Reply #15: "Dear Landlord." Hands down. [View All]

That's the song I play for ignorant people who say he can't sing, don't understand his appeal, hate him, etc. Usuually they sit and look taken aback when hearing it for the first time. What a life changer that song is. My goal in life is to write a set of lyrics and a melody that is 1/80th as good as that.

Runners-up:

Positively 4th Street
She's Your Lover Now
Hurricane
The whole New Morning album (god, so underrated! my favortie album of his.)
Goin' to Alcupolco
Can you Please Crawl Out Your Window?
Changing of the Guard (what is this song about? I love it, but cannot for the life of me understand it.)
Ballad of a Thin Man
Minstrel Boy
One of us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
"A Public Execution" by Mouse and the Traps

OOoooh, gotta mention this: there's a new book out of the late Lester Bangs's writing. In it there's piece taking Dylan to task for glorifying Joey Gallo, the psychotic Gangster in "Joey." Fantastic article.