The Band has a unique sound, Here we call it the Simcoe Sound. Rick Danko was a personal friend and grew up in Simcoe Ontario Canada. His brother Terry Danko also has lots to listen to on Youtube. He has recorded with George Harrison ( The Beatles fame ) as well as a munber of other people like Bob Dylans,
@lwslade54 hay man would you explain the Simcoe sound to me ....i have been playing music since 1969 and am always looking for new sounds i play bass and Rick Danko is one of my top ten thanks David
@hoodus61 The Simcoe Sound is similar to a hillbilly rock and country conbined. Do a search for Rick's brother Terry Danko. He has lots of songs he wrote as well as lots he did with Rick. 2 other groups with a Simcoe connection are Dry County and The Parachute Club. Marlo Davidson was from Simcoe. She was with the Parachute Club. Ric Wilson is from Simcoe and is with Dry County as their drummer.
i bought an album in amsterdam without realising all the songs were by other artists.when i listen to any of the songs of that album i am instantly transported back in time.when i first listened to this track i was just coming up on mushrooms and i could not stop grinning.listening now raises the airs on the back of my neck.
@jazzkid66 The written lyrics in the description, most are correct but your off on a few. Did you type the lyrics out yourself or did you find them on the web?
yasss. or yesser. or whatever the beats say. being a beatdown dog rising up this could almost be music. on a mountaintop. in silence. and rush. tremendous.
@cockshield yeah... I guess for those that like miniature art, I could see how you might make the connection. Tell you what sporto... the next time Pee Wee recreates his playhouse and is in need of some more miniatures, we will send him your way.
It's probably just me but i've never felt moved emotionally when i've listened to The Grateful Dead. The Band has it over the Dead in everyway but then again its a matter of personal choice.
@neageblues31 I agree 100%. The Brown Album is prob one of the best records ever made and I don't care for The Dead but American Beauty is a pretty great record (as all the songs are short and not boring).
I thought I better check out the Dead version before I commented. The live in '87 was entertaining. Heartfelt vocals & Jerry's noodling left me on the edge of my seat (in a good way).
But this is the definitive version. That swirling interplay between the accordian & mandolin takes this way beyond a rambling folk song and into the realm of cinemascopic, turn of the century, well - masterpiece. Not to mention it's another one of those songs that Levon Helm was put on this earth to sing.
@TNAisWWEv2 Yes. The Grateful Dead did this song far better. Bobby Weir sings it with more heart than Levon Helm. The Band's version is "sanitized for your protection". Bland. Boring. It would possibly have been better had Rick Danko sang the lead. Danko had heart and could express it.
Yes. That is what I typed. Glad to see that you are capable of parroting. I have seen The Band MANY times, both with Robertson and afterwards, when they toured small clubs without Robertson. I have seen The Dead and Bobby Weir solo more times than I could count... and yes, I have seen both play "Masterpiece" live, many times. Levon Helm has little soul. He is bland. What you hear on the album is what you get in concert. BLAND.
@MongoTheLloyd Three? As in your THREE replies? I think I struck a nerve. Glad you can read, with that bonehead statement about Levon singing without heart I was concerned about your cognitive abilities. Both the Band and the Deadt excelled live, but if here's one band that I WOULDN'T praise for singing with heart, it's the Dead. So while you can read unt, it's obvious you can't heaar. Drugs have their place, but you've obvciously done too many
@AFatGuyNamedPete Three. As in three years old. "LOLOLOL" like an infant, get treated like one. There you have it, all spelled out for you since you needed it. (/end sarcasm). You couldn't strike a match, son.... but I bet your breath matches rotting eggs. I don't DO drugs. They dull the senses and tend to weaken willpower, which might explain your girth. I don't take music appreciation notes from a glutton who clearly can't hea, probably due to accumulated fat blocking their ear canal.
@MongoTheLloyd Three, as in your IQ. I see my simple responses continue to provoke you into infantile tantrums. Lesh himself would never be so sensitive to comments about his singing, so the obvious conclusion is that you have some sort of unrequited crush on him which causes you to act out in uncontrollable, illogical fits when granted the anonymity of an Internet message board.
P.S. It's funny that someone who 'spells out' for me can't even spell 'hear'! LOL LO LOL 3 times.
@AFatGuyNamedPete No. Three, as in inches; your penis length. Don't worry fatso. Even though you probably haven't seen it in years, Do you have to lift the roll of fat and feel around in order to take a leak, or do you just follow your nose? Look son... you are the one defending the inbred redneck, so if anyone has a crush on him, it would be you. Clearly, you cannot get a woman, what with the stench of cheese fumunda that fat roll. Don't transfer your issues, son. Just come out of the closet.
@MongoTheLloyd I was wrong again! Your not only obsessed with Weir, but with me. If three inches is all you can handle, I can more than suffice. The problem you have is getting me interested, and since you've displayed nothing more than fetish for how I perform my bodily functions, you're nowhere near reaching this . I'll admit that this is likely the one thing you're skilled at, having practiced on little boys in your neighborhood for several years, but such a sick talent is of no use to me
@AFatGuyNamedPete Ah. I figured fat Pete would be too stupid to just go away. Listen sporto... don't mistake "fetish" for laughing at a freakshow: you. I don't generally insult the handicapped, nor normally do I make sport of idiots, or fat people. In your case, clearly handicapped (dullard), admittely fat and proud (roll eyes here), and clearly idiotic... I see no need to hold back. You seem to know MUCH about neighborhood boys, son. Me? I have a girlfriend. I ain't fat.
@AFatGuyNamedPete cont'd - That said... you do seem to know MUCH about the neighborhood boys. You know, I can understand people making sport of fat idiots like you. You deserve it. What I don't understand is you, a fat idiot, making sport of serious crimes like child molestation. THAT is creepy. Free clue: someone like you with so little character that he thinks molesting children is a joke, or something to be used as a weapon... my guess is someone should look into your closets for skeletons.
@AFatGuyNamedPete You remind me of another sad sack of shite on YouTube. Another inbred southern type, who thinks that child molestation is a joke. Mr. Shane Lee... the pedo who admits to eating baby beaver. He's fat too, just like you. Fat, inbred, and probably a southern and likely a redneck. Do tell. Are you southern? Are you perhaps related to Shane Lee? I think it likely the same person peed in both gene pools, because I see much in common with you two. Both of you are too stupid to stop.
@AFatGuyNamedPete Now fat ass.... bugger off. Take your obtuse opinions... and your slopeheaded insults... and take your fat ass offline. Go for a walk. All of this is far too much for you, son. Go shower off the smell of the week-old vaseline and assorted excrements that likely coat your crotch. Waddle your fat ass around the block. Perhaps you can shed a few pounds... and have a better chance of at least mating with an adult female. Just kidding. That won't happen. Even your hand says NO.
@MongoTheLloyd Even the mere thought of my sight and smell are arousing you so much that you can't think straight, a condition which further handicaps your already puny brain. I'm past anything you can even HOPE to ever have, physically, mentally, and most certainly emotionally, as you've yet to display behavior that is more mature than the six year olds which heretofore have been your sole sexual encounters. Perhaps someone more patient than me with deviants can offer you the help you need.
@AFatGuyNamedPete Pete... I made arguments. Look back over the thread. I see none by you. You went right for the "let's pick on abused childen" tripe. If this is your measurement scale of yourself, it is pretty clear why you have no girlfriend, no real life, and why when you say "fat", you really mean, "JESUS H. CHRIST!!! I AM AN ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT, WHERE-DID-MY-PENIS-GO, CORONARY SOAKED IN BACON FAT" kinda guy.
The rest of us just point and laugh at you, as we wait for your heart to explode.
The measurement scale of my self? You're so desperate to establish one shred of self esteem that even the pathetic exercise of seeing how many fat remarks you can fit into one four hundred character you tube reply isn't enough for you, you have to spread your ignorance over as many posts as YouTube will allow you before temporarily locking you out. And who this rest of us, the Cub Scout troop your hosting? You actually think someone else is reading your remarks, you pompous jackass?
@AFatGuyNamedPete If one must delete their own posts, either it wasn't worth saying... or the poster lacked backbone to stand by his post... or both. I am thinking BOTH.
@MongoTheLloyd I deleted it because it was duplicate, you mental midget. Your ruminations hardly qualify as thinking, and BOTH of the possibilities you suggest were erroneous, an error doubled by you petulant insistence that both were correct when neither was. I could stand here and try to explain to you what a false dichotomy is, but you've hardly the brainpower to understand the concept, let alone an example. Besides, I'm sure your busy on the chatrooms looking for preteen males.
@AFatGuyNamedPete For an insult to matter, son, it has to have... relevance. Your "let's attack molested children" tripe just doesn't . What it DOES show... your lack of character. But, that didn't need to be pointed out. I have met few slobs so proud of their own gluttony, that they parade around with usernames congratulating themselves about it. People (and I use that term loosely) like you, it's no wonder why you think child molestation is a weapon and a joke. cont'd -
@AFatGuyNamedPete cont'd - if ANYONE here resembles a baby raper, son, it would be you... the fat guy. Too fat to get a girl... spending the sorry remains of his life online getting fatter... and callous enough at human suffrage that he thinks kmolested children is some kind of a joke... and a weapon. I hope your neighbors are aware of you. If not, perhaps they should be. If you lived around my town (yes, around... like a big fat ass would. ALL around), I would want to know.
@AFatGuyNamedPete In closing for now... I will point out that "he who smelt it, dealt it" usually applies to stuff like this. Just as the first person to smell the fart is the guilty party looking to provide cover.... it is HIGHLY probable that, since you were the first (and only) to raise allegations of baby rape... it is likely have some baby skeletons in your closet, next to the twinkies hidden near the piles of dirty socks and skidmarked underwear. You smelt it, you dealt it, baby raper
@MongoTheLloyd The extent of your creativity! "He who smelt it dealt it!" I guess if you spend the majority of your spare time trying to bed the young ones, you start talking like them too. The pathetic thing is, that's the best remark you've come up with all night. The rest of your rants appear to be a series of whatever phrases you could pull out of your ass (nice to know that you've got something else stuck up there) and strung together in pathetic hope that together it makes sense. LOL
@AFatGuyNamedPete If you must remove your own posts, perhaps it wasn't worth posting to begin with. Either that, or ol' fat Pete has a backbone deficiency disorder. I am thinking both. Now, maybe he will take his weak insults and his unsolicited opinions and just bugger off.
@AFatGuyNamedPete No. Three inches... as in your p*nis length. Tell us, do you have to move your fat roll out of the way to take a leak? Or, do you sit down so that you can eat Taco Bell at the same time? Don't try a battle of wits with me, son. You are unarmed, short in both p*nis size and intellect. Anonymity? I assume "AFATGUYNAMED" must be your first name, while "Pete" must be your last. No? Stupid people generally don't bother me. Inbreds like yourself and your hero Levon, I laugh at.
@AFatGuyNamedPete Now Mr. Pete (or do you go by AFATGUYNAMED?), go roll yourself in flour and stick your fat head up the wet spot. I see no rational argument from you, nor any insult that warrants or requires much thought to deal with. If this is all you have, perhaps you should go back to your primary hobby... eating. This YouTube stuff requires far too much energy from you.... when you could better burn those calories by ingesting new ones. I'll let you fat-encrusted arteries do my work for me
@AFatGuyNamedPete Now Mr. Pete (or do you go by AFATGUYNAMED?), go roll yourself in flour and stick your fat head up the wet spot. I see no rational argument from you, nor any insult that warrants or requires much thought to deal with. If this is all you have, perhaps you should go back to your primary hobby... eating. This YouTube stuff requires far too much energy from you,. when you could better burn those calories by ingesting new ones. I'll let you fat-encrusted arteries do my work for me
@AFatGuyNamedPete Now Mr. Pete (or do you go by AFATGUYNAMED?), go roll yourself in flour and stick your fat head up the wet spot. I see no rational argument from you, nor any insult that warrants or requires much thought to deal with. If this is all you have, perhaps you should go back to your primary hobby... eating. This YouTube stuff requires far too much energy from you,. when you could better burn those calories by ingesting new ones. I'll let you fat-encrusted arteries do my work for me
@AFatGuyNamedPete Weir, on the other hand, sings it with conviction. He changes it every time he sings it. Bobby's vocals engage the audience, while Helm's vocals have the same effect as narcotic sleep aids. Watch this: v=OYAuCO5fiz0 . Now, watch Levon. Now, make the same argument so I can laugh. Weir sings with emotion. Levon sings it like a robot. No heart. No soul. Bland. Vanilla. If lack of emotion is your thing... have at it, sporto. I prefer my music WITH excitement, heart and improv.
@AFatGuyNamedPete Lastly.... changing the lyric to "a pretty little girl from Greece"... that just made The Band's version eyeball-rolling stupid. It wasn't their lyric to change... and the change subtracted from the song immensely. I have always liked The Band. I don't much like Levon Helm, or his vocals for the reasons stated. Rick Danko? He had heart and knew how to sing with it. Levon Helm never learned that trick. Levon was in it for the money. Play the show, cash the check, leave.
@AFatGuyNamedPete Danko had heart and could sing with it. Helm never learned that trick. In fact, I would say from personal experience that Helm didn't much like the audiences, after Robertson left them... and The Band was then forced to do greatest hit tours of small clubs. The last time I saw him, he appeared disgusted with the audience. He seemed bitter. Danko was good though. Danko was ALWAYS good. Ah, but all of this probably just confuses a guy who responds with "LOLOLOLOL".
@TNAisWWEv2 Jerry and Kahn might have done it better. But as much as I LOVE the Dead, Bobby just got too out of hand with it most of the time and it lost something (and I'm not a Bobby hater). No, The Band was where it was with this song.
@TNAisWWEv2 Jerry and Kahn might have done it better. But as much as I LOVE the Dead, Bobby just got too out of hand with it most of the time and it lost something (and I'm not a Bobby hater). No, The Band was where it was with this song.
As with a lot of Dylan songs, particularly from the Basement Tapes era, there's more than one "original" version--thus, in various versions, Dylan sings both "pretty little girl from Greece" and "Botticelli's niece."
@Tubernaut Funny thing is I love all of Cahoots. It was the first album of the Band's that I really loved. And this was the track that started it off.
The Band's version was a little different than Bob Dylan's original, and The Dead's version was sort of a little of both. For instance, Bob Dylan used to sing Boticelli's niece, The Band sang Pretty Little Girl from Greece, Dylan never did the Dirty Gondola part (by himself, anyway...at least I've never heard him do it) and neither did the dead's famous, "Sure has been a long hard ride" in place of "everyone was there to meet me when I walked inside," but JGB used both lines...
What I meant was, the Band, Dylan, and Dylan with the Band, never did "Long hard climb" and "Long hard ride." I messed that up. The Dead did both lines. Dylan and the Band (together and separate) sang "Sure has been a long hard climb" and "everyone was there to meet me when I walked inside."
Still, my favorite Jerry versions of this are the versions in which he stays truer to Dylan, and says the "everyone" line.
You need to edit your lyrics.... The Band's version has some slight differences, but it's a ridiculously beautiful song and probably the best rendition.
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ajweberman 1 day ago
this song rules i thought it was cajun
MrB14me 2 weeks ago
does anyone know if levon or richard played drums on this? i'm guessing levon.
equallyeasilyfuqyou 3 weeks ago
fuck you, ronnie!
8Darturo 1 month ago
@8Darturo fuck you saddam Hussein of Iraq.
Canadianloyalist123 1 week ago
best movies have the best songs
schalleepimp101 1 month ago
Oh the streets of Roooome...
MrRazorblade999 1 month ago 5
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stegbomb 1 month ago
Awesome depiction on Procrastination. Great song and great transription of the lyrics. Thanks. Love the song and The Band.
rommel714 1 month ago
DAM I miss the Band
carolgammal 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Band 3
Awesome mando and squeeze box. R.I.P Rick Danko.
MrMickthemonster 2 months ago
The Band has a unique sound, Here we call it the Simcoe Sound. Rick Danko was a personal friend and grew up in Simcoe Ontario Canada. His brother Terry Danko also has lots to listen to on Youtube. He has recorded with George Harrison ( The Beatles fame ) as well as a munber of other people like Bob Dylans,
lwslade54 2 months ago
@lwslade54 hay man would you explain the Simcoe sound to me ....i have been playing music since 1969 and am always looking for new sounds i play bass and Rick Danko is one of my top ten thanks David
hoodus61 1 month ago
@hoodus61 The Simcoe Sound is similar to a hillbilly rock and country conbined. Do a search for Rick's brother Terry Danko. He has lots of songs he wrote as well as lots he did with Rick. 2 other groups with a Simcoe connection are Dry County and The Parachute Club. Marlo Davidson was from Simcoe. She was with the Parachute Club. Ric Wilson is from Simcoe and is with Dry County as their drummer.
lwslade54 1 month ago
I first heard this song in the opening sequence of "observe and report", stupid movie but great song!!!
greenh 2 months ago
i bought an album in amsterdam without realising all the songs were by other artists.when i listen to any of the songs of that album i am instantly transported back in time.when i first listened to this track i was just coming up on mushrooms and i could not stop grinning.listening now raises the airs on the back of my neck.
shrekthebignumber2 2 months ago
I like Bob D./Grateful Deads version-but The Band's version has to be the best!! Love the accordian/mandellin in this song.
Roddy165 2 months ago 7
Oh les beaux gosses ::))
sgtfischer13 3 months ago
im gen x and i generally stick to the 80's 90's side of music . but the one band that can draw me back to the 70's is this band, the band.
deftones311100 3 months ago
This is my favorite version :)
PhysicalGraffiti91 3 months ago in playlist PhysicalGraffiti91's favorites
they did pretty well since they were dylans back up band,loved the album music from big pink
JazzzMichael 4 months ago
pretty lil girls from greece are the best kind
JazzzMichael 4 months ago
its a pretty little girl from greece
heatherlyangie 4 months ago
I want this record for my new jukebox!!
madchad77 4 months ago
Why compare The Dead to The Band?
conboybp 4 months ago
@conboybp I agree man, it just shouldn't be made.
lukepc92 4 months ago
As Band flamewars go, I rate that last one about a three.
NursingSoftware 4 months ago
The Band were such an amazing group of musicians. My favorite band of all time
jayjay21ization 4 months ago
levon 1000 veces levon
DraKashmir 4 months ago
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Love there music!!
madchad77 4 months ago
C'mon fools... the Grateful Dead couldn't carry The Bands shoes. The way Levons sings the word "time" at 1:50 proves it.
wistoncap 4 months ago in playlist wistoncap's favorites
@wistoncap I won't go that far! To each their own. The Dead are an amazing band as well.
gabepizza 4 months ago
Great song and thanks for posting it...but you fucked up the lyrics something awful.
AndrewWhiteRIce 4 months ago
@AndrewWhiteRIce who fucked up the lyrics?....it seems normal to this version............Bruce Hornsby even sings this arrangement
jazzkid66 4 months ago
@jazzkid66 The written lyrics in the description, most are correct but your off on a few. Did you type the lyrics out yourself or did you find them on the web?
AndrewWhiteRIce 4 months ago
yasss. or yesser. or whatever the beats say. being a beatdown dog rising up this could almost be music. on a mountaintop. in silence. and rush. tremendous.
brokegrnyj 5 months ago
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can't get enough of this song...
1701what 5 months ago in playlist Classics
can't get enough of this song...
1701what 5 months ago in playlist Classics
"Someday Everyhing's Gonna Be Diffrent......"
dkel252 5 months ago
Cockshield is obviously into minatures !!
freeboman65 5 months ago
my cock is a masterpiece
cockshield 5 months ago
@cockshield yeah... I guess for those that like miniature art, I could see how you might make the connection. Tell you what sporto... the next time Pee Wee recreates his playhouse and is in need of some more miniatures, we will send him your way.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
doesn't exactly agree with my ears
vytko1618 5 months ago
When I die and my life flashes before my eyes, I hope this is the soundtrack.
godhelpusall1 5 months ago
Best band of all time.
rickygervais1776 5 months ago
Estos muchachos son increibles. Y Dylan tambien por supuesto.
GodySanchez 5 months ago
Best version - hands down
timothybls 6 months ago
This is one of the best songs ever made
knucklebaby1 6 months ago
It's probably just me but i've never felt moved emotionally when i've listened to The Grateful Dead. The Band has it over the Dead in everyway but then again its a matter of personal choice.
neageblues31 6 months ago 7
@neageblues31 I agree 100%. The Brown Album is prob one of the best records ever made and I don't care for The Dead but American Beauty is a pretty great record (as all the songs are short and not boring).
noah330 6 months ago
the dead always turn a 2-3 minute song into this 10 minute bore fest
rockerduff1231 7 months ago
I thought I better check out the Dead version before I commented. The live in '87 was entertaining. Heartfelt vocals & Jerry's noodling left me on the edge of my seat (in a good way).
But this is the definitive version. That swirling interplay between the accordian & mandolin takes this way beyond a rambling folk song and into the realm of cinemascopic, turn of the century, well - masterpiece. Not to mention it's another one of those songs that Levon Helm was put on this earth to sing.
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Not bad, but the Grateful Dead do it much better.
TNAisWWEv2 9 months ago
@TNAisWWEv2 I'm not so sure; I love The Grateful Dead, and they do a fantastic rendition of this song. But The Band's version is so beautiful!
Takelot64 9 months ago 20
@TNAisWWEv2 Nonsense!
jordanmattice 8 months ago
@TNAisWWEv2 kill yerself
bostonironworker1 8 months ago
@TNAisWWEv2 Yes. The Grateful Dead did this song far better. Bobby Weir sings it with more heart than Levon Helm. The Band's version is "sanitized for your protection". Bland. Boring. It would possibly have been better had Rick Danko sang the lead. Danko had heart and could express it.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@MongoTheLloyd Weir sings with more heart than Levon Helm? LOLOLOLOL
AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete LOLOLOLOL? What are you? Three? (roll eyes here).
Yes. That is what I typed. Glad to see that you are capable of parroting. I have seen The Band MANY times, both with Robertson and afterwards, when they toured small clubs without Robertson. I have seen The Dead and Bobby Weir solo more times than I could count... and yes, I have seen both play "Masterpiece" live, many times. Levon Helm has little soul. He is bland. What you hear on the album is what you get in concert. BLAND.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@MongoTheLloyd Three? As in your THREE replies? I think I struck a nerve. Glad you can read, with that bonehead statement about Levon singing without heart I was concerned about your cognitive abilities. Both the Band and the Deadt excelled live, but if here's one band that I WOULDN'T praise for singing with heart, it's the Dead. So while you can read unt, it's obvious you can't heaar. Drugs have their place, but you've obvciously done too many
AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete Three. As in three years old. "LOLOLOL" like an infant, get treated like one. There you have it, all spelled out for you since you needed it. (/end sarcasm). You couldn't strike a match, son.... but I bet your breath matches rotting eggs. I don't DO drugs. They dull the senses and tend to weaken willpower, which might explain your girth. I don't take music appreciation notes from a glutton who clearly can't hea, probably due to accumulated fat blocking their ear canal.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@MongoTheLloyd Three, as in your IQ. I see my simple responses continue to provoke you into infantile tantrums. Lesh himself would never be so sensitive to comments about his singing, so the obvious conclusion is that you have some sort of unrequited crush on him which causes you to act out in uncontrollable, illogical fits when granted the anonymity of an Internet message board.
P.S. It's funny that someone who 'spells out' for me can't even spell 'hear'! LOL LO LOL 3 times.
AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete No. Three, as in inches; your penis length. Don't worry fatso. Even though you probably haven't seen it in years, Do you have to lift the roll of fat and feel around in order to take a leak, or do you just follow your nose? Look son... you are the one defending the inbred redneck, so if anyone has a crush on him, it would be you. Clearly, you cannot get a woman, what with the stench of cheese fumunda that fat roll. Don't transfer your issues, son. Just come out of the closet.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@MongoTheLloyd I was wrong again! Your not only obsessed with Weir, but with me. If three inches is all you can handle, I can more than suffice. The problem you have is getting me interested, and since you've displayed nothing more than fetish for how I perform my bodily functions, you're nowhere near reaching this . I'll admit that this is likely the one thing you're skilled at, having practiced on little boys in your neighborhood for several years, but such a sick talent is of no use to me
AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete Ah. I figured fat Pete would be too stupid to just go away. Listen sporto... don't mistake "fetish" for laughing at a freakshow: you. I don't generally insult the handicapped, nor normally do I make sport of idiots, or fat people. In your case, clearly handicapped (dullard), admittely fat and proud (roll eyes here), and clearly idiotic... I see no need to hold back. You seem to know MUCH about neighborhood boys, son. Me? I have a girlfriend. I ain't fat.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete cont'd - That said... you do seem to know MUCH about the neighborhood boys. You know, I can understand people making sport of fat idiots like you. You deserve it. What I don't understand is you, a fat idiot, making sport of serious crimes like child molestation. THAT is creepy. Free clue: someone like you with so little character that he thinks molesting children is a joke, or something to be used as a weapon... my guess is someone should look into your closets for skeletons.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete You remind me of another sad sack of shite on YouTube. Another inbred southern type, who thinks that child molestation is a joke. Mr. Shane Lee... the pedo who admits to eating baby beaver. He's fat too, just like you. Fat, inbred, and probably a southern and likely a redneck. Do tell. Are you southern? Are you perhaps related to Shane Lee? I think it likely the same person peed in both gene pools, because I see much in common with you two. Both of you are too stupid to stop.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete Now fat ass.... bugger off. Take your obtuse opinions... and your slopeheaded insults... and take your fat ass offline. Go for a walk. All of this is far too much for you, son. Go shower off the smell of the week-old vaseline and assorted excrements that likely coat your crotch. Waddle your fat ass around the block. Perhaps you can shed a few pounds... and have a better chance of at least mating with an adult female. Just kidding. That won't happen. Even your hand says NO.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@MongoTheLloyd Even the mere thought of my sight and smell are arousing you so much that you can't think straight, a condition which further handicaps your already puny brain. I'm past anything you can even HOPE to ever have, physically, mentally, and most certainly emotionally, as you've yet to display behavior that is more mature than the six year olds which heretofore have been your sole sexual encounters. Perhaps someone more patient than me with deviants can offer you the help you need.
AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete Pete... I made arguments. Look back over the thread. I see none by you. You went right for the "let's pick on abused childen" tripe. If this is your measurement scale of yourself, it is pretty clear why you have no girlfriend, no real life, and why when you say "fat", you really mean, "JESUS H. CHRIST!!! I AM AN ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT, WHERE-DID-MY-PENIS-GO, CORONARY SOAKED IN BACON FAT" kinda guy.
The rest of us just point and laugh at you, as we wait for your heart to explode.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
The measurement scale of my self? You're so desperate to establish one shred of self esteem that even the pathetic exercise of seeing how many fat remarks you can fit into one four hundred character you tube reply isn't enough for you, you have to spread your ignorance over as many posts as YouTube will allow you before temporarily locking you out. And who this rest of us, the Cub Scout troop your hosting? You actually think someone else is reading your remarks, you pompous jackass?
AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
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AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete If one must delete their own posts, either it wasn't worth saying... or the poster lacked backbone to stand by his post... or both. I am thinking BOTH.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@MongoTheLloyd I deleted it because it was duplicate, you mental midget. Your ruminations hardly qualify as thinking, and BOTH of the possibilities you suggest were erroneous, an error doubled by you petulant insistence that both were correct when neither was. I could stand here and try to explain to you what a false dichotomy is, but you've hardly the brainpower to understand the concept, let alone an example. Besides, I'm sure your busy on the chatrooms looking for preteen males.
AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete For an insult to matter, son, it has to have... relevance. Your "let's attack molested children" tripe just doesn't . What it DOES show... your lack of character. But, that didn't need to be pointed out. I have met few slobs so proud of their own gluttony, that they parade around with usernames congratulating themselves about it. People (and I use that term loosely) like you, it's no wonder why you think child molestation is a weapon and a joke. cont'd -
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete cont'd - if ANYONE here resembles a baby raper, son, it would be you... the fat guy. Too fat to get a girl... spending the sorry remains of his life online getting fatter... and callous enough at human suffrage that he thinks kmolested children is some kind of a joke... and a weapon. I hope your neighbors are aware of you. If not, perhaps they should be. If you lived around my town (yes, around... like a big fat ass would. ALL around), I would want to know.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete In closing for now... I will point out that "he who smelt it, dealt it" usually applies to stuff like this. Just as the first person to smell the fart is the guilty party looking to provide cover.... it is HIGHLY probable that, since you were the first (and only) to raise allegations of baby rape... it is likely have some baby skeletons in your closet, next to the twinkies hidden near the piles of dirty socks and skidmarked underwear. You smelt it, you dealt it, baby raper
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@MongoTheLloyd The extent of your creativity! "He who smelt it dealt it!" I guess if you spend the majority of your spare time trying to bed the young ones, you start talking like them too. The pathetic thing is, that's the best remark you've come up with all night. The rest of your rants appear to be a series of whatever phrases you could pull out of your ass (nice to know that you've got something else stuck up there) and strung together in pathetic hope that together it makes sense. LOL
AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete If you must remove your own posts, perhaps it wasn't worth posting to begin with. Either that, or ol' fat Pete has a backbone deficiency disorder. I am thinking both. Now, maybe he will take his weak insults and his unsolicited opinions and just bugger off.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
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MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@MongoTheLloyd Responding to yourself? What a dumbass!
AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
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AFatGuyNamedPete 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete No. Three inches... as in your p*nis length. Tell us, do you have to move your fat roll out of the way to take a leak? Or, do you sit down so that you can eat Taco Bell at the same time? Don't try a battle of wits with me, son. You are unarmed, short in both p*nis size and intellect. Anonymity? I assume "AFATGUYNAMED" must be your first name, while "Pete" must be your last. No? Stupid people generally don't bother me. Inbreds like yourself and your hero Levon, I laugh at.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete Now Mr. Pete (or do you go by AFATGUYNAMED?), go roll yourself in flour and stick your fat head up the wet spot. I see no rational argument from you, nor any insult that warrants or requires much thought to deal with. If this is all you have, perhaps you should go back to your primary hobby... eating. This YouTube stuff requires far too much energy from you.... when you could better burn those calories by ingesting new ones. I'll let you fat-encrusted arteries do my work for me
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
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@AFatGuyNamedPete Now Mr. Pete (or do you go by AFATGUYNAMED?), go roll yourself in flour and stick your fat head up the wet spot. I see no rational argument from you, nor any insult that warrants or requires much thought to deal with. If this is all you have, perhaps you should go back to your primary hobby... eating. This YouTube stuff requires far too much energy from you,. when you could better burn those calories by ingesting new ones. I'll let you fat-encrusted arteries do my work for me
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
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@AFatGuyNamedPete Now Mr. Pete (or do you go by AFATGUYNAMED?), go roll yourself in flour and stick your fat head up the wet spot. I see no rational argument from you, nor any insult that warrants or requires much thought to deal with. If this is all you have, perhaps you should go back to your primary hobby... eating. This YouTube stuff requires far too much energy from you,. when you could better burn those calories by ingesting new ones. I'll let you fat-encrusted arteries do my work for me
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete Weir, on the other hand, sings it with conviction. He changes it every time he sings it. Bobby's vocals engage the audience, while Helm's vocals have the same effect as narcotic sleep aids. Watch this: v=OYAuCO5fiz0 . Now, watch Levon. Now, make the same argument so I can laugh. Weir sings with emotion. Levon sings it like a robot. No heart. No soul. Bland. Vanilla. If lack of emotion is your thing... have at it, sporto. I prefer my music WITH excitement, heart and improv.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete Lastly.... changing the lyric to "a pretty little girl from Greece"... that just made The Band's version eyeball-rolling stupid. It wasn't their lyric to change... and the change subtracted from the song immensely. I have always liked The Band. I don't much like Levon Helm, or his vocals for the reasons stated. Rick Danko? He had heart and knew how to sing with it. Levon Helm never learned that trick. Levon was in it for the money. Play the show, cash the check, leave.
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@AFatGuyNamedPete Danko had heart and could sing with it. Helm never learned that trick. In fact, I would say from personal experience that Helm didn't much like the audiences, after Robertson left them... and The Band was then forced to do greatest hit tours of small clubs. The last time I saw him, he appeared disgusted with the audience. He seemed bitter. Danko was good though. Danko was ALWAYS good. Ah, but all of this probably just confuses a guy who responds with "LOLOLOLOL".
MongoTheLloyd 5 months ago
@TNAisWWEv2 Jerry and Kahn might have done it better. But as much as I LOVE the Dead, Bobby just got too out of hand with it most of the time and it lost something (and I'm not a Bobby hater). No, The Band was where it was with this song.
schum009 4 months ago
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@TNAisWWEv2 Jerry and Kahn might have done it better. But as much as I LOVE the Dead, Bobby just got too out of hand with it most of the time and it lost something (and I'm not a Bobby hater). No, The Band was where it was with this song.
schum009 4 months ago
As with a lot of Dylan songs, particularly from the Basement Tapes era, there's more than one "original" version--thus, in various versions, Dylan sings both "pretty little girl from Greece" and "Botticelli's niece."
YogaforCynics 9 months ago
Thank you,upload this song.
Levon's voice and Garth's accordion sound so nice!
71101476 9 months ago
Rarely do you see a musician or group of musicians cover a Dylan song with such beauty.
Well done The Band, well done.
habsti 9 months ago
The vocals are awesome on this song, love how he says "tiiiiime" at 1:50
wistoncap 9 months ago
i partyed with Levon & Rick. later i got Robbie's autograph in NYC
k3304 10 months ago
observe and report!
383chevystroker 10 months ago 23
@383chevystroker Hilarious movie!!
acarouselofantics 7 months ago
@383chevystroker The exact movie I just came from :)
cjisme3 6 months ago
1 person has there head up there ass.
FinalCountdown10 10 months ago
One of the all time great Dylan covers. Too bad the rest of Cahoots wasn't as strong.
Tubernaut 10 months ago
@Tubernaut Funny thing is I love all of Cahoots. It was the first album of the Band's that I really loved. And this was the track that started it off.
percommode 1 month ago
what a fun song
ballsthatclank 11 months ago
The Band's version was a little different than Bob Dylan's original, and The Dead's version was sort of a little of both. For instance, Bob Dylan used to sing Boticelli's niece, The Band sang Pretty Little Girl from Greece, Dylan never did the Dirty Gondola part (by himself, anyway...at least I've never heard him do it) and neither did the dead's famous, "Sure has been a long hard ride" in place of "everyone was there to meet me when I walked inside," but JGB used both lines...
otisrichard 11 months ago
What I meant was, the Band, Dylan, and Dylan with the Band, never did "Long hard climb" and "Long hard ride." I messed that up. The Dead did both lines. Dylan and the Band (together and separate) sang "Sure has been a long hard climb" and "everyone was there to meet me when I walked inside."
Still, my favorite Jerry versions of this are the versions in which he stays truer to Dylan, and says the "everyone" line.
I'm confused as hell now.
otisrichard 11 months ago
Are you certain the lyrics don't say pretty little girl from greece instead of
Botticelli's niece
charlietango33 11 months ago 9
@charlietango33 Dylan's version said Boticelli's niece.
zosotc 9 months ago
@zosotc But this specific version sings clearly "pretty little girl fron greece"...
dimiballas 8 months ago
@charlietango33 They do say Greece here
jackbwise 8 months ago
@charlietango33 The lyrics say indeed "pretty little girl from greece"...it's so clearly sung...
dimiballas 8 months ago
@charlietango33 Those are Dylan's original lyrics. The Band's has a few slight variations, that one being the most prominent.
mds24cu 7 months ago
Ah, think again, my friend. The Band made this song be the song it is. Those instruments and that voice! Wow!
lightlyone 11 months ago 3
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I fucking love The Band.
scarlettkay 1 year ago
when listen to this masterpiece lol excellent music
kittiehunternm 1 year ago
You need to edit your lyrics.... The Band's version has some slight differences, but it's a ridiculously beautiful song and probably the best rendition.
mds24cu 1 year ago
i fucking love this song so much
ShameOnDemGame 1 year ago 2
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grasseater108 1 year ago
@grasseater108 wrong
rockerduff1231 1 year ago
@grasseater108 that would be because this isnt their song..
Fretrifters 11 months ago
Yes, really awesome... so much incredible beauty!
Takelot64 1 year ago 2
Awesome!
grasseater108 1 year ago