Dylan's 80

[HarryVegas]

What's your favourite track? Mine's probably Lay Lady Lay. Funny feller, spent most of his career seemingly trying to destroy his own legend.

Bob Birthday Dylan 80th Happy

A paintbrush fingered builder of dreams,
poetical firelighter inviting deduction,
slid out a chisel from his old blue jeans,
chipped away ever since in deconstruction.

 

[asredastheycome]

Normally I would say this is an impossible task. Loved Dylan all my life(well since I first became aware of him) and he has had so so many brilliant songs. That said I have loved Love Minus Zero/No Limit and every time I hear it I think to myself that this is my favourite Dylan song. So instead of being an impossible task it turned into an easy one.

Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero/No Limit

 

[Cappachoochoo]

Like a Rolling Stone, particularly live, Birmingham & Wembley circa 2001 with Larry Campbell, bliss. (Bit boring /predictable I know) Also loved his London Calling reprise at Brixton Academy after Joe Strummer’s death .

 

[McBrid]

So good I’m named after him

 

[changingman]

Probably my favourite of all time but I would say my favourite song changes daily.

At the moment it's probably this:

Feels like a deconstruction of his 60s peak, albeit around 12 years later. Lyrically it's pretty good too.

 

[jam69]

Blowing in the wind
Here's a few others favourites

My favourite Dylan song – by Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Judy Collins and more

Bob Dylan is 80 today. But what’s his greatest song? Stars pick their favourite – and recall their own encounters, from Marianne Faithfull turning him down to Judy Collins whacking a policeman to get backstage

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government

 

[Capybara]

Sorry, but Lay Lady Lay wouldn't get in my top 100. Love Minus Zero/No Limit is great but it's an impossible task. If I told you my favourite right now, I'd need to change in ten minutes' time. Cerys Matthews did a Dylan special on Radio 6 yesterday - originals and covers. It's well worth a listen. She played Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands which you don't hear often on the wireless for obvious reasons. It's absolutely magnificent.

 

[Colin Warnek]

 

[HarryVegas]

A Dylan covered album would be interesting.

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Like most, my favourite song changes on a regular (sometimes daily) basis but Like Changingman I have been listening to WAYT a lot recently.
Another that has been getting a lot of attention is Chimes of Freedom. Love this song.

 

[Borobuddah]

Senor, forever young, Desolation Row, he has produced such a body of work and I love so much of it I could not choose

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Anyway, it's time we dedicated one of his songs to him. Happy birthday Bob, and may you stay -

FOREVER YOUNG.

 

[changingman]

While we're on with Dylan covers, this is pretty special:

 

[toxic_bob]

Tough question ..

If I have to pick just one I'll go for Visions of Johanna

Honourable mentions to Like a Rolling Stone, (all of) Blood on the tracks (it's that open E tuning), Forever Young, sneaky regard for On a Night Like This (on Planet Waves)

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

On a Night Like This (on Planet Waves)

I also love Dirge, from that album.

 

[toxic_bob]

I also love Dirge, from that album.

Yep, it's an under-rated album that. Nobody thinks it's a classic, but I keep coming back to it.

 

[theredrooster]

I love Desolation Row, and It's Alright Ma, but as they've already been taken, I'd say Jokerman.

 

[alanmoodysdog]

It Ain't Me Babe... hits a raw nerve

 

[guisborough_rob]

It changes by the day for me too, but I do like Tangled Up In Blue; I did think I was the only person who liked Where Are You Tonight? but changingman is also a fan, as seen above.