Bob Dylan Turns 83 Today... Do You Have a Favorite Dylan Song?

Twiter ^ | May 24th, 2024 | Rock and Roll Garage

[shadowlands1960]

Happy 83 birthday to the legendary Bob Dylan!

[shadowlands1960]

It would be impossible for me to pick a favorite Dylan song... too imposing a catalog for that. I'll pick a song for the day though.. here are the lyrics for 'Not Dark Yet:'

Shadows are fallin' and I've been here all day It's too hot to sleep and time is runnin' away I feel like my soul has turned into steel I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal

There's not even room enough to be anywhere It's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there

Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind She put down in writin' what was in her mind

I just don't see why I should even care It's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there

Well, I've been to London and I been to gay Paris I've followed the river and I got to the sea I've been down on the bottom of the world full of lies I ain't lookin' for nothin' in anyone's eyes

Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear It's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there

I was born here and I'll die here against my will I know it looks like I'm movin' but I'm standin' still Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb I can't even remember what it was, I came here to get away from

Don't even hear the murmur of a prayer It's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there

Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Bob Dylan Not Dark Yet lyrics © Special Rider Music, Universal Tunes

[dfwgator]

The entire Infidels album.

[stanne]

Buckets of rain
You belong to me (not his composition
Delia
Idiot wind

[xoxox]

They all are but especially “Serve Somebody” and “Workingman’s Blues.” Then too, “Hurricane” rocks pretty good...

[Jolla]

One More Night
The stars are in sight
But tonight I’m as lonely as can be.

Saw Bob three times.

[NWFree]

I just celebrated Tommy Chong’s birthday with my coffee 😎

[milagro]

“Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, to be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?”

[monkeyshine]

I had the answer to your question on a piece of paper in my hand, but a great gust came through and now it’s blowin in the wind

[shadowlands1960]

Except Hurricane Carter was as guilty of murder as Wm Zanzinger wasn’t... love the violin on that album though.

[Dr. Sivana]

Do You Have a Favorite Dylan Song?

No.

[dfwgator]

In before “Bob Can’t Sing”.

[dfwgator]

Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Popeye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJZ5-xRRdL4

[shadowlands1960]

Agree.. an underrated album with a full throated shout-out to Israel.. Really love Sweetheart Like You also..

[JonPreston]

Don't think Twice, it's all Right

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Live At The Gaslight 1962

[dfwgator]

Jokerman, with Mark Knopfler on guitar.

[shadowlands1960]

I saw him twice.. once when he was touring for Slow Train and only doing Christian songs... and in 1987 when he was touring with the Grateful Dead.

[Leaning Right]

I suppose that next you’ll claim your pump doesn’t work because the vandals took the handles.

[Skooz]

Off the top of my head:

When the Ship Comes In
Isis
Every Grain of Sand
Black Diamond Bay

Most of the “Time Out of Mind” and “Love and Theft” albums.

[Bob434]

His song “Isis”- song about his ex i beleive?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INilAY6aJTc

He also had a few Christian albums i beleive- he became born again and really lived his faith on his sleeves, which his fans apparently didn’t like, but he stuck to his faith and preaching between songs, knowing that it would hurt his overall bottom line.

[shadowlands1960]

Mark Knofler was his guitarist when I saw him in ‘79 for the Slow Train tour at the Warwick Theater in SF.. Great combo they were.