Bob Dylan

I first had this idea to listen through Bob Dylan’s discography when in 2020 I heard his 17-minute song Murder Most Foul. Five years later, in 2025, I finally sat down and listened with intent and focus to his music. His powerful lyrics led me on crazy research tangents surrounding the context for which he was releasing all this music. After listening to all 40 of his studio albums his iconic songs became powerful; his vocals were great sometimes and his constant reinvention became inspiring.

A few other ways I’ve found myself drawn to the universe of Bob Dylan come from the musicians and bands that I was raised on. I am a big fan of Bruce Springsteen and somewhere along the way I recall hearing that early in his career he was being called the next Dylan to which he responded by changing his writing style to be his own figure. After listening to Dylan’s discography it is apparent that Springsteen’s early albums, like Greeting From Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, have lyrical storytelling reminiscing of Dylan’s earlier albums released only a decade before. I also grew up listening to a lot of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and thus The Traveling Wilburys. Truly seems destined to grow from these musicians my parents would play to finding myself really connecting with Bob Dylan’s music.