Gandalf Murphy and the SCOD perform Dylan's "Gates of Eden"

Our friends, the awesome band, "Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams"! Recorded by me (hence the sometimes jiggly camera work ;-) on Feb. 8th, 2008 in East Hartford, CT. Please check them out at the links below and buy their CD's and DVD's. They have a new album coming out March 1st!

Here is their YouTube page:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Slambovia

And their website:

http://www.slambovia.com/

Gates of Eden by Bob Dylan

Of war and peace the truth just twists
Its curfew gull just glides
Upon four-legged forest clouds
The cowboy angel rides
With his candle lit into the sun
Though its glow is waxed in black
All except when 'neath the trees of Eden

The lamppost stands with folded arms
Its iron claws attached
To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail
Though it shadows metal badge
All and all can only fall
With a crashing but meaningless blow
No sound ever comes from the Gates of Eden

The savage soldier sticks his head in sand
And then complains
Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf
But still remains
Upon the beach where hound dogs bay
At ships with tattooed sails
Heading for the Gates of Eden

With a time-rusted compass blade
Aladdin and his lamp
Sits with Utopian hermit monks
Side saddle on the Golden Calf
And on their promises of paradise
You will not hear a laugh
All except inside the Gates of Eden

Relationships of ownership
They whisper in the wings
To those condemned to act accordingly
And wait for succeeding kings
And I try to harmonize with songs
The lonesome sparrow sings
There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden

The motorcycle black madonna
Two-wheeled gypsy queen
And her silver-studded phantom cause
The gray flannel dwarf to scream
As he weeps to wicked birds of prey
Who pick up on his bread crumb sins
And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden

The kingdoms of Experience
In the precious wind they rot
While paupers change possessions
Each one wishing for what the other has got
And the princess and the prince
Discuss what's real and what is not
It doesn't matter inside the Gates of Eden

The foreign sun, it squints upon
A bed that is never mine
As friends and other strangers
From their fates try to resign
Leaving men wholly, totally free
To do anything they wish to do but die
And there are no trials inside the Gates of Eden

At dawn my lover comes to me
And tells me of her dreams
With no attempts to shovel the glimpse
Into the ditch of what each one means
At times I think there are no words
But these to tell what's true
And there are no truths outside the Gates of Eden


Copyright © 1965; renewed 1993 Special Rider Music

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[wi11iamable]

where was this?

[ravensky23]

@wi11iamable It was at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center, East Hartford, CT on Feb. 8th, 2008. If you Google it you will find their website.

[Truthseekerfinder]

I'm sure this is meant as a tribute to Bob, but, to me, it comes off as a parody. It's such a wonderful song; don't try to sing like Dylan. the arrangement is great. Just don't try to sing like Bob. Please. Really.

[ravensky23]

@Truthseekerfinder If you watch some of their other videos on YT you will see that Josiah really does sound a lot like Dylan, so it's not a trying thing. They are a great band with a lot of love and respect for Bob. Hope you can see them live someday and see what I mean.

[loplop60]

Mitch ryder hat auf diese interessante Band aufmerksam gemacht.

[ravensky23]

Thanks, I haven't ever heard the Mitch Ryder version.

[SCODgreenhood]

Good job brothers, Gandolf! *****

[edktm]

I liked it. Especially the lead guitar

[aprilglaspieable]

Entirely devoid of the serious threat and ominousness of the original. The minor chords sap the threaat from the song, and the tempo is way too slow.

[Truthseekerfinder]

@ravensky23 That's cool, then. I wasn't trying to sound negative or anything. They really are a good, tight, imaginative band that definitely knows their stuff. No doubt about it. Hey, anybody that can pull off The Gates of Eden certainly has great taste.

And I would like to see them someday.

[teezbeatz]

great job!

you do this song justice :)

[2tumbacat]

Great group, great personality and thoughtfulness. Makes me think I am back in the sixties.