When I recently read someone complaining Dylan shouldn't tour anymore because he croaks, I thought: when did he ever anything else? The appeal of Bob Dylan was never his voice. Or the personality. It was the songwriting, at which he was stunning, and deserves all the accolades he ever got from critics and peers alike. So, in tribute of his Bobness' 70th birthday, first a few examples of how the man continues to inspire, people from other media even, and then a song not by but about him, by the glorious Joan Baez.

( Did you know Bob Dylan is a Cylon? )