Desire, great album. Lyrically though its a nightmare to remember. Joey alone seems to have six hundred verses. Its a great album to play as the songs are pretty simple in terms of tunings (all in standard i think) and chord progressions. Great work anyhow, I honestly prefer your version to the original and I love the original !
This rendition is so good that I had to sign in and post this comment. Marvelous guitar work and mostly vocal delivery, but watch out and don't let some of the song sound exhausted. Great job!
Dylan and Jacques Levy working out delightfully on the lyrics: Desire is so rich in lovely rhyme patterns. Refresh your memory by checking out Black Diamond Bay - it's on here somewhere. An oft-forgotten gem of the "narrative poem" genre he does so well.
Memorising all the lyrics to some of Bob Dylan's longer balled for performing at places like Havering Folk Club is always a challenge. I used to have the whole of Hurricane and Isis in medium term memory but those days are gone. Must find out more about Levy by the way.
But these chords spread quite widely as it's relatively easy to master and seems to sound quite effective.
The song itself has been described as a "protest song" for the way that it completely ignores the civil war that still cast a bleak shadow over the country at the time, instead portraying this troubled part of Southern Africa as an ideal holiday destination.
This particular way of playing the song was something I originally derived from a bloke called Colin who was a fellow busker in Paris at the time. He could remember all the words to Hurricane as well! It's not how Dylan plays it himself, and on the album I think a violin features quite prominently with the guitar mainly keeping the rthym.
I don't know how many people remember the original version of this on Bob Dylan's "Desire" album but I thought the whole record was very exciting when it came out in 1974.
Desire, great album. Lyrically though its a nightmare to remember. Joey alone seems to have six hundred verses. Its a great album to play as the songs are pretty simple in terms of tunings (all in standard i think) and chord progressions. Great work anyhow, I honestly prefer your version to the original and I love the original !
jaredneedsalife 8 months ago
This rendition is so good that I had to sign in and post this comment. Marvelous guitar work and mostly vocal delivery, but watch out and don't let some of the song sound exhausted. Great job!
DrdotK 2 years ago
Nice. Thanks.
Dylan and Jacques Levy working out delightfully on the lyrics: Desire is so rich in lovely rhyme patterns. Refresh your memory by checking out Black Diamond Bay - it's on here somewhere. An oft-forgotten gem of the "narrative poem" genre he does so well.
otyikondo 3 years ago
Thanks for reminding me of Black Diamond Bay. Not the most memorable track it;s true, but one that does interesting things with lyrics and rhythm.
andyrob 3 years ago
Memorising all the lyrics to some of Bob Dylan's longer balled for performing at places like Havering Folk Club is always a challenge. I used to have the whole of Hurricane and Isis in medium term memory but those days are gone. Must find out more about Levy by the way.
andyrob 3 years ago
But these chords spread quite widely as it's relatively easy to master and seems to sound quite effective.
The song itself has been described as a "protest song" for the way that it completely ignores the civil war that still cast a bleak shadow over the country at the time, instead portraying this troubled part of Southern Africa as an ideal holiday destination.
andyrobertsmusic 3 years ago
This particular way of playing the song was something I originally derived from a bloke called Colin who was a fellow busker in Paris at the time. He could remember all the words to Hurricane as well! It's not how Dylan plays it himself, and on the album I think a violin features quite prominently with the guitar mainly keeping the rthym.
andyrobertsmusic 3 years ago
I don't know how many people remember the original version of this on Bob Dylan's "Desire" album but I thought the whole record was very exciting when it came out in 1974.
andyrobertsmusic 3 years ago
Mozambique by Bob Dylan was performed at Havering Folk Club by Andy Roberts on an Ibanez 6 string acoustic guitar.
andyrobertsmusic 3 years ago