for you & all that, but just you dont go pushing me, y'hear?" i understand that theyre not gonna invite me back cause they didnt like the way i came on to the master of ceremony's old lady, all in all, i'm making it tho. got a new song against cigarette lighters. this matchbook company offered me free matches for the rest of my life, plus my picture on all the matchbooks, but you know me, it'd take a helluva lot more'n that before i'd sell out-see you around nomination time your fellow rebel k.t
hi y'all. not much new happening. sang at the vegetarian convention my new song against meat. everybody dug it except for the plumbers neath the stage. this one little girl, fresh out of college & i believe president of the Dont Stomp Out the Cows division of the society. she tried to push me into one of the plumbers. starts a little chaos going, but you know me, i didnt go for that not one little bit. i say "look baby, i'll sing
there is a little hope from this desolation, and it started just a while back on Wall Street.
Now its on seven continents.. want to visit your local demonstration.. and be part of 99% of us who need less crap in our lives? I can hardly believe that 400 people are rich enough to own the USA.. and we just need to say NO.. and show up to be counted here and there.. it is not that hard, and I can hardly walk
We sat around for hours trying to figure out all the references. But then, we sat around and just enjoyed Paul Simon's tales of life. Dylan was a visionary, Simon a minstrel. But, I guess, you'll stomp on me as a romantic.
One of Dylan' greatest songs. I have listened to it hundreds of times and never tire of it. Where did his talent come from ? Genius is an overused word, but Bob really is a genius
My favorite Dylan song of all time...I heard he wrote it in the back of a cab in NYC? I love the part about Ezra Pound and TS Elliott fighting in the tower..
MANY GREAT NOVELIST LIKE STEINBECK HAVE OPENLY BEEN AMAZED / ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE A SONGWRITER LIKE WOODY COULD WRITE IN A 8MIN'S WHAT IT TOOK HIM TO WRITE IN 800PGS.
WELL TS AND EZRA (WHO WERE FIGHTING IN THE CAPTAIN'S TOWER) ARE SO JEALOUS OF HIM THAT HE COULD DO IN A LITTLE OVER TEN MINUTES WHAT IT TOOK THEM A LIFE TIME TO DO.
AND HE COULD / CAN ALSO PLAY THE HARMONICA BETTER THEN THEM.
I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH DR GARKLE, HE'S GREATER THAN ANY LANGUAGE HAS EVER KNOWN.
When a great comet appears people, in their foolish arrogance believe two things: first, that they are the audience and second, that they understand. They are wrong. Comets are just rare and lovely. They fill the night sky with glowing dust, they follow their unique path, they shine because they are carried near the sun and they fade because are carried away again. Comets are marvels and each of us who witnessed one is affected, gifted, ennobled and awestruck.
The jury is still out on who the other guitar player is. Al Kooper has been suggested and he has never denied it ! It sure doesn't sound like anything McCoy ever did before on a Dylan track. (BTW, beware the Musical Trivia question "Who played drums on Dylan's 'Desolation Row' ").
What is this song about? this is an honest question, I can tell it is some kind protest song but I was not around when it was written, so i'm not sure what it is referring to.
one of the 50 masterpieces of rock music no doubt along with sad eyed lady of the lowlands, far better than the overrated "like a rolling stone" (only a good song). dylan is a supreme genius of rock music.
dylan and hawking talkin' first and last 'bout what was now and what is then the professor speaking answers he inquires quite discreetly "am i hearing things or was that a big bang " "the candle burns at both ends but no light can escape cuz the jailer got the gravity on the inner loop of his ring of keys or so says the bard in song
yo BobDylansDream3...check out leonard cohens...Closing Time...i am a major dylan fan but...
Ed Bradley from 60 minutes asked bob about this song,to which dylan relpied...no on eindividual could have written this song with help from some one somewhere...but i agree...it IS unreal and the harmonica palying near the end
i would like to see anyone else on this earth write something like this, i'd honestly bet 10,000 dollars nobody could even come close to this. I get blown away every time I hear this.
Dylan is a hundred layers of theater: the baby folk singer, the dark rocker, country singer, born again Christian, father, son, husband, painter, writer, farmer and poet. He is also the greatest singer-songwriter that the English language has ever known and a voice and vision more original than any artist since William Blake.
@DoctorGarkle So I'm guessing your kind of a Dylan fan, correct? Well, so am I. He's the rare instance of an artist---in his case a musical artist---who transcended art and became in his own lifetime a part of history. There's another contemporary song writer you may not have heard of. His name is John Prine. If you don't know his work, check him out. A major talent with a cult following that includes Dylan himself, who has been known to occasionally play back-up for John at concerts.
@JackKangaroo1 Yeah, I am in awe of Dylan's work. I actually know nothing of Prine except that I have heard the name but now, given your recommendation, I'll certainly give him my attention. Thanks man!
@DoctorGarkle Cross out born again Christian. He rejected that years ago when he began hanging around with the Lebavitchers. He sings about his rejection of Christianity in Man of Peace.
@MFPhoto1 The whole "conversion" was very strange indeed. A Jewish physician friend of mine converted to Christianity a few years ago after a "white light" experience in Church with a hot date. I think Dylan's conversion involved a woman as well (I am not sure). At any rate, it's all very strange to me, this Jesus-stuff. But then even geniuses--particularly geniuses-- often live chaotically.
@DoctorGarkle “What’s Dylan’s Religion” has always been a popular game. It was a former girlfriend who converted Dylan to Christianity. It was the wife of a Chabad Lubavitcher rabbi, a Dylan fan, who sought him out and brought him back to the Jewish fold, although he never became observant. He did perform a few times on the annual Chabad telethon, with his son-in-law Peter Himmelman, raising money for Lubavitch charities.
Dylan still shows up at a Chabad House once a year on Yom Kippur, depending on where he's at. I don't know about this past year, but last year it was in Atlanta. Even after rejecting his conversion, Dylan continued to use Christian imagry in his lyrics, confusing many. I think it is just him trying to appeal to a larger audience.
Some time ago I met this girl from Minnesota. She went home to visit family and a friend invited her to a Lubavitch briss. She went expecting a good party with food, drink and dancing. What she did not expect was to meet Bob Dylan.
@NevilleBing Surely the favourite musician of anyone with half a brain? Both my girls in their early 20s idolise him ( so I must have done something right!)
@BarerMender - try and imagine the words without the music - You won't be able to! I used to think like you, and your are certainly tight that he is a poetic genius - but he is also a musical genius.
@sionnyn As a poet myself, I don't have any problem separating the words from the music. And granted, it doesn't completely stand on its own as a poem. Few song lyrics do; the constraints of the genre (line-bound rhyming couplets, e.g.) prevent it. But Dylan said himself that most of his melodies were borrowed from old folksongs. I have to maintain Dylan is more about the words than the music.
@gramatanbog Eclipses most cognitive frameworks? Surely you exaggerate. Come to think of it, what do you even mean by "cognitive framework?" As for "hypnotic melody and musical virtuosity," I call B.S. The last time I listened to this, I lost my focus on the words, and I found the droning music putting me to sleep.
@elliegret You're a bad guesser. I'm sixty-two, a poet, a professional editor and writer, at least some of the time (I've revised two books for readability, both of which made the Business Week Business Best Seller List), .I lived through Bob Dylans time, and I know as much history as you do. As for the rest of your self-superior, patronizing bullshit, you can shove it.
I like how the origional is all calm and slow and shizzle (and awesome) and MCR's version is violent, fast and very loud (and equally as awesome). Such contrast, but so much amazing music.
@CoffeeBeatsTea ha yeah neither can i... i just see that the BD one is over 10 minuets and the MCR is like 2 and a half... i know its faster but not that fast... i read somewhere that dylan actually liked it because he never heard one of his songs played like that, and he said he's glad that kids today still like his music.
Where's the Mac 1984 sledge hammer? If it's up there Steve please toss it down. We need it again.
PS - I have an orange vinyl bootleg of Highway 61 a friend bought in Japan circa 1967. If anyone is willing to pay enough for it I promise to pay off the world debt.
The whole song, specially the last strophe before the harmonica solo, is perfect for people that are starting to get depressed about the idea of life and its end. Everybody has his own history and fears. We just don't have to think to much about the desolation row we all are.
Just because, if you pay attention, everything is incredible beautiful.
Saw Bobby sing this with the Grateful Dead a couple of times and was always amazed that anyone with that big of a live catalog could remember these lyrics. Goes to show you how profound these songs were to his peers. And Tom Petty recently quoted as sayng George Harrison quoted Dylan like hardcore Christians quote the gospel :)
@borgetc U know how he remembered them? like he said, "And every one of them words rang true And glowed like burning coal. Pouring off of every page Like it was written in my soul." Those words were written in his soul. and now they are written in the soul of me and anyone else who values dylan as much as i do.
@rfranklinw1 - I couldn't have said it better myself, I think you speak for us all. Me, Dylan fan since '65, I have the original Blonde on Blonde double LP from 1966 and incidentally I have that recording in three media. And still can't get enough of that brilliant masterpiece.
@rfranklinw1 - I couldn't have said it better myself, I think you speak for us all. Me, Dylan fan since '65, I have the original Blonde on Blonde double LP from 1966 and incidentally I have that recording in three media. And still can't get enough of that brilliant masterpiece.
@rfranklinw1 - I couldn't have said it better myself, I think you speak for us all. Me, Dylan fan since '65, I have the original Blonde on Blonde double LP from 1966 and incidentally I have that recording in three media. And still can't get enough of that brilliant masterpiece.
Sony has a big promotion on with Dylan's earlier CDs, which are in the stores now at a fantastic discount. They must have eased up to try to stir interest -- enjoy it while it lasts, I don't trust them. Because it's true, only even a few days ago almost nothing was available and now, it's all here.
Been a Dylan fan for 50 years, since I was 10 years old. An acknowledge poet and lame guitar player myself lol. Dylan should be the American Poet Laureate of all fucking time. I laugh at people who still try to dissect and interpret his lyrics. It is a waste of time. Just listen and let them educate you and help you in your life. Let them mean what they mean to you and just fucking enjoy.
@Rockinghorserider1 crouchedge is right, it's the fantastic Charlie McCoy. Al Kooper played electric guitar on the first recording, available on one of the Bootleg Series. I prefer the acoustic version but it's also worth a listen!
This song is just incredible. both musically and contextually. The king of folk music basically destroys the genre with Highway 61 revisited when he not only goes electric, but plays solid rock n roll. But then... the very last song... The most beautiful acoustic song ever recorded. pure brilliance.
Those who say "Dylan can't sing" need to hear this masterpiece. The lyrics, the arrangement (unbelievable), and his singing is just fantastic. He's never sounded better.
well said, i think the same this was 1 of the first bob dylan songs ive heard and it also was when ive have an amazing change in my way of thinking and also i was very stoned also and it was something kind of like an experience, this sound you feel it, u stumble upon itO.O good post, i guess theres no ballad of a thin man stillO_O
I swear a few months ago it was almost impossible to find any original Bob Dylan songs on YouTube. Now there's basically everything he's ever done. Wadup with that?
@Jcm9991 I believe Sony have softened their stance towards Dylan songs being posted on Youtube. I remember uploading Hurricane last year, but it was removed because it "contained content from SME (Sony Music Entertainment." It's good to have them all finally availlable!
Lyrically Bob Dylan is a genius! This song is out of this world for imagination and lyrical quality. Another song similar by Dylan that I like is 'It's Alright Ma...' Total epic songs!
@LUCKas1212 yeah, I mean you could go on for hours because he has genuinely written hundreds of songs, most of which are exceptional, but thats just Dylan. Possibly the most original, yet versatile singer/songwriter ever. You look at 'Blowing In The Wind' and then ' Hurricane' and they are such different songs and you could be excused for believing it was a different singer on them! You like 'Shelter from the Storm' and the whole 'Blood on the Tracks' album is just class!
guess ifs a 11 mins i'll crank it and feel it from a wandering eh
greggieguygood 3 months ago
i found this song because of MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE and i loved it and now I LOVE BOTH
partypoison7 3 months ago
exactly where is this Desolation row, think I'd like to go there for a while but just for a visit
wsmith6079wpg 3 months ago
Has anybody else noticed that Gram Parsons' In My Hour Of Darkness is very reminiscent of this timeless masterpiece?
lyonslaforet 3 months ago
@Bob Dylans Dream....You are Correct........I also defy anyone to call him a democrat......said that cause of America today.......were in trouble
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for you & all that, but just you dont go pushing me, y'hear?" i understand that theyre not gonna invite me back cause they didnt like the way i came on to the master of ceremony's old lady, all in all, i'm making it tho. got a new song against cigarette lighters. this matchbook company offered me free matches for the rest of my life, plus my picture on all the matchbooks, but you know me, it'd take a helluva lot more'n that before i'd sell out-see you around nomination time your fellow rebel k.t
CrashoftheConchords 3 months ago
hi y'all. not much new happening. sang at the vegetarian convention my new song against meat. everybody dug it except for the plumbers neath the stage. this one little girl, fresh out of college & i believe president of the Dont Stomp Out the Cows division of the society. she tried to push me into one of the plumbers. starts a little chaos going, but you know me, i didnt go for that not one little bit. i say "look baby, i'll sing
CrashoftheConchords 3 months ago
there is a little hope from this desolation, and it started just a while back on Wall Street.
Now its on seven continents.. want to visit your local demonstration.. and be part of 99% of us who need less crap in our lives? I can hardly believe that 400 people are rich enough to own the USA.. and we just need to say NO.. and show up to be counted here and there.. it is not that hard, and I can hardly walk
TREYOLDHIPPIE 3 months ago
We sat around for hours trying to figure out all the references. But then, we sat around and just enjoyed Paul Simon's tales of life. Dylan was a visionary, Simon a minstrel. But, I guess, you'll stomp on me as a romantic.
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This song is so great, even Bob Dylan liked it. :/
YourFaceWillDie468 3 months ago
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YourFaceWillDie468 3 months ago
their are lots of dylan originals up now.The record companys must of stop being demons for a moment.
samesamething 3 months ago
when i heard the my chemical romance version and came to listen to this, i did not expect to like this version better. but i do :)
bulletproofheart49 3 months ago
One of Dylan' greatest songs. I have listened to it hundreds of times and never tire of it. Where did his talent come from ? Genius is an overused word, but Bob really is a genius
bobsgirl61 4 months ago
that guitar fill at 1:17 is my favorite
KIDAmnesiacBends 4 months ago
"Dylan, blows a breath of life in this story telling song"-indigenousman
mepaleoindian 4 months ago
I thought that was Mike Bloomfield on the other guitar (as I recall)
rickolsonmusic 4 months ago
@rickolsonmusic /thought I read that- don't know for sure...
rickolsonmusic 4 months ago
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hazzzzzzzzzzar 4 months ago
こんな素晴らしい詩を書く、ミュージシャンはいない。
来年こそノーベル文学賞取ってくれ、たいしたことない奴にやるな、
MAOMI777 4 months ago
ディランはフリーメイソンじゃない。
MAOMI777 4 months ago
incredible
TomThumbsBlues1965 4 months ago
how can my chemical romance attempt to cover this, they have completely killed an amazing song
hazzzzzzzzzzar 4 months ago
My favorite Dylan song of all time...I heard he wrote it in the back of a cab in NYC? I love the part about Ezra Pound and TS Elliott fighting in the tower..
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TheCalvin321 4 months ago
genius
yam1200 4 months ago
no he is not if you got this great tallent
yam1200 4 months ago
this is not just a song it is an odyssey
PISSED8 4 months ago 2
MANY GREAT NOVELIST LIKE STEINBECK HAVE OPENLY BEEN AMAZED / ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE A SONGWRITER LIKE WOODY COULD WRITE IN A 8MIN'S WHAT IT TOOK HIM TO WRITE IN 800PGS.
WELL TS AND EZRA (WHO WERE FIGHTING IN THE CAPTAIN'S TOWER) ARE SO JEALOUS OF HIM THAT HE COULD DO IN A LITTLE OVER TEN MINUTES WHAT IT TOOK THEM A LIFE TIME TO DO.
AND HE COULD / CAN ALSO PLAY THE HARMONICA BETTER THEN THEM.
I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH DR GARKLE, HE'S GREATER THAN ANY LANGUAGE HAS EVER KNOWN.
ELVIS4221 4 months ago
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ELVIS4221 4 months ago
I think I like the original by bob Dylan more than my chemical romance's version both are pretty good though
123toby7 4 months ago
@123toby7 *facepalm*
ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 4 months ago
@ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 have you heard mcr's version
123toby7 3 months ago
@123toby7 It's shite, sorry i thought you said you prefered mcr's version lol.
ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 3 months ago
He's God!
slore86 4 months ago
such a great thought put into words and music...will there ever b another?
connvick 4 months ago
When a great comet appears people, in their foolish arrogance believe two things: first, that they are the audience and second, that they understand. They are wrong. Comets are just rare and lovely. They fill the night sky with glowing dust, they follow their unique path, they shine because they are carried near the sun and they fade because are carried away again. Comets are marvels and each of us who witnessed one is affected, gifted, ennobled and awestruck.
DoctorGarkle 4 months ago
@DoctorGarkle AND SO VERY FORTUNATE. BUT HE'S MORE THAN A COMET. HE'S WHAT COMETS CAME FROM
ELVIS4221 4 months ago
To think this Dylan masterpiece came from a twenty something young idealist. It's mind boggling!
olhippie1 4 months ago
The jury is still out on who the other guitar player is. Al Kooper has been suggested and he has never denied it ! It sure doesn't sound like anything McCoy ever did before on a Dylan track. (BTW, beware the Musical Trivia question "Who played drums on Dylan's 'Desolation Row' ").
4730Peter 4 months ago
@4730Peter The liner notes might help
garymichael1950 3 months ago
i think it's awesome, but it turns boring...
VampireInAVolvo 4 months ago
What is this song about? this is an honest question, I can tell it is some kind protest song but I was not around when it was written, so i'm not sure what it is referring to.
bellaluna423 4 months ago
My favourite Dylan song
johnnyM809 4 months ago
You can use every line as a quotation
lippalassi 4 months ago 2
@lippalassi Don't you just love that about Dylan?? Gosh, his lyrics are just-- I can't even... amazing.
LoquaciousInkSlinger 4 months ago
one of the 50 masterpieces of rock music no doubt along with sad eyed lady of the lowlands, far better than the overrated "like a rolling stone" (only a good song). dylan is a supreme genius of rock music.
progreadicto 4 months ago
I've always thought that the guitar work of Charlie McCoy is some of the best ever layed down, especially since this was recorded in one take.
TheWeebeeone 4 months ago
wsmith6079wpg 4 months ago
Dylan for me is a great poet more than a great songwriter
johnnyM809 4 months ago
love you bob dylan x
<3 dylan 4eva <3
xPinKPrinCess22 4 months ago
yo BobDylansDream3...check out leonard cohens...Closing Time...i am a major dylan fan but...
Ed Bradley from 60 minutes asked bob about this song,to which dylan relpied...no on eindividual could have written this song with help from some one somewhere...but i agree...it IS unreal and the harmonica palying near the end
malltease 4 months ago
Thank you Thank you Thank you -
Oh wait did I forget to say thank you? - THANK YOU!!!!!
WISDOMX9 4 months ago
i would like to see anyone else on this earth write something like this, i'd honestly bet 10,000 dollars nobody could even come close to this. I get blown away every time I hear this.
BobDylansDream3 4 months ago 9
@BobDylansDream3 How could one not and still be human, right?
iBundangbear 4 months ago in playlist iBundangbear's favorites
@iBundangbear i know it makes me just wanna quit music haha just knowing ill never be that good
BobDylansDream3 4 months ago
@BobDylansDream3
You will bet the 10,000 dollars that you can win at Jack In The Box LOL!
PigsWing1977 3 months ago 2
@BobDylansDream3 don't think to much about desolation row.
iamductri 3 months ago
Dylan is a hundred layers of theater: the baby folk singer, the dark rocker, country singer, born again Christian, father, son, husband, painter, writer, farmer and poet. He is also the greatest singer-songwriter that the English language has ever known and a voice and vision more original than any artist since William Blake.
DoctorGarkle 4 months ago 19
@DoctorGarkle So I'm guessing your kind of a Dylan fan, correct? Well, so am I. He's the rare instance of an artist---in his case a musical artist---who transcended art and became in his own lifetime a part of history. There's another contemporary song writer you may not have heard of. His name is John Prine. If you don't know his work, check him out. A major talent with a cult following that includes Dylan himself, who has been known to occasionally play back-up for John at concerts.
JackKangaroo1 4 months ago
@JackKangaroo1 Yeah, I am in awe of Dylan's work. I actually know nothing of Prine except that I have heard the name but now, given your recommendation, I'll certainly give him my attention. Thanks man!
DoctorGarkle 4 months ago
@DoctorGarkle Cross out born again Christian. He rejected that years ago when he began hanging around with the Lebavitchers. He sings about his rejection of Christianity in Man of Peace.
MFPhoto1 4 months ago
@MFPhoto1 The whole "conversion" was very strange indeed. A Jewish physician friend of mine converted to Christianity a few years ago after a "white light" experience in Church with a hot date. I think Dylan's conversion involved a woman as well (I am not sure). At any rate, it's all very strange to me, this Jesus-stuff. But then even geniuses--particularly geniuses-- often live chaotically.
DoctorGarkle 4 months ago
@DoctorGarkle “What’s Dylan’s Religion” has always been a popular game. It was a former girlfriend who converted Dylan to Christianity. It was the wife of a Chabad Lubavitcher rabbi, a Dylan fan, who sought him out and brought him back to the Jewish fold, although he never became observant. He did perform a few times on the annual Chabad telethon, with his son-in-law Peter Himmelman, raising money for Lubavitch charities.
MFPhoto1 4 months ago
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MFPhoto1 4 months ago
@DoctorGarkle Part 2
Dylan still shows up at a Chabad House once a year on Yom Kippur, depending on where he's at. I don't know about this past year, but last year it was in Atlanta. Even after rejecting his conversion, Dylan continued to use Christian imagry in his lyrics, confusing many. I think it is just him trying to appeal to a larger audience.
MFPhoto1 4 months ago
@DoctorGarkle Part 3
Some time ago I met this girl from Minnesota. She went home to visit family and a friend invited her to a Lubavitch briss. She went expecting a good party with food, drink and dancing. What she did not expect was to meet Bob Dylan.
MFPhoto1 4 months ago
@DoctorGarkle And he's also a Jewish kid from Hibbing, MN that's going to win the Nobel Prize in Lit~!
iBundangbear 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Bob Dylan
I love My Chemical Roamances version, but this one still blows my mind :)
NoName3708 4 months ago
Fuck the foul language - this is BRILLIANT!
sionnyn 4 months ago
One of the biggest masterpieces of all times!
MrPopcorn4ever 4 months ago
Great song!
PhysicalGraffiti91 4 months ago
steve jobs' fave musician
NevilleBing 4 months ago
@NevilleBing Surely the favourite musician of anyone with half a brain? Both my girls in their early 20s idolise him ( so I must have done something right!)
sionnyn 4 months ago 2
Dylan's best ever
tonyd7601 4 months ago
"Musical genius" might be going to far, but certainly poetic genius.
BarerMender 4 months ago
@BarerMender - try and imagine the words without the music - You won't be able to! I used to think like you, and your are certainly tight that he is a poetic genius - but he is also a musical genius.
sionnyn 4 months ago
@sionnyn As a poet myself, I don't have any problem separating the words from the music. And granted, it doesn't completely stand on its own as a poem. Few song lyrics do; the constraints of the genre (line-bound rhyming couplets, e.g.) prevent it. But Dylan said himself that most of his melodies were borrowed from old folksongs. I have to maintain Dylan is more about the words than the music.
BarerMender 4 months ago
@BarerMender
More than language itself. Specific constructs or poetic meter, Dylan eclipses most cognitive frameworks.
In this ditty he insinuates a state of being that transcends mere relative momentary experience with iconic
visual framing of character, personality, force and political reference all wrapped in hypnotic melody and
musical virtuosity that confounds.Once you get it, the net result are intonations, and emotional imprinting that
will last your entire life. So, share it with all.
gramatanbog 4 months ago
@gramatanbog Eclipses most cognitive frameworks? Surely you exaggerate. Come to think of it, what do you even mean by "cognitive framework?" As for "hypnotic melody and musical virtuosity," I call B.S. The last time I listened to this, I lost my focus on the words, and I found the droning music putting me to sleep.
BarerMender 4 months ago
@BarerMender
I'm going to guess you are under 35 years old. You do not write,
(professionally) and you may or may not know much about Bob Dylan.
His time, nor the transformational history of those days. But, spend a
bit more time thinking and listening, with your inner mind.
Not your brain. Or, in the words of Mr. Dylan,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.
You will start getting it. Or not. It does not matter.
elliegret 4 months ago
@elliegret You're a bad guesser. I'm sixty-two, a poet, a professional editor and writer, at least some of the time (I've revised two books for readability, both of which made the Business Week Business Best Seller List), .I lived through Bob Dylans time, and I know as much history as you do. As for the rest of your self-superior, patronizing bullshit, you can shove it.
BarerMender 4 months ago
@elliegret Hey Mr. Tambourine Man!
HarrySwagPotter 4 months ago
@BarerMender
Then sleep on. Might be the best thing for you.
elliegret 4 months ago
I like how the origional is all calm and slow and shizzle (and awesome) and MCR's version is violent, fast and very loud (and equally as awesome). Such contrast, but so much amazing music.
MCRwriterwickedfreak 4 months ago 2
I love this version. MCR did a really good cover. :D Their both awesome. <3
misslishielou 4 months ago 2
Two dislikes? Must be MCR... >.>
EvilMonsterThingy 4 months ago
@EvilMonsterThingy Who's that? some troll with 2 accounts? LOL
iBundangbear 4 months ago
@iBundangbear MCR = My Chemical Romance. They've covered this song.
EvilMonsterThingy 4 months ago
@EvilMonsterThingy no, they covered part of the song.
dunkinking 4 months ago
@dunkinking I can't listen to their cover. I can't even make it through the 1st verse :P
CoffeeBeatsTea 4 months ago
@CoffeeBeatsTea ha yeah neither can i... i just see that the BD one is over 10 minuets and the MCR is like 2 and a half... i know its faster but not that fast... i read somewhere that dylan actually liked it because he never heard one of his songs played like that, and he said he's glad that kids today still like his music.
dunkinking 4 months ago
Where's the Mac 1984 sledge hammer? If it's up there Steve please toss it down. We need it again.
PS - I have an orange vinyl bootleg of Highway 61 a friend bought in Japan circa 1967. If anyone is willing to pay enough for it I promise to pay off the world debt.
bobofgloucester 5 months ago
great song!
TheRulezzzzzz 5 months ago
Evert stanza lile an abstract painting - Thanks for posting.
DANLEO5 5 months ago
It takes one to know one she smiles, puts her hands in her back pocket, betty davis style. that line right there alone is amazing haha
BobDylansDream3 5 months ago
@BobDylansDream3 Why yes it is, much like the rest of them~!
iBundangbear 4 months ago
@iBundangbear best ever.
BobDylansDream3 4 months ago
OCCUPY WALL STREET, for we the people will have justice.
MrBluesrules 5 months ago
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The whole song, specially the last strophe before the harmonica solo, is perfect for people that are starting to get depressed about the idea of life and its end. Everybody has his own history and fears. We just don't have to think to much about the desolation row we all are.
Just because, if you pay attention, everything is incredible beautiful.
Thank you, Bob.
KDylan 5 months ago 13
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KDylan 5 months ago
love this song but, mcr's version is better in my eyes :) sorry bob fans x
thebezzaful 5 months ago
how can a normal human being make up words like this!beuatiful!
coolanddark 5 months ago 3
@coolanddark Bob Dylan is no normal human being.
thetazzdelaney 5 months ago 10
@thetazzdelaney Far from that, must be alien.
llangol 4 months ago
Saw Bobby sing this with the Grateful Dead a couple of times and was always amazed that anyone with that big of a live catalog could remember these lyrics. Goes to show you how profound these songs were to his peers. And Tom Petty recently quoted as sayng George Harrison quoted Dylan like hardcore Christians quote the gospel :)
borgetc 5 months ago
@borgetc U know how he remembered them? like he said, "And every one of them words rang true And glowed like burning coal. Pouring off of every page Like it was written in my soul." Those words were written in his soul. and now they are written in the soul of me and anyone else who values dylan as much as i do.
ryanhashton 5 months ago
Dylan on youtube whatever next?
peterdcarter1 5 months ago
This song i hope has a profound effect on my life. Ever time i listen to it i hope i think of this day.
KradianDiet 5 months ago
This song i hope has a profound effect on my life. Ever time i listen to it i hope i think of this day.
KradianDiet 5 months ago
2 people don't like!? What, they have shit in his head o what?
duffomuelte 5 months ago
AMAZING SONG. That's all there is to it, yet it's 11 minutes of pure gold.
Kendallat15 5 months ago 2
Dylan himself has been negative about YT...
375GTB 5 months ago in playlist 375GTB's Favorited Videos
thank you I love this so much, and Dylan.
kittyfleas 5 months ago 3
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@rfranklinw1 - I couldn't have said it better myself, I think you speak for us all. Me, Dylan fan since '65, I have the original Blonde on Blonde double LP from 1966 and incidentally I have that recording in three media. And still can't get enough of that brilliant masterpiece.
carshagify 5 months ago
@rfranklinw1 - I couldn't have said it better myself, I think you speak for us all. Me, Dylan fan since '65, I have the original Blonde on Blonde double LP from 1966 and incidentally I have that recording in three media. And still can't get enough of that brilliant masterpiece.
carshagify 5 months ago
@rfranklinw1 - I couldn't have said it better myself, I think you speak for us all. Me, Dylan fan since '65, I have the original Blonde on Blonde double LP from 1966 and incidentally I have that recording in three media. And still can't get enough of that brilliant masterpiece.
carshagify 5 months ago
DYLAN IS BACK!
shambler92 5 months ago
no offense to mr. dylan but i like the mcr version better
capnmat1 5 months ago
IMPRESIONATE!
eiss90 5 months ago
If your big toe doesnt jump up in your boot from 9:18 - 9:24 you need to go get your big toe checked out.. for its fucked up
wistoncap 5 months ago 3
@wistoncap love that part :D
TheAceAmerz 5 months ago in playlist TheAceAmerz's Favorited Videos
@wistoncap It actually did. Just there.
AkaAndyKnuckles 5 months ago
Thumbs up if reading Watchmen led you here.
dandic2342 5 months ago
Brilliant!
hptrackstar 5 months ago
I agree with you 'franklinw' 1', but there is need for the foul language.
151edwin 5 months ago
@151edwin Ha. He said "fucking." Get over yourself.
gtomlinson1894 5 months ago 17
@151edwin sometimes, "fuck" is the word I want to use. It's the one that fits.
X0TangoX0 4 months ago
Genius. Pure genius.
ronniepark1 6 months ago 2
Sony has a big promotion on with Dylan's earlier CDs, which are in the stores now at a fantastic discount. They must have eased up to try to stir interest -- enjoy it while it lasts, I don't trust them. Because it's true, only even a few days ago almost nothing was available and now, it's all here.
carshagify 6 months ago
@carshagify Well they've got Amy and Toyah to promote now!
jp00w5941 6 months ago
Been a Dylan fan for 50 years, since I was 10 years old. An acknowledge poet and lame guitar player myself lol. Dylan should be the American Poet Laureate of all fucking time. I laugh at people who still try to dissect and interpret his lyrics. It is a waste of time. Just listen and let them educate you and help you in your life. Let them mean what they mean to you and just fucking enjoy.
rfranklinw1 6 months ago 2
LOVE IT, LOVE IT , LOVE IT
dotblair1 6 months ago
......The Napoleon of the Blues!
OlymPigs2010 6 months ago
This is sheer class. Dylan is a fuckin master god like being.
I do love the alternate version of this too. With a bit of electric guitar in it.
Stay Safe Dylan-o-philes.
rebelbhoy1888 6 months ago
I listen to this song everyday.
TaylorsChannelify 6 months ago
Who's doing those delicate riffs? Is that Mike Bloomfield?
Rockinghorserider1 6 months ago 9
@Rockinghorserider1 Charlie McMoy
crouchedge 6 months ago
@crouchedge Sorry for the error, I meant Charlie McCoy
crouchedge 6 months ago
@Rockinghorserider1 crouchedge is right, it's the fantastic Charlie McCoy. Al Kooper played electric guitar on the first recording, available on one of the Bootleg Series. I prefer the acoustic version but it's also worth a listen!
gtomlinson1894 6 months ago 11
@gtomlinson1894 Excuse me, I expressed myself poorly. I meant, who's doing those delicate GUITAR riffs.
Rockinghorserider1 6 months ago
@Rockinghorserider1 yes
Dave897456 5 months ago
cnt w8 for oct 8
proto360ster 6 months ago
Has anyone else noticed that a lot of Dylan's music is beginning to re-appear on Youtube?
SaturnTrack 6 months ago
@SaturnTrack has anybody else noticed the first two comments on this page? ;)
ilynnad 6 months ago
This song is just incredible. both musically and contextually. The king of folk music basically destroys the genre with Highway 61 revisited when he not only goes electric, but plays solid rock n roll. But then... the very last song... The most beautiful acoustic song ever recorded. pure brilliance.
riseagan 6 months ago
Garymichael thinking so hard he must be crosseyed
luckyshoeshine 6 months ago
@luckyshoeshine Good one! When I really try to think you can actually hear rusty gears turning!
garymichael1950 3 months ago
and today oui stroll, into our future oui sow
mountainhigh88 6 months ago
Our town our country our condition so starkly presented-our poet
luckyshoeshine 6 months ago
i couldn't understand how 11.25 minutes left
pigsontherun 6 months ago
Top 5 best songs of all time. Period.
ffsf739 6 months ago
@ffsf739 agreed, and chimes of freedom should be there too!
Maetel22 6 months ago
dylan goes with everything it moods my life everyday they should ve used this song in watchmen the movie
xsol1dsn4kex 6 months ago
Those who say "Dylan can't sing" need to hear this masterpiece. The lyrics, the arrangement (unbelievable), and his singing is just fantastic. He's never sounded better.
metivo 6 months ago 4
well said, i think the same this was 1 of the first bob dylan songs ive heard and it also was when ive have an amazing change in my way of thinking and also i was very stoned also and it was something kind of like an experience, this sound you feel it, u stumble upon itO.O good post, i guess theres no ballad of a thin man stillO_O
xsol1dsn4kex 6 months ago
finally Ican hear what i heard when I first heard it
bklynjoeful 6 months ago 2
wow forever is a long time maaan!Try Hezekiah Jones/Black Cross,B.Landy,1963.
beans1308 7 months ago
It took me forever to find the original, but im glad i took the time
BakerBro12 7 months ago 13
@BakerBro12 Wasn't here, is now. This great. Not just this all Dylan is back on YouTube.
llangol 6 months ago
I swear a few months ago it was almost impossible to find any original Bob Dylan songs on YouTube. Now there's basically everything he's ever done. Wadup with that?
Jcm9991 7 months ago 39
@Jcm9991 Dunno but I like it! lol
CoffeeBeatsTea 7 months ago
@Jcm9991 I believe Sony have softened their stance towards Dylan songs being posted on Youtube. I remember uploading Hurricane last year, but it was removed because it "contained content from SME (Sony Music Entertainment." It's good to have them all finally availlable!
gtomlinson1894 6 months ago 28
@gtomlinson1894 I was wondering too because I had to find Desolation row before on some Chinese site!
chrisrth 5 months ago
@Jcm9991 i know man i'm stoked!
chumsk8 5 months ago
@Jcm9991 I know, I couldn't find "Highway 61 Revisited" unless it was a cover. Glad to see his stuff again.
margolou2010 4 months ago
Lyrically Bob Dylan is a genius! This song is out of this world for imagination and lyrical quality. Another song similar by Dylan that I like is 'It's Alright Ma...' Total epic songs!
TheLaughingBadger 7 months ago
@TheLaughingBadger true that.. and i love "shelter from the storm and a hard rains a gonna fall"
LUCKas1212 7 months ago
@LUCKas1212 yeah, I mean you could go on for hours because he has genuinely written hundreds of songs, most of which are exceptional, but thats just Dylan. Possibly the most original, yet versatile singer/songwriter ever. You look at 'Blowing In The Wind' and then ' Hurricane' and they are such different songs and you could be excused for believing it was a different singer on them! You like 'Shelter from the Storm' and the whole 'Blood on the Tracks' album is just class!
TheLaughingBadger 7 months ago
Maybe they are all communist..but this is one Republican who really loves this song. Loved it ever since I first heard it back in 1965.
garymichael1950 7 months ago