The sweetest girl in the world
Is my blue-eyed Jane
We fell in love like turtledoves
While the moon was shining down
I asked her then, I asked her when
Wedding bells would ring
She said, “Oh, dear, it seems so queer
That this could happen here.”
New Daisy Theater
Memphis, Tennessee
5 February 1999
You got a lotta nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down
You just stood there grinning–
… I was gonna put Positively 4th Street on the other side, but, uh… I didn’t figure anybody could understand it so…
~Bob Dylan (Bob Fass/WBAI Interview, 26 Jan 1966)Outside of a song like Positively 4th Street, which is extremely one-dimensional, which I like, I don’t usually purge myself by writing anything about any type of quote, so-called,
relationships. I don’t have the kinds of relationships that are built on any kind of false pretense, not to say that I haven’t.
~Bob Dylan (Scott Cohen, Sept 1985)
This masterpiece would have fitted nicely on “Highway 61 Revisited”.. where it did belong.
original version:
Continue reading Bob Dylan’s best songs: Positively 4th Street #13 (Audio & Video)
The votes have been counted.
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I hereby challenge all readers to put out their personal list of the 20 Greatest albums of all time.
Top 15 /10 is also appreciated.
Use the comments section in this post or check out our Facebook page.
The poll will be open till Tuesday’ish.
The rules:
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Again: Don’t take theses lists so seriously ! It’s meant to be FUN.
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It was a great poll to host, and we got lists in from 52 musicologists.
notes:
| # | Album | Artist | votes |
| 1 | Highway 61 Revisited (1965) | Bob Dylan | 29 |
| 2 | Blood On The Tracks (1975) | Bob Dylan | 26 |
| 3 | Blonde On Blonde (1966) | Bob Dylan | 25 |
| 4 | Revolver (1966) | The Beatles | 18 |
| 5 | Exile On Main St. (1972) | The Rolling Stones | 17 |
| 6 | Astral Weeks (1968) | Van Morrison | 15 |
| 7 | Rubber Soul (1965) | The Beatles | 14 |
| 8 | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) | The Beatles | 13 |
| 8 | White Album (1968) | The Beatles | 13 |
| 10 | Abbey Road (1969) | The Beatles | 12 |
| 10 | Let It Bleed (1969) | The Rolling Stones | 12 |
| 10 | Who’s Next (1971) | The Who | 12 |
| 13 | Kind Of Blue (1959) | Miles Davis | 11 |
| 14 | John Wesley Harding (1967) | Bob Dylan | 10 |
| 14 | The Band (1969) | The Band | 10 |
| 16 | Bringing It All Back Home (1965) | Bob Dylan | 8 |
| 16 | Dark Side Of The Moon | Pink Floyd | 8 |
| 16 | Music From Big Pink (1968) | The Band | 8 |
| 16 | Beggar’s Banquet (1968) | The Rolling Stones | 8 |
| 16 | Sticky Fingers (1971) | The Rolling Stones | 8 |
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My list – 20 favorite albums:
Continue reading These are the 20 Greatest albums of all time according to the JV community
Wilco is one of our favorite bands.
Here are covers by Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, collaborations.. and a song about Bob Dylan’s beard!
Wilco – Simple Twist of Fate (Solid Sound – MASS MoCA – June 21, 2013):
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Wilco – I Shall Be Released (Live Toronto), The Bob Dylan classic made famous by The Band is performed with panache by Jeff Tweedy and his band:
Continue reading Wilco, Jeff Tweedy and Bob Dylan – covers and collaborations
There’s an evenin’ haze settlin’ over the town
Starlight by the edge of the creek
The buyin’ power of the proletariat’s gone down
Money’s gettin’ shallow and weak
The place I love best is a sweet memory
It’s a new path that we trod
They say low wages are a reality
If we want to compete abroad
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Happy birthday “Modern Times”, here are 5 great live versions of “Workingman’s Blues #2”.
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National Indoor Arena
Birmingham, England
17 April 2007
My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
Come sit down on my knee
You are dearer to me than myself
As you yourself can see
I’m listenin’ to the steel rails hum
Got both eyes tight shut
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Creeping it’s way into my gutMeet me at the bottom, don’t lag behind
Bring me my boots and shoes
You can hang back or fight your best on the front line
Sing a little bit of these workingman’s blues
Continue reading Bob Dylan: 5 Great Live versions of “Workingman’s Blues #2” (Video & audio)