Happy birthday tribute to Bob Dylan!
I don't know how Joe selected these six songs. In a top six list, I probably would have picked out two of these and four others. (Like a Rolling Stone and Tangled Up in Blue stay – might add Mr. 'Mr. Tambourine Man', Subterranean Homesick Blues, Positively 4th Street…) What do you think?
The 6 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs Of All Time
It's Bob Dylan's 72nd birthday (May 24).
In honor of one of the world's greatest songwriters, here are Bob Dylan's Top 6 songs.
1. "Isis"
This song off of the album "Desire" is the best-ever song written about raiding tombs. It's got a driving piano line, and really shows off Dylan as a story teller.
Here's a live, electric version.
2. "Song to Woody"
An early Dylan song, written as an ode to his hero Woody Guthrie. The song truly captures the perspective of a young man from Minnesota hoping to replicate the life of his folk singer idols.
3. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
One of the best songs ever written about love and heartbreak. Here's a great cover of it by Joan Baez.
4. "Like A Rolling Stone"
Rolling Stone called this the greatest rock and roll song of all time back in 2004. This song is everything: Rock and roll, punk rock, sneering protest folk. When I heard this song in a store when I was 11, I ran around looking for my mom, so that she could tell me what the heck amazing song I just heard.
5. "Oh Sister"
Bob Dylan went through a born-again phase, which often gets laughed at, but some of his greatest work is where he straddles the edge between his traditional work, and his faith. That was the case in this song, which was pre-born again, but where he was slipping in that direction. This song contains the great line: "Oh, sister, am I not a brother to you And one deserving of affection? And is our purpose not the same on this earth To love and follow His direction?"
6. "Tangled Up In Blue"
A classic with which you can't go wrong.
