any tunes standing out?

idk im stuck playing Mario Kart lol

37 tracks

I would just listen to his early or mid 60s for a while to get acclimated but the playlist covers his first two decades if you wanted to get an idea how he developed

ive dabbled

just a matter of me importing them to AM, but im a lil too stoned rn so probably at some point tomorrow

there's gotta be a better way to import playlist from Spotify into AM goddamn

s*** man try to keep it down to like 30 max tracks next time

@Elric

The famous "Motorcycle Crash" of '66 that got him off d****, clean up, start a family and even drop "New Morning" which I think it's pretty decent... then a few years later dude decides to bring his former FWB, soon-to-be ex wife, and his mom on The Rolling Thunder revue travelling band where he's quite clearly off his t*** consisting of some of his best performances. Madison Square Garden show

You know all this, but flexing one's knowledge of Bobology is such a temptation.

One could argue he made better albums post what most would consider his peak in the mid 60s.

he was definitely at the peak of his powers in the 15 month period where he released Bringing It, Highway 61 and Blonde back to back (including live, the '66 UK tour blows away any live 70's stuff imo).

you know the cozy energies he tapped into for Basement Tapes are my favourite. his most moving and goofy collection of songs. more earthy than the dizzying heights of the prevous period but just as good.

Blood On The Tracks has his most impossibly tender, world weary ballads and bitter, lived-in breakup bops.

'66 UK shows being a cut above the mid 70s rolling thunder comes as a shock. On the other hand, you like his material with the band that i'm going to download The Basement Tapes just to see what the Dylan enthusiasts hear in it. Wheels On Fire is kinda goofy, but I do like the energy, so I can see me enjoying the project.

Basement Tapes artwork is so fine would love to have someone talented to create a mural of it, if I ever own my own crib.

he wasnt anywhere near this potent in the 70s imo

Blood On The Tracks is the official soundtrack for those going through a bitter and difficult breakup. It must be challenging, but if it helps those to get through whatever then all the power to them.

Lou Reed said that "Idiot Wind" is the one song he wish he wrote according to my local record shop owner. If it's true...who knows Bob was def in his feelings. That's a certainty. It's my least favourite on BOTT.. but I've yet to gone through something like that, so maybe the lack of relation is the reason idk.

I love BOTT but i wasn't listening to it or any breakup album when I was going through a bad one lol avoided music that made me think about it

Frank Zappa has said that if Like a Rolling Stone did what it was supposed to do then he wouldn't have even needed to release an albums

"JUDAS"

"I Don't Believe You"

"Play that sh*t loud"

Mid 60s Dylan was cut from the finest cloth.

I assume you've seen the documentary "DONT LOOK BACK"

Zappa and Bob had beef!?

nah it was the highest of praise;

“When I heard 'Like a Rolling Stone', I wanted to quit the music business, because I felt: 'If this wins and it does what it's supposed to do, I don't need to do anything else ...' But it didn't do anything. It sold but nobody responded to it in the way that they should have.”

you get it

yeah of course ive had it for decades. was a big moment when I finally upgraded from ancient dvd to fancy new Criterion 4k.

favourite moment is when he sings some Hank

Springsteen has said that the kick pedal (i'm not a drummer) begins the track knocked open a door that changed popular music forever. I know Bruce is a Bobhead, but he isn't far off from accuracy with that take.

I got to get that 4K Criterion. I got the standard blu ray. Joan and Bob sounding really good here for a simple jam in a hotel sweet.

Hard Rain and Tambourine Man were the boots he was wearing when he kicked the door down

Apparently when Sam Cook heard Blowing in the Wind, he said something to the effect of "how is a white boy writing songs like that when I'm singing song like this" and promptly wrote A Change Is Gonna Come not sure why songs by Billie Holiday and Nina in a similarly powerful and poetic social/political vein didn't occur to him but yeah crazy

the version of hard rain during the rolling thunder revue tour with mark ronson is the chef's kiss 💋

I have never heard that sam cooke anecdote before.. fp that's one of the goat tracks oat (hyperbole aside)

definitely the best of 1964

Is that your private digital music library, or is that a streaming service?

that's my iTunes which ive been adding to since 2003 lol

painstakingly cloned them to my Spotify if you have that tho;

open.spotify.com/user/btjdaxj7dqb0d0ysfkwsfgd7d?si=0f2c5d2c7390434a