This is the thread in which we list songs which namecheck Bob Dylan in some fashion or another

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1. "Garden Party" - Rick Nelson

Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:12 (eleven years ago)

2. "The Seeker" - The Who

Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:13 (eleven years ago)

3. "God" - John Lennon

Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:13 (eleven years ago)

4. "Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs" - The Minutemen

Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:14 (eleven years ago)

5. "American Pie" - Don McLean

Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:15 (eleven years ago)

(Apologies if such a thread already exists, I couldn't find it)

Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:16 (eleven years ago)

5. five for fighting "the riddle"

dyl, Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:18 (eleven years ago)

7. "song for bob dylan" - david bowie

i play too fast (which is the sign of an amateur) (fact checking cuz), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:19 (eleven years ago)

8. "ready, steady, go" - generation x

i play too fast (which is the sign of an amateur) (fact checking cuz), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:21 (eleven years ago)

It must be yr boring Saturday Night/Sunday Morning Coming Down because I get to post
7. "Yer Blues" -Beatles/Dirty Mac

Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:28 (eleven years ago)

Oops, sorry for numbering snafu and thank you to fcc for his usual good work.

Into The Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:30 (eleven years ago)

10. Al Stewart, "Post World War II Blues"

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:39 (eleven years ago)

11. "open letter" - jay-z

i play too fast (which is the sign of an amateur) (fact checking cuz), Sunday, 17 November 2013 07:39 (eleven years ago)

12. "Like Dylan In The Movies"- Belle and Sebastian

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 November 2013 08:12 (eleven years ago)

13. I Want Your Love - Transvision Vamp

gotta lol geir (NickB), Sunday, 17 November 2013 08:32 (eleven years ago)

14. Bob Gibson - Living Legend

Remember! The cormorant is a big brrd. It has got a long neck. (unregistered), Sunday, 17 November 2013 08:36 (eleven years ago)

15. '3-Minute Rule' - The Beastie Boys

Ward Fowler, Sunday, 17 November 2013 09:00 (eleven years ago)

16. "Telegram Sam"- T.Rex

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 November 2013 09:14 (eleven years ago)

17. "Ballrooms of Mars"- T.Rex

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 November 2013 09:52 (eleven years ago)

^^Yeah, I'm listening to The Slider right now.

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 November 2013 09:53 (eleven years ago)

18. red hot chili peppers - walkin on down the road

how's life, Sunday, 17 November 2013 10:31 (eleven years ago)

19. Everything But the Girl - Me and Bobby D

how's life, Sunday, 17 November 2013 10:39 (eleven years ago)

That goddamn Hootie song. Hoping I can avoid being stuck in my head by not actually naming it.

Survivalist Compound Row (B.L.A.M.), Sunday, 17 November 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago)

20. Hootie & the Blowfish, "I Only Wanna Be With You"

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 17 November 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago)

syd barrett!

comic sbans soref (wins), Sunday, 17 November 2013 14:34 (eleven years ago)

21. Simon & Garfunkel, "A Simple Desultory Phillipic"

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 17 November 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago)

22. Minutemen - History Lesson pt II

but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Sunday, 17 November 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago)

23. "Diamonds and Rust," Joan Baez

clemenza, Sunday, 17 November 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago)

24. 3 Minute Rule - the Beastie Boys

lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago)

25. "Mr. Jones" - Counting Crows

greenbeens, Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago)

26. "Bob Dylan's Dream" - Bob Dylan

In times of osterity, these Eton-educated poshboys (Bananaman Begins), Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago)

"Way Back in the 1960s" - Incredible String Band

timellison, Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago)

momus

sleepingbag, Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago)

Opening track of the new Death Grips has a title that is two lines of a Dylan lyric

imago, Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago)

28. Six By Seven - All I Want From You Is Love

imago, Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago)

29. 'Bob' - Weird Al

too much Michu, not enough meta (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago)

Keep thinking of that one Prince tune on The Black Album, but that was a different Bob.

Momus tune is called "Who is Mr. Jones?" I believe.

"Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes" in "Garden Party" apparently refers to George Harrison just found out./just_breaking

Picture Books of the Pyramid Meets the Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago)

Dan Bern - "Talkin' Woody, Bob, Bruce & Dan Blues"

a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago)

Can't believe no-one's mentioned Lennon's Yer Blues

Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:20 (eleven years ago)

oops, they did, sorry

Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago)

31. "Right Here, Right Now" - Jesus Jones

I Occasionally Post on ILX (2x5), Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:26 (eleven years ago)

31. "Give Peace a Chance," Plastic Ono Band. I cheated on that one.

Subtracted the Beastie Boys, who've been mentioned twice for the same song.)

clemenza, Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago)

32. Bob Dylan's Beard - Wilco

tylerw, Sunday, 17 November 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago)

whoa, I always thought in "Right Here, Right Now" they were singing "bop-diddly."

how's life, Sunday, 17 November 2013 20:25 (eleven years ago)

33. "Talking New Bob Dylan" - Loudon Wainwright III

that's not my post, Monday, 18 November 2013 07:03 (eleven years ago)

34. "Gotta Serve Somebody"

making plans for nyquil (outdoor_miner), Monday, 18 November 2013 13:27 (eleven years ago)

35. Frank Zappa, "Flakes"

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 18 November 2013 14:50 (eleven years ago)

36. Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start the Fire"

Doctor Casino, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago)

37. Wyclef Jean- "Gone 'til November"

I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Monday, 18 November 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago)

was going "WTF" at that but I guess the video version features a shoutout, wow. Don't remember that at all.

Doctor Casino, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago)

38. Living Colour, "Cult of Personality"

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 18 November 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago)

? I don't think so.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 18 November 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago)

39. Nas - "Hero"

papa smango (fadanuf4erybody), Monday, 18 November 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago)

41. '3-Minute Rule' - The Beastie Boys

Euler, Monday, 18 November 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago)

good call!

but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Monday, 18 November 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago)

"Twisted Road" - Neil Young

tylerw, Monday, 18 November 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago)

3 minute Rule is #15

I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Monday, 18 November 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago)

42. 'With Goth On Our Side' - Half Man Half Biscuit

devvvine, Monday, 18 November 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago)

Not gonna count it bc I can't remember the title but some song off of "vaudeville villain"

papa smango (fadanuf4erybody), Monday, 18 November 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago)

? I don't think so.

ok lol sorry - I was looking at the old "Kennedy injured in Dallas" thread and had JFK on the brain

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 18 November 2013 18:22 (eleven years ago)

43. The Auteurs, "Chinese Bakery"

afriendlypioneer, Monday, 18 November 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago)

44. T.Rex, "Mystic Lady" (BTW, I'm not listening to The Slider right now)

Maintenance Engineer of Foolhardiness (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 November 2013 20:17 (eleven years ago)

45. Green on Red -- Broken Radio
46. Kris Kristofferson -- If You Don't Like Hank Williams
47. Neil Young -- Bandit

bodacious ignoramus, Monday, 18 November 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago)


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