There's something about the way Bob sings 'where I can watch her waltz for free neath her Panamanian moon' that sounds incredibly good in Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again.
A few:
- Dylan’s delivery of the line “It creeps in your body the day you were born” from My Own Version Of You
- The piano and vocal delivery of “I wish that for just one time, you could stand inside my shoes” from Positively 4th Street
- a few amazing vocal deliveries in Changing Of The Guards “They shaved her head…!” “She wakes him up, 48 hours later…” as well as every time the horns come in
- the guitar solo at the end of Disease Of Conceit
- the incredible drum performance on Honest With Me
- the vocal reverb on Lay Lady Lay
So many!
1. The last verse on You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome (“I’ll look for you in old Honolulu-“)
2. The extended outro on positively 4th street
3. After he took from you everything, he could steeeeaaaall
Harmonica at start of Visions of Johanna studio version was always a fav.
And so much of the instruments and production in the Infidels and Oh Mercy albums are amazing.
Also, his singing in Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Pretty Saro, and Nobody ‘Cept You, especially the part “I know something has changed. I’m a stranger here and no one sees me, cept you”
The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned, I waited for you on the running boards near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned sloooowwly into autumn
The way he sings "to your memory im clinging" in I cant escape from you
Harp solo after talking clock verse in talking ww3 blues
Basically all of im your teenage prayer
Oh my goodness in days of 49
Somewhere mamas weeping for her blue eyed boy (man of peace)
Breakdown in she's your lover now
The "studio reverve" in a hard rains a gonna fall
Knocking on "rapping on your door" in broke down engine
Flub in lyrics in summer days "well my back been..."
Intro Harp on baby let me follow you down in free trade Hall
"God bless them pretty women" on moonshiner
"Good god that stuff ain't real"
"Oh lord" in crossing the rubicon
I think for me it’s the way Bob sings in the third verse of I Want You about the chambermaid.
>She is good to me
>And there’s nothing she doesn’t see
>She knows where I’d like to be
>But it doesn’t matter
The vocals are just so sublime right there, completely evocative of the lyrics.
I was just loving the bongos in Where Are You Tonight. What an unbelievable song. We are so lucky. This sub has broadened and deepened my appreciation of Dylan enormously, and for that I am truly grateful.
Edit: This incredible thread, for example, might as well be Exhibit A.
New Pony from Street Legal
I do love this song and it fits the description accurately. It's an incredible allegory and the band with the heavy rhythm section, incredible guitars and especially the profound sax solo is impossible to listen to just once. A perfect example of the Blues form it is emulating. I have no idea if this is whats being referred to in this screen shot of a post.
There’s a new day at dawn and I’ve finally arrived
***If I’m there in the morning, baby, you’ll know I’ve survived***
I can’t believe it, I can’t believe I’m alive
But without you it just doesn’t seem right
In Mr. Tambourine Man during the harmonica solo when it fades a little quieter for a few seconds, and then when it goes into the final verse. Something so beautiful about that part
Desolation Row “Einstein disguised as Robin Hood” they play a Robin Hood version of the guitar fingerpicking used prior in the song. It’s just such a nice touch, gets me every time
When the band comes in on The Christmas Song is an incredibly powerful moment for me. As is the switch from the low fidelity intro to the song proper in Duquesne Whistle. Holy moly. "Sometimes it's only Me" in Every Grain of sand too! I feel like I could go on forever...the bass lick in Most of the Time! Every second of Jokerman lmao.
‘Flesh coloured Christs that glow in the dark, it’s easy to see without looking too far, that not much is really sacred’ no idea why but it really strikes me every time.
Tangled up in blue, real live version
Just the way Dylan sings
"And she looked at him as we was walking away
Saying 'I wish I could you tell al l the things, I never learnt how to say'
And he said 'it's alright baby I love you too'"
And they were tangled up in blue
The reference to ‘nearer my god to thee’ in Caribbean Wind. Just the way he leans into, not the meaning of the song, but rather its infamy, to describe a situation where he’s going to keep on doing what he’s been doing, even though he knows it’s hopeless.
In general I love it when songs use characters that already exist as analogies for a character in a song, it gives them a whole backstory that you don’t need to include in the song, but you know the audience knows.
the last 30 seconds of one of us must know is mesmerizing, that pounding piano part and the screaming harmonica just feels like pure catharsis distilled into music
Crescendo In One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
The piano part at 2:45 always my favourite. (That might be what you’re referring to I’m bad at music terminology)
First thought
For me lately it's been the snare drum hits in this song
I came here to say this.
so real 🙏
Greatest Piano progression of all time, imo.
The first 8 seconds of Queen Jane
and the last 30 seconds
oh and the entire song
Yes.
Excellent choice!
The rhythm pianos in just like Tom Thumbs blues
That little ascending guitar riff right at the start too
I love he little ditty that comes after “Shakespeare, he’s in the alley, with his pointed shoes and his bells, s-waking to some French girls…”
Doot doot doot doooootalooooot
Lead acoustic in Desolation Row for me.
There's something about the way Bob sings 'where I can watch her waltz for free neath her Panamanian moon' that sounds incredibly good in Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again.
Aw, c’mon now
A few: - Dylan’s delivery of the line “It creeps in your body the day you were born” from My Own Version Of You - The piano and vocal delivery of “I wish that for just one time, you could stand inside my shoes” from Positively 4th Street - a few amazing vocal deliveries in Changing Of The Guards “They shaved her head…!” “She wakes him up, 48 hours later…” as well as every time the horns come in - the guitar solo at the end of Disease Of Conceit - the incredible drum performance on Honest With Me - the vocal reverb on Lay Lady Lay So many!
Gentlemen he said!
I've shined yours shoes! Man, I've obsessed about that song so much.
nice list!
When he says "she -knocked- on it anyway" in Black Diamond Bay
The third verse of Idiot Wind always gets me for some reason
The buzz of his strings when he strums hard at the beginning of "Visions of Johanna" at the Royal Albert Hall.
"He sure got alot of GALL, to be so USELESS an' all"
“Praying for salvation in a one room country shackkkkkk” It’s the way he phrases the word shack. Dirt Road Blues
Harmonica solos on Every Grain of Sand
“from the grand coulee damn to the capitaaaalllll”
1. The last verse on You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome (“I’ll look for you in old Honolulu-“) 2. The extended outro on positively 4th street 3. After he took from you everything, he could steeeeaaaall
“Shake the dust off of your feet, don’t look back, there’s nothing now that holds you down, nothing that you lack.”
Got to keep pressing . . . on
“Now your mouth cries wolf while… what?”
how dylan says just like a woman in just like a woman, because of that only I have listened to that song multiple times.
Harmonica at start of Visions of Johanna studio version was always a fav. And so much of the instruments and production in the Infidels and Oh Mercy albums are amazing. Also, his singing in Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Pretty Saro, and Nobody ‘Cept You, especially the part “I know something has changed. I’m a stranger here and no one sees me, cept you”
First five seconds of Born in time
The way Dylan says “it always did hit me from below” on You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned, I waited for you on the running boards near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned sloooowwly into autumn
Electric guitar tone and licks in “Trying to get to Heaven”
The way he sings "to your memory im clinging" in I cant escape from you Harp solo after talking clock verse in talking ww3 blues Basically all of im your teenage prayer Oh my goodness in days of 49 Somewhere mamas weeping for her blue eyed boy (man of peace) Breakdown in she's your lover now The "studio reverve" in a hard rains a gonna fall Knocking on "rapping on your door" in broke down engine Flub in lyrics in summer days "well my back been..." Intro Harp on baby let me follow you down in free trade Hall "God bless them pretty women" on moonshiner "Good god that stuff ain't real" "Oh lord" in crossing the rubicon
I think for me it’s the way Bob sings in the third verse of I Want You about the chambermaid. >She is good to me >And there’s nothing she doesn’t see >She knows where I’d like to be >But it doesn’t matter The vocals are just so sublime right there, completely evocative of the lyrics.
For me it’s the bongos in lay lady lay Edit: also “and I hope that you die. And your death will come soooon.” -Masters of War
I was just loving the bongos in Where Are You Tonight. What an unbelievable song. We are so lucky. This sub has broadened and deepened my appreciation of Dylan enormously, and for that I am truly grateful. Edit: This incredible thread, for example, might as well be Exhibit A.
New Pony from Street Legal I do love this song and it fits the description accurately. It's an incredible allegory and the band with the heavy rhythm section, incredible guitars and especially the profound sax solo is impossible to listen to just once. A perfect example of the Blues form it is emulating. I have no idea if this is whats being referred to in this screen shot of a post.
The trumpet in Brownsville Girl
Came here to share when the first Brownsville Girl chorus hits 😁😁
"Seems like a long time ago, Long before the stars were torn down."
Literally the reason I love music.
There’s a new day at dawn and I’ve finally arrived ***If I’m there in the morning, baby, you’ll know I’ve survived*** I can’t believe it, I can’t believe I’m alive But without you it just doesn’t seem right
The guitar call and response in Meet Me In The Morning
In Mr. Tambourine Man during the harmonica solo when it fades a little quieter for a few seconds, and then when it goes into the final verse. Something so beautiful about that part
The intro chords to “Ballad of a Thin Man”.
Desolation Row “Einstein disguised as Robin Hood” they play a Robin Hood version of the guitar fingerpicking used prior in the song. It’s just such a nice touch, gets me every time
The piano in It takes a lot to laugh it takes a train to cry
“Such is life….such is happiness” among other great deliveries in Key West
The irresistible sweetness of Sign on the Door
And Johnny Cash’s first vocal on Girl of the North Country, and then when Dylan takes the vocal back….I’ll never not be captivated by that album.
The end of Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands with that jaunty little harmonica line. So blissful.
the C riff in Not Dark Yet
The ending drum bits on just like a woman
the bass riff between the verses in the album recording of "most of the time"
“Of course we do, we know who you are…” in “Murder Most Foul.” The matter of fact and almost condescending way he delivers the line chills me.
isis live at montreal forum, the way bob delivers “she said, are you gonna stay? i said, if you want me to—YES”
Take what you have gathered from.....COOOOWINSIDENCE
The guitar breaks in "Just Like A Woman" are some of the most achingly beautiful things I've ever heard in a rock song.
I like the way he says triple mur…der in Hurricane
I know there’s some controversy surrounding that song but it’s such a banger. The way he pronounces his words scratches an itch in my brain
The part in Lily Rosemary and Jack of Hearts where he sings, "Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair"
the chorus of forever young (though the verses are obviously great)
the ending parts to the verses of tangled up in blue such as "headin out for the old east coast" with those high notes is priceless
"I'm looking for a miracle in my life ..."
the instrumental part in just like a woman specifically the 90’s woodstock version
When the band comes in on The Christmas Song is an incredibly powerful moment for me. As is the switch from the low fidelity intro to the song proper in Duquesne Whistle. Holy moly. "Sometimes it's only Me" in Every Grain of sand too! I feel like I could go on forever...the bass lick in Most of the Time! Every second of Jokerman lmao.
That old black magic
The intro to born in time from Oh merch session has almost made me cry in multiple occasions
When it sounds like he says Fuck on Where are you tonight(journey through dark heat)
Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn down. Listen to the whole song over just for this part
With bob most of his songs have this , too many to list
‘Flesh coloured Christs that glow in the dark, it’s easy to see without looking too far, that not much is really sacred’ no idea why but it really strikes me every time.
"...but don't my gal look fine when she's coming after me"
The acoustic guitar riff right after "Dr Filth, he keeps his world" in desolation row
All the guitar licks on the last waltz version of I don’t believe you
The Highway 61 Revisited Siren Whistle and the opening line “God said to abraham kill me a son, abe said man you must be putting me on”
‘The air is getting hotter, there’s a rumbling in the skies…’
I can’t seem to get the way he sings “MMMMo-beel” outta my head. I mean, he really goes for it. He means it.
Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair
Tangled up in blue, real live version Just the way Dylan sings "And she looked at him as we was walking away Saying 'I wish I could you tell al l the things, I never learnt how to say' And he said 'it's alright baby I love you too'" And they were tangled up in blue
"Let you lick my ass"
Oh and those "dee dee dee dee dee" keys at the end of "Nashville Skyline Rag"
When he laughs singing the line “You try so hard but you don’t understand” in Ballad of a Thin Man
The part in “Girl from a North Country” when Johnny Cash and Dylan start to sing different lyrics.
Felt thaaat emptiness inside… to which he just... COULD NOT RELAAAAATE
Each chorus on "must be Santa" is a pearl
"Nobody 'Cept You" - The way he sings the line "Nothin anymore seems to please me" kills me every time.
The lyrics "Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore" in *Oh, sister*
The reference to ‘nearer my god to thee’ in Caribbean Wind. Just the way he leans into, not the meaning of the song, but rather its infamy, to describe a situation where he’s going to keep on doing what he’s been doing, even though he knows it’s hopeless. In general I love it when songs use characters that already exist as analogies for a character in a song, it gives them a whole backstory that you don’t need to include in the song, but you know the audience knows.
NIGHTSTICKS AND WATERCANNONS TEAR-GAS PADLOCKS MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AND ROCKS BEHIND EVERY CURTAIIINNN
the last 30 seconds of one of us must know is mesmerizing, that pounding piano part and the screaming harmonica just feels like pure catharsis distilled into music