there's an unofficial boot called Genuine Bootleg Series vol. 1-3 which is also really a treat, similar in scope but slightly more idiosyncratic in choices and, since I haven't yet listened to it a thousand times, fresh
― niels, Sunday, 18 February 2018 08:13 (six years ago) link
I've long been obsessed with the duo of "I'll Keep It With Mine" / "Lay Down Your Weary Tune." They both feel like something deeper than standards, or even "folk songs" -- more like monuments rising from the bedrock of ur-songwriting; but monuments that shimmer and breathe like atmospheric phenomena (probably because there is no "canonical" recorded version of either song).
Like, just imagine having written this -- http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/lay-down-your-weary-tune/
― tamagotchi revival artist (morrisp), Thursday, 5 March 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link
I have a similar reaction to that song: the further we get away from that particular version of younger Bob, the older he sounds - like he's made of granite or basalt.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 5 March 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link