Dancing about Architecture

I think a lot of people aren’t really familiar with Bob Dylan’s late ’70s and early ’80s songs.  This is one of my favorite periods of his.  I came up with a list of my favorite songs from those years.  Here it is, for anyone who is curious:

* Street Legal (1978)
** “Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)”
** “Where Are You Tonight?”

* Slow Train Coming (1979)
** “Slow Train”

* Shot of Love (1981)
** “Every Grain of Sand”
** “Need a Woman” (outtake (available on The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1—3))

* Infidels (1983)
** “Jokerman”
** “Sweetheart Like You”
** “License to Kill”
** “I and I”
** “Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight”
** “Lord Protect My Child” (outtake (available on The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1—3))
** “Blind Willie McTell” (outtake (available on The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1—3))

* Miscellaneous
** “Caribbean Wind” (4/7/81), released on Biograph
** “Someone’s Got a Hold of My Heart” (4/25/83) (available on The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1—3)
** “Gonna Change My Way of Thinking” (performed with Mavis Staples) (available on Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan)
** “I and I” (Reggae Remix) (available on Is It Rolling Bob?: A Reggae Tribute to Bob Dylan)
** “London Calling”.  Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones and performed by the Clash on London Calling (1979).  (Actually, this is neither written nor performed by Bob Dylan, but it sounds like a secular version of “Slow Train” to me (and they both came out the same year, which is kind of weird, I think).)

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