Bob Dylan song draft

[Teenwolf]

So far by decade:

'60s: 15
'70s: 4
'80s: 0
'90s: 0
'00s: 0

I'll change that, just for the hell of it.

3.06 - Most Of The Time

[johnnya24]

The Lucky family are have a heated discussion about picks 4 & 5 as we speak!

[heyelander]

i have at most a passing interest in this thread, but I'm really happy it is going on. We've needed a random draft here for a while.

[Gregg]

i have at most a passing interest in this thread, but I'm really happy it is going on. We've needed a random draft here for a while.

umm...this is not a random draft. This is a Songs by Bob Dylan draft. It is very serious with huge implications. Why it just might be one of the most important drafts we have ever had.

[Lucky]

Sorry, just got out of a meeting full of politicians.

I'll have a stiff drink, and then start wrestling the missus over those next two picks.

[Lucky]

The opening track from Blonde on Blonde...

3.07 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

[Lucky]

Another of Alice's favorites...

4.01 Shelter from the Storm

[Gregg]

Another of Alice's favorites...

4.01 Shelter from the Storm

Rats! That was my next pick.

[Lucky]

I told Alice it wouldn't last.

[Lucky]

Participating in the draft has caused me to pull out old albums, lyric sheets, articles, (bootlegs), etc., as I'm sure it has many of you. One of the things that still hit me is the amount of absolute s**t Dylan took when he went electric. (That's why I picked Subterranean Homesick Blues, the first track on the first electric album.) I listened to the Manchester Free Trade Hall concert from 1966 (Dylan would play the first set acoustic solo, then bring out the band for the second set), and it is amazing how hostile the crowd was.

This is the one with the famous exchange right before Like a Rolling Stone: Fan: "Judas!" Dylan: "I don't believe you...you're a liar!", an then to the band "Play f***ing loud!"

[Judge Jude]

3.07 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

first song I DON'T love to be chosen so far....

[Erik]

Rats! That was my next pick.

Probably sheep's, too, given his love for Blood on the Tracks.

My next two are still out there, but "Positively 4th Street" was #3 on my list, so I need to come up with a backup plan for my backup plan.

[Erik]

3.07 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

first song I DON'T love to be chosen so far....

The AV Club included it on a list of "bad songs that derail great albums." Needless to say that selection caused quite a bit of controversy. It's a novelty song, but Dylan by that point had more than earned the right to release one.

[Lucky]

3.07 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

first song I DON'T love to be chosen so far....

Dylan fans really split here. It was a big success commercially, which is strange since it was banned from many radio stations due to the "stoned" lyrics. Commercial success isn't really a good metric for judging Dylan tunes, since many of his best and most loved were never released as singles, but along with "Like a Rolling Stone", it went to #2 in the U.S.

It's an unusual song, a blues progression with a brass band. Listening now, it surprises me that mainstream America liked it enough to make it a hit.

It's quirky. People forget that Dylan's performance style, especially early on, was quirky, with Dylan telling stories, laughing, joking, etc. There are recordings out there of his shows in '63, and he exuded personality and humor.

You really loved Most of the Time?

[Judge Jude]

ok, didn't notice "Most of the Time."
it's good, but I don't love it.

I like the Basement Tapes stuff more for off-the-grid experimentation. I can't explain those songs, either, but I enjoy them.
I don't mind the "let's get stoned" part as much as the annoying pounding beat that never goes anywhere...