Funny this thread should come up. I picked up a copy of No Direction Home (Scorcese film) last week and have fallen right into a serious Dylan Bag.
My first real appreciation of Dylan came from repeated listenings to Highway 61 not too long after its release. I had been too young to really "get" his first albums and they weren't played on the top 40 anyway.
But I'll tell you, I was captivated by that album, and all these years later having listened to and purchased almost everything the man released, Highway 61 remains my favorite. Funny thing, but I never liked Blonde on Blonde nearly as much. Bringin It All Back Home is a close second to H61 in my book.
As a kid, my imagination ran wild listening to that voice singing those lyrics. So challenging, so intriguing, abstract, stimulating, ....compared to what I was hearing on the top 40 on my transistor radio.
As a "mature" adult, finally growing into the notion that Dylan is just a guy, and not some weird mythical creature from
beatnikville New York, I still love the music and appreciate it from a different perspective.
When I saw Bob on that commercial with Adriana Lima a couple of years ago, I just had to laugh. He is, after all , a guy just like me. Birds of a feather.
And now he's thinkin bout Alicia Keys.....hmmmmmm
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