Song Battles Round 9: Bob Dylan (Final Round in Post 23)

Here We Go:

This battle only runs through the album Desire which was release in 1976 because I didn't have space for everything even from that period, so I left out the most modern stuff people were less likely to be familar with.

Sine most of the songs are probably very familiar to everyone, I tried to put in YouTube links that were a little bit fun. Live performances where I could find good ones.

Early Dylan Early Acoustic Songs up to Bring it All Back Home
1a)Blowing in the wind (YouTube )
1b)The Times They are a Changing (YouTube )

2a)Mr. Tamborine Man (YouTube )
2b)Spanish Harlem Incedent (YouTube )

Middle Dylan Electric Bring it all back home and Highway 61
3a)Maggies Farm (YouTube )
3b)It's All Over Now Baby Blue (YouTube )

4a)Subterranian Homesick Blues (YouTube )
4b)Like a Rolling Stone (YouTube )

Middle Dylan II Blonde on Blonde and John Wesley Harding
5a)Visions of Johanna (YouTube )
5b)Just Like A Woman (YouTube )

6a)Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (YouTube )
6b)All Along the Watchtower (YouTube )

Later Dylan Nashville Skyline - Desire
7a)Knocking on Heaven's Door (YouTube )
7b)The Hurricane (YouTube )

8a)Simple Twist of Fate (YouTube )
8b)Tangled up in Blue (YouTube )

1b)The Times They are a Changing

2b)Spanish Harlem Incedent

3a)Maggies Farm

4b)Like a Rolling Stone

5b)Just Like A Woman

6b)All Along the Watchtower

7a)Knocking on Heaven's Door

8b)Tangled up in Blue

My picks

1a)Blowing in the wind
2b)Spanish Harlem Incedent
3b)It's All Over Now Baby Blue
4b)Like a Rolling Stone
5a)Visions of Johanna
6a)Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
7b)The Hurricane
8b)Tangled up in Blue

1b)The Times They are a Changing

2b)Spanish Harlem Incedent

3a)Maggies Farm

4b)Like a Rolling Stone

5b)Just Like A Woman

6a)Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

7a)Knocking on Heaven's Door

8b)Tangled up in Blue

1a)Blowing in the wind

2a)Mr. Tamborine Man

3a)Maggies Farm

4b)Like a Rolling Stone

5a) Pass
5b) Pass

6a)Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

7b)The Hurricane

8b)Tangled up in Blue

Joe

#1 was tough. I guess 2 of my top 4 Dylan songs and his "Most Important Ones"

I know. There were a couple of rounds that were tough matchups and then a couple where I knew one song was going to blow the other out of the water (Round 4), but there wasn't anything I could do without reorganizing how I was making the initial picks, and that was tough enough.

Just for interest here are some songs that didn't make the cut but were in my initial list of songs to maybe include:

Don't think twice, It's all Right
I shall be released
It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues
Lay Lady Lay
(Sooner or Later) One Of Us Must Know
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol (almost did make the cut)
Tombstone Blues (almost did make the cut)
Ballad of a Thin Man
A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall
Gates of Eden
Stuck inside Mobile with the Memphis Blues
Highway 61
Shelter From the Storm
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Heck I could do a whole second round of Dylan that didn't make the first cut still without including any of the stuff he made after Desire.

1a)Blowing in the wind
2a)Mr. Tamborine Man
3b)It's All Over Now Baby Blue
4b)Like a Rolling Stone
5b)Just Like A Woman
6b)All Along the Watchtower
7b)The Hurricane
8b)Tangled up in Blue

Some tough choices there.

Random thoughts: I've always liked Dylan's version of Watchtower. Seems more intense than Jimi's. I like Dave Mason's take on it too. Not to mention BSG's! :D

But the best Dylan ever is still My Back Pages. For those who aren't up on Who's Who, the band consists of Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jacob Dylan, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn.

Bump. If there aren't any new posts by the end of the day I will move along to the next round.

Ok, well, this isn't the popular battle I expected it to be. Maybe round 2 will do better.

Early Dylan Early Acoustic Songs up to Bring it All Back Home
1a)Blowing in the wind
1b)Spanish Harlem Incedent

Middle Dylan Electric Bring it all back home and Highway 61
2a)Maggies Farm
2b)Like a Rolling Stone

Middle Dylan II Blonde on Blonde and John Wesley Harding
3a)Just Like A Woman
3b)Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Later Dylan Nashville Skyline - Desire
4a)The Hurricane
4b)Tangled up in Blue

1a) Blowing In The Wind
2b) Like A Rolling Stone
3b) Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
4b) Tangled Up In Blue

1a) Blowing In The Wind

2b) Like A Rolling Stone

3b) Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

4b) Tangled Up In Blue

1a)Blowing in the wind

2a)Maggies Farm

3a)Just Like A Woman

4b)Tangled up in Blue

I am surprised Dylan is not getting a larger response.

1a)Blowing in the wind
2b)Like a Rolling Stone
3a)Just Like A Woman
4b)Tangled up in Blue

1a)Blowing in the wind

2b)Like a Rolling Stone

3b)Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

4b)Tangled up in Blue
Joe

1b. Spanish Harlem Incident
2b. Like a Rolling Stone
3b. Rainy Day Women
4a. The Hurricane

Round 3

Early Dylan
1a)Blowing in the wind
1b)Like a Rolling Stone

Later Dylan
2a)Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2b)Tangled up in Blue[/quote]

1b)Like a Rolling Stone

2a)Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Joe

1a)Blowing in the wind

2b)Tangled up in Blue

Like a Rolling Stone
Tangled up in Blue

Thanks for handling this for me while I was on vaccation What Exit?

New round starting at the end of the day if there aren't any new votes.

Like A Rolling Stone

Tangled Up In Blue

Like A Rolling Stone

Tangled Up In Blue

Final Round
Like a Rolling Stone

vs

Tangled up in Blue

Tangled up in Blue

I'm going with Tangled Up in Blue also. Thought I was going to be the only one. This might be a horse race after all.

Like a Rolling Stone

Joe