Don't know why but i've never been into Dylan's stuff. I've listened to him, he sounds petty good. If everybody likes him, I will too,
He's a contemporary Spike Jones... I can't stand the way he sings but I love the way he talks (Up On Cripple Creek.)
If Not For You (written by Dylan in 1970 about his first wife, Sara) Most well known version is probably the one by Olivia Newton John, 1971 .LINK
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues - 1962 From the original version of the album Freewheelin' "In 1963 Bob Dylan was given the opportunity to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and wanted to perform this song. CBS worried that it could result in a defamation suit from members of the John Birch Society. Dylan refused to perform a different song and [politely] walked off the set. "The controversy caused Columbia Records to remove 'Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues' from subsequent copies of Freewheelin', though it was released on later Dylan albums. The original album, including the withdrawn tracks, is one of the rarest and most valuable records in the world. A stereo copy sold for $35,000. "The song has been praised for its humor, and deemed politically relevant decades after its release, by both progressive and conservative publications." LYRICS
I think he was influanced by our professors who were communist leaning liberals. Still I liked some of his non political songs. "A Hard Rains Gonna Fall' , 'Just Like A Woman' and lots of others.
Boots of Spanish Leather, 1964 "This bittersweet ballad takes the form of a dialogue between two lovers. One of them, the woman, goes away on a long journey across the sea. For the first six verses the pair go back and forth as she warns him she might be gone a long time. The last three are all spoken by the man who has been left behind and is slowly witnessing the relationship crumbling before him. At first the gift of Spanish boots seems to represent a gesture of care. But as the song goes on the boots appear to become a parting gift. " LYRICS Sung by Nanci Griffith
I take it your not a Dylan fan?.You have to hand it to him like him or not he was a great song writer.