Bob Dylan influence
Dylan's lyric ambition and folk-singer-songwriter craft as a model.
Analysis
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Song count per year
By Songwriter
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
By Era
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Songs(20)
| # | Title | Year | Album | Lead Vocal(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'll Get You | 1963 | Past Masters | John, Paul | Lennon cited Dylan-style harmonica and 'I, me, mine' personal address |
| 2 | I Don't Want to Spoil the Party | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | Confessional first-person, country-folk register |
| 3 | I'm a Loser | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | Lennon's first explicit Dylan-style song |
| 4 | Help! | 1965 | Help! | John | Confessional folk rock lyric mode |
| 5 | I Need You | 1965 | Help! | George | folk rock idiom |
| 6 | You've Got to Hide Your Love Away | 1965 | Help! | John | Talk-sung confessional style |
| 7 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | Cryptic confessional storytelling |
| 8 | I'm Looking Through You | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Paul | Acoustic folk rock idiom |
| 9 | In My Life | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | Personal, non-romantic introspection |
| 10 | If I Needed Someone | 1965 | Rubber Soul | George | Detached, dismissive address |
| 11 | Nowhere Man | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | Introspective non-love lyric subject |
| 12 | Think for Yourself | 1965 | Rubber Soul | George | Dismissive address echoes 'Positively 4th Street' |
| 13 | The Word | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John, Paul | Message-song mode |
| 14 | I'm Only Sleeping | 1966 | Revolver | John | Lennon's conversational first-person defense of an attitude |
| 15 | Long, Long, Long | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | George | Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands progression |
| 16 | Yer Blues | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | Lyrical name-check of Dylan |
| 17 | Old Brown Shoe | 1969 | Past Masters | George | A dusty shuffle-beat and ironic lyrics in Dylan's manner |
| 18 | Across the Universe (Wildlife version) | 1969 | Past Masters | John | Stream-of-consciousness imagery |
| 19 | Dig a Pony | 1970 | Let It Be | John | Lennon called it Dylan-style nonsense |
| 20 | Dig It | 1970 | Let It Be | John | Quotes 'Like a Rolling Stone' |
I'll Get You
Lennon cited Dylan-style harmonica and 'I, me, mine' personal address
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
Confessional first-person, country-folk register
I'm a Loser
Lennon's first explicit Dylan-style song
Help!
Confessional folk rock lyric mode
I Need You
folk rock idiom
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Talk-sung confessional style
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Cryptic confessional storytelling
I'm Looking Through You
Acoustic folk rock idiom
In My Life
Personal, non-romantic introspection
If I Needed Someone
Detached, dismissive address
Nowhere Man
Introspective non-love lyric subject
Think for Yourself
Dismissive address echoes 'Positively 4th Street'
The Word
Message-song mode
I'm Only Sleeping
Lennon's conversational first-person defense of an attitude
Long, Long, Long
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands progression
Yer Blues
Lyrical name-check of Dylan
Old Brown Shoe
A dusty shuffle-beat and ironic lyrics in Dylan's manner
Across the Universe (Wildlife version)
Stream-of-consciousness imagery
Dig a Pony
Lennon called it Dylan-style nonsense
Dig It
Quotes 'Like a Rolling Stone'
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