Quick Lists Vol VIII: Your top 5 Dylan songs

[Tequila Cowboy]

Well we've hit the Stones, the Beatles and with last week's Cortez celebration special, we hit Neil. With all that Mr. Bob Dylan seemed conspicuously absent. So let's have 'em. Your five faves from the former Robert Zimmerman.

1. Just Like A Woman
2. Hurricane
3. Idiot Wind
4. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
5. Simple Twist of Fate

[Cubfan06]

1) Isis
2) Shelter From The Storm
3) When I Paint My Masterpiece
4) Desolation Row
5) Most of the Time

[4sooner]

INPO

positively 4th street
one more cup of coffee
tangled up in blue
like a rolling stone
changing of the guard

[beantownbubba]

Well this is cruel and unusual punishment, lol, but what the hell. INPO:

Blowin' in the Wind (before it was a cliche it was a remarkable, and important, song)
If You See Her, Say Hello
Like A Rolling Stone
Forever Young
Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

Truly impossible.

[beantownbubba]

First 4 entries include five songs from Blood on the Tracks. Pretty good album, i guess.

[gerg]

It's Alright, Ma
Desolation Row
Visions of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Like a Rolling Stone

[Clams]

INPO-

Up to Me
Positively 4th St
Tangled Up in Blue
Mississippi
Knockin on Heaven's Door

[StevieRay]

5.Temporary Like Achilles
4.Tough Mama
3.Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
2.You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
1.It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

[tinnitus photography]

visions of johanna
ballad of a thin man
idiot wind
queen jane approximately
stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again

[shuffle]

no order:

Hurricane
I Want You
Tangled Up In Blue
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Idiot Wind

[sactochris]

Idiot Wind
Never Say Goodbye
Visions Of Johanna
Song To Woody
4th Street.

[Iowan]

In order:

1) One of us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
2) Positively 4th Street
3) It Ain't Me Babe
4) Shelter from the Storm
5) Like a Rolling Stone

[cortez the killer]

Sara
Tough Mama
Tangled Up in Blue
One More Cup of Coffee
Desolation Row (LOVE the version on the No Direction Home soundtrack)

[dime in the gutter]

swing a dead cat.

wedding song
it's alright ma
motorpsycho nitemare
masters of war
girl from the north country

[Smitty]

Johanna
If You See Her
It Takes Alot to Laugh
Shooting Star
Every Grain of Sand

[Flea]

Idiot Wind
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall
Hurricane
Positively 4th St

[scotto]

Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Going Going Gone
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Idiot Wind

[Zip City]

1. Ballad of a Thin Man
2. Everything else

[Clams]

Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing,
Death kept followin', trackin' us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing.
Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy,
I know you're long gone,
I guess it must be up to me.

If I'd thought about it I never would've done it, I guess I would've let it slide,
If I'd lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died.
I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity,
Someone had to reach for the risin' star,
I guess it was up to me.

Oh, the Union Central is pullin' out and the orchids are in bloom,
I've only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume.
In fourteen months I've only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously,
Somebody's got to find your trail,
I guess it must be up to me.

It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch,
I'd just about convinced myself that nothin' had changed that much.
The old Rounder in the iron mask slipped me the master key,
Somebody had to unlock your heart,
He said it was up to me.

Well, I watched you slowly disappear down into the officers' club,
I would've followed you in the door but I didn't have a ticket stub.
So I waited all night 'til the break of day, hopin' one of us could get free,
When the dawn came over the river bridge,
I knew it was up to me.

Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk
Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work.
Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity?
You looked a little burned out, my friend,
I thought it might be up to me.

Well, I met somebody face to face and I had to remove my hat,
She's everything I need and love but I can't be swayed by that.
It frightens me, the awful truth of how sweet life can be,
But she ain't a-gonna make me move,
I guess it must be up to me.

We heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex,
It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects.
When you bite off more than you can chew you pay the penalty,
Somebody's got to tell the tale,
I guess it must be up to me.

Well, Dupree came in pimpin' tonight to the Thunderbird Cafe,
Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way.
Well, I just can't rest without you, love, I need your company,
But you ain't a-gonna cross the line,
I guess it must be up to me.

There's a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle,
She's the one you been wond'rin' about, but there's really nothin' much to tell.
We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history,
Somebody's got to cry some tears,
I guess it must be up to me.

So go on, boys, and play your hands, life is a pantomime,
The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time.
And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property,
One of us has got to hit the road,
I guess it must be up to me.

And if we never meet again, baby, remember me,
How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody.
And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free,
No one else could play that tune,
You know it was up to me.

[Given to Fly]

Isis
Buckets of Rain
Blind Willie McTell
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Never Say Goodbye

[Slipkid42]

These are my 5 favorite Dylan songs,
I like them all better when done by other people

All Along The Watchtower
My Back Pages
You Angel You
If Not For You
It Ain't Me Babe

These are my 5 favorite Dylan songs when he himself sings them

Positively 4th St.
Stuck Inside of Mobile
Don't Think Twice
Tangled Up In Blue
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

This was too hard
Can the next one be 5 favorite Aerosmith songs, or something simple (my head hurts)

[Tequila Cowboy]

This was too hard
Can the next one be 5 favorite Aerosmith songs, or something simple (my head hurts)

I like the hard ones. It makes for more interesting lists. if we did 20 favorite Dylan songs the lists would all look pretty similar to each other.

Brings up a point though. Please if anyone has Quick List suggestions please PM with them. Anything doesn't matter if it's a specific band or what.

[Smitty]

Can the next one be 5 favorite Aerosmith songs, or something simple (my head hurts)

the Dude may hate the Eagles, but I fucking HATE aerosmith

how about bruce next week?

[brstigerfan]

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Isis
She Belongs To Me
Just Like a Woman
One of Us Must Know


This was difficult.

[vacant]

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Visions of Johanna
Blind Willie McTell
Highway 61 Revisited
When I Paint My Masterpiece

[Smitty]

9 Bob Dylan bootlegs, including outtakes

[Smitty]

today:

Buckets of Rain
Tomorrow is a Long Time
Every Grain of Sand
Simple Twist of Fate
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

[Duke Silver]

Impossible. Off the top of my head, no second guessing:

Don't Think Twice
I'll Keep It With Mine
Going, Going Gone
Quinn the Eskimo
Positively 4th St

[John A Arkansawyer]

I narrowed it down to sixteen I could easily think of, mostly from the lists above but some not, and here is my five. If I got a cover song? Then I'd add a cover song. It wouldn't be one of these.

Ballad of a Thin Man: This is the first Dylan song I heard conscious of it being a Dylan song. Next thing I knew, I was mowing the lawn for cash to buy Highway 61 Revisited. I held out for cash up front, bought the LP first, put it on loud, and pulled the speakers outside.

Absolutely Sweet Marie: For decades, "To live outside the law you must be honest" has been my motto. I don't actually care for the song, but if you live by a line in it for decades, how can it not be a top five track?

When The Ship Comes In: If anyone ever starts to convince you Dylan was faking it, point them to the No Direction Home version with the rap that's inexplicably on the end of the previous track.

Summer Days: It's reassuring knowing Dylan still has it at my age, and at his.

New Pony: This is one of the nastiest sexiest songs ever written.

[whatwouldcooleydo?]

gonna put minimal thought into this and go with those that jump right out to me. For the most part obvious heavy-hitters but they are obvious heavy hitters for a reason. Somehow doesn't feel right to not have It's Alright Ma...., Don't Think Twice (It's Alright), Blind Willie McTell, and You Ain't Goin' Nowhere on my list but here goes

in no order

Up to Me
Idiot Wind
Ballad of a Thin Man
Visions of Johanna
tie: Positively 4th Street/Stuck Inside of Mobile.....