Lay Down Your Weary Tune - Cover

I first heard this on a Byrds album. Kudos to the Byrds for all of their excellent Bob Dylan renditions. This version is more predominantly influenced by Bob Dylan's recording on Biograph. I admire Dylan's quality of stringing together a bunch of words that manage to go together so well, and of writing songs that such a wide variety of artists have covered with excellent results. Capo up 2 frets and using G as the base chord pattern makes this song technically in A.

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[paulhallart]

nice rendition. this is quite a song by Dylan. what do u think, I wonder how he got the tune, it sounds like an ancient English hymn. He seemed to like that music, it's said his "Farewell Angelina" was based on the sea shanty "Farewell to Tarwathie"...

BTW, in this vid ur shirt matches the dart board on the wall...

[doofus0123]

@paulhallart thanks for watching. Yes, the shirt and dartboard are a sort of strangely interesting combo... LOL.

[annadams95340]

Dylan and Cohen (and probably several others that I can't remember at the moment). The more I think about it, the more I'm sure I heard Neil first.. Oh, and Neil Young's After the Gold Rush is another of my favorites that doesn't make a lot of sense. My middle great-granddaughter (now 16) adored it when she was a pre-teen because it talks about space ships and mother nature. I played the Parton, Ronstadt, Harris cover for her - she didn't need to hear about drugs at her age.

[doofus0123]

@annadams95340 excellent. I check Natalie Merchant Live out of the library, and was pleasantly surprised by her rendition of After the Gold Rush (and Space Oddity).

[annadams95340]

Doofus, I was trying to remember which Suzanne I heard first - Neil or Judy. It's been a long time. Joan Baez does it too but it was years later that I found that one. Before computer, it was much more difficult. Now, I type in a few words. Amazing!!

Just noticed I seem to be fond of songs that make absolutely no sense. Guess that means I can interpret them however I want.

[doofus0123]

@annadams95340 LOL well said! I think Bob Dylan was a genius at constructing extremely complex lyrical streams with seemingly non-sequitur words which might make sense to me if I had paid more attention in high school english Literature.

[annadams95340]

Here's Natalie from YouTube. Very nice.

It won't let me do the link but it's there. Search on her name and the song - it pops right up.

[annadams95340]

My younger son (now 38) likes Natalie Merchant the best. He sent me the link and I like it too but not quite as well as the trio. Those 3 women can make anything sound good and I'm a huge fan of traditional harmony. Tim and I like much of the same music (I corrupt children early) but not necessarily the same versions.

[doofus0123]

@annadams95340 yes. and actually the version of Suzanne I was introduced to, many years before I knew anyone else sang it, was Neil Diamond's version.

[annadams95340]

I feel the same way about Leonard Cohen who is a genius. I enjoy watching him perform but if I want to listen to Suzanne or Hallelujah, I'll play Judy Collins or K D Lang every time.