![]() “Tangled Up In Blue.” “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right.” “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” “Boots of Spanish Leather.” “To Ramona.” “Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine).” “Visions of Johanna.” “If Not For You.” “Love Minus Zero/No Limit.” “Sara.” “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You.” And, of course, “Like A Rolling Stone,” though that angry, taunting, sometimes misogynist Dylan is not everybody’s cup of tea.įor me, the essential Dylan song, the one that bears repeated listens, is “I Threw It All Away,” off his 1969 album, “Nashville Skyline. If you have a suggestion for the series e-mail our esteemed editor, the well known Ed Ricardo, Havanas foremost Bob Dylan connoisseur, concert goer and a long. ![]() So while everybody has their favorite version of Dylan’s changeling persona - his sly, comic side has been greatly underappreciated, for example - I find myself drawn more to the romantic and lovesick Dylan. When I’m alone with you To be alone with you At the close of the day With only you in view While evening slips away It only goes to show That while life’s pleasures be few The only one I know Is when I’m alone with you They say that nighttime is the right time To be with the one you love Too many thoughts get in the way in the day But you. When he didn’t mess around, and got to the point quickly.Ĭommenters will once again focus on his social/political songs of the ’60s, but many of my Dylan favorites are more timeless, with universal themes of love, loss and regret. It's a warm, friendly album, particularly since Bob Dylan is singing in a previously unheard gentle croon - the sound of his voice is so different it may be disarming upon first listen, but it suits the songs. Poetry is in the eye of the beholder - or the ear of the listener - but I’ve always felt Dylan was most effective when he was stripped-down, vulnerable and direct.
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