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The Best Bob Dylan Songs

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Bob Dylan: Greatest songwriter of the twentieth century (the best century???). These are the best Bob Dylan songs ever, ranked in order of musical importance.

Bob Dylan wrote every great song ever. He was supposedly a 'folk' musician but he branched out into many genres over the course of his fifty year career, giving us protest songs like "Blowin' in the Wind", surrealistic trips like "Mr. Tambourine Man", pure rock in "All Along the Watchtower", even spiritual songs like "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". He is truly an inspiring man (no surprise there's an extensive collection of Bob Dylan quotes) who spoke to and for generations through his songs.

President Obama recently awarded him the Medal of Freedom as a cap on a diverse career that included music, poetry, and even an assortment of movies starring Bob Dylan. With his prolific work and incredible voice, it's no wonder he ranks so high on the list of the best musicians of all time.
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    Like A Rolling Stone

  2. 2
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    The Times They Are a Changin'

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    Tangled Up in Blue

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    All Along the Watchtower

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    Mr. Tambourine Man

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    Desolation Row

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    Shelter From the Storm

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    Knockin' on Heaven's Door

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    Blowin' In The Wind

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    Hurricane

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    Subterranean Homesick Blues

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    Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

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    Ballad of a Thin Man

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    Forever Young

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    Blind Willie McTell

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    A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

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    It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

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    Just Like a Woman

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    Tombstone Blues

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    It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

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    Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

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    Highway 61 Revisited

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    Positively 4th Street

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    Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again

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    Idiot Wind

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    Standing in the Doorway

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    Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

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    Maggie's Farm

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    Things Have Changed

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    Not Dark Yet

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    You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

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    Lay Lady Lay

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    Visions of Johanna

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    Queen Jane Approximately

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    Girl From the North Country

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    Boots of Spanish Leather

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    Love Sick

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    Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

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    Gotta Serve Somebody

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    Most of the Time

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    Masters of War

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    Tweeter and the Monkey Man

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    Cold Irons Bound

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    Workingman's Blues #2

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    She Belongs to Me

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    The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest

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    Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

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    Summer Days

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    Love Minus Zero/No Limit

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    Bye and Bye

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