, Luke Wilson, Penelope Cruz, Angela Basette, Giovanni Ribisi, Val Kilmer, Cheech Marin, Ed Harris and Bruce Dern in roles that seem like the lyrics of Highway 61 Revisited come to life, from the roving gambler to the promoter who nearly fell off the floor. Dylan has been cagey about how much of a hand he had in writing the script, but (by inspiration, innovation, or imitation) these characters sure talk like Dylan songs. It's a lot of fun to see what happens when a dark woman from Infidels bumps up against a drifter from John Wesley Harding and a prodigal son from Slow Train Coming."

http://www.sonyclassics.com/masked/

I saw the preview and CAN'T WAIT. So excited.

Originally posted by Mobius:
Tangled Up in Blue

Tangled up in Blue is my favorite too. Here's why….

I have an older brother…He was quite a bit older than me and when I was 6 or 7 he was your typical mid-late 70's teenage misfit…..Long hair, smokin tons of weed and dust, riding a skateboard. Anyway, he played guitar and between that and the long hair I thought he was a freaking rock star. I idolized him. But he was a pretty messed up kid.

He pretty much left home when he was 15 or so and was in tons of foster homes, reform schools and institutions. When he was 20 or so he lived in Shepardstown WVa. and I went out there one day to visit him.

We walked from his place down to this scenic overlook high above the Shennandoah river. He had his acoustic guitar with him and we sat up there and he played Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan. I'd never heard the song before but I was 12 or 13 and thought it was the greatest thing ever written.

A few months later my brother passed away and that is maybe the last great memory I have of him……


Just kidding…that last part of the story about my brother dying is a lie. I couldn't resist. He's actually living in Austin and doing quite well. The rest of the story is true…and I still love that song cuz of that day in WVa.

Originally posted by walkman:

Originally posted by raebyddet:
Well it sounds like everyone one will be going to see Dylan in his new big movie roll.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/masked/

I saw the preview and CAN'T WAIT. So excited.

The preview does look interesting. I'm not sure if I will see it in the theater, but on DVD for sure.

Originally posted by chaz:

Originally posted by Mobius:
Tangled Up in Blue

Tangled up in Blue is my favorite too. Here's why….

I have an older brother…He was quite a bit older than me and when I was 6 or 7 he was your typical mid-late 70's teenage misfit…..Long hair, smokin tons of weed and dust, riding a skateboard. Anyway, he played guitar and between that and the long hair I thought he was a freaking rock star. I idolized him. But he was a pretty messed up kid.

He pretty much left home when he was 15 or so and was in tons of foster homes, reform schools and institutions. When he was 20 or so he lived in Shepardstown WVa. and I went out there one day to visit him.

We walked from his place down to this scenic overlook high above the Shennandoah river. He had his acoustic guitar with him and we sat up there and he played Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan. I'd never heard the song before but I was 12 or 13 and thought it was the greatest thing ever written.

A few months later my brother passed away and that is maybe the last great memory I have of him……


Just kidding…that last part of the story about my brother dying is a lie. I couldn't resist. He's actually living in Austin and doing quite well. The rest of the story is true…and I still love that song cuz of that day in WVa.

The brother dying was a better ending…not in reality of course, just for the impact of your story.

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by chaz:

Originally posted by Mobius:
Tangled Up in Blue

Tangled up in Blue is my favorite too. Here's why….

I have an older brother…He was quite a bit older than me and when I was 6 or 7 he was your typical mid-late 70's teenage misfit…..Long hair, smokin tons of weed and dust, riding a skateboard. Anyway, he played guitar and between that and the long hair I thought he was a freaking rock star. I idolized him. But he was a pretty messed up kid.

He pretty much left home when he was 15 or so and was in tons of foster homes, reform schools and institutions. When he was 20 or so he lived in Shepardstown WVa. and I went out there one day to visit him.

We walked from his place down to this scenic overlook high above the Shennandoah river. He had his acoustic guitar with him and we sat up there and he played Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan. I'd never heard the song before but I was 12 or 13 and thought it was the greatest thing ever written.

A few months later my brother passed away and that is maybe the last great memory I have of him……


Just kidding…that last part of the story about my brother dying is a lie. I couldn't resist. He's actually living in Austin and doing quite well. The rest of the story is true…and I still love that song cuz of that day in WVa.

The brother dying was a better ending…not in reality of course, just for the impact of your story.

Yeah i agree. Next time I'll just stick to fiction….although it did seem crass and cold to kill my brother for the sake of some silly story on some stupid message board.

I'm sure he's smiling down from Heaven.

Originally posted by chaz:
although it did seem crass and cold to kill my brother for the sake of some silly story on some stupid message board.

Clapton turned his kid's death into a grammy and a platinum album – its all good.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by chaz:
although it did seem crass and cold to kill my brother for the sake of some silly story on some stupid message board.

Clapton turned his kid's death into a grammy and a platinum album – its all good.

I once heard someone bust on Clapton in the form of a Rap song….It went something like "Your baby fell out da window and went splat/Eric Clapton got 4 Grammys like that!"

What the hell was up with that old guy in the background playing congas in the video for "Tears in Heaven"?

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
What the hell was up with that old guy in the background playing congas in the video for "Tears in Heaven"?

Metaphor for St. Peter