Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Official Audio)

“Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" by Bob Dylan
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Lyrics:
Oh, the ragman draws circles
Up and down the block
I’d ask him what the matter was
But I know that he don’t talk
And the ladies treat me kindly
And they furnish me with tape
But deep inside my heart
I know I can’t escape
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the
Memphis blues again
Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
With his pointed shoes and his bells
Speaking to some French girl
Who says she knows me well
And I would send a message
To find out if she’s talked
But the post office has been stolen
And the mailbox is locked
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine
An’ I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
An’ he just smoked my eyelids
An’ punched my cigarette”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Grandpa died last week
And now he’s buried in the rocks
But everybody still talks about how
Badly they were shocked
But me, I expected it to happen
I knew he’d lost control
When I speed built a fire on Main Street
And shot it full of holes
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the senator came down here
Showing ev’ryone his gun
Handing out free tickets
To the wedding of his son
An’ me, I nearly got busted
An’ wouldn’t it be my luck
To get caught without a ticket
And be discovered beneath a truck
Oh, Mama, is this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the tea preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest
But he cursed me when I proved it to him
Then I whispered and said, “Not even you can hide
You see, you’re just like me
I hope you’re satisfied”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the rainman gave me two cures
Then he said, “Jump right in”
The one was Texas medicine
The other was just railroad gin
An’ like a fool I mixed them
An’ it strangled up my mind
An’ now people just get uglier
An’ I have no sense of time
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
And when Ruthie says come see her
In her honky-tonk lagoon
Where I can watch her waltz for free
’neath her Panamanian moon
An’ I say, “Aw come on now
You know you knew about my debutante”
An’ she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need
But I know what you want”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
Where the neon madmen climb
They all fall there so perfectly
It all seems so well timed
An’ here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
#BobDylan #Folk #SingerSongwriter

[@retardbird689]

The organ in this song doesn’t get enough appreciation. So this is an organ appreciation comment.

[@mattpeer8537]

It's Al Kooper's organ that you fancy, eh?

[@retardbird689]

@@mattpeer8537 Definitely. This is my fav Dylan song and he’s the main reason!

[@Pambill54]

Much appreciated ...!

[@grantsmythe8625]

True, but the guitar work is fine.

[@dallashopkins884]

The Organ is Great, as is The Guitar, but I have to give the nod to The Piano!

[@bruce2900]

In 1966 as a senior in high school and I was the annoying nerd who memorized the lyrics from Blonde on Blonde, at 76 they are still in there. What once captured youthful angst now captures senior angst, who knew.

[@HarkePloegstra]

What a beautiful gift to the world. Have a story too with this song...

[@neilhasid3407]

The earth is 5 billion years old;and I had the fortune to be born in Dylans time! Blessed

[@georgemorenstein]

more like 5,000 years pal.

[@david-pb4bi]

Fortunately most sane people don’t believe in your mythical god. If you have any proof of god get back to us we are all ears.

[@georgemorenstein]

@@david-pb4bi Apparently, Zimmy also couldn't get his head around the concept either try as he may.

[@david-pb4bi]

@@georgemorenstein Try science, not as musical as Dylan but more logical.

[@MariJu1ce]

@@georgemorenstein dude the pyramids were buildt 5000 years ago

[@57Koba]

For this song alone, he deserves the Nobel Prize!

[@monicabella7894]

Definitely!

[@BeBopandBeyond]

WELL SAID. HE ALSO NEED TO BE IN THE SMITHSONIAN IN THE CHERISHED SONGWRITERS WING. HELL THEY SHOULD BUILD AN ENTIRE MUSEUM HONORING DYLANS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS, POETICALLY, MUSICALLY, SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS....eTC ETC ETC I BOW TO YOU, BOB DYLAN.

[@MrThermostatic]

Lot's of self deprecating lines in this song you don't normally here in a pop song... "like a fool I mixed them".. "wouldn't it be my luck"... Sort of like, 'life sucks and I'm such a loser'

[@jessemcelroy3989]

Bob Dylan knows more about being human than most

[@grantbartley483]

@@jessemcelroy3989 Or maybe he's more honest and articulate?

[@bendrescher7185]

“He just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette” This is why Bob Dylan is the greatest lyricist of all time

[@haroldkrishna4116]

"...and he cursed me when I prrooooooooved to him..."

[@bernettaepperson4122]

Right on!!!!

[@bernettaepperson4122]

Dylan for president 2020!!!!

[@bendrescher7185]

@@bernettaepperson4122 amen brother

[@santocataldi3355]

emperor p u r on the money only bob dylan is going to come up with that

[@rosiewells475]

I have loved this great mans music since i was 12 years old. I am now 72 years young and still rocking.

[@_amp1262]

thank you for still keeping a great taste in music after decades, sir

[@65panhed39]

Me too!

[@tonisumblin2719]

Me Too!!

[@johngore7744]

Cool I’m 63 and used to listen to my sister play Bob when I was 5. We’ve had some great music but Bob imagery is so good each line in this tune is like a little image or scene. So very talented. Cheers from Montreal.

[@georgemorenstein]

Hhhmph! He ain't no David Cassidy, if you want my opinion.

[@joebanish7517]

Blonde on Blonde is one of the best, if not the best, albums in popular music history. This song, along with “Visions of Johanna”, “Just like a Woman”, and “Absolutely Sweet Marie”, are cultural treasures that will be listened to for generations to come.

[@anne-mariemeiffren7090]

Oh tellement oui!

[@giampaoloodinelli1785]

Una canzone straordinaria.

[@koko-pu5vn]

Amen!!

[@jp1333]

When your album is 14 songs and 73 minutes long and the weakest link is rainy day women that is some rarefied air

[@risboturbide9396]

I hope so! 🍻🍻

[@gregoryberrycone]

this is one of the greatest songs of all time without a doubt. all the wires just crossed perfectly, composition, improvisation, absolute lyrical genius, wry sarcastic wit, puns and metaphors most people could only dream of coming up with, the way it paints a tableau of entropy and chaos like something out of a picaresque novel

[@user-tf4yy7qx4f]

Right.

[@tenzinsmith7991]

And the music sounds great too

[@MaxPower-if3yz]

Inxs ?

[@angieneal7070]

You should be a writer!!!

[@gregoryberrycone]

@@angieneal7070 you're much too kind! That is my dream though

[@42awww]

" What most people don't realize is that Bob Dylan is one of the greatest comedians ever " -*Alice Cooper*

[@andreschlesinger6618]

Indeed

[@kennyleichtling2473]

@@RobertWCox-sj3qk He's a funny guy, you know?

[@patthomas375]

@@RobertWCox-sj3qk Great sardonic sense of humour .self depricating as well !

[@johnfree7044]

i always wanted to be a stand up comedian.

[@vincentsanders1939]

An all the rest wat he did, including the comidyum 😎

[@wonderties]

" and here I sit so patiently waiting to find out what price you have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice". I am now 70 years old and this one phrase in one song penned by Bob Dylan 50 years ago means more to me now than ever. I am forever grateful to be on this earth at the same time of Bob Dylan.

[@aliasdyln33]

Thank you. And to pine after the last sentence in your comment: I am forever (- young,) and to be a Grateful (Dead fan, and) to be on this earth at the same time of Bob Dylan. And, like a rolling stone.

[@hqco3rdmedbattalionfmfpac953]

We are lucky

[@wonderties]

@Monotech2.0 That is what makes him so amazing.

[@pauloeduardo1604]

congratulations!!

[@JJJZANESVILLE2]

@Monotech2.0 Do you believe everything you read or what anyone says? Don't. Think and believe for yourself. Experience life and form your own opinons.

[@MD-lf3gt]

Happy birthday, Bob Dylan !

[@geragallegos3918]

This song is a masterpiece. This version in particular

[@MicrowaveWalrus]

the live version i heard from his 1975 tour is great, i would probably take it over this version, actually.

[@sorenturesson9419]

Dont try to understand it only confuses things

[@loghilman5429]

@@MicrowaveWalrus where can I find that version?

[@nzfmecom521]

My best DYLAN'S song !! When i've some blues ... I listen listen , listen, listen for hours ... ans I tale this medecine... I ALWAY THINKED IT WAS THE FIRST POP SONG ... AL KOOPER, JOE SOUTH ( lead guitar), ..

[@robinfletcher7609]

So true .

[@aliciamamer5637]

Could listen all day to him sayin' " Oh, mama"...such inflection.

[@davidsouthwick6802]

He can infuse a couplet with more emphasis, meaning & emotion than contained in entire songs & books by other artists.

[@ETBrenner]

I have a fond memory of walking around Harvard Square in the late 1970s ... it was a warm sunny day and a fellow student saw fit to blast this song on their big-ass speakers out of their upper dorm-room window. Soon people all over the street started singing along, many doing fine imitations of Dylan's trademark drawl. It was funny and epic and beautiful, IMO a fitting homage.

[@fornostios8970]

That sounds awesome!

[@peterkoulouris8900]

Blonde on Blonde is the greatest album ever recorded. Period.

[@33Luger]

Arguably...

[@42awww]

I JUST found this out. ( I agree with you by the way), that B.O.B. was the first double album in pop or rock music. Then they started pouring in!

[@shiitakestick]

42awww - evidence of his creative well spring over flowing..

[@shiitakestick]

42awww - sounds like he had about 5 in him at the time..

[@allenfamily8445]

Agree

[@VanTran-qz5kf]

This song brings a smile to my face every time... "what price you have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice"

[@azmoe99]

"...and I said 'Oh I didn't know that..." cracks me up

[@TheMidniteGremlin]

Speaking as someone halfway to retirement... it hits home!

[@lukehauser1182]

Yeah - I always listen for that line

[@SterySteaams]

I love the words to this song.

[@philliprawlinson8228]

Very good eye👍🚬☕️☕️☕️

[@lynnjaskowiak9963]

Dylan is a master of painting murals with words...genius.

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello dear, It’s nice meeting you on here

[@jameslutian1977]

Massive props to Al Kooper (organist). He made so many great songs with his additions. Organ again on "Like a Rolling Stone" with Dylan, and the French Horn/Piano in "You Can't Always Get What you Want." Also added a lot to Lynyrd Skynyrd (drums, mandelin, bass, organ) albums. And his primary instrument was guitar. They don't make musicians (or music) like him, anymore.

[@pauljones5066]

Oh now you're talking man, great observation so many thanks, RIP Al Kooper who lived a really blessed life

[@516choochoo]

The greatest lyricist of our time

[@raymondmcmenemy303]

Without a doubt.

[@RobertWCox-sj3qk]

really have to agree, He is a Slow Train comin'

[@kennyleichtling2473]

He also has an exquisite musical ear. But he isn't and never was primarily an instrumentalist. When he was just playing guitar and harmonica, he acquitted himself quite nicely. When he plays lead guitar though, he is really subtracting from the quality of the song and the show, considering he usually has great players.

[@donhas5045]

By a million miles

[@aaron4092]

Of all time

[@jameslutian1977]

This song never gets old. Just fantastic.

[@shanehall9697]

we can't stop here this is bat country!

[@ginamori8656]

Brilliant

[@mcmike6190]

great movie, great soundtrack!

[@alexishalterman1589]

I am trying to get my younger sisters to read the book lmao I don’t think they want to

[@j0hncon5tantine]

TELL ME ABOUT THE FUCKING GOLF SHOES!!!

[@reaganwiles_art]

The more I listen, the more I want to listen.

[@garyharper3216]

Bob Dylan is the greatest influential artist of all time, his lyrics are priceless

[@stefanschleps8758]

Greatest? One of three great American songwriters. The other two being John Prine and Robert Hunter. 🦅

[@artvallejos1460]

@@stefanschleps8758 Neil Young, too.

[@isaacsweeney626]

@@stefanschleps8758 hell yeah put hunter right next to bob. hunter is not a songwriter id say more of a poet who was friends with the best songwriter of all time. and yes gary his lyrics are priceless cause no art really has a price

[@isaacsweeney626]

@John Myhill actually yes, every sing person can. Only difference between you and him is he believed in himself and his ideas

[@koko-pu5vn]

George Gershwin??

[@sonjabarrett7170]

This song is what got me through a messy childhood.

[@user-qb9lu8ln1e]

USA is famous for messy childhoods....best system in the world

[@Chapps1941]

Dylan is the greatest artist America has ever produced, any type of art, any genre.

[@richardlstern8241]

Boris. So right.

[@roberthill799]

(Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, among others, just laugh.)

[@mikemclean676]

shakespeare on this side of the pond with a shot of rock and roll

[@Chapps1941]

@@roberthill799 l can't help it if you only know 7 Dylan songs

[@MajorTom88]

That guitar tone, that organ, that voice...

[@roscoefoofoo]

AND the drumming! So precise.

[@oliveeisner8964]

It's essentially a perfect song. He has so many of them it's impossible to rank them. But this is just so amazing.

[@keithww7450]

Joe South on guitar, Al Kooper on organ!

[@meowmeow-cr5sn]

This whole song and album and catalogue

[@lukehound]

@@roscoefoofoo Buttrey on drums, one of the grets

[@lingcod91]

Pity the millions of people that think Bob Dylan cannot sing . . . . [WRONG] . . . That is exactly what he can do. He does it better than anyone else. The lyrics are impossible masterpieces sung by an incredible voice. People . . . just LISTEN. Every word becomes a new definition of itself, because of the way his voice punctuates and emphasizes the words. Now . . . play the song again, BUT this time forget what you're hearing and "SEE" all the images he's created. Spelling corrected Got excited.

[@steveshepard5522]

Yes your comment is better than I could express it being a great singer is different than having perfect pitch etc, etc. This song and Girl From North County, are two examples.

[@sup393]

Go see him live. He's better than ever

[@dragmyre]

4 step box step dance...ramba.

[@lingcod91]

@@dragmyre WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN ? (or do you even know?) Is it something you made up ? Well great accomplishment.

[@ginamori8656]

Exactly word up! Lol

[@user-vc9rg5vw6g]

この曲が、１番好きです。死ぬまで、走り続ける力が、湧いてきます。

[@user-qe2hv1dc8u]

Desember 2020. I sit in little beggary and cold country in the centre of the Russia. No job, no money. Listening Bob Dylan. And I feel warm. And I not afraid my hopeless future. Thank you Bob!

[@monicabonnet6235]

You are where in Russia?

[@user-qe2hv1dc8u]

@@monicabonnet6235 Middle of the Russia, Samara district.

[@user-qe2hv1dc8u]

@Gina Mori God bless America!

[@terrancegeneeha1577]

God bless you, brother. Keep rocking with Bobby!

[@anne40hillpiggott30]

God bless us everyone 🙏

[@thegreenbird795]

Kenney Buttrey on drums is just killing it....

[@joesouthsgirl5662]

He was fabulous!!

[@pl443]

Nine verses and nine choruses. What more can we ask?

[@LargeMuscularTitties]

Ten

[@brendanmcmahon2745]

"You better take care of me lord because, if you don't, you'll have me on your hands"- Hunter S. Thompson PhD.

[@larrylinn8589]

Thompson and Dylan were kindred spirits with similar, yet distinctive facets of expression.

[@DouchedByDemocrats]

Dr hunter Thompson phd

[@shiitakestick]

Brendan McMahon - he’s drunk. It’s nonsense; the ‘lord’ has to take care of him in both of his cases. Sort of a damned if you do damned if you dont situation..

[@mctavish23]

My favorite Dylan LP

[@michiganjack]

Bob Dylan is really an Archangel and can actually play guitar, fly and recite Shakepeare all at the same time. True.

[@gnp253]

Thank you Mr. Bloomfield & Mr. Kooper.

[@jrodagormykid9063]

I got into Bob Dylan as a junior in high school. Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde all being released back to back to back in 2 or 3 years is an unbelievable accomplishment that could alone cement Bob Dylan as the greatest song writer of all time.

[@dylanthompson8511]

Less than 2 years

[@johndepentu7032]

A complete master poet.

[@42awww]

Only to do it again in the 70s with Planet Waves, Blood, and Desire. Didn't change the world like his 60s work, but it is beautiful stuff!

[@johndepentu7032]

@@42awww indeed my friend

[@ursulaplatt5000]

Amphetamine.

[@brantley2171]

How can someone even remotely begin to start writing a song like this?

[@mschiller1661]

He wrote them backwards...in his sleep

[@bobtaylor170]

Just be tolerant of whatever crap comes into your head.

[@freakleaves798]

i walk around my high school with music like this playing and have even gotten compliments on my music taste❤️😭 thanks to my grandpa ofc

[@louisrondone1332]

Dylan was unlike any other song and dance man in history!

[@freddylubin]

Back then Dylan quotes would enter almost every serious conversation.

[@mikepatrick5909]

even Jimmy Carter once quoted Dylan....

[@jajdude]

How old are you?

[@freddylubin]

@@jajdude Born in 1952.

[@jajdude]

@@freddylubin respect

[@kanyewest2254]

@@freddylubin cool bro you have good music taste

[@donweiser]

"And here I sit so patiently waiting to find what price, you have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice". Genius

[@jessemunson1352]

Pure genius.

[@marcodaviladudgeon9886]

Vivo con tres gatas felinas y una humana que no está pero cuando escuchan a Bob Dylan las 3 me miran

[@strongwall1]

My fave Dylan line. So so true.

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

reincarnation...

[@larrylinn8589]

@@JohnSmith-kz8yo You can say that again!

[@benshell2950]

Greatest songwriter of all time and all from the 💓

[@stevesizemore6274]

Dylan, Bob Johnston, and the Nashville players all "caught lightning in a bottle" in 1966 and it keeps striking...!

[@NikPiz]

74 years old here. Dylan has grown thru the years to become the greatest of all time's. Oh Mama.

[@Edoardo-mo7rg]

Robert Johnson and Robert Zimmermann

[@blablablaunoit1285]

No Dude. Dylan is a "Story Teller" as he puts it. Robert Johnson set the guitar stage for many artists. "Bob Dylan", the Artist is the GOAT. Not as Robert Zimmerman.

[@bartjoy5179]

He was able to be creatively wide open while being incredibly prolific and cynically poetic. He has a huge catalog of songs. I’m lucky to have seen him twice.

[@xpmark1]

This is Bob Dylans finest masterpiece.

[@artvallejos1460]

xpmark1 This and "Idiot Wind"

[@metoo435]

What about masterpiece

[@kevinlajoie2966]

one of many and the rankings vary drastically based upon one's mood.

[@LosHuxleys]

Definitely one of the many masterpieces Bob made

[@Twilight-cl3zc]

@@kevinlajoie2966 Well said.

[@paulavish5482]

The Nobel committee said, ' That's it. Call him in.'

[@marymartinez1672]

BOB DYLAN HAS EXTREME TALENT WITH LYRICS !!

[@phillipbrown7278]

No person has ever wrote lyrics like BOB DYLAN , Bar None!

[@eb9165]

ever heard of Taylor Swift jackass?!!!

[@blahblahblah7880]

@@eb9165 aye. Hahaha

[@Berniewahlbrinck]

or written

[@jackwalker1822]

Sometimes different music just kind of overlaps and such. But this Bob Dylan song is nothing like any other songwriter could even conceive of. Absolute genius songwriting. And love the arrangement partially credited to the great Al Kooper on organ. Hell, I even like Bob Dylan's singing.

[@brettallison5753]

Probably the best song he's done.on my real to reel followed by Lily rose Mary and the jack of hearts,the hurricane tangled up in blue,black diamond bay to start the evening.you are living history with this man on the evolution of music.

[@55archduke]

Yes Jack. By the time he got to this album, no one could sing his songs better than he could. He wasn't trying to sound like Bing Crosby (though he would later)

[@artvallejos1460]

Idiot Wind

[@WoodyGamesUK]

His singing is outstanding, like it used to be around that time .There are few singers who can do that, the pitch pretty much never stays on one note, always sliding, quite close to a talking style, but if you pay attention there's not one moment when it's not the exactly where it should be. He has total control of his voice.

[@samanthadubon7304]

@@brettallison5753 Hmm...So many to choose from, this and Chimes of Freedom. We knew when he released Another Side he was fking brilliant, with many more sides to come.

[@madisonbrown2750]

The drums are superb in this song and so is Dylan when they had such little to work with

[@nzfmecom521]

Lead Guitar of Joe South, and Organ with Al Kooper ... Since 1979 (20 Y/O) I listen to it on repeat ... Recorded in February 1966 in Nashville, there are 23 different takes ... For me, the first pop song in history ... From France ( North, Reims, Champagne's country)

[@richardlstern8241]

It's almost worth being old now to have been young in the 60's. Forget almost. Dylan, the Beatles, end the war, peace and love. There has been no outcry since the 60's.

[@fkhdls]

"Your debutant just knows what you need. But I know what you want."

[@clausderenda5777]

I used to play a lot of Bob Dylan in the car when driving my kids to school or to sporting events. My daughter, then 6, was the “Queen of Misheard”. For this particular song she used to sing: ‘Stuck inside a molehill, with the Memphis blues again...’😂

[@victorsprague3492]

HAHAHA! Good girl! My favorite song of Bob Dylan...as are all of them!!

[@clausderenda5777]

@@victorsprague3492 “Her” versions were all animal themed. She also had: “Tiger lovin’ blues” for Tangled up in blue, and ...”the cockatoo is movin’ under you” instead of “the carpet, too...” in: It’s all over now.... The absolute truth!😆

[@elifonkonsolakis2521]

@@clausderenda5777 I adore your kid

[@robinwitting2023]

That beats the original! Imagine! Robin Witting, England

[@mms7146]

that's too goddamn cute lol

[@reg5381]

The drumming.

[@mikemclean676]

Buttrey power

[@omaritcovici6205]

the line about railroad gin and texas medicine must be one of the funniest in rock history

[@carliereed3881]

"Texas medicine" of course being the same thing as"Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine"

[@bar9973]

I was stuck inside of Mobile in the early fall of 1963 although I didn’t have the Memphis blues or any kind of blues. At the time I was stationed at Gunter AFB (Montgomery AL) and decided to take a Greyhound to Pensacola. After spending several hours at the beach I thought I would try hitching a ride to New Orleans and do some sightseeing. I finally got a ride late that night but he was only going to Mobile. He dropped me off around 2 a.m. and I decided to forget about New Orleans and take the Greyhound back to Montgomery. I waited in the Mobile bus station for 6+ hours before catching the express and returning to the base.

[@Driecnk]

Abstract art at its best, just pure genius

[@rick7972]

Very few humans are loved more than Bob.❤

[@diron1270]

Now this is a true masterpiece

[@matthewgliatto7339]

It may be a masterpiece of lyrics, but it’s not a masterpiece of music

[@diron1270]

Matthew Gliatto that’s your opinion

[@monicabella7894]

@@matthewgliatto7339 It's a masterpiece in everything.

[@kennethshort2016]

@@matthewgliatto7339 Name me another song that has been this kind of Melody and timing

[@chimakinor]

@@kennethshort2016 Bitches Aint Shit - Dr Dre

[@rainstein3680]

There has never been nor will there ever be again a writer of Bob Dylan's caliber!! My awe is showing lol!!

[@gianniluna6541]

This man has gotten me through so much pain I'll always love you Bob

[@saaw8344]

for real man..im forever in debt to bob..hes given me so many great feelings and memories

[@jamesdean9183]

Bob Dylan’s music is like that one friend you can always turn to when things get rough. No matter what you’re going thru he has at least one song that will speak directly into your soul and understand what you’re feeling.

[@sandrawadsworth5173]

Never can choose a best song by Bob, as they're all the best!❤️

[@higgsmerino3925]

Except for the holiday crap he did a few years ago. Wretched and cringeworthy.

[@RhysPitman94]

@@higgsmerino3925 Christmas In The Heart was great, but each to their own

[@egreenbery]

@@higgsmerino3925 his voice is so terrible on the Xmas album that I sort of enjoy it.

[@jonathancilley9450]

You can always choose favorites!

[@artvallejos1460]

Idiot Wind

[@georgemegalis6912]

It takes one to know one . One genius absolutely idolised Dylan , he always spoke of him and his music , he was obsessed with his music and this genius was none other than HENDRIX.

[@GrantAnderson-p6v]

They covered each other more than a little bit

[@GrantAnderson-p6v]

I saw Dylan's Highway 61 tour...the only electrified Dylan show I ever saw ....he did allot of Hendrix in that show

[@GrantAnderson-p6v]

He did it Dylan style but it was Jimi's stuff Dylan style GREAT show

[@wyliegarcia5965]

I love the drumming on this album

[@imannonymous7707]

Nashville cats , they knew just what bob needed from them

[@warrenleming9049]

best Nashville sidemen money could buy....

[@pelviseresley]

Sounds like a drum machine!

[@porterhall27]

@@pelviseresley if you are deaf maybe

[@BillLayton]

Drums and bass are the forgotten heroes of all of Dylan's post-acoustic work. I love this snappy sharp precise drum line, it's brilliant. So many songs would be so much less without the bass and drums even though it's the guitar that gets the attention. Also, keyboards/organ.

[@robertgraham1825]

The killer chord that introduces Oh mama, can this really be the end, is what song writing is all about. I haven’t heard this since 1966 when I played Blonde on Blonde to death while studying for my finals at university. It’s in my DNA. Thanks,Bob 🎸

[@genehenrylindgren]

One of the finest albums of all time

[@jlouis4407]

Top 10 or Top 5

[@jerrysanders4592]

Was in college in 66/7 when I first heard this album. Totally changed my life for the better. Painful and directionless years but it ended up in a very good place. Have seen at least 10 of his concerts over the years Always evolving like David Bowie and Lou Reed but he’s the only one left.

[@bsnf-5]

not even close. It's not even Dylan best album. lol

[@jlouis4407]

@@bsnf-5 What’s the best Dylan album?

[@helenbostock2350]

Brilliant have heard this for ages it's a classic

[@jpetersgoyanks]

My favorite verse of this song might be one of the greatest ever recorded. It’s like a mini concerto... ‘Ah the rain man gave me 2 cures and he said jump right in The one was Texas medicine, the other was just railroad gin And like a fool I mixed them and it strangled up my mind And now people just get uglier and I have no sense of time’ ... it’s everything.

[@Roachh_yt]

Jordan Peters it’s ragman. But still absolute great verse

[@trumperylucasi8134]

I like the alcohol too

[@kafkafication3449]

@@Roachh_yt it's rain man, rain is slang for heroin.

[@kennethshort2016]

I like how he says "Grandpa died last week and now he's buried in the rocks"

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

@@kafkafication3449 It does sound like "rainman" but it's "ragman" ... his website says so, too: www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=bob+dylan+lyrics+stuck+inside+of+mobile

[@user-qo3be3lg4f]

His music is what started me playing the harmonica! Way back when!

[@PatrikLowe]

I also took up the harmonica because of him!

[@bluebirdlinda7746]

I am a poet, and every time I hear a Dylan song I feel like throwing away my pen.

[@wesleystewart1846]

Don't throw a thing away, the world needs more poets.

[@hamunderhill2062]

nice rhetorical gesture like lighting the cigarette of a genius

[@checkandraise1]

you suffer from the humility of talent. don't give in; write.

[@atolman2828]

Do it

[@MrDabru]

I'm a poet, I know it, but I don't blow it

[@mannyytuarte4666]

Crazy disjointed lyrics that somehow strike home and push so many buttons. Love it, love his music and i am glad i grew up when this was first released.

[@Kafkaesque3]

"You see you're just like me, I hope you're satisfied"

[@thomasperry1838]

These lightning sharp lyrics, sung by the greatest voice of our time, clearly establish the genius of Dylan. But it’s all over in his work, with so many masterpieces. E.g. “Einstein disguised as Robin Hood. . .passed thi way an hour ago with his friend, some jealous monk. He looked so immaculately frightful, as he bummed a cigarette, then went off sniffing drainpipes and reciting the alphabet. . . Of course he deserved the Nobel prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom. The value he has contributed is truly greater than any honor could wxpress. He will never fade from the English language.

[@et3734]

incredible insight

[@bpcarman]

How in the world is a song recorded in the 60s still as fresh today? Talk about timeless . I heard Lay Lady Lay for the first time when I was in the 5th grade. I'm 62 now and he has never missed a beat. Still the man after all this time. The spokesman for his generation. There will never be another like him, and I'm just glad to have lived at the same time he did. Thank you Sir.

[@johndepentu7032]

Its called a classic by a master poet and legend in his own time. Also love you. But Jesus loves you more.

[@ferociousgumby]

One of the outstanding features of the Dylan repertoire is that it doesn't age, it doesn't date, it never gets stale. NO ONE ELSE writes like that, nor can they, nor WILL they, because THEY are not fucking geniuses and Bob is!!!

[@johndepentu7032]

@@ferociousgumby indeed my friend

[@Official_KC]

Same reason that Beethoven and Debussy still sound so fresh. There's a way to reach deep down into humanity and just not touch trends. It's not easy though obviously! Few artists get there

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

One of the best songs Bob created. 'Shakespeare's in the alley'! Love it!

[@msimon6808]

Pointed shoes ruin your feet.

[@thegreenbird795]

@@msimon6808 They'll give you hammer toes...

[@marcodaviladudgeon9886]

Whit his pointed shoes and bells maravilloso amiga

[@ConArtista]

My favourite song of all time ❤ 😍 💖

[@lukehauser1182]

Be careful - it's just a song - don't mix TX Medicine and RR gin!

[@ConArtista]

@@lukehauser1182 yeh. He's bang on. He did it. So did I once.

[@davidflint9661]

WORE OUT THIS ALBUM WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, AND A TRUE MASTERPIECE. BEING 70, I MUST GET IT IN CD, AND CRANK IT UP WITH COLD BEER ON MY FRONT PORCH UP HERE IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, AND JUST SMILE.

[@kennethshort2016]

Better yet..buy a new copy of vinyle.. sounds so much better. Can I come and join you in those beautiful mountains? I promise to bring lots of good beer.

[@thomasobrien447]

Wish i was there

[@davidharvey2526]

I listen to this first thing in the morning when I drink my coffee and remember a calming gentle time.

[@terrybake3690]

Greenwich Village was very interesting back in the 70 s

[@gigirichardson5011]

If you've never felt your soul move, then listen to Bob Dylan. I've modeled my life after many of his writings. My #1 idol. "But to live outside the law, you must be honest" -B.Dylan

[@TumblingDice47]

I've always loved that line and there's so much truth in it.

[@annbarysh9451]

This line was one of the lines that ended the Sopranos

[@michaelseaman3152]

Is it possible to laugh at the humor when wowed by its wonder.

[@VintageBenBenCoFilms]

6:02 All I can think about is a 1973 Chevrolet Caprice leaving Las Vegas

[@J.T.IVoffical]

You read my mind

[@bernettaepperson4122]

Blonde on Blonde , greatest album ever !!! 👍💯

[@russellmorgan6703]

Can’t sing not great on guitar average on harmonica. But he’s absolutely brilliant. A genius. He punched my cigarette 😎

[@markwesley6228]

Possibly his Best Number. Outstanding Music, Beautifully Realized.

[@jayluciano80]

on the mark friend- beautifully realized. And from the bottom to the best of the heartsI love u Bob!!

[@augustdarrow1602]

I sang this 2 a dear friend ,it was the last song she heard .RIP I miss u.

[@sup393]

Rest in Paradise

[@pauljackson3450]

The magic that is Bob Dylan, enough said.

[@edwardnewjersey1]

yes magic

[@terrybake3690]

If you had a friend growing up with you and they loved Dylan then they really were worth the friendship. I've lived in The N Tr

[@terrybake3690]

I remember aboufriend quoting him to me "Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand"

[@paul-ok7uw]

What an amazing song. Dylan at his very best as far as I’m concerned.

[@patgalvez4563]

Dylan was firing at all cylinders

[@aalbi2781]

Joe South's subtle guitar work on this is transcendent. An ensemble of almost egoless Nashville musicians adorn one of the most original songs ever. As John Sebastian wrote: "Nashville cats, been playin' since they's babies . Nashville cats, get work before they're two."

[@joesouthsgirl5662]

Absolutely!!!

[@aarthurblack5491]

How can a song be this magical?

[@bobwes57]

yes truly magic

[@im_from_liverpool3293]

Dylan's music will never stop playing. What a phenomenon. It's a shame so many can't really hear him for who and what he is. It's rare that one has such an impact on a nation's culture. If you asked anyone of your favorite artists who their influences are, Dylan is on the list.

[@42awww]

He changed the world. We won't live long enough to see the extent of it, but he did.

[@johndepentu7032]

Rather be in Memphis or Mobile than New York any day.

[@bernettaepperson4122]

Loving Dylan over 50 years ! No complaints ! G.O.A.T. Rock On !!!!!!

[@Rocketman10057]

A kaleidoscope of spastic imagery

[@jacktorrance4475]

looks like we have a lovely community of poets here

[@helenbostock2350]

Through your song i hear about your life. Man it sounds amazing but I know what sounds don't aways righ ture but your do

[@Graffels]

"Panic. It crept up my spine like first rising vibes of an acid frenzy. There I was. Alone in Las Vegas, completely twisted on drugs, no cash, no story for the magazine, and on top of everything else, a gigantic god damned hotel bill to deal with. How would Horatio Alger handle this situation?"

[@jackeaves4683]

U just.t?want?a?bag if pota

[@mcquack8641]

@@jackeaves4683 love is all

[@knabein]

Hunter Thompson says ...HI!! ;)

[@seibetsu]

Great movie

[@kevinlowry3814]

Panhandle

[@austinchaseofficial]

That descending bass line is *chef’s kiss Tasty

[@carlospadinmartinez]

My favourite song from his best album. Love you Bob

[@gregoryswift9573]

Carlos Padín Martínez definatly his best album IMO as well.

[@jamesedwards2237]

I would put Desolation Row as his best song....

[@nicholashearfield8980]

visions of Joanna takes some licking. fuck it though, they're all good!

[@solarpower7581]

@@jamesedwards2237 not on BOB

[@jamesedwards2237]

@@solarpower7581 Desolation Row is from Highway 61 Revisited. But in my opinion, it is his best song.

[@patrickmgouin]

Among the hundreds of great songs written by Dylan, this one is my overall favorite

[@tienhuynh-dinh3832]

If I got the chance I'd always play this tune on the juke box (yeah, I'm that old...) and would noodle away for 7 minutes. LOL

[@keiththomas3790]

what a genius.....oh, mama