[CobaltBlue]

Thanks for posting the entire lyrics to Visions of Johanna - I was reading the cut up version in the article and trying to puzzle out what was wrong with it.

It really is one of the best ever. The entire album (Blonde on Blonde) was so different and fresh when it came out (1966).

So mature and well-formed compared to the hit songs from 1966, e.g., These Boots are Made for Walking (Nancy Sinatra), Last Train to Clarksville (Monkees), My Baby Does the Hanky-Panky (Tommy James and the Shondells), Winchester Cathedral (The New Vaudeville Sound).
http://www.lagrangeil.com/lt1966/hit_songs.htm

How many other pop albums created in 1966 gave withstood the test of time? The only one I still play myself, other than Blonde on Blonde, is Fresh Cream (Cream).

[dennisw]

How many other pop albums created in 1966 gave withstood the test of time? The only one I still play myself, other than Blonde on Blonde, is Fresh Cream (Cream).

I love "I Feel Free". I saw Eric Clapton a few times way back then.

[dennisw]

It really is one of the best ever. The entire album (Blonde on Blonde) was so different and fresh when it came out (1966).

Super fresh and so was "Music From Big Pink". That one jolted everyone including Eric Clapton. I read a comment he made about it.

[dennisw]

<>The group's back-to-its-roots philosophy came at the height of late-'60s psychedelia and had an impact far beyond record sales. No less than Eric Clapton was inspired to walk away from his group Cream and follow a more homespun direction after hearing Pink, an album devoid of guitar solos. Other early admirers included George Harrison and Aretha Franklin, who later recorded a luminous version of "The Weight."

While the Band's self-titled sophomore release a year later, featuring "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," was a far greater commercial success, the impact of "Music from Big Pink" on other musicians establishes it as one of the most influential rock albums of all time. More importantly though, it still sounds as vital today as when it was first committed to tape.<>