6@6 Folk Week #50: Your 6 Faves By Bob Dylan § Donovan § Joan Baez &/Or Steve Goodman

Cafe Society
21

Joan Baez:

East Virginia
All In Green Went My Love Riding
Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens
House Carpenter
Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word
Mary Hamilton
Silkie

But then, there’s…

Danger Waters
Silver Dagger
Wild Mountain Thyme
Wildwood Flower
Fennario
Donna Donna

22

Donovan:

  1. The Fat Angel
  2. Young Girl Blues
  3. Museum
  4. Celia of the Seals
  5. Hurdy Gurdy Man
  6. Peregrine

Dylan:

  1. Tangled Up in Blue
  2. It’s a Hard Rain…
  3. Highway 61 Revisited
  4. Lay Lady Lay
  5. Mr. Tambourine Man
  6. Blowin’ in the Wind

Ask me in a week and these might change - hard to pick!

23

Steve Goodman

  1. Would You Like To Learn To Dance?
  2. The Barnyard Dance
  3. Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
  4. The Dutchman
  5. Veg-a-Matic
  6. My Old Man

and any one of the fancy guitar picking numbers with or without Jethro.

24

Bob Dylan:

  1. Like a Rolling Stone
  2. Visions of Johanna
  3. Idiot Wind
  4. She’s Your Lover Now
  5. A Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall
  6. Emotionally Yours
25

Donovan:

  1. Catch the Wind
  2. Sunny Goodge Street
  3. Season of the Witch
  4. Epistle to Dippy
  5. Hurdy Gurdy Man
  6. Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)
26

Joan Baez:

  1. Silver Dagger
  2. Love Is Just a Four Letter Word
  3. Wildwood Flower
  4. I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night
  5. Farewell Angelina
  6. Diamonds and Rust
27

[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]
bagkitty, I thoroughly disagree with you about Dylan’s merits as a performer–I’ve posted my standard “nobody sings Dylan like Dylan” rant more than once on the SDMB
[/QUOTE]
I’m glad that somebody else gets it. I think I’m gonna dig around and find this rant.

My Dylan Top 6:

  1. Sign on the Window
  2. Tombstone Blues
  3. High Water
  4. Visions of Johanna
  5. Like a Rolling Stone
  6. Blind Willie McTell
28

From Dylan:

  1. Highway 61 Revisited
  2. Just Like a Woman
  3. Subterranean Homesick Blues
  4. It’s All Right, Ma - I’m Only Bleedin’
  5. Love Minus Zero - No Limit
    6.Like a Rolling Stone
29

From Donovan:

  1. Mellow Yellow
  2. Catch the Wind
  3. Sunshine Superman
  4. Wear Your Love Like heaven
  5. Atlantis
  6. Season of the Witch
30

[QUOTE=Nonsuch]
I’m glad that somebody else gets it. I think I’m gonna dig around and find this rant.
[/QUOTE]

Here 'tis.

I’m liking people’s Dylan choices in this thread.

31

[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]
Here 'tis.
[/QUOTE]
Perfect. Absolutely dead-on.

32

[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew]
Here 'tis.
[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the link, good post. Though short-lived, the entire thread was interesting.

I subscribe to the theory that people generally like the first version of a song they hear best; whether it’s the original or a cover. Subsequent versions they come across are rarely met with the same level of appreciation; even if they’re a completely revamped version of the piece.

Question: Hasn’t Dylan seriously contended in several interviews that his entire songwriting career was a sham and a fraud? I’ve heard numerous people refer to such sentiments - but cant’ ever find such a quote. If such an admission exists, it would tend to give weight to the performer over the writer debate.

33

Bob Dylan:

  1. Gotta Serve Somebody
  2. Blowin’ In The Wind
  3. The Times They Are A-Changin’
  4. It Ain’t Me Babe
  5. Hurricane
  6. If Not For You
34

Dylan:

[ol]
[li]Tangled Up in Blue[/li][li]Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door[/li][li]I Want You[/li][li]Stuck inside of Mobile…[/li][li]Positively 4th Street[/li][li]Like a Rolling Stone[/li][/ol]
Donovan:

[ol]
[li]Atlantis[/li][li]Hurdy Gurdy Man[/li][li]Wear Your Love Like Heaven[/li][li]Jennifer Juniper[/li][li]Sunshine Superman[/li][li]Mellow Yellow[/li][/ol]

35

Dylan
Forever Young
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
I Shall be Released
Positively 4th Street
Lily, Rosemary & the Jack of Hearts

Baez
The Swallow
Joe Hill
Love Song to a Stranger
Amazing Grace
A Simple Twist of Fate
Diamonds and Rust

Donovan
Hurldy Gurdy Man
Sunshine Superman
There is a Mountain
Jennifer Juniper
Atlantis
Catch the Wind

This is a definite flashback to my second husband, who loved folk music and gave me a good respect for it.

36

Dylan

Visions of Johanna
Positively 4th Street
I Shall Be Free
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Idiot Wind
Not Dark Yet

37

Dylan:

1)The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Phranc did an amazing cover of this one)
2)A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
3)Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
4)Love Is Just A Four Letter Word (Baez’s version)
5) It Ain’t Me Babe
6) It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.
(great to see these back, JohnBckWLD!)

38

Dylan:

  1. Like A Rolling Stone
  2. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
  3. It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
  4. Desolation Row
  5. Visions of Johanna
  6. Tangled Up in Blue (particularly the version from Real Live)
39

Steve Goodman:

  1. The Dutchman
  2. Spoon River
  3. You’re the Girl I Love
  4. Blue Umbrella
  5. My Old Man
  6. Banana Republics
40

Bob Dylan

1 Masters of War
2 A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
3 It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
4 With God on Our Side
5 Only a Pawn in Their Game
6 Subterranean Homesick Blues

CMC fnord!