I heard Emmylou Harris doing a version of Shelter From the Storm that blew me away. The lyrics to that song are as deep as anything that's been written in the past 50 years.
Here's one for Robin, gone but not forgotten.
---I'll remember you
When I've forgotten all the rest,
You to me were true,
You to me were the best.
When there is no more,
You cut to the core
Quicker than anyone I knew.
When I'm all alone
In the great unknown,
I'll remember you.
I'll remember you
At the end of the trail,
I had so much left to do,
I had so little time to fail.
There's some people that
You don't forget,
Even though you've only seen'm
One time or two.
When the roses fade
And I'm in the shade,
I'll remember you.
Didn't I, didn't I try to love you?
Didn't I, didn't I try to care?
Didn't I sleep, didn't I weep beside you
With the rain blowing in your hair?
I'll remember you
When the wind blows through the piney wood.
It was you who came right through,
It was you who understood.
Though I'd never say
That I done it the way
That you'd have liked me to.
In the end,
My dear sweet friend,
I'll remember you.---
Cool, I love Emmylou (cept I hate her politics) and have been a lifelong Dylan fan. Where is this recording available?
My $.02 on the debate on this thread is that I would separate out Dylan the human being from Dylan the artist.
I have the idea (the idea, not the certainty) that I would not like Dylan the person. I think he's probably not someone you'd want as a friend. I remain convinced, however, that his music is deserving of all the accolades past and present. No use in arguing the point though. Those that can't or won't or don't want to see it are entitled to their wrong opinion LOL.
I normally don't believe in separating the person from the art but in this case I think it's mandatory. For all we know maybe Shakespeare wasn't a prince among men either. But at this point, who cares?