this song will be timeless. and we sure need a song now to get us out of this mess bush and obama made. another great song to hear is "the ghost of tom jode" by bruce and tom manolla
the great....and at the same time, sad...thing about songs like this is that they're always relevant and they'll always be relevant because humankind will never get that it's easier and more productive to help one another than to fight against one another.
However, there is still work to be done in the name of human rights, especially in the Middle East, where in certian countries, homosexuality and "audultery" is still punishable by death. Bruce has repeatedly condemned such practices. Let's break down the final iron courtain, that of extremism in the Middle East.
This is my very favorite cover of this song. And what a great intro comment. So very much Bruce to have the humility and grace to introduce somebody else's song as "one the greatest...". For me, this song is Dylan's answer to the U.S. national anthem. Like Francis Scott Key was watching the bombs light up the night in Baltimore in 1812, the narrator of this song is watching the chimes of freedom flashin'. Dylan paints a picture of America as the champion of freedom and protector of the underdog.
Bruce is truly THE MAN. Honestly, every cover he does of Dylan is amazing, him and Vedder are part of the few that do him justice. Not to mention Springsteen on his own is a friggen legend. I really do like Dylan's version at Newport better, but this is really good. Awesome when my favorite artists cover each other.
Dylan borrowed from plenty of people. Rambling Jack eliot for one famed example. But all artists do, and Dylan made the most of his borrowings, and was plenty original too.
Thanks for the lyrics, but you have a few of them wrong. It's for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail. A couple of others more minor. Great song and post though.
decent tribute toward mcguinn's arrangement of the tune also...wish he had sang all of dylan's verses tho...dunno why he wore the guitar...he should have worn perhaps an harmonica holder, empty of course, maybe a lite cigarette in it...or unlite perhaps
I think Springsteen is a greater songwriter than Dylan...For me Dylan is an incredible poet, however Springsteen combines wonderful lyrics/poetry with absolutely glorious music. Nobody in the history of popular music, in my opinion, has been able to do this so consistently and so well than Bruce Fredrrick Springsteen.
This is a magnificent version of an incredible song...
Uh... Your lyrics are all jacked man. BOLTS not boats... "Shadows in the sound" "Seeming to be the chimes of freedom" "Each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail (that one was WAY off). NOT for the hands suspended... lol It's "For they hang suspended"
@jont43 screw you. its kinda like doing an instrumental cover of a song. its boring if its note for note. people hafta do their own takes on songs, and the feeling is more important the having exact lyrics. and honestly, i like this more than the dylan song, because, even though they both have the same melody and BASICALLY the same lyrics, springsteen does a better musical take on it and also has more feeling in his singing. in my opinion though. theyre both so similar anyway
@1JAT1 Hmmm... All I did was correct a few lyrics. I am aware there are minor differences between the versions, but a number of the listed lyrics are WAY off. I LOVE both versions. I didn't say anything bad about the Boss. So, for stating my opinion, I get smacked with a "screw you" ? The strangest part is that the rest of your post is very passively critical (maybe even polite). So, why start in such a rude way?
Just heard this from the Byrds - the first note I KNEW this was a Springsteen song - did not realize as much as I follow Bruce that he did not write this song and had never heard of it from the Bryds. Bruce does it with so much more energy. Guess Dylan wrote it - Bruce does it the best - but that is just Bruce being Bruce - thanks for posting!
without a doubt in my mind, I believe that Bob Dylan was the greatest American Peot of the 20th Century. And as many legendary musicians in their own right over the years have covered him, the only one who has ever done even a passable job of capturing the life, soul and sprit of Dylan's lyrics is the Boss. This is just... beautiful.
@niceguy9418 Obviously you are somwhat crazy. Dylan is a great poet. But The Boss is a goddamn prophet thank you very much. his words, written and sung has more soul than any religious or political manifesto. What I really mean to say is that his writing is superior to God's. Dylan is only human. :)
@thefastshuffle If you're implying Bob Dylan didn't write this song than you're wrong. And if you're implying Stringsteen is a better writer, than why did he do a cover of Bob Dylan?
@jrdudedj I don't see where I implied that Dylan did not write this song. I also don't see any logic in the idea that if I am a better song writer in general, then I can't cover anybody else's great song. Is shakespeare not supposed to read anybody else's writing?
I don't want to fight with you. I love Dylan.... but... :) The Boss is an overall superior wordsmith, with a unique voice and he's "gonna rock you all night long." The Boss's music changed my life man, that's all.
@thefastshuffle I'm sure Shakespeare read other great writings, but do you think he rewrote those the exact same word for word? Here's a hint... No.
If you really don't want to "fight me" than you'll read my opinion, accept it, than leave it alone. And here it is, Springsteen = Better singer, Dylan = Better writer. If Springsteen was a better writer his songs would be "superior" thus making it utterly pointless to cover another musicians song. That's my opinion, i know yours, i don't agree.
Springsteen would be the first to admit that he is not in Dylan's league as a songwriter. Springsteen may speak to you and you find his words appealing, but Dylan changed music, influenced everyone and borrowed from no one.
Whoever you are, I'm right there with you. I'm sorry, but from the very first unnecessary " Well " this song was ruined . It's as if Springsteen has adopted the role of storyteller, but it's not HIS story. There's much to be said a new view or a new voice to a cover version, by way of homage. However, there are some songs so personal, so linked to ONE time and one tone that they simply shouldn't be altered or modified. The same is happening now with Cohen's " Hallelujah ".
Your transcription of the lyrics is completlely wrong, and I'm not talking about Springsteen's alterations of the original. Did you even care to look at Dylan's lyrics, so you don't rewrite the whole song for Pete's sake?
"Trapped by an old track of vows for the hands suspended??????" (You)
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended (Original)
Held by no track of hours for they hanged suspended (Bruce)
credit where credit is due here. Dylan will always be the master to me but Bruce does a good take of this and i have to admit i am a fan of Springsteen and his music too.
Wise up Bob Dylan is an outstanding singer. How can he better than the man who wrote the song? Obviously the man who wrote it sings it as it was meant to be sang. The amount of effort Dylan gives it as well as the sheer believability makes him the greatest artist to give this song a go.
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Dude, you just contradicted yourself. Your laughing at my spelling but you understand my point. But your equating the way I express myself to the way I think. LOL!!! you really did inhale agent orange. Anyway, I don't believe a true soldier would support obama. Your part of the hate america crowd. Good riddance.
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Does Springsteen realize that it's the U.S military that keeps "Freedom flashing" and allows him to make millions of dollars singing about poor people.
That's what the song is ABOUT you moron! this song is a tribute to America, and the people who "keep freedom flashing" as you say. Its told from the point of an armyman who was trapped, and.. well, listen.
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I've been reading about springsteen before you were born, so I don't need to prove anything.But you need to learn how to think for yourself and not let your "heroes" do that for you.
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Springsteen said obama symbolizes his music.obama received millions from the corrupt fanniemae. do you know even know what fanniemae is? how about the line "i got a brother at khe sanh,fighting off vietcong". The vietkong had nothing to do with the battle at khe sanh!!! LOL
There's no such thing as: "vietkong" It's Vietcong (Việt cộng) Dickwad.
During the 2nd half of 1967, the North Vietnamese instigated a series of actions in the border regions of South Vietnam. All of these attacks were conducted by regimental-size PAVN/National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF, or Viet Cong) units, but unlike the usual hit-and-run tactics used by communist forces, these were sustained and bloody affairs.
I served with men who recovered Chi Com intel so STFU.
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Again, there's no such thing as "fanniemae" It's Fannie Mae.
The Franklin Raines story was typical of McCain's desperation, and was widely proved to be bullshit.
Now I understand. You're a dickwad republican that's pissed off because you've got a "Socialist", "Communist","Nazi" "Puppet" AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
Live with it shit for brains. He's the first thinking man in the White House in my living memory, and I hope he succeeds in making the USA a better country. It sure needs fixing.
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I hate Mccain ,he's not a conservative.Obama a thinking man? Lol. He couldn't live without a teleprompter. So much corruption comes with Obama's name:Bill Ayers, Khalidi,Fanniemae. He'll be out in 3 years.You must have inhaled a lot of agent orange to be supporting Obama.
Next time you can't understand why people complain that Americans are stupid, read your last message.
Forget the punctuation, I've already worked out education failed you. But even though you say you hate "Mccain" McCain, it's the idea that Obama uses a teleprompter to think that really defies credibility.
Equating the way a man orates to the way he thinks and what he believes is beyond stupid.
But if that hypothesis had any credibility, what does it say about Bush?
Who said I never met Bruce? I don't "mythologize" Springsteen. I like his music. As a person, he's probably similar to the rest of us.
I don't see any signs of him "losing his mind". He's only 60 years old.
Dementia, while possible at such a young age, is normally reserved for those who are much older.
PS: I have a life. It's a really good life. I listen to music for about 1/2 hour a day. Probably about the same amount of time you spend trying to learn something new.
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He's certainly not like me, I'm a conservative. I also believe in America which gives an ignorant rock star like Springsteen a chance to earn millions.
for a guy who hates Bruce so much, you sure are here at this video a lot., lol you must be a closet conservative fan... ...LOL....Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuce !!
ignorant!?!?!??!?!?!? hes one of the only pop icons of the last 30 years with ANY actual intelligence! my god, who do you think is not ignorant? Rush Limbaugh I'm sure
dylan is great, i'm a huge fan. but this is a great version as well. anytime someone else gets "it" lyrically, is the important thing. Espescially someone of springsteens caliber. if you look at the musical icons who cover dylan's songs , it shows how important he was.
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well i gave a comment and didn't insult anyone on here who likes this version. but i do think he turns great songs into bland mainstream rock. if you like it fair enough that's your choice..and no insults to anyone who does (and no insults to those who don't)
I'm not insulted but what do you mean by ''bland mainstream rock'' this song is great for it's lyrics not for it's instrumental parts , dylan's version isn't much better , if you already can hear what he sings !!
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you don't know anything about me worldrimroamer insults come easy don't they...for what? posting my opinion? i have a valid point...you don't so it might be a good idea to STFU
Good God what has happened to the soul of music ?? Where are the poets like Dylan and the performer's like Springsteen in today's world ? Lost in the corporate crap and the American Idol machine. No soul, no heart. Just crap. Thank God I grew up with the Beatles, Bruce, Bob, and bands that had a social conscience
Time changes !! As Bruce says ; we are all born to run.
I don't know, probably change is a blessing thing whether to the better or to the worse. You can never convince a young person today and make him listen to Bruce.
Well, it's up the the young people now. And up to all the downloading services. If people could stop downloading for free, and start buying albums, everything would have been better.
I'm one of those young people. I'm spending lots of hours every day writing and playing music inspired by old legends. I don't think I'll ever be as big as Bruce or any other legends, but I'll try.
But I'm afraid that there are not so many young ones who's doing like me or sharing my dream these days I'm afraid
Dylan, Bruce, The Byrds......this is a classic. The melody and message are so powerful. Be mindful. As there are "Chimes of Freedom", there is a cost of freedom.
Yes, so do I. Altho' Bruce and The Byrds are good versions of one of Dylan's greatest ever songs, there's nothing like hearing the full six verses of the original to really appreciate the depth of the song.
Simply one of the most respectable songs about human freedom, recognisable from either the left or right of the ecconomic spectrum as a bonafiable fact out of the windsock reach of the neo-liberals and neo-conservatives.
whomever may read this, if you have a god, may he bless this song, and you.
I love him. We have the same birthday :)
JocelynLasVegas 1 week ago
this song will be timeless. and we sure need a song now to get us out of this mess bush and obama made. another great song to hear is "the ghost of tom jode" by bruce and tom manolla
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A brilliant Dylan song rearranged and performed as only Bruce Springsteen can
johnnyM809 3 months ago 2
I wonder why Clarence never blew his sax for this performance?
vernreynoldsbraun 4 months ago
For every one of us.....
RockyMissouri 4 months ago
the great....and at the same time, sad...thing about songs like this is that they're always relevant and they'll always be relevant because humankind will never get that it's easier and more productive to help one another than to fight against one another.
LoyalRaiderFan 5 months ago 4
Tonight I listen for the people of Libya.
cowboyathlete 5 months ago 2
Beautiful
genericgeorge 5 months ago
He'll do covers but he won't let other people cover his songs.
vin645 6 months ago
@vin645 um, he gets covered all the time. there are dozens of springsteen cover albums out.
rmur23 4 months ago
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redjohn201 4 months ago in playlist redjohn201's Favourited Videos
@vin645 Pink Cadillac, Fire, Blinded by the light...all covered by other artists (off the top of my head).
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Timeless - Bruce's swagger & voice is supreme!! this lifts me when i'm down
vkavanagh 6 months ago
Timeless - Bruce's swagger & voice is supreme!! this lifts me when i'm down
vkavanagh 6 months ago
In Bruce we trust !!
theholyfather1 6 months ago 2
Great tune, great cover. Four people thought it was OK for Miley Cyrus to get that video award a few years ago instead of Bruce.
ChrisDutch 7 months ago
Beautifull. I freakin love Bruce!
However, there is still work to be done in the name of human rights, especially in the Middle East, where in certian countries, homosexuality and "audultery" is still punishable by death. Bruce has repeatedly condemned such practices. Let's break down the final iron courtain, that of extremism in the Middle East.
JonBerghausen 7 months ago
EVERYONE is allowed to sing Dylan. Especially this song.
fluffypope 7 months ago 23
@fluffypope to sing Dylan or the Byrds ?
Foxygirldu60 6 months ago
@fluffypope you misspelled OBLIGED!!! :)
freewheelinQ 2 months ago
Here's to freedom.
NeonlightRebel 7 months ago 9
This is my very favorite cover of this song. And what a great intro comment. So very much Bruce to have the humility and grace to introduce somebody else's song as "one the greatest...". For me, this song is Dylan's answer to the U.S. national anthem. Like Francis Scott Key was watching the bombs light up the night in Baltimore in 1812, the narrator of this song is watching the chimes of freedom flashin'. Dylan paints a picture of America as the champion of freedom and protector of the underdog.
blandyfan 7 months ago
Can't listen to this without getting chills. Thank you so much for posting this...
standingwest 8 months ago
Excellent, but not quite the full version, two verses short, including:
In the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
All down in taken-for granted situations
Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute
For the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.
geostronggrateful 8 months ago 2
The world's greatest songwriter passes the torch to the world's greatest live performer.
And the circle is unbroken.
Happy 70th Zimmy. From all the tramps like us...
NevadaBoss 8 months ago 2
@NevadaBoss ah gee....you gave me chills when i read your words......do i fear that their is no one else left to pass the torch to?
windymeadows2 7 months ago
good to hear the full version of this usually (as with the byrds) it is shortened Dylan remains a genius
kraftwerk526463 8 months ago 2
Is he looking down at a cue card?
bitte12pouce 8 months ago
@bitte12pouce I think he's looking at his guitar for his chord changes.
desy2478 8 months ago
well. I guess that just about sums it up.
paulhallart 9 months ago
Thanks a lot Bruce for this song. I always love it for Dylan`s version, but I remember when I listened this version 20 years ago it was very excited!!
You are two genius and brillants singers.!! Thanks
excessivu 9 months ago
My old childhood hero.
The artist that somehow inspired me to stqart writing myself!
Thank you for upload.
Memories come back....
bohemianwriter1 10 months ago
Bruce is truly THE MAN. Honestly, every cover he does of Dylan is amazing, him and Vedder are part of the few that do him justice. Not to mention Springsteen on his own is a friggen legend. I really do like Dylan's version at Newport better, but this is really good. Awesome when my favorite artists cover each other.
MichaelBallack91 10 months ago
Goddamm fucking epic.
zplnrlz 10 months ago 2
Epic Beauty
Bossladyone2 11 months ago
Hey folks, Dino, Desi & Billy recorded this in 1965, 3 rich kids from Beverly Hills . Check it out!
chasjohn57 11 months ago
I have had this on vinyl for over 20 years...been waiting to see it live ever since...thanks so much for posting.
redjohn201 1 year ago
The fascists are only envious.Thank so much Bruce!
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ITAITAable 1 year ago
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Sorry Bruce, you lost me on the "best song about freedom"; comin from one who backs a Marxist US president...
SaddleCat1 1 year ago
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@SaddleCat1 You are so full of shit.
biglith1 1 year ago
@SaddleCat1 Only a real dumb American talks like that...
joel968 11 months ago
@SaddleCat1 Only a real dumb American talks like that..
joel968 11 months ago
Amen Bruce, Amen....if the World would only listen
toolmantim353 1 year ago
Dylan borrowed from plenty of people. Rambling Jack eliot for one famed example. But all artists do, and Dylan made the most of his borrowings, and was plenty original too.
surfric 1 year ago
@surfric
don't forget Woody Guthrie ;)
MichaelBallack91 10 months ago
Thanks for the lyrics, but you have a few of them wrong. It's for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail. A couple of others more minor. Great song and post though.
surfric 1 year ago
the byrds... thats all
mrbill224 1 year ago
Hey all you dylan fans, dylan couldn't lick springsteen's toes
watch?v=gg3DleXrT-o&list=QL&playnext=1
now flood my inbox
thefastshuffle 1 year ago
decent tribute toward mcguinn's arrangement of the tune also...wish he had sang all of dylan's verses tho...dunno why he wore the guitar...he should have worn perhaps an harmonica holder, empty of course, maybe a lite cigarette in it...or unlite perhaps
MrBruceBarham 1 year ago
Bruce does a great job, but in this and another performance on YouTube he leaves out probably the most poignant lyrics in the song:
Striking for the gentle,
Striking for the kind,
Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind ...
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing
Otherwise, covering such a brilliant, "undiscovered" song is admirable.
elliswm 1 year ago
@elliswm kno what ya mean , except undiscovered song????
MrBruceBarham 1 year ago
I was there - is it really 22 years ago? It was a magic night.
svenelming 1 year ago
Om my.
Glorytotheone 1 year ago
Dylan and Springsteen - can't say any more than that.
eilidhm2 1 year ago
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johnnyM809 1 year ago
I think Springsteen is a greater songwriter than Dylan...For me Dylan is an incredible poet, however Springsteen combines wonderful lyrics/poetry with absolutely glorious music. Nobody in the history of popular music, in my opinion, has been able to do this so consistently and so well than Bruce Fredrrick Springsteen.
This is a magnificent version of an incredible song...
johnnyM809 1 year ago
Great singing!
lhcarter 1 year ago
post the correct lyrics please
dancetotheradio19 1 year ago
more than beautiful.
mdlinks 1 year ago
I never make it through these lyrics in one piece...
WhenAmyGraduates 1 year ago
@WhenAmyGraduates I hear you.
niceguy9418 1 year ago
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Springsteen... the very definition of a fraud! What a fake!
sangell3 1 year ago
well ...... its really the greatest song of freedom... nice touch by the BOSS... its more of a faster version .... nonetheless its a great version
mantutito 1 year ago
Uh... Your lyrics are all jacked man. BOLTS not boats... "Shadows in the sound" "Seeming to be the chimes of freedom" "Each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail (that one was WAY off). NOT for the hands suspended... lol It's "For they hang suspended"
jont43 1 year ago
@jont43 screw you. its kinda like doing an instrumental cover of a song. its boring if its note for note. people hafta do their own takes on songs, and the feeling is more important the having exact lyrics. and honestly, i like this more than the dylan song, because, even though they both have the same melody and BASICALLY the same lyrics, springsteen does a better musical take on it and also has more feeling in his singing. in my opinion though. theyre both so similar anyway
1JAT1 1 year ago
@1JAT1 Hmmm... All I did was correct a few lyrics. I am aware there are minor differences between the versions, but a number of the listed lyrics are WAY off. I LOVE both versions. I didn't say anything bad about the Boss. So, for stating my opinion, I get smacked with a "screw you" ? The strangest part is that the rest of your post is very passively critical (maybe even polite). So, why start in such a rude way?
jont43 1 year ago
Just heard this from the Byrds - the first note I KNEW this was a Springsteen song - did not realize as much as I follow Bruce that he did not write this song and had never heard of it from the Bryds. Bruce does it with so much more energy. Guess Dylan wrote it - Bruce does it the best - but that is just Bruce being Bruce - thanks for posting!
Deneised 1 year ago
The Boss !!!! Amazing !!!!
ivax2544 1 year ago
without a doubt in my mind, I believe that Bob Dylan was the greatest American Peot of the 20th Century. And as many legendary musicians in their own right over the years have covered him, the only one who has ever done even a passable job of capturing the life, soul and sprit of Dylan's lyrics is the Boss. This is just... beautiful.
niceguy9418 1 year ago 6
@niceguy9418 Obviously you are somwhat crazy. Dylan is a great poet. But The Boss is a goddamn prophet thank you very much. his words, written and sung has more soul than any religious or political manifesto. What I really mean to say is that his writing is superior to God's. Dylan is only human. :)
thefastshuffle 1 year ago
@thefastshuffle If you're implying Bob Dylan didn't write this song than you're wrong. And if you're implying Stringsteen is a better writer, than why did he do a cover of Bob Dylan?
jrdudedj 1 year ago
@jrdudedj I don't see where I implied that Dylan did not write this song. I also don't see any logic in the idea that if I am a better song writer in general, then I can't cover anybody else's great song. Is shakespeare not supposed to read anybody else's writing?
I don't want to fight with you. I love Dylan.... but... :) The Boss is an overall superior wordsmith, with a unique voice and he's "gonna rock you all night long." The Boss's music changed my life man, that's all.
thefastshuffle 1 year ago
@thefastshuffle I'm sure Shakespeare read other great writings, but do you think he rewrote those the exact same word for word? Here's a hint... No.
If you really don't want to "fight me" than you'll read my opinion, accept it, than leave it alone. And here it is, Springsteen = Better singer, Dylan = Better writer. If Springsteen was a better writer his songs would be "superior" thus making it utterly pointless to cover another musicians song. That's my opinion, i know yours, i don't agree.
jrdudedj 1 year ago
@thefastshuffle
Springsteen would be the first to admit that he is not in Dylan's league as a songwriter. Springsteen may speak to you and you find his words appealing, but Dylan changed music, influenced everyone and borrowed from no one.
There's no comparison, period.
Ribzypunk 1 year ago
@thefastshuffle Why yes, I AM "somewhat crazy." Just not for the reasons you state. ;)
niceguy9418 1 year ago
well, i loved his performance
vladystrider 1 year ago
esse camarada respeitou a música!
Cúem - SP/Brasil
stoned66neves 1 year ago
What a performance, not just Bruce, but the whole band !
BUSMANANDY 1 year ago
The Boss, absolutely amazing
kovafenerli 1 year ago
IT IS a litttle different...
dylan is one of the few who is allowed to have his songs singed by springsteen....
marcogtturbo 1 year ago
As majestic bells of boats struck shadows in the sun (You)
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds (Dylan/Bruce)
And for each young heart for each channeled soul misplaced inside a jail (You)
And for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail (Dylan/Bruce)
Man this is outrageous I don't wanna go on. Please post the original lyrics and don't mess with poetry that is not your own.
P.S. Every "yeah" and "well" Bruce sings can be omitted too. Thanks.
chbillgr 1 year ago 3
@chbillgr Bruce has too many great lyrics of his own to remember all of Bob's. PS: Bruce wasn't the next Dylan; Bob was the previous Springsteen.
RudyCasordapek 1 year ago
@RudyCasordapek get a life
chbillgr 1 year ago
@chbillgr
Whoever you are, I'm right there with you. I'm sorry, but from the very first unnecessary " Well " this song was ruined . It's as if Springsteen has adopted the role of storyteller, but it's not HIS story. There's much to be said a new view or a new voice to a cover version, by way of homage. However, there are some songs so personal, so linked to ONE time and one tone that they simply shouldn't be altered or modified. The same is happening now with Cohen's " Hallelujah ".
MJLatora 1 year ago
@MJLatora this seems like a particularly totalitarian view of a song devoted to the praise of freedom.
gsmakin 1 year ago
@MJLatora
Interesting that both of the people you are referring to
can't carry a tune! They are great song writers whose songs were made famous by those who can sing.
janbensam 1 year ago
@janbensam
whoops my apologies to Mr. Zimmerman!
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chbillgr 1 year ago
Your transcription of the lyrics is completlely wrong, and I'm not talking about Springsteen's alterations of the original. Did you even care to look at Dylan's lyrics, so you don't rewrite the whole song for Pete's sake?
"Trapped by an old track of vows for the hands suspended??????" (You)
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended (Original)
Held by no track of hours for they hanged suspended (Bruce)
You got a lot of imagination I have to admit.
chbillgr 1 year ago
AI's Human Rights Now tour 1988
Bozewani 1 year ago
credit where credit is due here. Dylan will always be the master to me but Bruce does a good take of this and i have to admit i am a fan of Springsteen and his music too.
1951tank 1 year ago 4
Hm Dylans version is much better. I don't know why, but i never got a fan of Springsteen, but a i love Dylan over all.
DarkStreetJumper 1 year ago
preference
thinwhiteduke10 1 year ago
I can't believe I've never heard this version. Unbelievable!!!
greenthumbguy1 1 year ago
Written by one of the best and sung here by one of the best,thank you both gentlemen.
gmack2202 2 years ago 81
great performance and song but the best version for me is the one youssou ndour performed!!!!
nicokb8 2 years ago
ohhhh ik ben helemaal leip van bruce !
flevobirdy 2 years ago
If all you can think of is who had the best version, you can't even begin to appreciate the song.
drebyrd54 2 years ago 10
springsteen is one of the few allowed to sing dylan.
TheCraggym 2 years ago 119
@TheCraggym
FACT!!! not many can... but Bruce can!! <3
peeshticoof 1 year ago
beautiful :)
peeshticoof 1 year ago
@TheCraggym and what about me?, I sing pretty well when I am having a shower, you know...from time to time!!.
unanacoreta 4 months ago
Springsteen was heavily influenced by Dylan. What better tribute to Dylan, the "Chimes" and to Freedom....
youyougeek 2 years ago
best dylan
iamductri 2 years ago
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hahahaha bruce is 100 000 000 times better than dylan - who by the ways sounds like he has a potato or something in his throat!
WatchingViking 2 years ago
Wise up Bob Dylan is an outstanding singer. How can he better than the man who wrote the song? Obviously the man who wrote it sings it as it was meant to be sang. The amount of effort Dylan gives it as well as the sheer believability makes him the greatest artist to give this song a go.
TheWeatherman1987 2 years ago 6
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fukin queer bob dylan is way better
20MonkeyBoy09 2 years ago
commin from an american what is freedom? if u live in the us u know .
moody2851 2 years ago
as a british coal miner thanks bruce for your support, this song has it all a long time ago i know but i will never forget thanks bruce
nigelcole1984 2 years ago 5
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ILoveLucyE68NY 2 years ago 3
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After 56 years you haven't learned how to spell president. Lol.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
BROOOOOOOCE!
OelfredBiernot 2 years ago 4
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Dude, you just contradicted yourself. Your laughing at my spelling but you understand my point. But your equating the way I express myself to the way I think. LOL!!! you really did inhale agent orange. Anyway, I don't believe a true soldier would support obama. Your part of the hate america crowd. Good riddance.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
i feel like half the people here dont realize this is a dylan song
FatsDominoDef23 2 years ago 3
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Does Springsteen realize that it's the U.S military that keeps "Freedom flashing" and allows him to make millions of dollars singing about poor people.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
That's what the song is ABOUT you moron! this song is a tribute to America, and the people who "keep freedom flashing" as you say. Its told from the point of an armyman who was trapped, and.. well, listen.
007guy19 2 years ago
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Wrong. The song is about civil disobience. Everybody knows springsteen is anti-war. But who cares ,Springsteen's losing his mind,anyway.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
richardguitar1
Explain.
And provide evidence - or forever shut the fuck up.
G58 2 years ago
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I've been reading about springsteen before you were born, so I don't need to prove anything.But you need to learn how to think for yourself and not let your "heroes" do that for you.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
richardguitar1: "I've been reading about springsteen before you were born"??
That's Impossible you stupid fucking wank stain.
I bought his first album in '73, and saw him live in '78, '80 '85 - oh, when you were 4 years old!
Seen him more than 20 times since and met him three times, but that's not relevant is it?
Shut the fuck up about things you know nothing about.
G58 2 years ago
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sounds like you want to fuck him up the ass.lol
richardguitar1 2 years ago
Just as I thought, a dickwad with no evidence and a juvenile mentality. Can you even read?
Hold on, am I being unkind here? Did you have to ride the shot bus? Okay, here's the DICTIONARY definition of a fan:
fan 2 |føn| |fan|
noun
a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular sport, art form, or famous person.
I became a Springsteen fan after I left the Army, where I was when you when your mamma was still in high school. Did she ever work in a burger joint?
G58 2 years ago
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You're older than me? Then you really are a loser.
Young people have an excuse for being ignorant.
Old fools are more pathetic.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
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If it's maturity that's at issue here, then act your age and support your stupid fucking claim that: ",Springsteen's losing his mind,anyway."
And by the way, that's your punctuation!
And then find a good lawyer and sue your educators. They clearly failed your sorry ass. It may be to late, but hey, worth a try!
G58 2 years ago
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Springsteen said obama symbolizes his music.obama received millions from the corrupt fanniemae. do you know even know what fanniemae is? how about the line "i got a brother at khe sanh,fighting off vietcong". The vietkong had nothing to do with the battle at khe sanh!!! LOL
richardguitar1 2 years ago
There's no such thing as: "vietkong" It's Vietcong (Việt cộng) Dickwad.
During the 2nd half of 1967, the North Vietnamese instigated a series of actions in the border regions of South Vietnam. All of these attacks were conducted by regimental-size PAVN/National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF, or Viet Cong) units, but unlike the usual hit-and-run tactics used by communist forces, these were sustained and bloody affairs.
I served with men who recovered Chi Com intel so STFU.
G58 2 years ago
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Again, there's no such thing as "fanniemae" It's Fannie Mae.
The Franklin Raines story was typical of McCain's desperation, and was widely proved to be bullshit.
Now I understand. You're a dickwad republican that's pissed off because you've got a "Socialist", "Communist","Nazi" "Puppet" AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
Live with it shit for brains. He's the first thinking man in the White House in my living memory, and I hope he succeeds in making the USA a better country. It sure needs fixing.
G58 2 years ago
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I hate Mccain ,he's not a conservative.Obama a thinking man? Lol. He couldn't live without a teleprompter. So much corruption comes with Obama's name:Bill Ayers, Khalidi,Fanniemae. He'll be out in 3 years.You must have inhaled a lot of agent orange to be supporting Obama.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
Next time you can't understand why people complain that Americans are stupid, read your last message.
Forget the punctuation, I've already worked out education failed you. But even though you say you hate "Mccain" McCain, it's the idea that Obama uses a teleprompter to think that really defies credibility.
Equating the way a man orates to the way he thinks and what he believes is beyond stupid.
But if that hypothesis had any credibility, what does it say about Bush?
G58 2 years ago
I can't find which loser said Bruce was losing his mind, but I'm sure you're correct.
Maybe he was privately educated by stupid parents. He's probably still on the tit.
One never knows.
RudyCasordapek 2 years ago
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I said it and I will forever stand by it. As for you get a life. Don't mythologize anybody, especially somebody you have never met.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
Who said I never met Bruce? I don't "mythologize" Springsteen. I like his music. As a person, he's probably similar to the rest of us.
I don't see any signs of him "losing his mind". He's only 60 years old.
Dementia, while possible at such a young age, is normally reserved for those who are much older.
PS: I have a life. It's a really good life. I listen to music for about 1/2 hour a day. Probably about the same amount of time you spend trying to learn something new.
RudyCasordapek 2 years ago 4
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He's certainly not like me, I'm a conservative. I also believe in America which gives an ignorant rock star like Springsteen a chance to earn millions.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
for a guy who hates Bruce so much, you sure are here at this video a lot., lol you must be a closet conservative fan... ...LOL....Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuce !!
ILoveLucyE68NY 2 years ago 7
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I'm trying to teach you all a lesson.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
ignorant!?!?!??!?!?!? hes one of the only pop icons of the last 30 years with ANY actual intelligence! my god, who do you think is not ignorant? Rush Limbaugh I'm sure
direwolf661 2 years ago 5
The onset of dementia is much earlier in Republicans
direwolf661 2 years ago 7
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I'm conservative not republican. Many republicans have sold out.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
the dylan newport one is awesome as well.
togaroc345 2 years ago
dylan is great, i'm a huge fan. but this is a great version as well. anytime someone else gets "it" lyrically, is the important thing. Espescially someone of springsteens caliber. if you look at the musical icons who cover dylan's songs , it shows how important he was.
togaroc345 2 years ago 2
bush wanted oil
obama wants to help the country
Frankb1989 2 years ago
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He's still a nigger to me.
richardguitar1 2 years ago
some people never learn because they "understand" too soon. Its a beautiful song.
jamesqqq 2 years ago
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well i gave a comment and didn't insult anyone on here who likes this version. but i do think he turns great songs into bland mainstream rock. if you like it fair enough that's your choice..and no insults to anyone who does (and no insults to those who don't)
ga865685 2 years ago
I'm not insulted but what do you mean by ''bland mainstream rock'' this song is great for it's lyrics not for it's instrumental parts , dylan's version isn't much better , if you already can hear what he sings !!
johantheboss 2 years ago
What are you talking about? Springsteen was an ardent campaigner for both john kerry and barack obama.
miketniche 2 years ago
What? Now the computer bot has deleted ga865685's comment? There is something awry here. What gives?
worldrimroamer 2 years ago
I was trying to tell ga865685 that he is a lobotomized idiot, but YouTube won't post my comment.
worldrimroamer 2 years ago
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you don't know anything about me worldrimroamer insults come easy don't they...for what? posting my opinion? i have a valid point...you don't so it might be a good idea to STFU
ga865685 2 years ago
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springsteen has an ability to turn fantastic songs into bland rock crap.
ga865685 2 years ago
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G58 2 years ago
Good God what has happened to the soul of music ?? Where are the poets like Dylan and the performer's like Springsteen in today's world ? Lost in the corporate crap and the American Idol machine. No soul, no heart. Just crap. Thank God I grew up with the Beatles, Bruce, Bob, and bands that had a social conscience
ZEBRA2828 2 years ago 14
Time changes !! As Bruce says ; we are all born to run.
I don't know, probably change is a blessing thing whether to the better or to the worse. You can never convince a young person today and make him listen to Bruce.
Have a nice time !
soranB55 2 years ago
To ZEBRA2828: Regarding your question: Alas ...
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
It's all been lost. It's gone.
worldrimroamer 2 years ago
Well, it's up the the young people now. And up to all the downloading services. If people could stop downloading for free, and start buying albums, everything would have been better.
I'm one of those young people. I'm spending lots of hours every day writing and playing music inspired by old legends. I don't think I'll ever be as big as Bruce or any other legends, but I'll try.
But I'm afraid that there are not so many young ones who's doing like me or sharing my dream these days I'm afraid
TelecasterLORD73 2 years ago 3
hey im sure bruce never thought he would make it big but he kept trying!
brokenheros9 2 years ago
I like Bruce at best when he is serious! Thank´s!
greider100 2 years ago
'The Boss' ha onorato come si deve un brano senza tempo...
SienaNelCuore 2 years ago
FANTASTICA|||
popmartu2 2 years ago
wonderfull, really wonderfull especially we know that bob dylan wrote this song when he was young , relly good
floyderman 2 years ago 4
bob and bruce best of all times.
pfgnyc85 2 years ago 8
very true.....
Joker2201 2 years ago
Dylan, Bruce, The Byrds......this is a classic. The melody and message are so powerful. Be mindful. As there are "Chimes of Freedom", there is a cost of freedom.
dsirman11 2 years ago
You know, it was written as a tribute to the drafted who refused to fight and were persecuted.
Rawrzies 2 years ago
Sending this out to all the folks who are striving for their freedom tonight in Iran.
You are not forgotten!
toterola451 2 years ago
This was my first Bruce gig. Fantastic show. I remember the second part had a special soul revue feel to it with horn section et al.
fajjan 2 years ago
Though I really love Bob Dylan and everything he does/did I prefer this version.
NeonlightRebel 2 years ago 4
I prefer Dylans version
JoeyCobbler 2 years ago 2
Yes, so do I. Altho' Bruce and The Byrds are good versions of one of Dylan's greatest ever songs, there's nothing like hearing the full six verses of the original to really appreciate the depth of the song.
alfspyder 2 years ago 2
Simply one of the most respectable songs about human freedom, recognisable from either the left or right of the ecconomic spectrum as a bonafiable fact out of the windsock reach of the neo-liberals and neo-conservatives.
whomever may read this, if you have a god, may he bless this song, and you.
(In other words, great song!)
anatefcan13 2 years ago 3
Bruce Rocks!
champlain9 2 years ago 2
From 75' to present day...Springsteen rules the earth. In this man's rock and roll world anyway.
radiosandclocks 2 years ago 7
you dont get much better
brokenheros9 2 years ago 3
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One of the greatest songs about Human freedom......yet Springsteen is mad as hell that there is now freedom and democracy in Iraq. Ironic.
reasonandfacts 2 years ago