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What's the best Bob Dylan song you wouldn't find on a greatest hits album?

Been listening to a lot of Dylan lately but his catalog is huge. I was wondering what are some of his greatest, lesser-known songs? Everyone knows Like a Rolling Stone, Hurricane, Blowin in the Wind, etc. are great songs. What are some of the hidden gems?

I really like Isis from the Desire album. Why doesn't anyone write songs like that anymore?

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  • 10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    "Black Diamond Bay"

    And "Percy's Song", "Abandoned Love", "Up to Me" ... if you don't regard "Biograph" as a greatest hits album... after all, these songs are all outtakes and were definitely never a hit in the usual sense.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Watching the River Flow

    Maggie's Farm

    You might want to try some Arlo Guthrie too.

    Stealin'

    Coming Into Los Angles

    City of New Orleans

  • Trey
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    I'm probably not enough of a Dylan expert to accurately judge what would accurately be a "hidden gem", but maybe "Gates of Eden" and "This Wheel's On Fire".

  • lj1
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    The Man in Me

  • 8 years ago

    Desolation Row. Rewards listening, re-listening, and re-listening . . . .

  • ?
    Lv 6
    10 years ago

    the times they are a-changin'

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