In the May 26th issue of Rolling Stone, a panel of alleged "experts" selected their top 70 Bob Dylan songs in honor of the songwriter's 70th birthday.
Last week, I decided I'd come up with my top ten Dylan songs list, and happened to mention this in passing to Stephen T. McCarthy, he of the STUFFS blog, who wanted in. A blog hop of two was born.
Stephen wanted to post both lists on the same day and suggested May 24, Dylan's birthday. Good idea, but that meant I actually had to come up with my list this weekend.
Well come up with a list I did, and I attempted to pair it with videos of Dylan performing the tracks, but the Dylan camp has been aggressive about removing clips from YouTube. When necessary, I included covers of the songs.
Any reader who has an interest can post their list as well. Come and leave me a comment Tuesday and I'll update the list of participants with a link to your post.
TOP TEN BOB DYLAN SONGS SECRET BLOG HOP
It's a secret because we didn't decide to do this until yesterday. Anyone who holds Dylan's songwriting ability in similar regard can join in by leaving a comment-I'll update the list.
(1) DISC-CONNECTED
(2) STEPHEN T. McCARTHY'S STUFFS
(3) TOSSING IT OUT
ROLLING STONE'S TOP TEN
(1) Like A Rolling Stone
(2) A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall
(3) Tangled Up In Blue
(4) Just Like A Woman
(5) All Along The Watchtower
(6) I Shall Be Released
(7) It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
(8) Mr. Tambourine Man
(9) Visions Of Johanna
(10) Every Grain Of Sand
So that's their list! Can you do better? Start thinking about it, and we'll see you Tuesday!
Oh, and if you're a Dylan fan, you may want to check out THE BOB DYLAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, a blog about...guess who?
DOCTOR DISCDUDE ~
ReplyDeleteThis morning, I sent personal 'Top 10 Zimmy Zongs' invitations to Anniee of 'Purely Politics' and to Boidman of 'Tossing It Out'.
So far, only Anniee has replied. Unfortunately, she implied that she hates Dylan's music and the only song she could include on a Top 10 list would be "Lay, Lady, Lay". So, she's OUT, with a capital "O".
Looks like it's just you and me. Boid might still respond, but then again, the bloke prefers Neil Young to Dylan...
I'll say no more, as Boid is likely to see this comment...
...I mean, I'll say no more other than: "Special Olympian competes against Mark Spitz in Backstroke race".
;o)
[Boid, that was meant solely as a very serious joke.]
Hey, Hey, My, My, "Like A Rolling Sone" will never die!
~ D-FensDogg
'Loyal American Underground'
Well one sounds like he's got a clothespin on his nose and the other sounds like a cat whose tail was caught under a rocking chair.
ReplyDeleteSo you gotta go with the voice you find more appealing.
However, from a songwriting standpoint, it's hard to think of them as in the same league.
>> . . . Well one sounds like he's got a clothespin on his nose and the other sounds like a cat whose tail was caught under a rocking chair.
ReplyDeleteHa!-Ha!
Only I'm not sure which one is which.
~ D-FensDogg
'Loyal American Underground'
Just heard about this one today. Count me in with a feeble last minute attempt.
ReplyDeleteLee