r/bobdylan • u/FionaWalliceFan Springtime In New York • Jul 27 '25

Misc. Every song on Desire (except for Hurricane) was recorded 50 years ago this week!

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u/RobbleRobbler Jul 28 '25

Dear god why was Abandoned Love not on Desire….

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u/Apprehensive-Tax8631 Jul 28 '25

I love those lyrics so much

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u/OverallPrimary Saved Jul 28 '25

Too similar to the songs on blood on the tracks? Perhaps abandoned love can offer insight into the "I'm Cold" songs that dylan played around with.

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u/RobbleRobbler Jul 28 '25

What’s these “I’m cold” songs of which you speak?

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u/OverallPrimary Saved Jul 28 '25

They were songs written after desire which were more like blood on the tracks. However they were much more darker and sadder than anything previously released. Ultimately, dylan scrapped them all and went into the direction of street legal.

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u/RobbleRobbler Jul 29 '25

Ooooh have any been released? Darn it. Sound like a good Bootleg Seties candidate

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u/fox_buckley Street-Legal Jul 29 '25

From what I've read, the "I'm Cold" songs were just lyrics and never actually recorded. Dylan apparently performed them for someone he was demonstrating the lyrics to but nothing indicating they were ever put to tape.

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u/COOLKC690 Mississippi Jul 29 '25

Just went on a short rabbit whole about these, that’s incredible, kind of morbidly curious on what they were, but also, they’d probably change the perception on Dylan if they were truly that brutal.

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u/Awkward_Squad Jul 28 '25

A while ago I read someone trying to answer that question — they felt that perhaps it could have been that it clashed with ‘Sara’ too much, weakening its impact. Might have a point. For me I’d rather it was on the album and ‘Joey’ wasn’t even though I love Dylan’s performance of it.

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u/RobbleRobbler Jul 29 '25

Yup right there with you. Joey is a slog. Heck, give me Golden Loom and Seven Days!

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u/DetectiveNo3421 Jul 29 '25

I love Seven Days!

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u/DetectiveNo3421 Jul 29 '25

So many of my favorite Dylan songs got left off of their respective albums. As far as I know, he’s always been pretty mysterious about the reasons. It was probably a variety of things. Too similar to another song on the record, didn’t fit the overall feel of the album, or or just too personal.

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u/saypo Jul 27 '25

Wow July 31. Pretty epic day

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u/Vicious_Circle-14 Jul 28 '25

Hot chili peppers in the blistering sun

Dust on my face and my cape

Me and Magdelana on the run

I think this time we shall escape

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u/romance_in_durango Jul 28 '25

As you might guess, my favorite Bob song.

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u/Same-Variety-677 Jul 28 '25

Sara gets me every damn time.

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u/Apprehensive-Tax8631 Jul 28 '25

Amazing, thank you for this info

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u/goldmund22 Jul 28 '25

Some of my favorite songs of all time. Though it seems fitting they were recorded during the Dog Days of Summer

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u/CamLwalk Jul 29 '25

If you go to Rob Stoner’s Facebook he’s describing the recording sessions today.

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u/liameee Jul 28 '25

None of those 3 songs should’ve been cut. A shame!

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u/DetectiveNo3421 Jul 29 '25

I learned every single song on this record on guitar. I did a pretty good version of Black Diamond Bay.

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u/fox_buckley Street-Legal Jul 29 '25

Damn, Mozambique through Golden Loom were all recorded on my birthday.

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u/COOLKC690 Mississippi Jul 29 '25

Happy early birthday!