I purchased Highway 61 Revisited in 2005, Blood On The Tracks and John Wesley Harding in 2006, Blonde On Blonde in 2008 and Bringing It All Back Home in 2023. For a long time I left most of his discography to languish. At some point I heard other people’s copies of Modern Times and Time Out Of Mind but do not remember very much of either. (It’s been AGES since Modern Times, and I only remember the Alicia Keys reference; if I ever revive the “five relistens” posts, I probably ought to do that one.)

This year I heard Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin’, The Times They Are A Changin’, Another Side Of Bob Dylan and Nashville Skyline before putting more Bob listens off to finish Blur. This year I’ll start with The Basement Tapes which would be the only 60s studio recording for me to hear, and then move on to his weird disastrous early 70s period. I don’t know if I want to do his whole discography but I do want to hear up through the 80s. The best song on any of this that I wasn’t familiar with was, indeeeed, “It Ain’t Me Babe.”

I suppose James Mangold is an adequate director, but I recall being pretty unimpressed with Walk The Line all those years ago (I’ve certainly never rewatched it.) As long as the movie isn’t too full of shit like Bohemian Rhapsody or too embarrassing and full of shit like The Doors I guess I could deal with it.