POLLING THUNDER REVUE: The Bob Dylan Poll Results Thread (He Acts Like We Never Have Met)

for some reason I didn't know there was a Fairport Convention version of this song

10. "Every Grain of Sand" Emmylou Harris (Wrecking Ball, 1995)
(7 votes, 192 points)

http://johannasvisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bob-dylan-eric-clapton-emmylou-harris-1975.jpg

http://youtu.be/AUf-D749rWA

9. "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" Elvis Presley (Spinout, 1966)
(6 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 193 points)

http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/files/2012/03/doubleelvisdylan.jpg

http://youtu.be/wipPRxEXAPY

8. "Highway 61 Revisited" PJ Harvey (Rid of Me, 1993)
(8 votes, 209 points)

http://contests.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_10.29.98/music/photos/marcus29.gif

http://youtu.be/rxoU_E-OVRw

lol

7. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" Nina Simone (To Love Somebody, 1969)
(9 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 225 points)

http://sweensryche.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/nina-simone1.jpg

http://youtu.be/wfesHDG9i78

6. "I'll Keep It With Mine" Nico (Chelsea Girl, 1966)
(9 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 233 points)

http://walrusmusicblog.com/wp-content/uploads/retro/1104blog_430385496_803bf1d7.jpg

http://youtu.be/EcXFunZfM7U

5. "You Ain't Going Nowhere" The Byrds (Sweetheart of the Rodeo, 1968)
(11 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 289 points)

http://die-augenweide.de/byrds/pic/youaint.jpg

http://youtu.be/m0vKc3jIjDo

4."Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds (Mr. Tambourine Man, 1965)
(11 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 297 points)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f9/TheByrdsMrTambourineMan.jpg/220px-TheByrdsMrTambourineMan.jpg

http://youtu.be/uPqAvgN6Tyw

3. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" Them (Them Again, 1966)
(12 votes, 320 points)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/It

http://youtu.be/zyn8BJ1Uvzw

2. "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" Bryan Ferry (These Foolish Things, 1973)
(11 votes, 3 1st-place votes, 340 points)

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/5b/20/5b20a8b0d10ebdb3ca028d0efd49483e.jpg?itok=gjgXNgNA

http://youtu.be/7zwBHd4kll0

Was about to damn Nilsson not placing, then checked my ballot and oops, another one I missed.

I have my fingers crossed for the Soup Greens at #1.

Aaaaaaaaannnnnddddd .... a little bit of a jump in the point total to this one.

1. "All Along the Watchtower" The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Electric Ladyland, 1968)
(20 votes, 7 1st-place votes, 641 points)

http://www.covermesongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/thejimihendrixexperience-allalongthewatchtower.jpg

http://youtu.be/pJV81mdj1ic

damn! right on though, i couldn't imagine any of the other top 25 covers winning it. it was definitely my #1

much prefer harvey's version of 'highway 61' to the original (which i've always found annoying and grating despite the awesome lyrics).

jimi at number one was necessary and never in doubt but I don't regret giving my top points to Ferry's take on "gates of eden" which is no one's idea of a hit single but as a cover it's perfect. exposes new things that were always there.

much prefer harvey's version of 'highway 61' to the original (which i've always found annoying and grating despite the awesome lyrics).

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.),

otm. Very high on my ballot.

I completely forgot about PJ Harvey's cover -- should have been on my ballot.

Bob Dylan: Albums

34 voters. 68 albums of various kinds received votes. Here's the top 20.

20. Before The Flood (1974)
(8 votes, 154 points)

http://0.tqn.com/d/create/1/0/a/q/6/-/Dylan-Flood.jpg

This has some of my all-time favorite Dylan live cuts, including "Most Likely You Go Your Way," which just rages.

19. World Gone Wrong (1993)
(13 votes, 230 points)

http://classicrockmag.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bdwgw.jpg

cool ass poll folks wish i woulda had the gumption to vote

you bum!

18. Oh Mercy (1989)
(11 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 231 points)

http://untappedcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bob-Dylan-Oh-Mercy-Album-Cover.jpg

don't worry EZ i have plenty of energy to second-guess you guys :P

(no mercy is my least fav of his "great" albums)

At least you have your priorities straight.

is it a Great Album or Part #131 in The Comeback Series

17. The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)
(12 votes, 255 points)

http://www.vinylweb.nl/3425-2317-thickbox_default/bob-dylan-the-times-they-are-a-changin-mono-first-release.jpg

http://www.vinylweb.nl/3425-2317-thickbox_default/bob-dylan-the-times-they-are-a-changin-mono-first-release.jpg

Didactic sumbitch on this one, but he sings it like he means it.

i used to kind of hate on the early ones but the mono version kinda won me over, he was a great folksinger

This one is entirely too low, imo.

16. Modern Times (2006)
(13 votes, 293 points)

http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0828768760611.jpg

My favorite of the late era, and one of my favorite vocal albums by anyone.

I have zero love for Modern Times. A few good songs, but I hate how it sounds.

world gone wrong too low but i didn't vote

world gone wrong eats oh mercy alive

Yup. Would have voted for it but I voted for a ton of boots instead.

OK, here's where I had to make Controversial Poll-runner Decision #1: Most people (including me) voted for Vols. 1-3 as a single unit, because that's how it was released and generally presented. I know that the discs are also available separately, or at least have been. But clearly most people think of this as one album, not three. So that's how I counted it. For the few people who voted for multiple volumes of it in different slots, I awarded the points based on your highest placing of any of the volumes, and then moved up any of your lower votes to compensate for the gaps in your ballot. Feel free to second-guess me, but this is how it shook out.

15. The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased) 1961-1991 (1991)
(15 votes, 339 points)

https://a2-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/149/397aa12367384ab2a723c3f40314b018/600x600.jpg

14. Time Out Of Mind (1997)
(18 votes, 347 points)

http://img.maniadb.com/images/album/111/111086_1_f.jpg

13. Desire (1976)
(15 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 376 points)

http://tangledupinmusic.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/bdylan-desire_08.jpg

12. New Morning (1970)
(16 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 394 points)

https://highfidelityla.com/covers/big/R-1485331-1312855985.jpeg

11. Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)
(18 votes, 412 points)

http://www.vinileshop.it/vinili/images/bob-dylan-Another-Side-of-Bob-Dylan-vinile-lp2.jpg

oh hey just catching up here, fast is fine!

LOL at:

every person who voted for this song awarded it the maximum number of possible points, so it wins, or loses.

Shakey u need to listen to that Fairport version ASAP

I'm gonna be digging into those cover versions for a while, it's like a having tribute album that's actually good

Depending upon Royal Albert, probably most could guess the top 10 at this point. Just hope Love and Theft isn't #1 (doubtful, I would think).

xposts I love the gulf between that photo on Another Side, where he still seems precocious and trying a little hard, and the cover of Bringing It All Back Home, where it all clicks and he becomes something else.

lol who voted for Desire #1?

Sort of vindicating to see the maligned Desire place just above the overrated Time Out of Mind. Does the first place voter wish to reveal themselves? I'd like to shake yr hand.

I had it at #3

Into the top 10, and speaking of becoming something else.

10. Nashville Skyline (1969)
(20 votes, 2 1st-place votes, 459 points)

http://static.usenetmusic.com/covers/sources/b/ba/ba0/ba0d672b-58dc-779c-3b07-326894ea3e87.jpg