The 1981 song Bob Dylan considered his only perfect track

The 1981 song Bob Dylan considered his only perfect track

Bob Dylan never had any interest in being the musical God everyone took him for. He was more than happy to write solely for himself, and whether or not anyone else liked it was really beside the point half the time. Still, he did acknowledge that his audience was a big part of why he could carry on, and he pointed to ‘Shot of Love’ as one of his most emblematic songs for his public persona. By the time Dylan reached the 1980s, though, his star h…