"Ring Them Bells" Joan Baez

" Ring Them Bells " written by Bob Dylan and performed by Joan Baez, accompanied by Mary Black on vocal and Pat Crowley on piano, is from the album of the same name, recorded live by Joan Baez in April 1995 at The Bottom Line, a New York club. The album is available on CD on Angel Records.

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Music

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• Joan
• Baez
• Folk
• 1990s

[DylanNotBob]

If Joan Baez had released this instead of Bob Dylan, I'd have dismissed it as crap. Bob sings it like he's SAYING something..He's authorative in his approach.

Baez sounds like she's singing it and trying to get kindergartners to pay attention and sing along ...or is in a bad high school play. Sounds like a white chick with NO SOUL.. ..

[catman916]

Dylan's version is much more raw but certainly very effective. I happen to prefer Joan's gentler approach.

[catman916]

I prefer it to the versions by Bob Dylan and Heart.

[delly659]

Bob and Joan were very different, but they were amazing together, and I think that's partly what made them great, sort of like a "Little bit country, Little bit rock and roll" thing going, opposition attract 

[lustre5]

This is beautiful. But I agree, that Bob's emotion could never be duplicated. There is always a more sing-song voice available, and I love Joan, but Bob's soul is Bob's soul.

[scottdevito1]

After listening to bobs version 1000 times first, how can i listen to this over again ,but it isa great version by a great artist. its like listening to billy joel singing to make you feel my love. blaaaa.

[Ariennezita]

Me gusta mucho.

[dave58879]

if any one has had the pleasure of seeing Joan live then you know she is as there as anyother artist

I still got a double vynal from back in the day. great lady

[dave58879]

I still got a double vynal from back in the day, if anyone had the pleasure of seeing Joan life then you know she is as there as any other artist

[lustre5]

As much as I love Baez, NO ONE has Dylan's soul.

[goneatlast]

Joan interprets Bob through the lens of life and love. Her voice is the voice of truth.

Peace to all in 2011: Ring them bells

[kazywaz]

this does not sound like Joan Baez

[medicineman319]

@moxymeeh : there is a FANTASTIC live version of Bob doing this song on the Bootleg Series 8: Tell Tale Signs compilation. It's not the best bootleg series stuff but there are some absolute gems on there and that's one of them. They just recently removed it from youtube in one of their regular Dylan-sweeps lol...