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Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years

Review by Josh Hurst | posted 1/01/2008 12:00AM

Columbia Records recently released Tell Tale Signs, the eighth installment of their official "bootleg" series of Bob Dylan rarities. The album includes two discs of outtakes, soundtrack cuts, live recordings, ...

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Me	Posted: October 06, 2009 10:27 PM


Religion is for the weak and ignorant.

TheTruth

Posted: October 06, 2009 10:26 PM


Bob Dylan is my hero. Though I wish his religious kick had never happened.

Ravenmagick

Posted: May 27, 2009 11:01 AM

I heard "Gotta Serve Somebody" the other day on a Hard Rock/Heavy Metal radio station I listen to regularly. I was surprised, I haven't heard the song in years. I own the album, and used to play it a lot back years ago, but I haven't played it in years. I still recognized it immediately. It is still a great song after all these years, both words and music. How many songs from 1979 (remember Disco, anyone??) still sound as great all these years later???? Good stuff, Mr. Dylan. Well done!

way2walk

Posted: May 15, 2009 1:05 PM


Aren't three albums enough to convince anyone that it was a real and enduring conversion, not a phase of a career or a life? The thread of faith continues today in his art, and that in itself is a might testimony of the power of the Holy Spirit operating in Bob Dylan.

Joe	Posted: March 30, 2009 9:54 AM

As to whether Dylan's conversion was sincere, one just needs to listen to the LP's Slow Train Coming and SAVED! Those songs are spirit-filled, and just as current today as they were 30 years ago. Dylan doesn't get (or take) credit for it, but was at the forefront of the Christian rock movement. I saw him in 1980 and half of of the audience would boo and mumble, and the other half would raise their hands in praise. He also preached the word in between songs. As a matter of fact Dylan, on his current tour in Europe, kicks off the set at some shows with Gotta Serve Somebody. Some of the words are changed but the message is the same. Is he sincere? "You either got faith or you got unbelief"

Justine

Posted: March 25, 2009 12:32 PM


Obviously Bob was influenced by his beloved wife, Sara. She is known to be a born again Christian. And they were still married during that period of his life.

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