Can You Guess 20 Bob Dylan Songs From Lyrics Quiz

Can You Guess 20 Bob Dylan Songs From Lyrics Quiz- Level 2

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Question 1

'Howard just pointed with his gun and said that way...'

A	'Heart of Mine'
B	'Highlands'
C	'Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance'
D	'Highway 61 Revisited'

Question 1 Explanation:

'that way, down Highway 61.' Off the album of the same name. Gotta love a song that starts off, 'God said to Abraham, "Kill Me a son." Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on!"'

Question 2

'Lily was a princess, she was fair-skinned and precious as a child. She did whatever she had to do, she had that certain flash every time she smiled. She'd come away from a broken home, had lots of strange affairs with men in every walk of life which took her everywhere.'

A	'Love Henry'
B	'Lily, Rosemary & the Jack Of Hearts'
C	'Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word'
D	'Love Sick'

Question 2 Explanation:

A lengthy story-song about a thief in a love triangle, from the otherwise very personal 1975 classic tribute to lost love, 'Blood On the Tracks.'

Question 3

'They tell me everything is gonna be all right, but I don't know what "all right" even means.'

A	'Tough Mama'
B	'Tryin' To Get To Heaven'
C	'Tangled Up In Blue'
D	'To Ramona'

Question 3 Explanation:

This song comes from the 1997 album 'Time Out Of Mind,' which won the Album of the Year Grammy, as well as two others. (This was the Grammy awards in which Bob was joined onstage during a performance by an uninvited stage-crasher dancing with the words 'Soy Bomb' written across his chest. Weirdo.)

Question 4

'Every time you leave and go off someplace, things fall to pieces in my face.'

A	'Every Grain Of Sand'
B	'Early Morning Rain'
C	'Everything Is Broken'
D	'Eternal Circle'

Question 4 Explanation:

Things fall to pieces... everything broken... Get it? A rockin' blues from the critically acclaimed 1989 album 'Oh Mercy.' It was covered by bluesman R.L. Burnside on a 1999 tribute album.

Question 5

'Union Central is pullin' out and the orchids are in bloom. I've only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume.'

A	'Up To Me'
B	'Under Your Spell'
C	'Union Sundown'
D	'Under the Red Sky'

Question 5 Explanation:

This song was recorded for 'Blood On the Tracks.' It was bumped in favor of 'Shelter From the Storm,' with which it shares a tune (but no lyrical similarities). This out-take remained unreleased until the box set 'Biograph.'

Question 6

'Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears in a crowded room full of covered up mirrors, lookin' into the lost forgotten years for...'

A	'Denise'
B	'Delia'
C	'Dignity'
D	'Diamond Joe'

Question 6 Explanation:

First released in 1994's 'Greatest Hits 3,' but exposed to the general public on the following year's 'MTV Unplugged' album.

Question 7

'Freight train was comin', I had to cry, hummin' all the drivers with my lullaby.'

A	'Freight Train Blues'
B	'Frankie & Johnny'
C	'Fixin' To Die'
D	'Froggie Went A-Courtin'

Question 7 Explanation:

From his 1962 self-titled debut album, a masterpiece of solo folk blues from the then 20-year-old. This is a traditional tune arranged by Dylan; all of the other choices are as well.

Question 8

'Come on out, the dark is just beginning.'

A	'Chimes Of Freedom'
B	'Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?'
C	'Canadee-I-O'
D	'Changing Of the Guards'

Question 8 Explanation:

'Use your arms and your legs, it won't ruin you.' A 1965 single only, but released on the 1985 boxed set 'Biograph.'

Question 9

'Ride, Willie, ride. Roll, Willie, roll.'

A	'River Theme'
B	'Rambling, Gambling Willie'
C	'Ring Them Bells'
D	'Ruben Remus'

Question 9 Explanation:

This has to have been a gimme, right? He rides (rambles) and rolls (dice; he gambles). It wasn't a trick question! This song dates to 1962 or so, but wasn't released officially until the 1991 box set 'The Bootleg Series.' It's listed as a Dylan composition, but it has strong roots in very similar traditional material.

Question 10

'Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is, do you, Mister Jones?'

A	'Ballad Of a Thin Man'
B	'Broke Down Engine'
C	'Ballad In Plain D'
D	'Blowin' In the Wind'

Question 10 Explanation:

First released on the 1965 album 'Highway 61 Revisited.' Never one of my personal favorites, but Dylan seems to like it --- it's on four live albums and at least one live single. 'Something is happening' became a sort of watchword in the '60s for the social upheaval that was being urged. Joseph Heller, author of 'Catch-22,' was said to have titled his novel 'Something Happened' after this song.

Question 11

'My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin'. I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade..'

A	'Mr. Bojangles'
B	'Million Dollar Bash'
C	'Make You Feel My Love'
D	'Mr. Tambourine Man'

Question 11 Explanation:

First released on 'Bringing It All Back Home,' and played live about a bazillion times since. And covered by the Byrds, Judy Collins, Flatt & Scruggs, Crowded House, and many others.

Question 12

'Voices echo, this is what salvation must be like after a while. But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues. You can tell by the way she smiles.'

A	'Visions Of Johanna'
B	'Very Ape'
C	'Viva Las Vegas'
D	'Venus In Furs'

Question 12 Explanation:

This song was first released on 'Blonde On Blonde.' (The other choices are not not Dylan songs. 'Very Ape' is a Nirvana song, 'Venus' is by the Velvet Underground, and the one who popularized 'Viva Las Vegas' the most, I guess, would be Elvis Presley. Hey, Dylan only has one song that starts with V.)

Question 13

'Oh, I wish I was on some Australian mountain range.'

A	'One More Cup Of Coffee'
B	'On the Road Again'
C	'Oh, Sister'
D	'Outlaw Blues'

Question 13 Explanation:

'...I got no reason to be there, but I imagine it must be some kind of change!' From 'Bringing It All Back Home,' the song's title refers to the lines in which the narrator says, 'I might look like Robert Ford, but I feel just like Jesse James.'

Question 14

'Peace is not welcome at all. It's turned away from the door to wander some more or put up against the wall.'

A	'Positively 4th Street'
B	'Please, Mrs. Henry'
C	'Political World'
D	'Precious Memories'

Question 14 Explanation:

A cri de coeur against general social injustice, from 'Oh Mercy.'

Question 15

'Anybody can be just like me, obviously. But then, not too many can be like you, fortunately.'

A	'All Along the Watchtower'
B	'Absolutely Sweet Marie'
C	'Angelina'
D	'All I Really Wanna Do'

Question 15 Explanation:

'Oh, where are you tonight, Sweet Marie?' First released on the 1966 masterpiece, 'Blonde On Blonde.'

Question 16

'God didn't call it treason, God didn't call it wrong. It was supposed to last a season but it's been so strong for so long.'

A	'Gonna Change My Way of Thinking'
B	'God Knows'
C	'Gates Of Eden'
D	'Gospel Plow'

Question 16 Explanation:

From the 1990 album 'Under the Red Sky,' an album with simplistic lyrics, almost doggerel, but infused with Christian allegory and symbolism throughout. It confused fans and critics alike.

Question 17

'If my thought-dreams could be seen, they'd probably put my head in a guillotine.'

A	'I Am a Lonesome Hobo
B	'It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)'
C	'Isis'
D	'I Pity the Poor Immigrant'

Question 17 Explanation:

'...But it's alright, ma, it's life and life only.' From the 1965 album 'Bringing It All Back Home.'

Question 18

'Standing by God's river, my soul is beginnin' to shake. I'm countin' on you love, to give me a break.'

A	'Step It Up And Go'
B	'Summer Days'
C	'Subterranean Homesick Blues'
D	'Slow Train'

Question 18 Explanation:

This rollicking blues is from the 2001 album 'Love & Theft.' The album was nomintaed for Album of the Year, but lost to the superb 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' soundtrack. Still, ya gotta give it to Bob, still going strong!

Question 19

'...Just like a little girl.'

A	'John Wesley Harding'
B	'Jokerman'
C	'Just Like a Woman'
D	'Joey'

Question 19 Explanation:

'You fake just like a woman, yes you do, but you break just like a little girl.' This gem from 'Blonde On Blonde' was reviled as sexist on its first release. In retrospect, though, it's clear that this is one of Dylan's least vindictive break-up songs, and it's had its defenders as well.

Question 20

'No one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side.'

A	'Neighborhood Bully'
B	'Not Dark Yet'
C	'Nothing Was Delivered'
D	'Need a Woman'

Question 20 Explanation:

From the 1983 release 'Infidels,' a more secular record that came after a string of blatantly Christian albums. This song, however, is said to be a defense of Zionism (Israel is the 'neighborhood bully' that's surrounded by enemies on all sides and fights alone).

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