Bob Dylan

Edward James: Written under the ever-present threat of nuclear annihilation around the Cuban missile crisis

• ared56 +2
• shea nowicki +2
• Regina Scime +1
• fionmul +1 — will never not get a vote of mine w/ Bobby
• judd.baker +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — This would be better as a poem. The music adds nothing

• Edward James +2 — What’s crazy is that you could pick at least two songs off every album he’s released since 1997 that could qualify for this category. From this one, this is a good choice, although I like “I’ve made up my mind to give myself to you” and “Key West (philosopher pirate)” just as much. Giving 2 upvotes just because most others didn’t do it for me and I know people won’t appreciate this properly
• shea nowicki +1
• fionmul 0 — Not enough of a “banger” for me
• Claire 0 — Crazy that he continues to make music this late in the game. This song was just alright though

Edward James: Imo no song put the “brutal” in brutal breakup better. The slow shift from focusing on other to self 👌

• ared56 +2
• [DELETED] +2
• fionmul +1 — wow. just wow. will have to save this for the next breakup 😵‍💫
• judd.baker +1 — This was an experience wew
• Regina Scime +1

Edward James: I humbly request you listen closely. One of the greatest murder mysteries ever written, and want to hear peoples’ conclusions

• judd.baker +1 — It almost feels too predictable to upvote this but I cannot resist. This is a work of art. Bob Dylan is a master of the 8 minute epic, and that’s a style that is especially well suited to songs about taking life.
• ared56 +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Sam Ary +1
• SamRobertsND 0 — Peter: "I liked it as a song. I would say it's good, not great. It does involve people dying, but that's just one of many elements. I like the withheld elements." Cool song, I hadn't heard of it before. So Rosemary kills Big Jim out of jealousy? Who got shot? I'm assuming that the Jack of Hearts is the other gang member who is helping to keep things lively at the cabaret so that his partners can steal the money (Big Jim must've seen his face on a wanted poster). A good submission.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Can I get the tiniest hint of variation over eight minutes please
• fionmul 0 — this was really good. ofc.
• Claire 0 — I definitely don’t have a strong take on whodunit but my one take is that the line saying the Jack of hearts is an actor is probably more significant than I realize. Great song. I don’t however have enough votes for every great song on this list.

• fionmul +2 — There are several Dylan songs that would have worked. Perhaps this is the perfect one? Love it
• SamRobertsND +1
• Claire +1 — His voice in this annoys me and yet it feels fitting for the porch sit
• Sam Ary +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Regina Scime +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — I still don’t get how anyone can tolerate this voice

Joseph Harvey: Actual torture

• fionmul +1 — “This seems like what Eddie would play to punish Joseph for bad roommate behavior or something” - Claire
• Edward James +1 — This is probably the perfect Bob Dylan choice. There are others that would work more, but everyone else would hate them so much, I don’t think they would do well. This is also a super popular song, but I hate it. I think it drags down what is otherwise a perfect album. Wish I had thought of it.
• Claire +1 — “Yeah this is bad” “Not even timothee chalamet likes this song” -Fiona
• Brad Stalcup +1 — I do think Joseph would hate this song.
• Peter Seeley 0 — What precisely did Sammy do to deserve this?
• judd.baker 0 — Bob feels like the easy way out. Fantastic song tho, and a pretty enlightened submission from among the Dylan corpus, I admit
• Sam Ary -1