Joan Baez - Tears Of Rage (1968)

[AmericanDiplomat]

Joan Baez is a more technically skilled singer with better pitch control, power, and vibrato, but Richard Manuel still sang this number way better, because his phrasing, timing and melancholy touch gave it way more soul

[Resenbrink]

Can Lady Ga Ga do this?

[dangerbirdzuma]

@Resenbrink yes she can, lady gaga is an excellent singer. search "lady gaga acoustic live" and youll be blown away. love joan baez though

[stlcards9000]

richard manuel can't be beat at this song. no one can match his emotion.

[MuscularDad60]

@stlcards9000 shut the fuck up - this is Baez' stage.

[trollingforpoo]

@MuscularDad60 lols

[ace1sod]

not only is she very powerful but the song has such a powerful meaning so the 2 together are just to impressive.

wow

[AxlTerry94]

There are notes in there that play with your head it's kool!!

[johnmcd7]

STUNNING VIDEO! From a musical era when singing and songs often carried great meaning...... This performance seems to me like a blazing righteous angel coming to earth to speak truth to her audience......... A - MA - ZING !

[vulturnusxan]

what a voice, makes it look so easy

[DEVON294]

Gives me goosebumps. Wow.

[Ariennezita]

Ella es perfecta.

[drburr47]

Isn't that Tommy Smothers next to her?

[steeltunes]

Playboy After Dark?

[TheMediaLibrary]

Et ce n'est que lorsque cette chanson s'étendra et résonnera sur la terre entière, qu'il y aura enfin la paix dans le monde...

[lkfh]

She'll bite your head right off. Period.

[JillJackTunes]

this is really intense..and yes. that is hugh hefner in the background..go figure??

[ricky6565]

personally I prefer Jimi Hendrix's cover, although I've only heard it in edited form.

[cutis1000]

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[ricky6565]

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[Baez971]

As I-ve already written on this site, Joan Baez is and will remain forever one of the witnesses of our times. Her voice for me doesn't sound as perfect as some people wrote here and that's why I prefer her voice than Collin's for instance. She hasn't been formated, and most of all on this clip, we can see how unconfortable the blond lady compelled to listen to her feels. She's got a strange smile mixted with admiration and condescendance. Yeah for sure she's the only one capable to do so!

[gordbard]

Kinda makes America's got talent look a bit silly doesn't it? True artists are born not manufactured by game shows!!

[fullblowngenius]

She was REALLY in love with Zimmy......

[Resenbrink]

fantastic

[SimplyCecileP]

is it joan baez that just made hugh hefner cry.... pretty sure that's a young hugh hefner... fantastic

[SimplyCecileP]

the people watching are so still...

[iamearthbornami]

wow*** thanks for this ~ i love joan baez

[shocktower70]

A little class/reality awareness........

That is such a heavy statement I doubt any of the Playboy Club understood the concept of " So alone, life is brief ".

More approprate in 1968 to sing that song to young solders......

[edicccc]

fantastic. Made me think of the Prince song "Solo".

[thomasthought]

this song hits me EVERY SINGLE TIME. AMAZING & POWERFUL are words that don't do this anywhere near justice

[jeascoob]

Egh, why sing this acapella? You have to rush the parts where there is meant to be a pause and you can't really feel any background.

[Steve67pic]

sorry but Richard Manuel tools her big time

[studlyfellow]

So?

[Jay3039]

she has some diverse voice

[rossini2000]

Great !

[blindesthobo]

Joan, if it ain't broke...

[jezabell1994]

i love her voice it sends shivers down my spine

[William1880]

Funny how she didn't quite know what to do with her hands without a guitar to hold. What a voice!

[glennfryenpie]

this is sweet. thanks for posting.

[kafkazar]

i heard this last night for the first time, and this morning i had it in my head. truly a beautiful voice and song

[adha4]

I think Dylan wrote the words and Richard, God Bless him, wrote the music - a fabulous combination.

[yermanno13]

joan baez always uses too much vibrato on her voice for my liking, but when shes good shes good!

she nearly makes people cry in this clip.amazing.

richard manuel. the band. .............

[thewanksta36]

For the most part, I like a healthy vibratto, but I know what you mean. I personally think the only time it's too much is on a couple of her earliest 100% soprano recordings, when she was still trying to figure out what to do with her voice. It got better in the late 60s (as shown in this clip) through the 70s.

[mthivier]

I think the vibratto is what makes Joan's vocals so memorable. I actually think the only flaw with Baez -- and I say this being a huge fan of hers for decades -- is occasionally some of the Dylan songs and other rock and roll things she's chosen to cover, required harshness and roughness and Joan's voice is so perfect and pristine and gorgeous that something gets lost when in the translation. (On the other hand, with songs like "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and the Allmans' "Blue Sky", she...

[mthivier]

makes up by adding something that wasn't present in the original song).

[thewanksta36]

I have to agree with you there, the does interpret music better than anyone. S

[adha4]

I agree, she has a great voice but sometimes too perfect for some songs. I think this rendition is just beautiful, I don't think it's nececessary to compare it with Richard's or Dylan's, all are unique and worthy in their own right. A great song, I enjoy all three's versions.

[lskfls]

well.. like we say in sweden: the taste is like the ass, separate!

[thewanksta36]

This is when she sounds her best. When she shows us her rich lower range AND her powerful upper range.

[parkcityskibum]

We were all so young and so was she. I love the pure clear vision of our youth.

Her voice is just a part of what made her Joan Beaz. It was also the pure clear vision of what could be...and never was. I am sorry for those who grew up with Dubious as their mode and vision.

god love you Joan, Bobby Dillon and all the icons of the wild and hopeful 1960s.

[lucybeev]

Yeah. Very nice version. I have always struggled with Joan - love everything she is about, and I can't deny the pure gift of her voice, but it is often hard to listen to - a little too much, maybe. Here, she brings that guy to tears, and she gave me goosebumps.

[yermanno13]

you said exactly what i thought there!

[ranchoboyeros]

thank God for this woman who has always stood by values of love and equality

[DeclanMax]

a well loved song .its lovely to hear it once again  it still touches my heart as it always did.....

[vivianamarcelairiart]

maravillosa!!!!

[jaimelynn988]

like any of those bimbo's even understand her, and joan is the best women there

[JivinJane]

@jaimelynn988  What don't they understand?

[ohmercy]

lovely

[Trovahead]

Who would have thought Joanie would have been on "Playboy After Dark"? Great version - interesting to see the bimbos at the mansion trying to get down and appear that they really are trying to think about what the song is saying.

[adha4]

Thanks for sharing

A nice a capella version of this great song written by Bob Dylan/Richard Manuel.

[vikisisa]

wat heft joan hier een stel schots en scheve tandjes in haar mond!

[klarolivia]

Really good :)

[shangster2]

Basically spectac---Not too shabby---best version I've heard---the polite applause is a tad embarrassing but then the 60s weren't really happenin yet---everyone looks like they're neighbors of Ward and June Cleaver--except the black couple of course.

[jahnomarco]

breathtaking...

[rdwuerth]

A natural, clear, effortless and pure sound.

Soulful and classical and deep.

Thank you for this treasure.

[flesheatingbull]

listen to richard manuel and this song will seem almost amateur in my opinion.

[frydaytomato]

don't cut down Richard

[omfgleah]

he was cutting down joan baez and i agree with him.

[sallygal7]

Richard is still the man.

[taddyd1]

But SAINT JOAN is the goddess!

[jozzelin]

This is SO great! This is my favourite song from the "Any Day Now" album, along with Love is just a 4 letter word.Really powerful and touching.

[peterpieter]

I never have been a fan of joan baez. She was too 'soft' for me. But then this. I admit: this is great, wonderfull singing of a great and difficult song (richard manuel/dylan)

Tx for posting

PS. Where is this from?.

[taddyd1]

A hugh hefner Tv show, Playboy After Dark.

He let her preach her peace politics so she went on his show. She was almost never on primetime TV-toooo controversial. Joan has one of the most powerful and "softest" voices ever. She is the ONLY concert artist I've seen perform without a mike(more than once) in concert!

[mthivier]

Wow, that was powerful...What was this from? it looks like Joan is singing at someone's cocktail party.

[dtbauer]

Whoa! That pretty much blew me away. She sings this song with such conviction. . . remarkable.

[HypCol]

Incredible! never seen before, thank you!

[SigugudPui]

Amazing - thank you for posting this video.

-Al

[taddyd1]

unreal!