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Deep dives of specific albums would be amazing

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I think what's interesting to me and phenomenal to me about The Basement Tapes is two things. The first thing is it's an album made for fun rather than pleasure. Two, I think it's what's happening between Blonde on Blonde, following his motorcycle crash, and before John Wesley Harding, and it can help bridge the gaps. Because for a lot of people, there was sort of this juxtaposition between John Wesley Harding and Blonde on Blonde, and it can be sort of whiplash. How you go from the sprawling pseudo-psychedelia and long-winded stories on Blonde on Blonde, to the stripped-back Americana of John Wesley Harding. I think when you listen to The Basement Tapes, it makes things come together.

Blood on the Tracks is my favorite Dylan album because it comes to me in a time in my life that it just sort of where my love for Bob Dylan and my love for vinyl collecting kind of intertwined. It was the first original person I ever bought. It was at this antique store. I was 16. I was going through my first breakup and it was a piece of shit burner copy now, but it's still my favorite copy of any album I have because it just means so much to me going through a breakup and sort of hearing these love songs. It was both gripping and angry, but also a mix of these very loving songs. Like if you see her say hello, I listen to it now and it still hits me. Every breakup I've had since then, I've listened to this album. It is just my favorite breakup album. I don't think it's the best breakup album, but it means something to me because it's got a story behind it. It's gotten me into Dylan. I just think it's phenomenal. Even when I was 21 and I had my two-year relationship and I broke up from that, it still worked. It still helped me get through it in a way that was very healing and nostalgic . And Tangled Up In Blue is a phenomenal track too. Shelter From The Storm, Brackets Of Rain, they're all some of my favorite Dylan songs. And there's just an atmosphere and a magic to it and the biting of Idiot Wind I think is phenomenal. It's just a good album.

I don't know. I am in the camp that really enjoys John Wesley Harding. I don't think it's as good as some of his other works. I don't think it's as good as his other Americana album, Nashville Skyline. I don't think it's as good as some of his folk stuff, like another set of Bob Dylan, but the times that are changing. I don't think it's as good as Blonde on Blonde, bringing it all back home. I don't think it's as good as my favorite Dylan album, Blood on the Tracks, but I think it has this sort of rugged charm that you described. It's a bit of the future, and it's a bit of the past. It's almost a return to form, but instead of singing about real people like Hattie Carroll, he's singing about people from a century ago. It's sort of Bob Dylan talking about stuff that he loves, and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs because it's got this almost drunken atmosphere to it, and I think that just drives me to it. It's almost like he's sitting at a door longing for her. I think the best Dylan songs for me are these sort of drunken love songs that he'll often do.

Maybe it's because I spent so many years listening to the stretch from bringing it all back home to blonde on blonde, but I think that I find myself listneing to JWH and NS far more these days. They're both such pleasant albums that contrast the push towards bigger and bigger bands and studio sessions he was on at the time. Love their domestic feel, and it feels like the beginning of Bob truly freeing himself from the shackles and creating the art he wants. (Basement tapes are also great too and technically from the time, even though I know they're a 70s release)

I hate this style of editing where every sentence is clipped and the next one cuts in. It isn’t very relaxing.

Love this series!

Bruce Springsteen video? Could be cool.

Great series, I’d love to see your overall top 25 Dylan songs rank.

I reckon like a few people in the comments that a L. Cohen rank would be excellent, but I also think a Neil Young rank would be perfect. This is another cracking vid, and I definitely agree with your Good as I Been to You and World Gone Wrong ranking

can you dylan covers that are better than the originals, examples like if not for you by george harrison and mama you been on my mind by jeff buckley?

Has anyone ever told you your face is very punchable?

I would be interested in seeing your Beatles tier list. Also something on The Bootleg Series would be cool

tom waits tier list?

I also found lyrics of the 90s acoustic albums pretty negative, which is maybe why I don’t like them more. I do enjoy like the sound of them though. Good video!

His name ‘Bob Dylan’ in my mind is forever associated with McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets…

While Lily, Rosemary would make a great film, my dream project is adapting Black Diamond Bay as a season of White Lotus.

Loooove John Wesley Harding!

Dave Van Ronk would be a great dive. I think he is key to a full understanding of the late 50s-early 60s Greenwich folk scene. Plus his music is a delight …

I would personally love to see more of these tier list… perhaps Cohen ? Also, I love TOOM, I have massive death anxiety so this album kind of feels like it understands me. I know it’s not precisely about that but those negative songs (Tryin’ get to heaven, standing in the doorway and not dark yet) have the feeling… they’re very nice, one of my favorite Dylan albums. PD: I’ll take a listen to your music in Spotify

Please combine all of these ranking videos together when you're done filming them. Your opinions are so interesting to listen to❤

This is nicely done. Thanks. Although, long black coat is a much better song than you hear! Ring them bells is among his greatest. But it's fun to disagree.

Justice for time out of mind. Also please do more videos about the bootlegs

Oh Mercy top tier

I’d given up on Bob after Desire, didn’t want to be preached to. I heard his version of of all things, Froggie Went a Courtin’ and I was mesmerized, I probably would have continued to not give his new material a chance otherwise. I couldn’t pick a favourite from Good As I Been to You. I wouldn’t put it ahead of Time Out of Mind but my take on it is much closer to yours. Dirt Road Blues and Million Miles are overlooked gems on Time Out of Mind. IMHO.

Deep dives into some albums would be sick

I also notice that you don't like largely dark/unaliving coded Bob, do you think someone who's going through these issues rank those particular albums higher? Is it hard to not be biased towards an artist critically depending on what mood you're in, or do you find it easy to stay objective? I find that when I am sad, I can put up with those themes a lot more digestible, but when I am in a better place, I do find these songs unnecessarily dark.

I'd be interested to see your approach on how to write a good song. I'm curious if you have a process or if there's things you learned from Dylan or other songwriters that you apply in your own work

“Time Out Of Mind” behind “Good As I Been” and “world gone wrong” is an insane take but I’m here for it. Some in depth Dylan dives would make for great content.

I listened to Time Out of Mind a few days ago. I am not a fan of the effects that Daniel Lanois uses. Still, there are masterpieces, such as Love Sick, Tryin' to Get to Heaven, and Not Dark Yet. It is heartbreaking that Red River Shore did not appear on the album.

Van Morrison Irish Dylan with a voice incredible talent Robbie Robertson From the hawks to the solo albums

Would you be interested in "redoing" the songs you're not a huge fan of production wise to give them new life? IE "True Love Tends to Forget" with a more stripped down approach or "Don't Fall Apart on me Tonight" without the 'girls?'

Folk music is the music of the people and their culture. And all cultures have their own variations of "folk" music. I agree. A lot of what is called "contemporary folk" is not really folk music. Like as much as I love Leonard Cohen, I wouldn't really call his early work folk. And Okinawan Folk music which sounds totally different from American Folk is still folk.

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I'm absolutely and utterly obsessed with these videos !

would love to see a Daniel Johnston ranking

Love this series, would love to see a Johnny Cash tier list series at some point!

"The songs are too negative" since when is that a problem for a song?

i’d like to see you review the Performing Artist book (volume 1 is all i read)

I definitely think deep dives are the way to go. It seems obvious in the tier list videos that you're only scratching the surface of your thoughts on the albums and songs because you can only talk about them so much in the context of a tier list. I'd want to hear your informed opinions on specific tracks, even.

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I guess it's a temperament thing. But my all-time fave album has always and still is Time Out of Mind. I also love to read existential philosophy and I love Leonard Cohen (You Want It Darker). I can try to imagine how Time Out of Mind might seem to negative to you. But to me, it's been consolation, like, there is another person out there who feels this way, and that's hopeful and encouraging.

I'd like to see your take on Dylan's song lyrics analyses. O talk about specific aspects of Dylan's art life, such as his writing method. 60s artists' tier lists I would like to see: Townes van Zandt, Dave van Ronk, Joan Baez, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, John Prine, Marianne Faithful, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Band.

I have to say Time Out of Mind is my favorite Dylan album and it ranks in my top 3 favorite albums overall. The mood is consistent and the lyrics feel like the most personal and devastating of his career. I also love Bob's voice at this stage of his career. It's so raw and expressive. "Not Dark Yet" and "Standing in the Doorway" are both Top 5 Dylan songs for me. They are longer songs but I never grow tired of them. Also, I consider Soy Bomb one of his carer highlights. The way he barely bats an eye and then rips a guitar solo - classic.

I love these videos. Personally I’d have Street Legal much higher but hey, it’s not my list. 😊. I’d love to hear your thoughts / tier list on the bootleg series - I think a good look at those deep cuts would be fascinating. Also, I think an album by album review would be very interesting. To be honest I wouldn’t have much interest in non Dylan videos, except maybe a Neil Young breakdown - there’s enough content there to keep your channel going for years!

Fuming with anger bc you put Time Out of Mind behind Good As I Been To You. I hate this so much. Great video keep em coming

I would love some deep dives into albums and the bootleg series

A Bootleg Series tier ranking could be quite beneficial to the Dylanology field. Whatever you do, sir, best of luck to you! God bless!

Deep dives into dylan albums would be great!