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Never Just One Thing, Pt. XVI: Ten Favorite Dylan Songs, 1 - 5

Well, I haven't seen the Dylan bio pic yet, and I'm not exactly in a hurry to do so since I find that all music films disappoint me in terms of capturing the actual gestalt of the art form, that is, the full richness of music as it is experienced in our multidimensional, vibrational, and emotional lives as they are really lived. But I think I will see it, since I hear the musical performances by the actors are quite compelling and convincing. At any rate, my ambivalence or laggardness about the film presents no obstacle to me doing as so many are doing these days and offering my top ten list of Dylan favorites. Or at least my top ten as they stand today . Consider it non-definitive and inevitably a bit arbitrary.  My list will skew in the direction of Blood on the Tracks , indisputably either the best or second best (behind Blonde on Blonde ) Dylan LP, since it is my favorite and the one I've listened to the most. Mostly I listened to it back in those magical days of 90-m...

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