10 Mistakes In Songs So Good They Kept Them In

3. "Visions Of Johanna" Features An Uncharacteristic Bob Dylan Mistake

Bob Dylan, with his hair like an explosion in a pipe-cleaner factory and his voice like a drunken cat using a bow saw, was probably always going to be on this list. Incredibly though, the godfather of ramshackle folk himself isn’t to blame for his inclusion.

On Visions of Johanna, a famous cut from legendary album Blonde on Blonde, it’s Dylan’s bassist, Joe South, who drops the ball a little, even if it is for the briefest of moments. South is ambling along with a typically wonderful, soulful bass line to accompany the singer’s Beatnik ramblings when, around the 1.58 mark, he gets it very, very wrong.

For a split second it sounds as if he’s playing a different song entirely as he fumbles up and down the fretboard looking for the right note to put him back on track.

Whether Dylan thought he could get away with leaving it in and nobody would notice - joke’s on you Bob - or whether he kind of liked the jarring quality that snaps the listener’s attention back into focus, nobody will ever really know, but one thing is for certain - there’s no way South meant to do it.