# What are Dylan's best post-Jesus Freak cuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367 "2015-09-15T15:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/21 "2015-09-17T15:48:40Z")
Nobody’s mention the Travelling Wilburys yet? I thought “Congratulations” was a pretty good Dylan track, as was “Dirty World.” Also liked “Margarita.” Hated “Tweeter and the Monkey Man,” though. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/22 "2015-09-17T18:25:46Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Nobody’s mention the Travelling Wilburys yet? > > I thought “Congratulations” was a pretty good Dylan track, as was “Dirty World.” Also liked “Margarita.” > > Hated “Tweeter and the Monkey Man,” though. I love Tweeter - maybe because I used to live in New Jersey. “Blinded by the Light” was Bruce doing Dylan - this song is Dylan doing Bruce. Like the others you mention also. Wilburys was all I had of Dylan for a while there. ---
**Author:** ![Graymalkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@Graymalkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graymalkin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/23 "2015-09-18T01:06:00Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I took a hiatus after Desire as well. > > I strongly urge you, **Graymalkin** , to check out Modern Times, Love and Theft, and Time out of Mind. > > Some of my favorite music of all time is on these three albums. > mmm Thanks, mmm. Will do! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/24 "2015-09-18T09:35:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m fond of [his live cover of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SZaaABrl40) (using the original arrangement, not the John Cale arrangement.) > > And the Christmas album he did a few years ago is thoroughly good, but I especially enjoy the version of “[Do You Hear What I Hear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxWXhTlzo6c)?” on it, along with the much more light-hearted [Christmas polka](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus) he includes on the album. I’ve always enjoyed Dylan and Leonard Cohen so I tried to find both “Hallelujah” and “Do You Hear What I Hear” I found his Christmas album but I’ve been unable to find “Hallelujah”. Can you please tell me the name of the album that it’s on? I have 35 Dylan albums (I’ll put the list at the end of this post). But I couldn’t find it in any of them. Here are the 35 albums I have: 1962 BOB DYLAN 1963 THE FREEWHELLIN BOB DYLAN 1964 ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN 1964 THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN 1965 BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME 1965 HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED 1966 BLONDE ON BLONDE 1967 JOHN WESLEY HARDING 1969 NASHVILLE SKYLINE 1970 NEW MORNING 1970 SELF PORTRAIT 1973 DYLAN 1973 PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID 1974 PLANET WAVES 1975 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS 1975 THE BASEMENT TAPES 1976 DESIRE 1978 STREET LEGAL 1979 SLOW TRAIN COMING 1980 SAVED 1981 SHOT OF LOVE 1983 INFIDELS 1985 EMPIRE BURLESQUE 1986 KNOCKED OUT LOADED 1988 DOWN IN THE GROOVE 1989 OH MERCY 1990 UNDER THE RED SKY 1992 GOOD AS I BEEN TO YOU 1993 WORLD GONE WRONG 1997 TIME OUT OF MIND 2001 LOVE & THEFT 2006 MODERN TIMES 2009 CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART 2009 TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE 2012 TEMPEST If you could point me to the album, I’m certain that finding that track would be dead simple. I found this one web site: > **[Bob Dylan: Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)](https://alldylan.com/bob-dylans-two-live-versions-of-leonard-cohens-hallelujah-audio/)** > > I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the m… It contained quite a bit of info about Dylan & Cohen and their friendship. But, unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to tell us the name of the albums containing Dylan singing Cohen’s songs. Any help for me please? ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/25 "2015-09-18T17:28:40Z")
I’m a big fan of the album **Oh Mercy**. Particularly strong tracks are: Man in the Long Black Coat Most of the Time What Was It You Wanted? Also, I’ve always had a soft spot for “License to Kill” from **Infidels**. It’s a bit on the preachy side, but it has a killer hook. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/26 "2015-09-18T17:44:30Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > I’ve always enjoyed Dylan and Leonard Cohen so I tried to find both “Hallelujah” and “Do You Hear What I Hear” > > I found his Christmas album but I’ve been unable to find “Hallelujah”. Can you please tell me the name of the album that it’s on? > > I have 35 Dylan albums (I’ll put the list at the end of this post). But I couldn’t find it in any of them. Here are the 35 albums I have: > > 1962 BOB DYLAN > 1963 THE FREEWHELLIN BOB DYLAN > 1964 ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN > 1964 THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN > 1965 BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME > 1965 HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED > 1966 BLONDE ON BLONDE > 1967 JOHN WESLEY HARDING > 1969 NASHVILLE SKYLINE > 1970 NEW MORNING > 1970 SELF PORTRAIT > 1973 DYLAN > 1973 PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID > 1974 PLANET WAVES > 1975 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS > 1975 THE BASEMENT TAPES > 1976 DESIRE > 1978 STREET LEGAL > 1979 SLOW TRAIN COMING > 1980 SAVED > 1981 SHOT OF LOVE > 1983 INFIDELS > 1985 EMPIRE BURLESQUE > 1986 KNOCKED OUT LOADED > 1988 DOWN IN THE GROOVE > 1989 OH MERCY > 1990 UNDER THE RED SKY > 1992 GOOD AS I BEEN TO YOU > 1993 WORLD GONE WRONG > 1997 TIME OUT OF MIND > 2001 LOVE & THEFT > 2006 MODERN TIMES > 2009 CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART > 2009 TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE > 2012 TEMPEST > > If you could point me to the album, I’m certain that finding that track would be dead simple. > > I found this one web site: > [Bob Dylan: Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) | My Site](http://alldylan.com/bob-dylans-two-live-versions-of-leonard-cohens-hallelujah-audio/) > > It contained quite a bit of info about Dylan & Cohen and their friendship. But, unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to tell us the name of the albums containing Dylan singing Cohen’s songs. > > Any help for me please? He never officially recorded it, so you must go for live versions/bootlegs. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/27 "2015-09-18T19:41:15Z")
Blood on The Tracks is one hell of a great album. Is it considered “post - Jesus freak”? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/28 "2015-09-18T20:53:32Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Blood on The Tracks is one hell of a great album. Is it considered “post - Jesus freak”? Nope, Blood on the Tracks (awesome as it is) is from 1975. The Jesus years are 1979-1981 or so. > [@wguy123](#): > > Great list! > > I love the lyrics to Thunder on the Mountain. “Gonna raise me an army, some tough sons of bitches”. > > Anyway, lots of good advice here. He has a lot of great albums post-born-again-Bob. > [@](#): > > Gonna raise me an army, some tough sons of bitches > I’ll recruit my army from the orphanages > I been to St. Herman’s church and I’ve said my religious vows > I’ve sucked the milk out of a thousand cows mmm ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/29 "2015-09-18T22:03:54Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Nope, Blood on the Tracks (awesome as it is) is from 1975. The Jesus years are 1979-1981 or so. Wow, that was pretty short. Thanks for the thread, guys. I’m a _UUUUUUUUUUUGE_ fan of Dylan, but only have his older stuff. It will be nice to get some of his newer work. ---
**Author:** ![scoots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/30 "2015-09-19T18:21:29Z")
Just to mention while we’ve got the Dylan fans gathered. One of the biographies I read (think it was Behind the Shades) said that he probably never really had a born again period. He became friends with a charismatic preacher type in California and Dylan really liked the guy. He therefore didn’t want to let him down so he hung around with him, attended bible classes etc. Friends of Dylan told this biographer that it is entirely in keeping with Dylan’s personality that he would even go as far as releasing two Christian albums for no other reason than he didn’t want to upset this guy who he liked and admired. But he probably never actually believed any of it. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/31 "2015-09-19T19:16:05Z")
> [@scoots](#): > > Just to mention while we’ve got the Dylan fans gathered. One of the biographies I read (think it was Behind the Shades) said that he probably never really had a born again period. He became friends with a charismatic preacher type in California and Dylan really liked the guy. He therefore didn’t want to let him down so he hung around with him, attended bible classes etc. > > Friends of Dylan told this biographer that it is entirely in keeping with Dylan’s personality that he would even go as far as releasing two Christian albums for no other reason than he didn’t want to upset this guy who he liked and admired. But he probably never actually believed any of it. I read “Behind The Shades” maybe two years ago and don’t remember that aspect, maybe it’s from another bio. What I DO remember, but please don’t ask me where I read it (I’ve read so much about Dylan), is that he had some kind of epiphany maybe before meeting that preacher or while being his follower, and that lead to his religious awakening and those two albums. Given the fervor and self-righteousness he delivers on “Slow Train Coming” and especially “Saved”, I doubt that it was only done as a favor for a friend without really feeling that way, all while snubbing the core of his fan base. You see in this thread how many old fans turned away from him after that and sometimes never came back, so there was a big price to pay for his conversion. ---
**Author:** ![scoots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/32 "2015-09-19T19:34:34Z")
Maybe it was another bio. I didn’t really do it justice in my short summation - the place where I read it spent a lot more time explaining it and giving quotes from friends. I think one point it mentioned is that Dylan can be very loyal to friends and (for whatever reason) he saw this guy as a friend at the time. And when has Dylan ever cared about snubbing the fan base? Wasn’t Self Portrait released as a deliberately bad album to piss off the fans? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/33 "2015-09-19T19:38:07Z")
> [@scoots](#): > > And when has Dylan ever cared about snubbing the fan base? Wasn’t Self Portrait released as a deliberately bad album to piss off the fans? Ok, you got me there, that was really never one of his concerns. But I still doubt that he played the mouth-frothing born-again Christian without really meaning it just to please a friend. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/34 "2015-09-19T19:49:17Z")
The version that Dylan has told is that someone threw a small silver cross on stage during a concert in San Diego (Nov. 17/78, thanks Wikipedia), which he pocketed without thinking much about and then remembered later. This does seem like a reasonable timeframe to have a born-again phase given that he was 37 (entering the mid-life crisis zone?), he’d just gotten divorced and his last couple of projects (Renaldo and Clara and the Street Legal album) had gotten some very bad reviews from critics. ---
**Author:** ![scoots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/35 "2015-09-19T19:50:21Z")
I think it was a bit more subtle than I’ve given the impression of. The thing I read said he got caught up with this guy and his group and kind of got carried along with their enthusiasm. Dylan was attracted to the enthusiasm and the fervour. And this guy, typically for a charismatic type, was full on - didn’t give Dylan much time to think. It was a daily thing - group meetings etc. So it’s more that Dylan was caught up in it and attracted to the whole full on-ness and enthusiasm than the actual theological basis of Christianity. And he genuinely liked the guy. But witness how quickly he dropped it like a turd with leprosy once he left the orbit of this guy (and released an album called Infidels). ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/36 "2015-09-20T14:18:44Z")
In post #24 above I said that I had always enjoyed Dlyan but that was not the whole truth. After listening to his 1975 “The Basement Tapes” album, I became very wary of listening to any more of his music. I did listen to portions of some of his other albums he released in the latter half of the 1970s but the religious content was just too much for me to handle at that time. However, he made a sharp turn away from music with that kind of content and his later albums were extremely different from either his early music or his Christian-slanted music. The albums that most people in this thread have recommended and have had high praise for were those albums recorded around 1990 or shortly afterwards. Specifically: 1989 OH MERCY 1990 UNDER THE RED SKY 1992 GOOD AS I BEEN TO YOU 1993 WORLD GONE WRONG 1997 TIME OUT OF MIND 2001 LOVE & THEFT 2006 MODERN TIMES 2009 CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART 2009 TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE 2012 TEMPEST I’ve only listened to this music once or twice and I usually need to listen to music a few more times than that before I form a lasting opinion of music. So far, I find this music to be real good listening. It’s very different from either his early stuff or his middle-aged stuff (meaning largely his Christian-content music). I’d like to say that one exception to his middle-aged albums I found is 1976 Desire. I have always love Hurricane (about Rubin “Hurricane” Carter), Mozambique, One More Cup of Coffee and Sarah. His music from the 90s and beyond is very different. IMO, it is highly reflective and indicates a life full of experiences that he wishes to share with us. I still need to listen to that music a few more times. But overall, I’m real happy that so many of you have posted about that music because there was a real good chance that had you not, I would never have discovered it. I believe that after a few more listens, I might feel this music is a real strong favorite of mine and so I thank you all very much. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/37 "2015-09-20T22:35:10Z")
> [@scoots](#): > > Maybe it was another bio. I didn’t really do it justice in my short summation - the place where I read it spent a lot more time explaining it and giving quotes from friends. I think one point it mentioned is that Dylan can be very loyal to friends and (for whatever reason) he saw this guy as a friend at the time. > > And when has Dylan ever cared about snubbing the fan base? Wasn’t Self Portrait released as a deliberately bad album to piss off the fans? Dylan has never wanted to be in a box created by his fans. Nashville Skyline could have been viewed the same way - except it worked. Self Portrait didn’t. I saw Dylan in 1980, and he seemed sincere to me. I saw him much more recently, post-Christian, where he led off with a Christian song. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/38 "2015-09-20T22:52:26Z")
My favorites include: Jokerman I and I Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight Blind Willie McTell Foot of Pride Dark Eyes Brownsville Girl Groom Still Waiting at the Altar (Biograph version) Political World Most of the Time Man in the Long Black Coat Ring Them Bells Dignity Blackjack Davey Arthur McBride World Gone Wrong Broke Down Engine Delia Love Sick Cold Irons Bound Not Dark Yet Mississippi High Water (for Charley Patton) Honest with Me Tweeldedum and Tweedledee Thunder on the Mountain Workingman’s Blues #2 Ain’t Talkin’ I Feel a Change Coming On Duquesne Whistle Pay in Blood Long and Wasted Years Roll on John … that’s probably enough for now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/39 "2015-09-21T04:21:02Z")
Here are some comments about “2006 MODERN TIMES” that I thought you all might enjoy. It was never stated just who wrote these. But I just selected a few small portions of these comments so as not to break any of the board rules. > **[Modern Times (Bob Dylan album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_%28Bob_Dylan_album%29)** > > Modern Times is the 32nd studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 29, 2006, by Columbia Records. The album was the third work (following Time Out of Mind and Love And Theft) in a string of albums by Dylan that garnered wide acclaim from critics. It continued its predecessors' tendencies toward blues, rockabilly and pre-rock balladry, and was self-produced by Dylan under the pseudonym "Jack Frost". Despite the acclaim, the album sparked some debate over its uncredit... Modern Times is the thirty-second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 29, 2006 by Columbia Records. The album was Dylan’s third straight (following Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft) to be met with nearly universal praise from fans and critics. It continued its predecessors’ tendencies toward blues, rockabilly and pre-rock balladry … " Modern Times became the singer-songwriter’s first #1 album in the US since 1976’s Desire. … At age 65, Dylan became the oldest living person at the time to have an album enter the Billboard charts at number one. [1] It also reached #1 in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland, … In the 2012 version of Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, Modern Times was ranked at number 204. P.S. I love “Beyond the Horizon”. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367/40 "2015-09-21T18:39:35Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Dylan has never wanted to be in a box created by his fans. Nashville Skyline could have been viewed the same way - except it worked. Self Portrait didn’t. > > I saw Dylan in 1980, and he seemed sincere to me. I saw him much more recently, post-Christian, where he led off with a Christian song. Oh, religion has always been a permanent thread in Dylan’s work, right from the beginning. I very much doubt that he ever lost faith in the Abrahamic god, though for many people the image of the uber-cool speed-freak counter-culture icon from 1965/66 is impossible to reconcile with the bible-thumping zealot of his born-again phase, but that’s Dylan for you (the general you). Note that the religious theme after _Saved_ didn’t suddenly stop, but only slowly faded and softened. _Shot Of Love_ is sometimes counted as part of a born-again triology, and it still has some religion-themed songs, but it is milder (see _Every Grain Of Sand_, in essence a pantheistic song), though there was also the quite self-righteous _Property Of Jesus_. And what is _Jokerman_ on _Infidels_ other than a messianic figure, maybe The Man himself. In his later work, allusions to religious themes were still all over the place, just like before _Slow Train Coming_, but mostly subtler than in his born-again phase. So it’s no surprise that he often starts his concerts with old religious folk and gospel songs on the neverending tour. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367.md?page=3)