Forever young, forever different

Anläßlich des morgigen achtzigsten Geburtstags des Singer-Songwriters und Nobelpreisträgers Bob Dylan (symbolträchtig zu Pfingsten) hat der 1972 geborene Journalist und Schriftsteller Edward Docx im Guardian eine chronologisch sortierte Liste mit achtzig Dylan-Songs aus sechs Jahrzehnten erstellt, die Interessierten Zugang zum musikalischen Werk des Jubilars jenseits seiner bekanntesten Songs – etwa »Mr Tambourine Man«, »Knocking on Heaven’s Door« oder »Blowing in the Wind« – bietet. Empfehlens- und hörenswert!

1. Song to Woody (1961)

2. Masters of War (1963)

3. Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol (1963)

4. With God on Our Side (1963)

5. Restless Farewell (1963)

6. The Times They Are a-Changin’ (1963)

7. To Ramona (1964)

8. My Back Pages (1964)

9. Subterranean Home Sick Blues (1965)

10. Its All-right Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) (1965)

11. Maggie’s Farm (1965)

12. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (1965)

13. Like a Rolling Stone (1965)

14. Ballad of a Thin Man (1965)

15. Desolation Row (1965)

16. Positively 4th Street (1965)

17. Visions of Johanna (1965)

18. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (1966)

19. I Want You (1966)

20. All Along the Watchtower (1967)

21. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (1967)

22. Tears of Rage (1967)

23. This Wheel’s on Fire (1967)

24. Lay Lady Lay (1969)

25. I Threw it All Away (1969)

26. When I Paint My Masterpiece (1971)

27. Going Going Gone (1973)

28. Forever Young (1973)

29. Dirge (1973)

30. Tangled Up in Blue (1974)

31. Simple Twist of Fate (1974)

32._ Idiot Wind (1974)

33. If You See Her, Say Hello (1974)

34. Shelter from the Storm (1974)

35. Abandoned Love (1974)

36. Hurricane (1975)

37. Isis (1975)

38. One More Cup of Coffee (1975)

39. Changing of the Guards (1978)

40. No Time to Think (1978)

41. Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (1978)

42. Where Are You Tonight (Journey Through Dark Heat) (1978)

43. Gotta Serve Somebody (1979)

44. Slow Train Coming (1979)

45. When He Returns (1979)

46. The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar (1981)

47. Every Grain of Sand (1981)

48. Angelina (1981)

49. Jokerman (1983)

50. I and I (1983)

51. Blind Willie McTell (1983)

52. Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love) (1985)

53. Brownsville Girl (1986)

54. Political World (1989)

55. Everything is Broken (1989)

56. Ring Them Bells (1989)

57. Most of the Time (1989)

58. What Was it You Wanted? (1989)

59. Series of Dreams (1989)

60. Born in Time (1990)

61. Handy Dandy (1990)

62._ Not Dark Yet (1997)

63. Make You Feel My Love (1997)

64. Red River Shore (1997)

65. Things Have Changed (1999)

66. Mississippi (2001)

67. Cross The Green Mountain (2002)

68. Tell Ol’ Bill (2005)

69. Spirit On The Water (2006)

70. When the Deal Goes Down (2006)

71. Workingman’s Blues #2 (2006)

72. Ain’t Talkin’ (2006)

73. Huck’s Tune (2006)

74. Beyond Her Lies Nothin’ (2008)

75. Forgetful Heart (2008)

76. Scarlet Town (2012)

77. My Own Version of You (2020)

78. Mother of Muses (2020)

79. Key West (Philosopher Pirate) (2020)

80. Murder Most Foul (2020)

Edward Docx. »Beyond Mr Tambourine Man: 80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know.« The Guardian, 22 May 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/22/beyond-mr-tambourine-man-80-bob-dylan-songs-everyone-should-know.