So Here's the Rest of Those God Damn Dylan Reviews.

John Wesley Harding – Basically Dylan got really sparse and acoustic and dropped the huge band sound of the previous three albums and became a much more coherent storyteller. It uses a lot of Bible imagery and urban myths for inspirations. The title track tells of the famous outlaw of the same name and how he never hurt an innocent man. “As I Went Out One Morning” is about meeting Tom Paine and a lady in chains. “All Along the Watchtower,” which has been famously rocked up a bit by Jimi Hendrix, is almost better than that legend’s version; the harmonica playing here is outstanding and the song is a classic regardless of who does it. “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” is pure country. “The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest” is related to Judas and Jesus or something; yes Judas Priest the metal band is named after this song. Every song on here is good and I obviously just got bored typing so yeah. This is good so go for it.

Nashville Skyline – Opens with the Johnny Cash duet retake on “Girl From the North Country” and that is followed up by the instrumental “Nashville Skyline Rag.” “To Be Alone With You” is a ripe song indeed. “I Threw It All Away,” tells of fucking up with a great girl, which is sad when you can to relate. “Peggy Day” continues the theme of females on the album. “Lay Lady Lay” is the classic from this here album. “Tell Me It Isn’t True” is about his girl having an affair and him not wanting to hear the truth so he ask the girl to lie to him. “Country Pie” is surrealist to some people but I’m pretty sure it’s about fucking sex. “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You” is about…well what the title says and…well sex. So that’s basically every song. Good Luck.

Blood on the Tracks – This is one of the most heart breaking disparaging albums about love and love lost of all time; probably the first and foremost one. Written when Dylan’s first marriage was falling apart and it shows. “Tangled Up in Blue” is the most well known song here I do believe. One of my Dylan favorite (but I say that a lot don’t I?) “Simple Twist of Fate” is dead on as is “You’re a Big Girl Now.” But the only song that matters, at least when you’re heart broken, is “Idiot Wind,” where Dylan “you’re idiot babe/ it’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.” The venom in which he spit these lyrics makes the song break up track numero uno but don’t worry it’s not too bitter since the final lyric he includes himself in the blame. “We’re idiots babe/ it’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves.” The only song that doesn’t fit the bitter format of the record is “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” which tells some incredible story and last like nine fucking minutes. “Shelter From the Storm” is unbelievable; it contains one cool ass lyric “I asked for salvation and she gave me a lethal dose.” The album ends with “Buckets of Rain” and the lyrics “life is sad/life is a bust.” So go cry or something.

Desire – Dylan collaborated with some French dude on most of the tracks here but it still fares as one of my favorite Dylan records on a whole. Opens with “Hurricane” about the same subject of the movie of the same name. It used to be my favorite Dylan song. It contains everything great: violin, a great hook, controversial matter, sticking it to the Man, Bob Dylan. “Isis” is the real deal with its story about marriage and adventure and some other shit. “Oh, Sister” is about God and some girl or Dylan’s sister or him trying to sleep with his sister or something but it’s a very good song. “Joey” is long as fuck and a little boring after a while. But the chorus of “Jooooooooeeeeeeey” is kinda cool. It ends with “Sara” his ode to his then wife, which is absolutely beautiful. “So easy to look at/so hard to define.” What’s better than that?