The Sun's Sinking Like a Ship: Essential Bob Dylan Songs: #1

The Sun Comes Through the Clouds, and the weather's breaking. Part 1 of Bob Dylan's essential songs.



Year
Song Title
Appeared on
Explanation
1963
One too Many Mornings
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Early in the game, Bob Dylan had already managed to channel Woody Guthrie, soften the edges when needed, and deliver a stunner of a song in “One too Many Mornings”. This song is a quiet, poetic reflection of a lost relationship, like a fireplace on a winter day: equal parts comforting and dark. The beautiful edges of the song, with a quiet finger-picked chord pattern, soften the punctuated verses, street scenes, and inner voices that populate its content. At this point, Bob had established himself as a first class folk singer and lyricist. This quiet lament will echo in your head for quite some time.

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