Dylan, and Simon & Garfunkel
 

What are must-haves from their works?

I've never heard much except what's in movies and on TV, I like what I've heard, so I need a starting point. Suggestions on where to start are appreciated.

All of them?

Start with the greatest hits, I guess, and go from there...

Dylan's Blood On The Tracks and Nashville Skyline are my favorites, personally

I'm strangely resistant to anything that can roughly be described as folk. Therefore,

Dylan was incredibly overrated

S&G got better over time, making "Bridge over Troubled Water" their best; and Simon solo continued to get better after that, until the apex of "Graceland", which is amongst the top 50 of all time.

Dylan: Live at the Gaslight and No Direction Home
S&G: Concert in the Park '82, although Paul Simon's solo of the same name ('91) is better.

Dylan wrote better than he sings. The last thing I heard from him was that baffling, unintelligible livecast from Japan adorning some political convention or other a few years back. It was saddening.

He always did sing like a duck, but the folk poetry of his Sixties works stands up well, I think. My permanent Dylan favorite is The Times They Are A-Changin'.

This duet with Johnny Cash is my favourite- Dylan is gorgeous and I love his voice.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LHS592SNKJo

please can someone tell me how to embed the actual video into the post?

I agree with the Toad. Bridge Over Troubled Water is excellent! Get The Sounds Of Silence, too. AWESOME!

Dylan must haves: Blonde on Blonde and Blood On The Tracks.

Paul Simon: Negotiations and Love Songs...

A greatest hits album, but man that guy can write and arrange some music.

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Thanks Lj, got it after numerous attempts.

I have to agree that Blood on the Tracks is *the* must have Dylan. It was the peak of his powers as a songwriter (60's era classics are fine, too, but this is better) and the musicality was the best of his career.

S&G...just get it all.

Thank you all so much for the suggestions.

I've got a great big stack of music to listen to now.