0:45 - Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1:40 - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall 2:37 - All Along the Watchtower 3:53 - Mr. Tambourine Man 4:50 - Positively 4th Street 5:57 - Subterranean Homesick Blues 6:59 - Tangled Up in Blue 8:12 - Blowin' in the Wind 9:18 - The Times They Are A'Changing 11:34 - Like a Rolling Stone
Ok those are all great Dylan songs...and we all have our favorites. I like the entire list. Couple friends & I loved the line "the pump dont work cause vandals stole the handle " from Subterranean Homesick Blues. We'd just shout out the line together. Was great fun, about 1965-66.
Eminem is the only other artist that come close to your statement.. if you don't like rap don't come back with some dumb reply about its garbage that's my opion
This gentleman truly is in a class by himself. We’re lucky. We are living in the time of a poet who will be studied and written about hundreds of years from now.
"Old lady judges watch people in pairs Limited in sex, they dare To push fake morals, insult and stare While money doesn't talk, it swears Obscenity, who really cares Propaganda, all is phony"
Someone on another site said, "He can't sing....crappy guitar player....he sux".......man, I went OFF! You're right dude...he's no Justin Bieber..........and he wouldn't win American Idol.........but when BOTH John Lennon and McCartney bow down to you? You've got something. Prince revered him, as well. He didn't set out to be a pop sensation........he's a poet. An intellectual. A genius. An original. A unique, true, pure musical spirit.....from a small, desperate mining town in Northern Minnesota. You rule, Robert Zimmerman.
At the end of the day... when it's all said & done it will be Bob Dylan's voice & words who've transformed a generation. It will be his poetry that will be a legacy even when passes on.
I love "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again." His songs' hypnotic melodies loop around and around so naturally and bring me under their spell.
@@maximumoccupancy : He is the best songwriter (to me) in the english language and in 20th century. Although I finally think that Leonard Cohen could be better ... but well they are both great. Elsewhere ... Georges Brassens is the best for French Language and 20th century (my opinion) and it is not really interesting to compare Georges Brassens and Bob dylan. I finally prefer Georges Brassens because I understand what he says and his words are wonderful. What can be said is that I listen to both with equivalent pleasure. And this is fine :-)
Nobody can rank Dylan songs for you. You have to rank them for yourself. Each tune layers on some level of abstraction that may have meaning only to you and your experiences. He deserved the Nobel Prize.
My top ten Dylan songs of now include it's not dark yet, sweet Marie, highway 61, sub homesick blue. Idiot wind, 115th dream, vd blues, if I had to do it all over again, visions of jo & she's your lover now
+inglishbulldog Please don't take this the wrong way, but maybe you're the problem here? You're watching a generic RUclips channel pandering to the fact that everyone these days can only digest things in quick top X lists with short "justifications" for each one. It's click bait that works for....ummmm....the masses? This isn't intended to be educational. The only way to find Bob Dylan's "top 10" songs (yeah, good luck with that) is to do what I did, which is dig through the catalogue. If you asked me that question, I'd tell you to piss off, I don't rank the un-rankable, and go back to enjoying great music without giving it some sort of sports fan type conversation
My personal favourites : 1. Visions of johanna 2. Just like a woman 3. Sad eyed lady of the lowlands 4. Dont think twice its alright 5. Hard rains gonna fall 6. Times they are a changing 7. Like a rolling stone 8. Blowing in the wind 9. Mr. Tambourine man 10. Its alright ma im only bleeding
1: Subterranean Homesick Blues 2: Tangled Up In Blue 3: Hurricane 4: All Along The Watchtower 5: Like A Rolling Stone 6: Mr Tambourine Man 7: Blowin' In The Wind 8: The Times They Are A Changing 9: Lay Lady Lay 10: Positively 4th Street Honourable mentions: Ballad Of Hollis Brown, Knocking On Heavens Door, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Rainy Day Women #12 & #35, Masters Of War, Desolation Row, A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall, Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Tombstone Blues, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
My list 15. Shelter From the Storm 14. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 13. Positively 4th Street 12. All Along the Watchtower 11. Hurricane 10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 9. Visions of Johanna 8. Desolation Row 7. Just Like A Woman 6. Mr. Tambourine Man 5. Subterranean Homesick Blues 4. The Times They Are A-Changin' 3. Blowin' in the Wind 2. Tangled Up In Blue 1. Like a Rolling Stone
Professor Mercury See my gripe elsewhere about people forgetting "My Back Pages." Also, I know "Blood on the Tracks" is over-represented (his finest album, IMO), but "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" is damn good, too. In my other comment I mentioned seeing Dylan in concert twice, and my gripe with the first one was that one came up way late, and the brownies were starting to wear off, and I could barely keep my eyes open. Carry on. Oh, and give another listen to "Ballad of a Thin Man," okay? These lists are always way too short.
Professor Mercury Good list. I certainly think "I Want You" and "Stuck Inside of Mobile...." deserve consideration. On another topic altogether, why do I find the narrator of these videos to be relentlessly clueless?
Bob Frost does she have to be a Bob Dylan expert in order to make these lists. watch mojo is one of the bigger you tube channels, they have lists on more than just Bob Dylan. she gets paid to read off a script you really think she did all of this off the top of her head.if she did that she certainly aiant clueless..
"Like A Rolling Stone" was the song that we would listen to while in the Jungles of Vietnam....every morning.....right after the radio station opened up at 7 AM....and This guy would come on and say....GOOOOOD MOOOOORNING VIETNAM.....
I'll forever associate Dylan's music, along w/ Hendrix, The Stones, Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye, just to name a few w/ my Uncle & his time spent in Vietnam fighting in the War. From what I can tell, these musicians & they're music was one of the few things that gave our guys some solace, a reason to smile & it certainly brought the guy's together. Gave them comradery & boosted morale in a place where nothing was familiar. Vietnam is a very unforgiving environment & that War was by far the ugliest mess I think we've ever been a part of. There was no winner & our soldiers didn't receive a warm welcome home. Some things just can't be fixed. Yesterday was Memorial Day 2019, I'm a day late but to everyone in the U.S. Military, thank you for your service & God Bless...👣
1. Like a Rolling Stone 2. Girl from the North Country (Nashville Skyline Version) 3. It’s all over now baby blue 4. Mr Tambourine Man 5. I Want You 6. Hard Rains Gonna Fall 7. Love Minus Zero / No Limit 8. Tangled Up in Blue 9. Desolation Row 10. Subterreanean Homesick Blues Honourable Mentions: - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Blowin in the Wind - Outlaw Blues - Hurricane - My Back Pages - If Not for You - Boots of Spanish Leather - Don’t think twice it’s alright - God on our Side - You’re gonna make me Lonesome when you go Impossible to pick just 10
yeah his voice is just not that good for some of his songs like when he actually tries to do a long note and tries to really sing its just not very good witch is why some of the covers of his songs are better then his versions
Since 2016, I am still fighting the good fight that Dylan more than deserved the Nobel Prize. People laughed and scoffed when it was released he was nominated. I screamed with joy when I heard he won it. You don't have to make a list of his best songs. The Prize encompasses that.
Can't believe I know so many of his songs eventhough I've never listened explicitly for any of them... His songs are everywhere, blowing in the wind... Genius!
You are gonna love his songs only when you understand the lyrics, they have a poetic touch. Because he's a poet man, he never sing songs, he sings poetry!!! Ppl don't know what poetry is and then says dylan sucks. But he's evergreen!
Good list. For comparison, here are the positions these songs gained in the list of top 100 Bob Dylan songs by RS magazine: 1. Like a Rolling Stone - #1 2. The Times They are A-Changin' - #28 3. Blowin' in the Wind - #20 4. Tangled Up In Blue - #3 5. Subterranean Homesick Blues - #13 6. Positively 4th Street - #16 7. Mr. Tambourine Man - #8 8. All Along the Watchtower - #5 9. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - #2 10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - #25 ------------------------------ Honorable mentions: Just Like a Woman - #4 Hurricane - #39 I Shall Be Released - #6 Shelter from the Storm - #66 Highway 61 Revisited - #14 (however, WatchMojo played With God On Our Side - #36 instead) Things Have Changed - #51 ------------------------------ End of the video: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - #22
I know what you mean, it’s impossible to to say what next week brings. Therefore I (we) add ‘might be’. Bob has to many masterpieces which is good, but pick the absolutely best, not many are able too. Not even ten in top is an easy task. I’ll tried to make a top ten list. For a couple of minutes I was satisfied, than masterpieces started to rain, in my mind. Songs I ❤️ love. So I started to sing “It’s raining songs, Hallelujah! You know Paul Schaefer’s hit. We Love 💕 you Bob Dylan, we Love 💗 your songs, your voice, everything about ya, thanks BD♥️
1. Like a Rolling Stone 2. The Times They Are A-Changin' 3. Subterranean Homesick Blues 4. Mr. Tambourine Man 5. Hurricane 6. Ballad of a Thin Man 7. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 8. Queen Jane Approximately 9. You're a Big Girl Now 10. All Along the Watchtower 11. With God on Our Side 12. Tombstone Blues 13. Blowin' in the Wind 14. Desolation Row 15. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) 16. Idiot Wind 17. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again 18. Tombstone Blues 19. Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts 20. Boots of Spanish Leather 21. Gates of Eden 22. Buckets of Rain 23. The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest 24. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream 25. Masters of War
+Ethan Flynn you got Tombstone Blues listed twice. they could easily do a pre 75 Dylan and a modern list. I love Grooms Still Waiting at the Altar, Serve Somebody and Everything is Broken.
I lament that the so called top music of today never even comes close to dylan's songwriting. Was and is still the master of words . Words that still ring true today. Thank you for being a spokesman for so many generations!
I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion...but to claim Dylan never had any good music when it was his songs that changed the face of popular music forever is just asinine.
WatchMojo, there's an error in your list. If you got to 11:08, that song is not "Highway 61 Revisited". The song is actually, "With God on Our Side" from Dylan's 1964 album, "The Times They Are a-Changin'" -- please correct!
1. Desolation Row 2. Like a Rolling Stone 3. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands 4. Visions of Johanna 5. Ballad of a Thin Man 6. Hey Mr. Tambourine Man 7. Tombstone Blues 8. Tangled Up In Blue 9. Blowing in the Wind 10. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again That's the way it is
+Mike Sieger 1. Its alright Ma, 2. Subterranean Homesick Blues 3. Lay Down your weary tune 4. Restless farewell 5. Shelter from the Storm 6. Forever Young 7. Times They are A Changing 8. Like a Rolling Stone 9. Only a Pawn in their game 10. Bob Dylans Dream
JUST TEN?!?! NAH! HE'S THE GOAT, LET'S DOUBLE THE LIST! 1. A Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall 2. Visions of Johanna 3. Blowin' In The Wind 4. Tangled Up In Blue 5. Like a Rolling Stone 6. Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 7. Masters of War 8. All Along The Watchtower 9. Chimes of Freedom 10. Shelter From The Storm 11. The Times They Are A-Changin' 12. Every Grain of Sand 13. Desolation Row 14. Knockin' on Heaven's Door 15. Hurricane 16. Mr. Tambourine Man 17. Just Like a Woman 18. Idiot Wind 19. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 20. Positively 4th Street
I couldn't stand him when my older brother played his records many, many years ago, then all of a sudden I just adored his music and the way he sings his songs his way. He is special and very, very unique.
I agree. I don't think I've even heard Dylan's version - I'm familiar with the cover by Madeleine Peyroux. That's still the mark of a great writer - the work can be successfully reinterpreted by other artists.
Just got into Dylan... devoured Blonde on Blonde... what an experience for a first time listener. Surprised to not see any BoB songs on this list.. 'I Want You' is perfect.
@@thorkilosborn3925 no.Actually bohemian rhapsody is better. Because the song is unique.there are 4 genres in the song and the guitar picks are beautiful.bohemian rhapsody is a song that no other musician has ever thought of.and what do you mean exseccive player?
someone should PAINT many of Dylans songs. "Chimes of Freedom" and "Gates of Eden" I'd love to paint. I CAN SEE THEM!! and "Desolation Row" too. "Ballad of a Thin Man' "Mr. Tamborine Man" wow it would take a Salvador Dali to do them justice.
Not "The" best but certainly great, I love it too, but too much great stuff to pick from, even just from Dylan. I would put " My back pages" up and "All along the watchtower" , especially the Hendrix version, and " Mr. Tambourine man" but many others could also compete. It is really an unanswerable question which is best.
I love how I can agree with this list and could create an entirely different collection top 10 Dylan songs. His back catalogue is so massively rich in good material
It's almost impossible to choose only ten, but I will try to make my top ten: 10. Where teardrops fall 9. If you see her, say hello 8. Stuck inside of mobile.. 7. Girl from the north country 6. Cry a while 5. Things have changed 4. Desolation row 3. Shelter from the storm 2. Not dark yet 1. Tangled up in blue It would be much easier to do a top 25 or 50..
My top 10 of Dylan: 1) Tangled Up In Blue 2) A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 3) My Back Pages 4) Idiot Wind (bootleg version) 5) Let Me Die In My Footsteps 6) Love Minus Zero/No Limit 7) Sara 8) Bob Dylan's Dream 9) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 10) Not Dark Yet honorable mentions: 5) If You See Her, Say Hello 4) Tommorow Is A Long Time 3) Mississippi 2) Series of Dreams 1)Romance in Durango.
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts, Ramona and Tears of Rage are 2 of my favourites. But there are sooh many. I've loved listening to Dylan for 45 years and saw him live when I was 16 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Your a big girl now... Im going out of my mind with a pain that stops and starts like a corkscrew to my heart ever since we've been apart ...heart rendering
GOOD stuff. been a Dylan freak since I could sing along with him back in the early sixties..there is an obscure song from the eighties I love "PRECIOUS ANGEL" and"SEEN A SHOOTING STAR TONIGHT"..gosh, just so many..my all time favorite "QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY ", of course "MOST OF THE TIME" holds a soft spot in my heart also..
In no particular order, my top 10 Dylan songs are: 1. Jokerman 2. Idiot Wind 3. Shelter From the Storm 4. Hurricane 5. Slow Train 6. Tangled up in Blue 7. Masters of War 8. (Obviously) Like a Rolling Stone 9. A Hard Rains A-gonna Fall 10. Not Dark Yet Runners up include: Sweetheart Like You License to Kill Every Grain of Sand All of "Blood on the Tracks" Tight Connection to my Heart
My great uncle went to the University of Minnesota the same time as Bob and they knew each other. One day, Bob asked him for a ride to the bus station because he was going to drop out of college and go to New York City. My uncle gave him the ride, lol. Bob would’ve gotten to NYC no matter what and who knows if he actually went to NYC on this specific occasion with the help of my uncle, but it’s fun to know my family had a hand in it...kinda. My uncle made it clear that they weren’t even really friends. Just sort of casual acquaintances. Good enough for me!
"Blowin' in the Wind" is such a simple song. The structure is bare; some questions that cannot be answered. Yet it cut to the core of the human experience with the simply stated questions. I was asked once, by a teen I know now (I'm 67) which song was the most iconic from the 60s. After talking so lot of folks who lived through the 60s and much deliberation I had to make the personal conclusion that this song was it, it summed up the 60s best.
When I try make my own list 1. Like A Rolling Stone 2. Visions Of Johanna 3. Tangled Up In Blue 4. Positively 4th Street 5. It's Alright Ma 6. Mr. Tambourine Man 7. Just Like A Woman 8. A Hard Rain's a-gonna Fall 9. Don't Think Twice It's Alright 10. Simple Twist Of Fate and then I realized.. Where the fuck is Subterranean Homesick Blues and My Back Pages OMG I forgot the iconic Knocking On Heaven's Door I must be joking, nothing from DESIRE??? Oh... The Basement Tapes, I think I can put one song in the top 10 What about Blind Willie or Mississippi??? How can I forgot the epic Desolation Row and Sad Eyed Lady??? I can't pick 10. Top 50 maybe, with 50 honorable mentions
Those 100 could be in the TOP: Duquesne Wistle, Pay in Blood, Fortgetful Heart, Thunder on the Mountain, Spirit on the Water, MISSISSIPPI, Summer Days, HIGHLANDS, Love Sick, NOT DARK YET, Born in Time, MOST OF THE TIME, Brownsville Girl, Tight Connection to my Heart, BLIND WILLIE MCTELL, Foot of Pride, Jokerman, Angelina, Every Grain of Sand, Heart of Mine, In the Garden, Solid Rock, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?, Saved, When He Returns, Slow Train, Precious Angel, Gotta Serve Somebody, Señor, Changing the Guards, ABANDONED LOVE, Black Diamond Bay, ROMANCE IN DURANGO, Oh Sister, One More Cup of Coffe, Isis, Meet Me in the Morning, IDIOT WIND, YOU'RE A BIG GIRL NOW, Simple Twist of Fate, Billy, THE MAN IN ME, New Morning, If Not For You, Living the Blues, TONIGHT I'LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU, Lay Lady Lay, It Threw It All Away, Skyline Rag, Dear Landlord, The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, I SHALL BE RELEASED, Goin' to Acapulco, Quinn the Skimo, This Wheels on Fire, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Million Dollar Bash, I'll Keep It With Mine, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, 4TH TIME AROUND, Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine,, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, I WANT YOU, VISIONS OF JOHANNA, Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?, Desolation Row, Highway 61 (La que suena en el vídeo es "With Good on our Dude"), Ballad of a Thin Man, Tombstone Blues, It Takes a Lot to Laught It Takes a Train to Cry, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, IT'S ALRIGHT MA I'M ONLY BLEEDING, Outlaw Blues, Love Minus Zero/No Limit, Maggie's Farm, SHE BELONGS TO ME, It Ain't Me Babe, I Don't Belive You, My Back Pages, TO RAMONA, CHIMES OF FREEDOM, All I Really Want to Do, Percy's Song, Lay Down Your Weary Tune, Moonshiner, Who Killed Davey Moore?, RESTLESS FAREWELL, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad of Hollys Brown, LASTS THOUGHTS ON WOODY GUTHRIE, Let Me Die in My Footsteps, Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues, CORRINA CORRINA, Oxford Town, Bob Dylan's Dream, DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALRIGHT (Por lo menos sale al final del vídeo), Girl from the Norte Country, He Was a Friend of Mine, Song to Woody, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Pretty Peggy-O, Man of Costant Sorrow, Talkin' New York.
My List: 10. It's Alright Ma 9. Blowing In The Wind 8. Shelter From The Storm 7. The Times They Are A-Changin 6. Love Minus Zero/No Limit 5. Desolation Row 4. Don't Think Twice It's All Right 3. Tangled Up In Blue 2. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall 1. Like A Rolling Stone
1 Tangled up in blue 2 Shelter from the Storm 3 All along the Watchtower 4 Desolation Row 5 Masters of War 6 Like a Rolling Stone 7 Subterranean Homesick Blues 8 Hurricane 9 One more cup of Coffee 10 A hard rain is gonna fall
Agreed. Particularly Desolation Row... the more you sing this with the guitar, the more the ideology and words and emotions getting together as a whole. If we try to define what poetic is... that is it !
My top 10 1. Like a rolling stone 2. Times they are a-changin' 3. Tangled up in blue 4. Hurricane 5. I shall be released 6. Lay lady lay 7. Blowin in the wind 8. Hard rain's gonna fall 9. Mr. Tambourine man 10. Knockin' on the heaven's door
My favorite Dylan Songs not in this top 10 video: Desolation Row (1965), Visions of Johanna (1966) , Mississippi (2001), Thunder on the Mountain (2006)
I agree, Thunder o t M` xlnt-- all those are on my list, plus these...:)) A series of dreams, Things have changed, Lonesome day blues, Born in time, Where are you tonight? Call letter blues, Abandoned love, Everything is broken, Billy 4, When the night comes falling from the sky, Like a rolling stone Can you please crawl out your window? Please Mrs Henry, Tiny Montgomery, Mr Bojangles, Precious Angel, Union Sundown, Jokerman, Dignity, Angelina, Leopard-skin pill-box hat, Absolutely sweet Marie, Brownsville girl. Have you heard Steve Gibbons` version of Highway 61 on "The Dylan Project"? It`s all worth a listen, it`s on YT.
Here's my modified list and I'm sure I missed a few . For me .... I love them all 1. Like a Rolling Stone 2. Times They Are a Changing 3. Blowing in the Wind 4. Tangled up in Blue 5. Subterranean Homesick Blues 6. Positively 4th Street 7. Mr. Tamborine Man 8. All Along the Watch Tower 9. A Hard Rains Gonna Fall 10. Knocking on Heavens Door 11. Just Like a Woman 12. Hurricane 13. Shelter from the Storm 14. Stuck Inside Mobile 15. Highway 61 Revisited 16. Desolation Row 17. I Want You 18. Ballad of a Thin Man 19. It's Alright Ma 20. It's All Over Now Baby Blue 21. Don't Think Twice It's Alright 22. Lay Lady Lay 23. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 24. One More Cup of Coffee 25. Girl from the North Country 26. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands 27. Mr. Bojangles 28. I Shall Be Released 29. If Not For You
@@MountMoxie and it's the same magazine that doesn't consider black sabbath as an influential and a good band, like a rolling stone is for sure a top 10 but it isn't the best
Buy Skyrim Plebs He influenced #WoodyGuthrie too? Or was he Guthrie’s shadow and desired to be mentored by Woody when he couldn’t cuz he was so sick by then nor he wouldn’t!!!
Simply the best lyricist to ever put words to a song,.... never copied anyone,... never worried that his guitar couldn't always play the right chords, and gave me the ability to boast that I am a much better harmonica player than he is! TOTAL LEGEND
Here's a list of all the musical artist top 10s we have done: plus.google.com/109769052663587386618/posts/KnyyeQqRfV3 And here's a link showing what musical artist top 10s we have coming out in the next few weeks and months: plus.google.com/109769052663587386618/posts/BGoG8ezj4wD Many more unscheduled and in early stages of production...
11:06 Oops? The real question is did they mean to give the honorable mention to the song cited in the title or to the song used in the clip (With God On Our Side), both great tracks
Like most in the comments I was eager to see if one of my favorites, “Highway 61, Revisited” would make the list. That’s why I take it upon my own authority to kindly point out that the song at 11:08 is most definitely not “Highway 61, Revisited” from the eponymous album. Clearly, the error is in the audio/visual, not the crediting. I’m not familiar enough with Dylan’s repertoire to know what song he’s singing at 11:08 but I know for sure it’s not the one named. Thanks for all the awesome top 10 videos, as I thoroughly enjoy them.
+MaeMae II With all due respect, I think (and have thought for some 40 years) it's Dylan's worst. As a kid, I liked Carter as a boxer, around the same time FM became available and I heard an 11-minute song on the radio. It was 'Desolation Row' and I've been a fan ever since. If memory serves, Carter was found guilty twice, even after Dylan's contribution to the effort to set Hurricane free, which was eventually done by a guv's pardon. The lyrics read like a news story. And, there are at least thirty Dylan tunes not on this list better (though, as a whole, 'Desire is GREAT!)
Desolation Row would have to be my third favorite. (Tangled Up in Blue is my second) but I kind of like the way the lyrics to Hurricane read. And, you have to admit, the violin part is ~fabulous~
my favourite dylan's songs One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) Love Minus Zero/No Limit It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Desolation Row Just Like a Woman Visions of Johanna Ballad of a Thin Man A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Girl from the North Country like a rolling stone
Syd Barrett is better musician than Dylan in my opinion. tho he is amazing he never out sold pink Floyd. And unfortunately nobody outsold the Beatles even tho they are a bit overrated. Not saying they are bad just not the best in my opinion.
Azrael King Syd Barrett left due to mental issues way before Pink Floyd garnered worldwide success. PF’s music was also far superior in the 70’s than in the 60’s...
and if they are going to award a literature prize to a different art form - surely they should have given it to Tom Waits or Leonard Cohen - Bob should have got an honorable mention, but not a prize - that's for the big boys
I think I spent the last 10 years trying to make this list. I'm finally comfortable with the following 1. It's Alright, Ma 2. A Hard Rains Gonna Fall 3. The Times They Are a Changin 4. Like A Rolling Stone 5. Subterranean Homesick Blues 6. Dont Think Twice, Its Alright 7. Visions of Johanna 8. Desolation Row 9. Masters of War 10. Let Me Die in My Footsteps
I posted my list before watching the whole video. My #1 doesn't even get an honorable mention. It's a damn shame because I firmly believe it's the greatest written song in the history of music and yet most people don't even know it exists
This is a good list of some of his best but there was no mention of what may be his most impressive early work of all, "Desolation Row." Perhaps it was just never understood well enough, with its cornucopia of iconic images ranging from the Hunchback of Notre Dame to the "Phantom of the Opera in the perfect image of a priest," but it presented an apocalyptic world that was disintegrating before our very eyes where the only refuge for the sane was a place called Desolation Row. It's a brilliant work that stunned the music world when first released and Dylan himself still occasionally performs the song, usually with an altered beat, on his tours today.
1 Like a Rolling Stone 2 Hurricane 3 All along the watchtower 4 Forever Young 5 Tangled up in blue 6 Positively 4th street 7 Subterranean homesick blues 8 Changing of the guards 9 Just like a woman 10 Blowin in the wind
![Bob Dylan - Hurricane (Live on PBS, 1975) [RARE ORIGINAL AUDIO]](/img/1.gif)
I can't believe that "Don't think twice, it's alright" wasn't even mentioned. One of the greatest songs of all time in my opinion.
Ive arranged for it to be the main song played at my Funeral.
Slippity Slappity definitely I love that done :)
Without doubt top 10 best songs of all time
12:46... did you watch the video?
One of my favorites!
0:45 - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
1:40 - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
2:37 - All Along the Watchtower
3:53 - Mr. Tambourine Man
4:50 - Positively 4th Street
5:57 - Subterranean Homesick Blues
6:59 - Tangled Up in Blue
8:12 - Blowin' in the Wind
9:18 - The Times They Are A'Changing
11:34 - Like a Rolling Stone
Thanks man
Ok those are all great Dylan songs...and we all have our favorites. I like the entire list. Couple friends & I loved the line "the pump dont work cause vandals stole the handle " from Subterranean Homesick Blues. We'd just shout out the line together. Was great fun, about 1965-66.
It's absolutely criminal to have any Bob Dylan song list without "Lay, Lady Lay!"
“20 years of schooling and they put you on the day shift!”
Tambourine man
I fucking love Dylan, there is NO other artist that has captured the human condition in such a poetic, bitterly true way..
Eminem is the only other artist that come close to your statement.. if you don't like rap don't come back with some dumb reply about its garbage that's my opion
chris zanotti that is just your opinion. A rather shitty opinion, but an opinion none the less.
Dan Guinto You should listen to Roger Waters lyrics on Pink Floyd and his solo album. Amused to Death is the greatest album ever made.
Dan Guinto Ever heard of Morrissey or the Smiths?
Whatever bro I ment like impact they've had on fans
This gentleman truly is in a class by himself. We’re lucky. We are living in the time of a poet who will be studied and written about hundreds of years from now.
"It's alright ma. I'm only bleeding."
"Ballad of a Thin Man."
These two are so underated when they are actually among the best.
And stuck inside a mobile
"Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony"
It's Alright Juan, It's Life And Life Only 😉
I like in I'm only bleeding, when he talks about the pessimistic haggler who would rather drag you into the whole that he's in than lift himself up
It's Alright Ma is one of the greatest songs ever written
Someone on another site said, "He can't sing....crappy guitar player....he sux".......man, I went OFF! You're right dude...he's no Justin Bieber..........and he wouldn't win American Idol.........but when BOTH John Lennon and McCartney bow down to you? You've got something. Prince revered him, as well. He didn't set out to be a pop sensation........he's a poet. An intellectual. A genius. An original. A unique, true, pure musical spirit.....from a small, desperate mining town in Northern Minnesota. You rule, Robert Zimmerman.
He never had the voice, still, because of his unique delivery, nobody else can do a better rendition of his songs the he does himself.
Yeah, his voice is scratchy, but he sings beautifully!
michele torres
At the end of the day... when it's all said & done it will be Bob Dylan's voice & words who've transformed a generation. It will be his poetry that will be a legacy even when passes on.
And don't forget Jimi Hendrix who decided to sing after listening to Dylan
I love "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again." His songs' hypnotic melodies loop around and around so naturally and bring me under their spell.
Absolutely! Along with Like a Rolling Stone and Desolation Row, his three greatest songs.
@@billfarrell4553 - " right now, I don't read too good, don't send me letters, No...
not unless you send them from...Desolation Row
my bad... mail
I love to mix Texas Medicine and Railroad Gin(LSD and breaker fluid)
@@number9er1 I love that verse so much, it changes the whole context of the song in my opinion!:)
@@billfarrell4553 I could buy that
The greatest songwriter we have seen in the English language.
What songwriter in another language is better?
@@maximumoccupancy Fabrizio de André
@@maximumoccupancy : He is the best songwriter (to me) in the english language and in 20th century. Although I finally think that Leonard Cohen could be better ... but well they are both great.
Elsewhere ... Georges Brassens is the best for French Language and 20th century (my opinion) and it is not really interesting to compare Georges Brassens and Bob dylan. I finally prefer Georges Brassens because I understand what he says and his words are wonderful. What can be said is that I listen to both with equivalent pleasure.
And this is fine :-)
wrong,nick cave is by far the best songwriter ever,everyone else is an also ran
ever is long time :-)
Nobody can rank Dylan songs for you. You have to rank them for yourself. Each tune layers on some level of abstraction that may have meaning only to you and your experiences. He deserved the Nobel Prize.
💪 strongly agree you have to listen gets you every song different people agree
well said
My top ten Dylan songs of now include it's not dark yet, sweet Marie, highway 61, sub homesick blue. Idiot wind, 115th dream, vd blues, if I had to do it all over again, visions of jo & she's your lover now
Amazing @@JohnCox-ut3cv
HOW does NO ONE recognize the amazing brilliance and epicness of "Its Alright Ma (Im Only Bleeding)"??? Its his best song ever!!! WHAT THE FUCK.
+inglishbulldog What do you mean "no one", it's a fan favorite for sure.
+inglishbulldog No one?? For fans it's one his best.
+inglishbulldog
Please don't take this the wrong way, but maybe you're the problem here? You're watching a generic RUclips channel pandering to the fact that everyone these days can only digest things in quick top X lists with short "justifications" for each one. It's click bait that works for....ummmm....the masses? This isn't intended to be educational.
The only way to find Bob Dylan's "top 10" songs (yeah, good luck with that) is to do what I did, which is dig through the catalogue.
If you asked me that question, I'd tell you to piss off, I don't rank the un-rankable, and go back to enjoying great music without giving it some sort of sports fan type conversation
Btw, I accidentally clicked this thinking it was actual songs, didn't check the length, lol
+inglishbulldog In my opinion his second best only after Masters of War.
My personal favourites :
1. Visions of johanna
2. Just like a woman
3. Sad eyed lady of the lowlands
4. Dont think twice its alright
5. Hard rains gonna fall
6. Times they are a changing
7. Like a rolling stone
8. Blowing in the wind
9. Mr. Tambourine man
10. Its alright ma im only bleeding
So similar. I suggest you also try "One more Cup of Coffee" and "Isis" by Dylan.
I prefer your list!!
@@memergamer312Desire was a great record.
1: Subterranean Homesick Blues
2: Tangled Up In Blue
3: Hurricane
4: All Along The Watchtower
5: Like A Rolling Stone
6: Mr Tambourine Man
7: Blowin' In The Wind
8: The Times They Are A Changing
9: Lay Lady Lay
10: Positively 4th Street
Honourable mentions: Ballad Of Hollis Brown, Knocking On Heavens Door, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Rainy Day Women #12 & #35, Masters Of War, Desolation Row, A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall, Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Tombstone Blues, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Nobody got a mention for Boots of Spanish leather, beautiful love song.
Subterranean homesick blues
To date no other artist has had more of his music recorded by others than Bob Dylan. A testimony to the music genius that is Bob Dylan.....
My list
15. Shelter From the Storm
14. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
13. Positively 4th Street
12. All Along the Watchtower
11. Hurricane
10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
9. Visions of Johanna
8. Desolation Row
7. Just Like A Woman
6. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Subterranean Homesick Blues
4. The Times They Are A-Changin'
3. Blowin' in the Wind
2. Tangled Up In Blue
1. Like a Rolling Stone
Fantastic list.
Professor Mercury
See my gripe elsewhere about people forgetting "My Back Pages." Also, I know "Blood on the Tracks" is over-represented (his finest album, IMO), but "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" is damn good, too. In my other comment I mentioned seeing Dylan in concert twice, and my gripe with the first one was that one came up way late, and the brownies were starting to wear off, and I could barely keep my eyes open.
Carry on. Oh, and give another listen to "Ballad of a Thin Man," okay? These lists are always way too short.
Hj
Professor Mercury Good list. I certainly think "I Want You" and "Stuck Inside of Mobile...." deserve consideration. On another topic altogether, why do I find the narrator of these videos to be relentlessly clueless?
Bob Frost does she have to be a Bob Dylan expert in order to make these lists. watch mojo is one of the bigger you tube channels, they have lists on more than just Bob Dylan. she gets paid to read off a script you really think she did all of this off the top of her head.if she did that she certainly aiant clueless..
"Like A Rolling Stone" was the song that we would listen to while in the Jungles of Vietnam....every morning.....right after the radio station opened up at 7 AM....and This guy would come on and say....GOOOOOD MOOOOORNING VIETNAM.....
Robin Williams played that DJ in a movie.
You listened to RADIOS in the Busch? RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@kevincharles4505 must have been on r and r at the beach.. The DJ opened at 7am to spin bob dylan every morning? hmmm
I'll forever associate Dylan's music, along w/ Hendrix, The Stones, Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye, just to name a few w/ my Uncle & his time spent in Vietnam fighting in the War. From what I can tell, these musicians & they're music was one of the few things that gave our guys some solace, a reason to smile & it certainly brought the guy's together. Gave them comradery & boosted morale in a place where nothing was familiar. Vietnam is a very unforgiving environment & that War was by far the ugliest mess I think we've ever been a part of. There was no winner & our soldiers didn't receive a warm welcome home. Some things just can't be fixed. Yesterday was Memorial Day 2019, I'm a day late but to everyone in the U.S. Military, thank you for your service & God Bless...👣
Are you sure about thst? Maybe youre talking about the movie good morning vietnam
1. Like a Rolling Stone
2. Girl from the North Country (Nashville Skyline Version)
3. It’s all over now baby blue
4. Mr Tambourine Man
5. I Want You
6. Hard Rains Gonna Fall
7. Love Minus Zero / No Limit
8. Tangled Up in Blue
9. Desolation Row
10. Subterreanean Homesick Blues
Honourable Mentions:
- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
- Blowin in the Wind
- Outlaw Blues
- Hurricane
- My Back Pages
- If Not for You
- Boots of Spanish Leather
- Don’t think twice it’s alright
- God on our Side
- You’re gonna make me Lonesome when you go
Impossible to pick just 10
And you forgot
Master of war
Knocking on Heaven's Door
The ballad of a thin man
Best song writer of all time.
Nobel proves that true ;)
yeah his voice is just not that good for some of his songs like when he actually tries to do a long note and tries to really sing its just not very good witch is why some of the covers of his songs are better then his versions
Alix McCann Roger Waters is.
+Liberado Por Patriotas Nobel is great but we Dylan fans didn't need the cachet of the Nobel committee to already KNOW this!
Leonard Cohen
Mr Bob Dylan won Nobel Prize in literature , well deserved.
He wrote very awesome song lyrics
Irene 8080 but what about Series of Dreams - a masterpiece
Yes he did
Since 2016, I am still fighting the good fight that Dylan more than deserved the Nobel Prize. People laughed and scoffed when it was released he was nominated. I screamed with joy when I heard he won it. You don't have to make a list of his best songs. The Prize encompasses that.
Can't believe I know so many of his songs eventhough I've never listened explicitly for any of them... His songs are everywhere, blowing in the wind... Genius!
I can honestly say that I've never heard an actual Bob Dylan sung by Bob Dylan before I was introduced to him in 11th grade.
You are gonna love his songs only when you understand the lyrics, they have a poetic touch. Because he's a poet man, he never sing songs, he sings poetry!!!
Ppl don't know what poetry is and then says dylan sucks. But he's evergreen!
Totally agree, though he also has sung like a nightingale on several of his early albums. Nobody can dey that.
Good list. For comparison, here are the positions these songs gained in the list of top 100 Bob Dylan songs by RS magazine:
1. Like a Rolling Stone - #1
2. The Times They are A-Changin' - #28
3. Blowin' in the Wind - #20
4. Tangled Up In Blue - #3
5. Subterranean Homesick Blues - #13
6. Positively 4th Street - #16
7. Mr. Tambourine Man - #8
8. All Along the Watchtower - #5
9. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - #2
10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - #25
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Honorable mentions:
Just Like a Woman - #4
Hurricane - #39
I Shall Be Released - #6
Shelter from the Storm - #66
Highway 61 Revisited - #14 (however, WatchMojo played With God On Our Side - #36 instead)
Things Have Changed - #51
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End of the video:
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - #22
Benas Bacanskas and no mention of desolation row,unbelievable
Bob Dylan is one of the greatest musicians ever
*The best you mean
Musician, poet, singer/songwriter, Genius, Talented are words that spring immediately to mind.
Damn him with faint praise?
The greatest musician ever to write such meaningful songs for a generation. Bob Dylan is THE BEST EVER!!!!!
"for many generations" and it won't end here.❤
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" might be my favorite song of all time
I know what you mean, it’s impossible to to say what next week brings. Therefore
I (we) add ‘might be’. Bob has to many masterpieces which is good, but pick the
absolutely best, not many are able too. Not even ten in top is an easy task. I’ll tried to make a top ten list. For a couple of minutes I was satisfied, than masterpieces started to rain, in my mind. Songs I ❤️ love. So I started to sing
“It’s raining songs, Hallelujah! You know Paul Schaefer’s hit. We Love 💕 you
Bob Dylan, we Love 💗 your songs, your voice, everything about ya, thanks BD♥️
1. Like a Rolling Stone
2. The Times They Are A-Changin'
3. Subterranean Homesick Blues
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Hurricane
6. Ballad of a Thin Man
7. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
8. Queen Jane Approximately
9. You're a Big Girl Now
10. All Along the Watchtower
11. With God on Our Side
12. Tombstone Blues
13. Blowin' in the Wind
14. Desolation Row
15. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
16. Idiot Wind
17. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
18. Tombstone Blues
19. Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts
20. Boots of Spanish Leather
21. Gates of Eden
22. Buckets of Rain
23. The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
24. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
25. Masters of War
one more cup of coffee before i go? sara? dont think twice its alright? your whole post has been deemed a joke. good day
Julian Richards These are all great songs but it's not like they're shoo ins. Calm down.
I forgot about You're a Big Girl Now and
Buckets of Rain.
Good choices.
Dont Think Twice Its Allright?!
+Ethan Flynn you got Tombstone Blues listed twice. they could easily do a pre 75 Dylan and a modern list. I love
Grooms Still Waiting at the Altar, Serve Somebody and Everything is Broken.
I lament that the so called top music of today never even comes close to dylan's songwriting. Was and is still the master of words . Words that still ring true today. Thank you for being a spokesman for so many generations!
Let's face it - trying to narrow down Bob Dylan to 10 songs is ridiculous to begin with....
You're right. How can you list 10 best Bob Dylan songs when he doesn't have a single good one?
Your out of your mind.
They should do top 10 bob dylan albums
I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion...but to claim Dylan never had any good music when it was his songs that changed the face of popular music forever is just asinine.
Anything from live at the gaslight, best stuff
My Back Pages: "Fearing not I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach." Brilliant.
Good and bad I define these terms quite clear no doubt somehow
Well said ,
WatchMojo, there's an error in your list. If you got to 11:08, that song is not "Highway 61 Revisited". The song is actually, "With God on Our Side" from Dylan's 1964 album, "The Times They Are a-Changin'" -- please correct!
Brendan Wilson u noticed it as well
Finally someone else to address that
I noticed that too!
I noticed too
Thank you
1. Desolation Row
2. Like a Rolling Stone
3. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
4. Visions of Johanna
5. Ballad of a Thin Man
6. Hey Mr. Tambourine Man
7. Tombstone Blues
8. Tangled Up In Blue
9. Blowing in the Wind
10. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
That's the way it is
+Mike Sieger 1. Its alright Ma, 2. Subterranean Homesick Blues 3. Lay Down your weary tune 4. Restless farewell 5. Shelter from the Storm 6. Forever Young 7. Times They are A Changing 8. Like a Rolling Stone 9. Only a Pawn in their game 10. Bob Dylans Dream
+Mike Sieger I agree so much with you it's almost scary. Desolation Row has to be the biggest song ever written.
I love Desolation Row. Very underrated, in my opinion.
+Mike Sieger Hard Rain...
great list can be tweaked a little but still great
Bob is just simply the greatest songwriter of all time. It's hard to rank dylan songs.
I've always thought of him more of a wordsmith than a songwriter.
The word songwriter seems so ..... mundane for such talent!
Credited to have written 660 songs.
JUST TEN?!?! NAH! HE'S THE GOAT, LET'S DOUBLE THE LIST!
1. A Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall
2. Visions of Johanna
3. Blowin' In The Wind
4. Tangled Up In Blue
5. Like a Rolling Stone
6. Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7. Masters of War
8. All Along The Watchtower
9. Chimes of Freedom
10. Shelter From The Storm
11. The Times They Are A-Changin'
12. Every Grain of Sand
13. Desolation Row
14. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
15. Hurricane
16. Mr. Tambourine Man
17. Just Like a Woman
18. Idiot Wind
19. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
20. Positively 4th Street
I like Not dark yet, Lay lady lay and Masters of war too
Your list has one glaring omission: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Just found visions of johanna I'm happy someone thinks it's one of the best songs I can't make compleate sence of it but it's brilliant
@@theduck9583 I've been listening to it for over a decade and I'm still trying to figure her out. 🤣 The beauty and genius of Bob Dylan's writing.
The longer I watch this video, the more I realise the absurdity of pushing the life’s work of Bob Dylan into a ranking.
Stfu
I can tell. morons put my favorite on 10#
Amen 🙏🏻
Exactly, there's at least 30 Songs good enough For First place he's THE genious
...and I second that emotion, a and that emotion, aaand that.....
Bob Dylan is arguably the best lyricist of the 20th century. He was a pure poet
@Akhil Rana I should say still is lol
I would say Leonard Cohen is one of the best in his own right
@@atsi3298 Leonard Cohen pretty close second
*is, he’s still alive
@White Blogger Black Specs You mean is, right?
Your "Highway 61 Revisited" (11:07) is "With god on our side" actually ;-P
Best regards
phila delphia Thanks! I was trying to figure out which song that actually was.
phila delphia I was about to write that "With god on our side" is one of my favorite songs.
+phila delphia Yeah that bothered me too.
I came here just to read this comment
phila delphia both great songs but they couldn't be any further away from each other
I couldn't stand him when my older brother played his records many, many years ago, then all of a sudden I just adored his music and the way he sings his songs his way. He is special and very, very unique.
'Shelter from the Storm'. My all time favourite, I just love that song :)
i want the version on this video, what's it called?
BLOWING IN THE WIND...Oh, those good old days and wonderful memories.
There are so many iconic songs, how can you choose? Dylan will remembered always. He is one that comes along once in a century
be remembered... I meant
"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" can draw out different emotions for me. For sure one of my fave's.
I agree. I don't think I've even heard Dylan's version - I'm familiar with the cover by Madeleine Peyroux. That's still the mark of a great writer - the work can be successfully reinterpreted by other artists.
Times are a changing is my favourite, simply brilliant.
Bic narok watchmen 😍😍
Bic narok same for me. such a simple song and still so brilliant.
Bic narok POWERFUL song
Agreed
@@charliec6036 yes agree.
Just got into Dylan... devoured Blonde on Blonde... what an experience for a first time listener. Surprised to not see any BoB songs on this list.. 'I Want You' is perfect.
CHlEFFIN ‘Visions of Johanna’ is also masterful.
Visions of Johanna is one of my favorite songs of all time. Blonde on Blonde and Blood on Tracks in my top 10 albums. Love him :)
@@ritapham5322 Time Out of Mind is right there with those two albums, imho
I want you is such a beautiful song mate
@T. rexExpert01 bullshit
Don't think twice, it's alright is the greatest song of all time.
Awesome choice bro on that profile pic of butthead
one of them certainly
Sorry but bohemian rhapsody is better.
@@bohemianrhapsody5171 did you mean more overplayed?
@@thorkilosborn3925 no.Actually bohemian rhapsody is better.
Because the song is unique.there are 4 genres in the song and the guitar picks are beautiful.bohemian rhapsody is a song that no other musician has ever thought of.and what do you mean exseccive player?
The Times They Are A-Changin' is a timeless classic
It sure is and it seems pretty relevant so many years later!
"It's alright Ma (I'm only bleeding)" is a lyrical masterpiece.
someone should PAINT many of Dylans songs. "Chimes of Freedom" and "Gates of Eden" I'd love to paint. I CAN SEE THEM!! and "Desolation Row" too. "Ballad of a Thin Man' "Mr. Tamborine Man" wow it would take a Salvador Dali to do them justice.
@@mortimerzilch2608 "Ballad of a Thin Man" still blows me away after all these years
It's objectively the best lyrics of all time.
That's the first one I thought of too. Plus Chimes of freedom andGates of freedom, You got to Serve Somebody, and. And.. AND.!
I meant Gates of His music gets My mind going so fast,. I get flooded with images and the music
How could you forget "Desolation Row"??
Should have been
Praise be to Nero's Neptune!
Radiohead Eagle remembers for p-mental ungood technical Voice in dark could Nights. One Minute memberlike Voice and
not Son would been loosed.
Visions of Johanna and Desolation Row are probably his best songs in my opinion both deserved to be on there same with masters of war
He's got over 100 hits, there's no way to do a top ten
Nobody van convince me that Don't Think Twice, It's Alright isn't the best song ever.
But not the awful version that was shown at the end. That was dreadful.
My favourite.
and there's "I Want You" and" Just Like a Woman"
Marsllama OK I won't try then
Not "The" best but certainly great, I love it too, but too much great stuff to pick from, even just from Dylan. I would put " My back pages" up and "All along the watchtower" , especially the Hendrix version, and " Mr. Tambourine man" but many others could also compete. It is really an unanswerable question which is best.
The lyrics of Like a rolling stone still stun me to this day😱!
I love how I can agree with this list and could create an entirely different collection top 10 Dylan songs.
His back catalogue is so massively rich in good material
It's almost impossible to choose only ten, but I will try to make my top ten:
10. Where teardrops fall
9. If you see her, say hello
8. Stuck inside of mobile..
7. Girl from the north country
6. Cry a while
5. Things have changed
4. Desolation row
3. Shelter from the storm
2. Not dark yet
1. Tangled up in blue
It would be much easier to do a top 25 or 50..
Haha very true :)
My top 10 of Dylan:
1) Tangled Up In Blue
2) A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
3) My Back Pages
4) Idiot Wind (bootleg version)
5) Let Me Die In My Footsteps
6) Love Minus Zero/No Limit
7) Sara
8) Bob Dylan's Dream
9) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
10) Not Dark Yet
honorable mentions: 5) If You See Her, Say Hello 4) Tommorow Is A Long Time 3) Mississippi 2) Series of Dreams 1)Romance in Durango.
Tt Rr Romance in Durango, yes. You're the first person to mention it. Off a very Underappreciated album also.
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts, Ramona and Tears of Rage are 2 of my favourites. But there are sooh many. I've loved listening to Dylan for 45 years and saw him live when I was 16 in Auckland, New Zealand.
One of my favourite dylan songs is "girl from the north country"
Freewheelin or skyline version?
Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@elstonngunn4193 the one with Johnny cash. I just think it's more beautiful
@@hesamghoreishi5872 exactly right dude.
@@elstonngunn4193 definitely the freewheelin version
Your a big girl now... Im going out of my mind with a pain that stops and starts like a corkscrew to my heart ever since we've been apart ...heart rendering
GOOD stuff. been a Dylan freak since I could sing along with him back in the early sixties..there is an obscure song from the eighties I love "PRECIOUS ANGEL" and"SEEN A SHOOTING STAR TONIGHT"..gosh, just so many..my all time favorite "QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY ", of course "MOST OF THE TIME" holds a soft spot in my heart also..
In no particular order, my top 10 Dylan songs are:
1. Jokerman
2. Idiot Wind
3. Shelter From the Storm
4. Hurricane
5. Slow Train
6. Tangled up in Blue
7. Masters of War
8. (Obviously) Like a Rolling Stone
9. A Hard Rains A-gonna Fall
10. Not Dark Yet
Runners up include:
Sweetheart Like You
License to Kill
Every Grain of Sand
All of "Blood on the Tracks"
Tight Connection to my Heart
My great uncle went to the University of Minnesota the same time as Bob and they knew each other. One day, Bob asked him for a ride to the bus station because he was going to drop out of college and go to New York City. My uncle gave him the ride, lol. Bob would’ve gotten to NYC no matter what and who knows if he actually went to NYC on this specific occasion with the help of my uncle, but it’s fun to know my family had a hand in it...kinda. My uncle made it clear that they weren’t even really friends. Just sort of casual acquaintances. Good enough for me!
"Blowin' in the Wind" alone deserves him the Nobel.
Can't agree more, he is a poet
True
So true dude.👍😎😎😎
Yes, a long time overdue!
"Blowin' in the Wind" is such a simple song. The structure is bare; some questions that cannot be answered. Yet it cut to the core of the human experience with the simply stated questions. I was asked once, by a teen I know now (I'm 67) which song was the most iconic from the 60s. After talking so lot of folks who lived through the 60s and much deliberation I had to make the personal conclusion that this song was it, it summed up the 60s best.
When I try make my own list
1. Like A Rolling Stone
2. Visions Of Johanna
3. Tangled Up In Blue
4. Positively 4th Street
5. It's Alright Ma
6. Mr. Tambourine Man
7. Just Like A Woman
8. A Hard Rain's a-gonna Fall
9. Don't Think Twice It's Alright
10. Simple Twist Of Fate
and then I realized..
Where the fuck is Subterranean Homesick Blues and My Back Pages
OMG I forgot the iconic Knocking On Heaven's Door
I must be joking, nothing from DESIRE???
Oh... The Basement Tapes, I think I can put one song in the top 10
What about Blind Willie or Mississippi???
How can I forgot the epic Desolation Row and Sad Eyed Lady???
I can't pick 10.
Top 50 maybe, with 50 honorable mentions
Those 100 could be in the TOP:
Duquesne Wistle, Pay in Blood, Fortgetful Heart, Thunder on the Mountain, Spirit on the Water, MISSISSIPPI, Summer Days, HIGHLANDS, Love Sick, NOT DARK YET, Born in Time, MOST OF THE TIME, Brownsville Girl, Tight Connection to my Heart, BLIND WILLIE MCTELL, Foot of Pride, Jokerman, Angelina, Every Grain of Sand, Heart of Mine, In the Garden, Solid Rock, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?, Saved, When He Returns, Slow Train, Precious Angel, Gotta Serve Somebody, Señor, Changing the Guards, ABANDONED LOVE, Black Diamond Bay, ROMANCE IN DURANGO, Oh Sister, One More Cup of Coffe, Isis, Meet Me in the Morning, IDIOT WIND, YOU'RE A BIG GIRL NOW, Simple Twist of Fate, Billy, THE MAN IN ME, New Morning, If Not For You, Living the Blues, TONIGHT I'LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU, Lay Lady Lay, It Threw It All Away, Skyline Rag, Dear Landlord, The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, I SHALL BE RELEASED, Goin' to Acapulco, Quinn the Skimo, This Wheels on Fire, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Million Dollar Bash, I'll Keep It With Mine, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, 4TH TIME AROUND, Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine,, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, I WANT YOU, VISIONS OF JOHANNA, Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?, Desolation Row, Highway 61 (La que suena en el vídeo es "With Good on our Dude"), Ballad of a Thin Man, Tombstone Blues, It Takes a Lot to Laught It Takes a Train to Cry, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, IT'S ALRIGHT MA I'M ONLY BLEEDING, Outlaw Blues, Love Minus Zero/No Limit, Maggie's Farm, SHE BELONGS TO ME, It Ain't Me Babe, I Don't Belive You, My Back Pages, TO RAMONA, CHIMES OF FREEDOM, All I Really Want to Do, Percy's Song, Lay Down Your Weary Tune, Moonshiner, Who Killed Davey Moore?, RESTLESS FAREWELL, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad of Hollys Brown, LASTS THOUGHTS ON WOODY GUTHRIE, Let Me Die in My Footsteps, Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues, CORRINA CORRINA, Oxford Town, Bob Dylan's Dream, DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALRIGHT (Por lo menos sale al final del vídeo), Girl from the Norte Country, He Was a Friend of Mine, Song to Woody, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Pretty Peggy-O, Man of Costant Sorrow, Talkin' New York.
Don't Think Twice it's Alright is my favourite song of all time, I was hoping for an honourable mention :(
I was also hoping a mention for "With God On Our Side"...
Los ALETS But that's one of his worst songs :S
Was expecting to see it as well. Don't think twice is my favourite Dylan song.
Los ALETS They play it at 11:06, but name it wrongly.
Los ALETS It technically was mentioned. They just mistook it for "Highway 61 Revisited".
1. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright -- Simplicity at it's best can't be beaten.
Looking at and listening to him just makes me cry and cry
Hes so amazing and I love him
My List:
10. It's Alright Ma
9. Blowing In The Wind
8. Shelter From The Storm
7. The Times They Are A-Changin
6. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
5. Desolation Row
4. Don't Think Twice It's All Right
3. Tangled Up In Blue
2. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
1. Like A Rolling Stone
You can't choose just ten. You just can't.
Love ya Bob!
yeah !
I mean if the list was his 10 best albums, I might agree with that. It still wouldn't be fair, but it's better.
agreement!
I totally agree.
Dylan is a songwriter with depth... a poet..and he has a singing style that works for him. He deserves the honor and respect.
Very hard to pick just 10, but this list, while not definitive, is pretty good.
1 Tangled up in blue
2 Shelter from the Storm
3 All along the Watchtower
4 Desolation Row
5 Masters of War
6 Like a Rolling Stone
7 Subterranean Homesick Blues
8 Hurricane
9 One more cup of Coffee
10 A hard rain is gonna fall
“It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleedin’”is absolutely one of my favorites!
expected to hear Desolation Row, but it's ok. he has written so many wonderful songs. keep going Bob. i saw him in London in 1996. a magic moment
Should include Desolation Row and Don't Think Twice, It's Alright, at least as honorable mentions
Not Dark Yet
Agreed. Particularly Desolation Row... the more you sing this with the guitar, the more the ideology and words and emotions getting together as a whole. If we try to define what poetic is... that is it !
My top 10
1. Like a rolling stone
2. Times they are a-changin'
3. Tangled up in blue
4. Hurricane
5. I shall be released
6. Lay lady lay
7. Blowin in the wind
8. Hard rain's gonna fall
9. Mr. Tambourine man
10. Knockin' on the heaven's door
SAD EYED LADY OF THE LOWLANDS
YES
Tenzin Smith Yes very mesmerizing song...Blonde on Blonde was a gem anyway.
Joan Baez did that one better.
Blonde on blonde was completely skipped it’s blasphemy
My favorite Dylan Songs not in this top 10 video:
Desolation Row (1965), Visions of Johanna (1966) , Mississippi (2001), Thunder on the Mountain (2006)
I agree, Thunder o t M` xlnt-- all those are on my list, plus these...:))
A series of dreams, Things have changed, Lonesome day blues, Born in time,
Where are you tonight? Call letter blues, Abandoned love, Everything is broken, Billy 4, When the night comes falling from the sky, Like a rolling stone
Can you please crawl out your window? Please Mrs Henry, Tiny Montgomery,
Mr Bojangles, Precious Angel, Union Sundown, Jokerman, Dignity, Angelina, Leopard-skin pill-box hat, Absolutely sweet Marie, Brownsville girl.
Have you heard Steve Gibbons` version of Highway 61 on "The Dylan Project"?
It`s all worth a listen, it`s on YT.
4 of my favorites 😱... i prefer the Mississippi Version that is in the bootleg series vol.8
"Visions of Johanna" unbelievable!
Anyone here a fan of Masters of War? I think it's one of his bests.
Parham Tabatabaee me I’m surprised they didn’t even mention it
Here's my modified list and I'm sure I missed a few . For me .... I love them all
1. Like a Rolling Stone
2. Times They Are a Changing
3. Blowing in the Wind
4. Tangled up in Blue
5. Subterranean Homesick Blues
6. Positively 4th Street
7. Mr. Tamborine Man
8. All Along the Watch Tower
9. A Hard Rains Gonna Fall
10. Knocking on Heavens Door
11. Just Like a Woman
12. Hurricane
13. Shelter from the Storm
14. Stuck Inside Mobile
15. Highway 61 Revisited
16. Desolation Row
17. I Want You
18. Ballad of a Thin Man
19. It's Alright Ma
20. It's All Over Now Baby Blue
21. Don't Think Twice It's Alright
22. Lay Lady Lay
23. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
24. One More Cup of Coffee
25. Girl from the North Country
26. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
27. Mr. Bojangles
28. I Shall Be Released
29. If Not For You
I can honestly say that I consider “Like A Rolling Stone” the best song in history
According to Rolling Stones Magazine it is
@@MountMoxie and it's the same magazine that doesn't consider black sabbath as an influential and a good band, like a rolling stone is for sure a top 10 but it isn't the best
Agreed .... iam black american
Van Perez-Stable It is indeed and for 6 decades now!
Yep best song of all time!
for the last 11 months i have been listening to nothing but Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.
Right On!
gears5336 not a bad playlist!
gears5336 me too... bests
***** B-)
Good decision.
Dylan probably influenced more legends than anybody, Bowie,Lennon,Paul,Hendrix and so on.
Mr Pleb the byrds. they influenced dylan
Buy Skyrim Plebs He influenced #WoodyGuthrie too? Or was he Guthrie’s shadow and desired to be mentored by Woody when he couldn’t cuz he was so sick by then nor he wouldn’t!!!
Especially George Harrison, come on
And also Rolling Stones and GNR
And billy joel
Simply the best lyricist to ever put words to a song,.... never copied anyone,... never worried that his guitar couldn't always play the right chords, and gave me the ability to boast that I am a much better harmonica player than he is!
TOTAL LEGEND
Here's a list of all the musical artist top 10s we have done:
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And here's a link showing what musical artist top 10s we have coming out in the next few weeks and months:
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Many more unscheduled and in early stages of production...
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can we have same list for leonard cohen.
Zara so Aahan hote hai
11:06 Oops?
The real question is did they mean to give the honorable mention to the song cited in the title or to the song used in the clip (With God On Our Side), both great tracks
With God on our Side is better though ;)
This list should Bod Dylan's top 100 songs! There are so many, the list should be divided by decade.
Like most in the comments I was eager to see if one of my favorites, “Highway 61, Revisited” would make the list. That’s why I take it upon my own authority to kindly point out that the song at 11:08 is most definitely not “Highway 61, Revisited” from the eponymous album. Clearly, the error is in the audio/visual, not the crediting. I’m not familiar enough with Dylan’s repertoire to know what song he’s singing at 11:08 but I know for sure it’s not the one named. Thanks for all the awesome top 10 videos, as I thoroughly enjoy them.
I can't be the only one that thinks Desolation Row should've been on this list, right?
Richard Nixon Dylan has way too many great songs to make an accurate top 10, this is more top 10 popular
Right.
if you want to go "long songs" Sad Eyed Lady, Joey, Highlands, Brownsville Girl are phenomenal too!!
Am with you 100% on this!
You're not! :)
what about visions of johana?ballad of a thin man?idiot wind?my 3 favorites
My personal favourite is "one too many morning's" its pretty underrated but absolutely beautiful
Your right from your side and they’re right from theirs I guess
Hurricane certainly up there glad at least mentioned
Hurricane is my favorite
+MaeMae II i agree!
+MaeMae II I choose Oh Sister from the same album
+MaeMae II With all due respect, I think (and have thought for some 40 years) it's Dylan's worst. As a kid, I liked Carter as a boxer, around the same time FM became available and I heard an 11-minute song on the radio. It was 'Desolation Row' and I've been a fan ever since.
If memory serves, Carter was found guilty twice, even after Dylan's contribution to the effort to set Hurricane free, which was eventually done by a guv's pardon.
The lyrics read like a news story. And, there are at least thirty Dylan tunes not on this list better (though, as a whole, 'Desire is GREAT!)
Desolation Row would have to be my third favorite. (Tangled Up in Blue is my second) but I kind of like the way the lyrics to Hurricane read. And, you have to admit, the violin part is ~fabulous~
All along the watchtower is my favorite! BUT I CAN'T FIND THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE SONG ANYWHERE NOW! CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME
my favourite dylan's songs
One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like a Woman
Visions of Johanna
Ballad of a Thin Man
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Girl from the North Country
like a rolling stone
Greatest living musician bar none...
*cough Paul McCartney cough *
Syd Barrett is better musician than Dylan in my opinion. tho he is amazing he never out sold pink Floyd. And unfortunately nobody outsold the Beatles even tho they are a bit overrated. Not saying they are bad just not the best in my opinion.
Azrael King Syd Barrett left due to mental issues way before Pink Floyd garnered worldwide success.
PF’s music was also far superior in the 70’s than in the 60’s...
Azrael King Beatles aren’t overrated at all
GerryBolger Slayer!
His masterful tune, "I'll Keep It With Mine", works for me. Great song.
wtf? thats not "highway 61 revisited", that's "with God on our side"
Thank you
I mean both amazing songs but very extremely different
Shelter From The Storm...is one of my favorite song of all time
He just won a Nobel Prize for Literature 2016.
and if they are going to award a literature prize to a different art form - surely they should have given it to Tom Waits or Leonard Cohen - Bob should have got an honorable mention, but not a prize - that's for the big boys
I don't think you guys realize how deep and poetic Bob Dylan's lyrics are, each song is like a story.
+Matt x69x Bob Dylan advocated for equality in his songs and had many moving protest songs, his influence went way beyond just melodies.
“Goodbye New York Hello East Orange “
I think I spent the last 10 years trying to make this list. I'm finally comfortable with the following
1. It's Alright, Ma
2. A Hard Rains Gonna Fall
3. The Times They Are a Changin
4. Like A Rolling Stone
5. Subterranean Homesick Blues
6. Dont Think Twice, Its Alright
7. Visions of Johanna
8. Desolation Row
9. Masters of War
10. Let Me Die in My Footsteps
I posted my list before watching the whole video. My #1 doesn't even get an honorable mention. It's a damn shame because I firmly believe it's the greatest written song in the history of music and yet most people don't even know it exists
This is a good list of some of his best but there was no mention of what may be his most impressive early work of all, "Desolation Row." Perhaps it was just never understood well enough, with its cornucopia of iconic images ranging from the Hunchback of Notre Dame to the "Phantom of the Opera in the perfect image of a priest," but it presented an apocalyptic world that was disintegrating before our very eyes where the only refuge for the sane was a place called Desolation Row. It's a brilliant work that stunned the music world when first released and Dylan himself still occasionally performs the song, usually with an altered beat, on his tours today.
I was shocked it wasn't on here.
It's kinda because watchmojo goes for the more well known songs and not the actual greatest songs.
He's a fucking living legend from before the music died
Patty Kuvshin a true original
Patty Kuvshin he's a politic activist, blowing in the wind, great,
man, love him.
Also, it was one of the First Music Videos made
Before MTV Was Even Conceived.
Oh god ! How can you not mention Lay lady lay, my back page, ballad of a thin man and one more cup of coffee ? These are my favorite !
1 Like a Rolling Stone 2 Hurricane 3 All along the watchtower 4 Forever Young 5 Tangled up in blue 6 Positively 4th street 7 Subterranean homesick blues 8 Changing of the guards 9 Just like a woman 10 Blowin in the wind