7. Maggies Farm - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
An angry song that encapsulated Dylans scorn for the disciples and critics that christened him 'the voice of a generation' and made him the unwilling figurehead of the political folk movement. Believing that folk music had painted itself (and himself) into a corner, Dylan made the leap into the rock scene by trading in his trusty acoustic guitar for an electric one, a move which sent shockwaves around the world and saw him infamously branded Judas by one incensed fan at a gig. A pointed exploration of the pigeon-holing and the stifling of originality that his folk ties garnered, Maggies Farm also supplies us with a deeper assessment of repressive authorities. Taking aim at master-slave concepts, the distortion of truth and the abuse of power at large in every ideological system, Dylans critique of authority and encouragement of autonomy is backed by a ragged blues riff that nails this message home- think for yourself and obey nobody. The rationale behind his storied career.