Blind Willie McTell is the most popular Dylan song. This is the result of an interactive live mind map session asking readers of this blog to name their top 7 favourite Dylan songs. (Dylan songs were ordered from 1 to 7. 1 for the highest category rhodium -most precious metal -, 2 for the second highest category platinum and so on).This resulted in a top 50 of favourite Dylan songs.
The top 5 is:
- Blind Willie McTell
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Desolation Row
- Not dark yet
- Visions of Johanna
The value of this top 50? Tom wrote me: “This is my top 7 right now, but ask me tomorrow and it may be completely changed.” Well, this will apply to many of us.
In total there are nearly 48 (comments and e-mails) top 7 lists made (not all yet processed). Keep coming back for changes.
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1. Where Are You Tonight?
2. This Dream Of You
3. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
4. Standing In the Doorway
5. Abandoned Love
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Restless Farewell
1. Desolation Row
2. Blind Willie McTell
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. All Along The Watchtower
5. Like A Rolling Stone
6. Jokerman
7. Every Grain Of Sand
Mr. Tambourine Man
Stuck inside of Mobile
Its alright Ma
Desolation Row
Idiot Wind
Change my way of Thinking
I dreamed i saw St. Augustine
Forgetful Heart
Honest with Me
Seeing the real you at last.
1. Angelina
2. What Can I Do For You?
3. Red River Shore
4. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
5. Jokerman
6. Where Are You Tonight?
7. Tangled Up In Blue
1. Tangled Up In Blue
2. Isis (Live ’75)
3. Red River Shore
4. Idiot Wind
5. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
6. Summer Days
7. Desolation Row
1. Rolling Stone
2. Visions of Johanna (live/Biograph)
3. Sooner or Later
4. Blind Willie McTell
5. It’s all over Now Baby Blue
6. Memphis Blues Again
7. Desolation Row
Where Are You Tonight (Journey Through Dark Heat)
Caribbean Wind
My Back Pages
I’m Not There
Angelina
Idiot Wind
Foot Of Pride
1. Girl From The North Country.
2. Talkin’ World War Three Blues.
3. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands.
4. Lonesome Day Blues.
5. Momma, You’ve Been On My Mind.
6. Most Of The Time.
7. Balled Of A Thin Man.
this is impossible but I’ll try
1. Buckets of Rain
2. Times they are a’changin
3. Abandoned Love
4. Desolation Row
5. Property of Jesus
6. Wedding Song
7. Never Say Goodbye
Honorable Mention : Yea! heavy and a Bottle of Bread -With a title like this it has to be good !
400 other songs that could be in the top 7 .
1. Queen Jane Approximately
2. Every Grain of Sand (barking dog version)
3. You’re a Big Girl Now
4. I Shall Be Released
5. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
6. My Back Pages
7. Jokerman
8. Desolation Row
9. Fourth Time Around
10. Idiot Wind
1. All along the watchtower
2. Tangled up in Blue
3. Highway 61 Revisited
4. Is your love in vain?
5. visions of johanna
6. love sick
7. desolation row
1. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
2. Abandoned Love
3. Desolation Row
4. Ain’t Talkin’
5. Shelter from the Storm
6. It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding
7. One Too Many Mornings
1. Blind Willie McTell
2. Not Dark Yet
3. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
4. All Along The Watchtower
5. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
6. Ain’t Talkin
7. Ballad of A Thin Man
1. Wanted Man
2. Chimes Of Freedom
3. Workingman’s Blues
4. Mississippi
5. Ain’t Talkin’
6. Hard Rain
7. Desolation Row
1 Like a Rolling Stone
2 Desolation Row
3 Dont think twice its all right
4 Forever Young
5 Idiot Wind
6 Rainy Day Woman
7 Beyond Here Lies Nothing
you got don’t think twice in the gold category.
1. Not Dark Yet
2. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
3. Desolation Row
4. You’re A Big Girl Now
5. Where Are You Tonight
6. Romance In Durango
7. Dignity
You brought Hard rain in the category gold and Not dark yet in the top 3.
1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
2. Visions Of Johanna
3. Up To Me
4. Desolation Row
5. Blind Willie McTell
6. Idiot Wind
7. Neighborhood Bully
4. I need to change to Red River Shore. Sorry, I need One More Cup Of Coffee 🙂
1. Like A Rolling Stone
2. Visions Of Johanna
3. Desolation Row
4. Ain’t Talkin’
5. Ballad Of A Thin Man
6. Cold Irons Bound
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
1. Workingman’s Blues
2. Ain’t Talkin’
3. Mississippi
4.Desolation Row
5. Hard Rain
6. Mr. Tambourine Man
7. Every Grain of Sand.
Sorry forgot the other two!
Just Like A Woman
Chimes Of Freedom
Not Dark Yet
Queen Jane Approx
In The Summertime
Cross the Green Mountain
Red River Shore
1. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream
2. Isis
3. Tombstone Blues
4. Quinn The Eskimo
5. My Wife’s Home Town
6. Love Sick
7. Band Of The Hand
1) Visions of Johanna
2) Blind Willie McTell
3) Desolation Row
4) Every Grain of Sand
5) Tears of Rage
6) Cold Irons Bound
7) Señor
1. Like A Rolling Stone
2. To Ramona
3. Blind Willie McTell
4. Moonshiner
5. Love Sick
6. Standing In The Doorway
7. Tangled Up In Blue
To ramona, moonshiner and standing in the doorway added, others were already in the top 50 but will change position due to your top 7.
1: Most of the time 2: Not dark yet 3: Every grain of sand 4: Blind Willie Mc Tell 5 Like a rolling stone 6: North country blues 7:Mr.Tambourine man
almost all songs are already in the top 50, due to that several positions will change, mr tambourine man added.
1. Blind Willie McTell
2.Tangled Up In Blue
3. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
4. Like A Rolling Stone
5.Ballad of a Thin Man
6.Mississippi
7. Up To Me
hi robert, Blind Willie is already in the mind map, but will probably move to a higher category sooner or later (two mentions now).
1. Get Your Rocks Off
2. Driftin’ Too Far From Shore
3. Early Roman Kings
4. I Was Young When I Left Home
5. New Danville Girl
6. Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anyvbody
7. Honest With Me