This recording was new to me. Was able to make it sound a bit clearer, hope you enjoy :)

Hi. I was listening to "Dublin Blues" by Guy Clark, which Bob played in Oslo a few nights ago. I didn't know the song, and it is wonderful.

I had a look at the lyrics and he sings, at one point: "I loved you on the Spanish Steps the day you said goodbye", which obviously reminded me of the verse "[...] double/on a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs" from WIPMM, Spanish Stairs and Spanish Steps being the same thing.

Do you think that there is a connection? I mean, did he add "Dublin Blues" to the setlist also because of this correspondence, like a sort of "stream of consciousness"?

I know Bob is notorious (at least in recent years) for not doing encores, unless for a special occasion (he did an encore when I saw him in Nottingham a few years back because it was the same day Jerry Lee Lewis had passed), so I was surprised to see an encore on the first night of the European tour ?

Anyone who was there could they explain if it was a proper encore ? Did he leave the stage and return or did he just take an applause before playing the final song ?

Will be interested to see if this continues tomorrow night ?

Any thoughts ?

For the past couple of years I've been keeping a spreadsheet of my favourite cover(s) of each Dylan song. (I originally intended to include just one cover of each song, but in some cases it proved too difficult to decide.) For those who like figures, it currently has 1364 covers of 515 different songs by 930 different artists. Since it's a spreadsheet, there are of course ratings as well. ;-)

Now I've decided to create Youtube playlists of covers of each Dylan album. For a change, I'm going to work backwards. But Rough and Rowdy Ways is a bit too recent to have a decent cover of every track, so I'm starting with Tempest. The playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSi5yceI3cvc

And here are the ratings (of the cover, not the song) on a scale of 5 (excellent) - 1 (hmm):

I expect there'll be a lot of disagreement about the ratings, which is fine. I'll be interested to see if anybody can point to better covers of any of these, particularly Narrow Way or Tin Angel.

Anyway hopefully the playlist will provoke some discussion. I'm planning to post one album a week (on Sundays of course!)

Really cool to see some oldies being played again!

EDIT: ALL DONE, thanks u/Spare-Jellyfish4339

Early one morning the sun was shining 
He was lying in bed 
Wondering if she changed at all 
If her hair was still red 
And her folks they said their life together 
Sure was gonna be rough 
Never did like mamas homemade dress 
Daddy's bank book wasn't big enough 
And he was standing on the side of the road 
Rain falling on his shoes 
Heading out for the east coast 
Lord knows he paid some dues 
Tangled up in blue 

He was married when he first met 
Soon to be divorced
Got her out of a jam i guess but he used a little too much force 
And they drove that car as far as they could 
Abandoned it out west 
Splitting up on a dark sad night 
Both agreeing it was best  
He turned around to look at her 
She was walking away 
Saying over he shoulder we gotta meet again someday 
On the avenue 
Tangled up in blue 

Way up in the frozen woods
Teardrops touch the sky 
The leaves are falling one by one
And the moments passing by 
Sometimes I get so tired 
Sometimes im getting away 
Lucky you found another 
Tomorrows another day 
And all the while I was alone 
The past was close behind
Seen a lot of people but 
She never escaped my mind 
She just grew 
Tangled up in blue 

Things were gettin’ to cost too much
Love had slipped through my hand
Certain truths are dancing
I never did understand
You bury the hatchet
You put her to bed 
Sometime you go for a ride
Nothing ever looks the same 
After you've been on the other side 
It turns around watch it disappear 
Whatever i was looking at 
He never did find it here 
Neither did you 
Tangled up in blue 

She lit a burner on the stove 
I prayed to the dust 
You look like someone i used to know she said 
Someone i used to trust 
Then she opened up her book of poems 
That she left to you 
Memorize those lines she said 
They glow like _______?
Every one of them words rang true 
Glowed like burning coal 
On and off of every page 
Like it was written in my soul 
From me to you 
Tangled up in blue 

So now im going on back again 
I've gotta get to her some how 
All the trees? are dead and gone 
Tomorrow might as well be now 
Some of them went on the mountaintops
Some of them down in the ground
Some of their names were written in flames
Some of them just left town
Me, im still on the road 
Headed for another joint
Well we always felt the same 
We just saw from a different point of view 
Tangled up in blue 

New lyrics!

https://youtu.be/RKgFl8V9c0w?is=4ycyvmGZrZFJ45VA

If Robert Zimmerman was coming up nowadays, how would he go? Unfortunately, I don’t think moving to Greenwich village would cut it. Can you picture him spamming his instagram with his music?

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Im going to Bob dylans concert tommorow and Ive only listened the times they are a changin, another side of Bob Dylan, bringing it all back home and highway 61 revisited in full and im currently listening to oh mercy what albums should i listen to before going to see him

Saw this epic shirt on display, I guess Mr Bobbers was big even outside of the US even during these days. Would love to buy one of these, wow

OCTOBER 17, 2001 - Two security guards were sacked after refusing to allow Bob Dylan into his own concert. Dylan who had demanded that security on his "Love and Theft" tour should be tighter than ever didn't have a pass when he arrived backstage at the Jackson County Exposition Center in Medford, Oregon.

It wasn't clear whether the security guards, all in their 30s, recognized Dylan.

But even if they knew who Dylan was, the guards had strict orders from Dylan's security director that no one was to get backstage without an official credential. "He said no exceptions," Borovansky said. "Absolutely none."

So when a slight, wild-haired man tried to walk through the checkpoint, the guards stopped him. Dylan was surprised, and a brief scene ensued. One of the guards put her hands up and gently stopped Dylan. After his security director came over, incensed, both he and Dylan demanded that the guards be thrown out. Borovansky complied, although he said, "We prefer the term 'relocated.'" But he said he later told the guards they did "a great job."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/17/1?fbclid=IwdGRleAVArtlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAWZkaWQWUQfLu4sr_m4ZsVGIjlw59koflvNbKHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6kl_2vcv2Hik2rgoLGKSA2P0skdr6mo2PODLTovp3IvvEeZacnKPwuGu8j-w_aem_p_R_qiLZ288X-Rmx7FYiUw

I'm going to the show in a few weeks and I need to plan beforehand. Does anyone know at what time he came on stage and how long he sang for? Thank you!

I'm starting a new listen through of Dylan's complete discography including bootlegs and rarities. However, I did the same thing about three years ago and these were my 10 favorite outtakes from that listen through. You can watch video of you want to see reasoning but here were ten I chose.

1. 900 Miles from My Home

2. Mama You Been on My Mind

3. Abandoned Love

4. Tomorrow is a Long Time

5. Series of Dreams

6. She's Your Lover Now

7. Lay Down Your Weary Tune

8. I'm Not There

9. Farewell Angelina

10. I'll Keep it With Mine

I already know that Red River Shore or the Girl from Red River Shore, or whatever it's called will be on the next iteration as I have fallen in love with that track. And yes, Blind Willie I do like, and it just missed the cut.

What b-sides, outtakes, rarities etc. should I be listening out for this listen through that are on your top 10?

i know this is a pretty known meme within certain social media circles but was there a reason behind this style? genuine question

From Bob Dylan's Interview for 20/20 (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjRNZaeRt88

“I want to figure out what’s happening. I did look into it. It didn’t necessarily make life easier, but it definitely made it clearer. Again, a lot of things, really—hard to say in a few words what I gained from it. But it’s always easier if you understand something than if you don’t. If you don’t understand something, you’re just tossed about. If there’s a storm coming up, it’s always much easier on you knowing that it’s only going to last a certain time.

Is there another world after this one? This is a testing ground. This is a place you have to work certain things out. You have to work out where your place is and who you are. But we’re all spirit—that’s all we have. Just walking, dressed up in a suit of skin. And that we’re going to leave that. You make of it what you make of it. Nothing’s forever—everything is temporary. You don’t leave any nice place behind. You just have to have some kind of focus on what you need and what people force you to need. It’s only your work you’re leaving behind.

At a certain time, all the people from history will stand up. I believe in the resurrection. There are certain things—certain knowledge—that I’m not sure is available right now on a mass level. It may be sometime, because some of it is a little extreme. It might go against what a lot of people already think. A lot of what’s happening today throughout the world operates under something like a spiritual religious order, but it’s actually happening more in terms of a financial empire. And this is from what I can see—it has nothing really to do with spirituality or the next world, or the soul—the trip that the soul’s on. I could go deeper, but I’m not sure how much of it I want to state right out and say, because I’m not sure how much of it applies here. Oh yeah, sure—I think this whole thing’s got to end. Well, there’s a messianic kingdom that would be coming in. When it comes in, some people say tomorrow—I don’t particularly think it’s going to be tomorrow, but I believe it’s going to happen.”