Joan Baez - Farewell Angelina

[Nilmoy]

many typos in the lyrics text, some words wrong, please correct and listen to her words more carefully.

[grey666n]

For my money, Dylan would never admit it but so many of his songs seem to have been written for Joan's voice. But then he denied lots of things... other people's lyrics that sneaked into his songs...he never felt any of the folk stuff he wrote (his words)... who knows?

[walendxweg]

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[latenightpilgrim]

this song brings back happy memories of my youth.....we thought we could change the world......

[AbsentWithoutLeaving]

@latenightpilgrim Oh, you did. You did.

[Ann3shoes]

@latenightpilgrim Didn't we just? It's nice to dream though. At least we cared then. Joan just has the most beautiful voice.

[Loewin1960]

Es gibt auch eine schöne Version von Nana Mouskuri (Nachname glaube nicht ganz richtig geschrieben)

[nesnejls]

This woman's voice is like a bell. Unique.

[tpmgx6]

i like this version, but i prefer tim o'brien version much, much more

[MegaPeitsche]

super song höre ich immerwieder gerne

[jsebsteelguitar]

One of the most beautyful version of this "classic" song...

[1987koustav]

a beautiful anti war song

[TheBlindPig1]

In recent rews america is the great satan. people, not a people, without a father. Who deny the divinty of Jesus Christ.. And kings should have power over their people, the power of life and death. Man has been seperated from his will, only evil will follow.

[TheBlindPig1]

9/11 On the planes its like a vision of the comming damnaton of man. You look around afraid to act, who is your brother, what is your cause? Dont you know the unworthy have the reigns. God is not in the sky. God is by my fell hand. Law to everyman! If he dare to act. What is the centre of this great kaos, is see galahad, a winged horse, decends upon jerusalem.

[cuneo1950]

'Velentino type tangos while the makeup man's hands close the eyes of a dead man'

[TheYellowmonkey1]

This song is so lovely because my mum's name is Angelina and she is a wonderful mother and i love her loads x

[MiserableOldFart]

@mcgroob3r Also try, "Diamonds and Rust," which is on UTUBE and she wrote. Her songs tend to be understated gems. There are quite a few more that she wrote that are not on UTUBE, but are in her albums. One of my favorites is "Outside the Nashville City Limits," about a farmer and his love for the land and how it touched her.

[MiserableOldFart]

@mcgroob3r Baez has written a very large number of beautiful songs. She became famous interpreting very old folk songs, but has done some wonderful writing. I would recommend "Sweet Sir Galahad" as my favorite of hers that is on Utube. It's a song about her sister Mimi's boyfriend after the accidental death of her husband. Very beautiful song. But, in all honesty, if she never wrote a song of her own, Joan Baez would still be a national treasure.

[FrLawRE]

A great song sung by a lady who has a beautiful voice!

[aladindubai]

FUER EINEN WERTVOLLEN MENSCHEN,

DEN ICH BEWUNDERE.

DEM ICH HOFFNUNG & KRAFT GEBEN MOECHTE.

FUER DEN  ICH A L L E S , G E R N E TUE.

[40warhawkp]

This is a fine performance by Joan but the lyrics really don't make much sense. Nevertheless its a good song I like it a lot and have listened to it many times on my big stereo- an old Pioneer SX-1050 amplifier driving 2 ancient BIC Venturi speakers and it sounds great! Bob Dylan (AKA: Robert Zimmerman) was great song writer. He was from some hellhole town in Minnesota, escaped and never went back. I hunt deer every fall near there and boy is it cold!!

[purplepelican69]

@40warhawkp Wow!! Is Bob Dylan's real name Zimmerman? I bet not many people knew that. He'll be over the moon to learn that you consider him a great songwriter. Thanks also for letting us know about your exquisite big stereo. Remember to wrap up nice and warm when you're out murdering innocent animals - here's hoping the deer get their own back one day.

[40warhawkp]

@purplepelican69

It wasn't my intent to offend anyone with my comment but I see you were. Your response was unnecessarily rude, nasty and sarcastic. I suppose my reference to hunting is what you disliked the most. Too bad. You have exposed yourself as the nasty, mean hateful little liberal leftist bitch that you are. Go to hell.

You aren't the only one who can be rude.

[purplepelican69]

@40warhawkp Hey,who are you calling a liberal?? I'm a working class Tory,actually!!!

[NoRosesForMe]

@purplepelican69 ...and.....i didnt mean to get into your political thing here. This song is not for that. But....times are really bad and most people are fkn clueless as to how bad they are......ya work..you have little....you sit on yr ass..you smile all day. FACT!!!! I know too many people who dont have to work and too mnay who try to make it. God help us. I wont make it to retirement., I know that. I truly know that.

[anarchosolar]

@purplepelican69 sad git

[johnny991965]

Isn't this song supposed to be about the Spanish civil war?

[JoelGallob]

Dylan Song Theory No. 72 Maybe this was Dylan's farewell, as he was about to get out of the limelight. The world is crazy," the crosseyed pirate sits perched in the sun, shooting tin cans with a sawed off shotgun; and the neighbors cheer with each blast;" and "the sky in trembling, and I must leave."

[Machinegun0arg]

I heard the song for the first time sang by Nana Mouskouri in french (it's called Adieu Angelina) and I am surprised to hear how much their voices are alike and divine *o*

yet I am ashamed to say that as much in english then translated I don't understand the theme of this song and the lyrics only confuse me <_<'''

[boomerlady]

What a lovely talented lady. Always a lady...

[misshippyflippy]

I always wondered what true perfection is. This song is the answer. Long live Baez and Dylan.

[Lisnageeragh]

Ah th 60s!  Late nights, LPs ..an wheezey record players!

[lustre5]

Had the thrill of seeing them both a couple months ago in my fair city (not together). As an aside, you notice the great picture of Joan sitting in a tree; when Michael Jackson did that, they labeled it arrested development. Idiots.

[dhillan85]

@lustre5 thank you!...i got sick of people picking on the most normal things michael jackson did and calling it retarted...jeez!...he was an artist unlike any other...bless him...and this song is magic...

[butfulmuzik]

Dylan's artistry has always been his words; Baez her incredible voice. The two together were always magical. For me, Joan picked her songs to sing like she would pick a beloved friend. When she sang the poetry of Bob Dylan, you could truly feel and understand the awesome power of what he had to say. Quite simply, two incredible artists!

[hek7]

The melody used for this song is almost identical to the folk traditional Fare You Well Polly.

[Radiance34]

Joan's voice is angelic and glorious! Her music is beauty.

I also enjoy Janas Hoyt's and JM's harmonious blend. I love

to sing the background vocals in harmony. Lovely Song.

[Fingalful]

This song is sheer poetry--away above politics. In fact, it shows the futility of politics and how we can only try to flee from the political people who cause the troubles. Dylan wrote Farewell Angelina in the sixties. It seems he was almost a prophet as much as a poet.

[bloodandwinearered]

@Fingalful Nobel for literature. It's time.

[sugaree9]

Seems this beautiful song, can be heard as Political in our ever changing USA. The words fit perfectly. Love it.

[johnny991965]

What an incredible voice, so gentle yet so powerful....

[Bruce88keys]

What can one say? Such beauty of voice,song and poetry- so rare in one's life.

[lamententrunata]

belllissime foto!

[operbathosa]

There are some lovely photographs of JB in this video. I would presume that JB in the tree is the one at her mother's home. TY for posting.

[lenahjonsson]

Just love this song.... an early sweet memory from very long ago....and a symbol of a very sad farewell of today....

[8733hans]

My feelings are exaktly the same....always been the saddest song I ever heard

for over 40 years ...and still is today

[TIMWILLIAMS29621]

Remember from 1966, this sweet song by Joan Baez written by Bob Dylan?

[maxbiundo]

wunderbar,

max

[multiplesystem]

I am afriad majesty in music has died. My thanks to whoever found this gem.

[DNAblues]

Joan Baez makes *any* song sound beautiful and angelic. But Bob Dylan singing it gives it a different feel. Neither one is better, just different.

[lamusevenale]

@DNAblues is this song anywhere else than on the bootlet albums? (i mean bob dylan's original)?

[DNAblues]

@lamusevenale dunno sorry. My memory from those years is long gone.

[gordondelma]

Definately the best version of this song! Like it was meant for her

[zardozfrance]

I agree, I would say the best English version, see " Nana Mouskouri - Adieu Angélina 1967 " ( with marvellous guitarists and perfect translation of Dylan's lyrics ) English song, sang in French by a Greek ! see the result...

[gordondelma]

That was a wonderful French version, thanks for sharing that.

[Rugrat88]

Also, there's a superbly sublime Swedish version; "Adjö, Angelina" by Mikael Wiehe and Ebba Forsberg.

Ebba Forsberg sings it very differently compared to Baez or Moskouri, though, and Wiehe's translation only follows the original very loosely in spirit. It sounds better if you understand Swedish, of course, but even if you don't, it should still be possible to get a sense of how an intense, mellowing piece of music and song this is in all its simpleness.

[alpesedelweiss]

@humlebi50, thanks for your answer.

I agree with you but you explain it better. Let's enjoy this good music

[humlebi50]

@Alpesedelweiss. That was part of my point. Bob Dylan may be the best songwriter of his generation second only to Leonard Cohen, but his own voice and music doesn't always do justice to those songs. Joan Baez' interpretation of 'Farewell Angelina' is one good example of this, Jimi Hendrix's 'All Along The Watchtower' another - the list is long.

I recently heard Judas Priest's cover of 'Daimonds And Rust'. It was good, but nowhere near Joan Baez' own version.

[alpesedelweiss]

@humlebi50 I don`t understand your comment. If any song is sung by Joan Baez, I`m sure it will sound much better

[alpesedelweiss]

Bob Dylan wrote the song but the wonderful voice of Joan Baez made it famous.

[humlebi50]

His Bobness' song ALWAYS sound better when somebody else sings them.

[nat00ben06]

@humlebi50 not true, listen to Dylan sing his song called "sweetheart like you" I think it's on Desire.

[TheLadyjazzy1]

what a voice!! lovely lady!!

[6corax9]

you hardly know what Dylan meant, but listening to these soul-string-tearing vocals of her you may understand. What the hack is it with those machine-guns and other shit all over (Time bombs ecc.???)

If only poets of evry country, every siécle had voices like her! Ever listened to her "Waltzing Mathilda", you 'll die faster - just to love it. Creeping.

[6corax9]

Die Mutter der Betulichkeit, und dennoch kann ich nicht mit ihr aufhören. Welch eine Stimme! Neben Oum Khalsoum und Salamat Sadikova meine Stimme des Jahrhunderts. Can#t stop loving her!

[CTVHISTORIA]

Dylan wrote a beautiful song, and Baez improved it with her singing.

[beowulf3075]

@CTVHISTORIA - Absolutely right, this song is so beautiful.

[SRVBASE]

@CTVHISTORIA dylans version is actually really great, i prefer it to this. but thi is still great :)

[jerryhello100]

@CTVHISTORIA I actually prefer Dylan's version.

[MiserableOldFart]

@jerryhello100 Dylan's versions of his own songs can be great, but Joan Baez adds the dimension of a truly great vocal talent to them. Though Phil Ochs and Donovan both had better voices than Dylan, Joan's is still far superior to theirs and she adds that dimension to their songs as well. Most of all, though, IMHO, Joan shines as an interpreter of the very old folk tunes that came down from Europe and many through Appalachia to the present day.. Those are her masterpieces.

[TomThumbsBlues1965]

@CTVHISTORIA dylans version is best i think

[evident23]

excellent woman, excellent voice!

been to a concert of her two years ago and she just sounds like when she was so young. Really amazing. It was a great location and the acoustic was just wow. Been shivering all over my body!

WOW!

[azazel637]

my two feet disorder must leave

[pixithemis]

MAGIC VOICE!

[Wrz2e]

A beautiful song, I think she sings it even better than Bob Dylan's original.

[Mistbock63]

Joan for President...

ich liebe diese Frau, seit sie ihren ersten Song sang...

[AldebrandLudenhof]

Beautiful song!

...but could anyone tell me the sense? What does this song means?

[magicminstrel]

I guess you have to get inside Dylan's head to know...

[debadeepsen1984]

She sang this one better than Bob Dylan himself!

[titaflan]

back to my childhood ... voice like a mountain stream

[Shufflerisms]

Wow! I finally found it!

This is the lead track from "Baez Sings Dylan" - her brilliantly simple and meticulously recorded break-through album from the early 60's.

Hail to those at Vanguard Records who didn't over-produce these OUTSTANDING sessions of a VERY young Baez ripping through her original repertoire in simple, one-take recordings.

Thank you SO MUCH for uploading this, and doing such a good job too - the audio is excellent.

[Carlvskansas]

gooood version

[flodah01201]

very very beautiful !!!!

[fayedunawayfan]

Where is majesty such as this in today's music?

[zombiestars42]

Antony and the Johnson's, my dear.

[InnocenceExperience]

@fayedunawayfan I recommend 'in it' by Don Brownrigg for a really beautiful recent song.

[SkateOrDie8814]

@fayedunawayfan under my nut sack hair.

[koliatima]

Beautiful voice.

Unforgettable.

[RIASSL888]

more than just a song

[ahnouchka]

I had the chance to hear it during her concert in Paris last year, on my 16th birthday. Funnily enough, I didn't know this song before. It stroke me as one of the most beautiful song ever and still does. Dylan's lyrics and Joan's interpretation are phenomenal. Many thanks for the vid!

[sugaree9]

bran795,yes I do agree,it is happening today,it's a beautiful song,poetic justice has been done,Joan Baez sings like an angel.

[tweetyvogel]

Wonderful, just wonderful....and very touching!

[uclrichard]

yes - of course it's brilliant...

can someone tell me if that's the oringinal recording of baez's version of bob's song? - from the mid-60s...

or is it later...

i need to know - cos i'm about to buy the original vinyl versions of her albums...

[QueenBismillah]

It's awesome...but Bob is the best!!!!!

[ChrisyMcCullagh83]

Fantastic :)

[viggophile77]

Beautiful ! thanks :-)

[guille22xt]

dylan interpretation of some tragic epic pirate book??? love it

[awa355]

Can anyone explain the lyrics? Just what the song is about? Best I can make it's a childs mind drifting thru the world of fairytales. Still a loverly song.

[WarriorPoetARMA]

You got it, babe. Nonsensical beauty.

[bran795]

Nonsensical beauty??

The sky is on fire, the machine guns are roaring! This is a catastophe happening right now!

The only beauty is Baez's voice, not in the lyrics.

[10leggo]

well said

[MoBruinne]

you did not get the message, right?

[sugaree9]

My cypher tends to lean towards War. civil War maybe.

[johnny991965]

Joan`s voice is crystal clear and so soothing, absolutely blissful....

[ranabunda]

I have almost a million attempts not to listen to this song.

[STEFI71]

Ah wie viele Erinnerungen...

[christophe76382]

it's always great to hear so good a standard

[Johnel83]

No better song ever written or performed. Thanks for posting!

[butterbeantx]

My nana sang this to me all the time when I was a child. I miss her so much

[moonchildcosmic]

mmmmmmm...lovely...I love joan baez

[simionovic]

great song ! Reminds me of my youth when I used to listen to her L.P "The first ten years". Thank you Joan Baez!

[sammokablammo]

Awesome...nothing more to say