# You have to pick 10 and only 10 Bob Dylan songs to listen to for the rest of your life **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-pick-10-and-only-10-bob-dylan-songs-to-listen-to-for-the-rest-of-your-life/718445 "2015-04-24T15:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-pick-10-and-only-10-bob-dylan-songs-to-listen-to-for-the-rest-of-your-life/718445/41 "2015-04-25T04:39:10Z")
> [@Robert163](#): > > I’ll start a tally of all the songs and post it in a couple of days. This is starting to look interesting. The gorgeous “Desolation Row” appears to be quite a favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-pick-10-and-only-10-bob-dylan-songs-to-listen-to-for-the-rest-of-your-life/718445/42 "2015-04-25T04:48:33Z")
Also interesting to see quite a lot of votes for “Positively 4th Street,” which which has the handicap of not appearing on any of Dylan’s studio albums. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-pick-10-and-only-10-bob-dylan-songs-to-listen-to-for-the-rest-of-your-life/718445/43 "2015-04-25T07:05:52Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > That has nothing to do with the OP. How about you act like an adult and not a 14-year-old douchebag and go shit somewhere else? > [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Go be a dick somewhere else. This is a warning for you. All insults to other members go in the Pit, not in this forum. > [@pkbites](#): > > What? Am I not the only one who doesn’t appreciate his weird, nasally, slightly Quagmirish voice? Okay, you’ve made your point clear after three posts in this thread. One post, made in teasing jest is understandable, but three is at the point of outright threadshitting. If you don’t like his music, stop posting in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-pick-10-and-only-10-bob-dylan-songs-to-listen-to-for-the-rest-of-your-life/718445/44 "2015-04-25T17:09:01Z")
Must they be Dylan versions, or can they be covers by other musicians? Love the songs, dislike his voice. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-pick-10-and-only-10-bob-dylan-songs-to-listen-to-for-the-rest-of-your-life/718445/45 "2015-04-25T17:12:43Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Must they be Dylan versions, or can they be covers by other musicians? Love the songs, dislike his voice. Go for it, plenty of us did the same. Dylan is an awesome writer and a not so great singer as we all know. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-pick-10-and-only-10-bob-dylan-songs-to-listen-to-for-the-rest-of-your-life/718445/46 "2015-04-25T18:16:51Z")
Pay In Blood Ain’t Talkin’ 'Cross The Green Mountain Red River Shore High Water (For Charley Patton) Not Dark Yet Blind Willie McTell A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Great Music Experience version, from the Dignity CD Single) Chimes Of Freedom Lots of newer ones, really. His stuff from the last 20 years, in my opinion, is as good lyrically as his older stuff, and the performances are far better. As long as I wasn’t stuck listening to Christmas In The Heart for eternity… ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-pick-10-and-only-10-bob-dylan-songs-to-listen-to-for-the-rest-of-your-life/718445/47 "2015-04-25T19:10:50Z")
Wow, no one has picked “Forever Young” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-pick-10-and-only-10-bob-dylan-songs-to-listen-to-for-the-rest-of-your-life/718445.md?page=2)