Joan Baez, Diamonds and Rust - Live, 1975

Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic. Then give me another word for it, you who were so good with words and at keeping things vague. Because I need some of that vagueness now -- it's all come back too clearly: yes, I loved you dearly! And if you're offering me diamonds and rust ... I've already paid.

[@iahanb]

I'm 64 years old now. For decades I have followed your career. Now I have painful joints. I battle depression. And yet, when I close my eyes and listen to your words and that voice of a lark, they wash away all that pain. I thank you for who you are. The world is a better place having you in it.

[@themistermax]

Amen.

[@danyleforestier]

Oh que oui

[@markmarchand6663]

❤❤❤

[@sumgai2585]

Sooo you are 65. 33 1/3 was slo. 45? But 78!! (Like me)

[@tsdaditl]

I'm 63. Same damn thing. God, I love this song and all the memories it evokes. Just saw you on with Colbert after you saw and sang with one of the Tennessee lawmakers. Thanks for all you do.

[@starinsomeonelsesky]

Tears just come flooding down... this song is just so tender, honest, and comes from a place of love and true pain. The world is better with Joan in it.

[@lilianaruiz897]

Well said 💜

[@steves3760]

Judas Priest did a better job but both are beautiful

[@drumsanddrumming]

❤🙏🙏

[@scotthoneycutt1822]

@@lilianaruiz897n_mlm g LLP m m mlm P

[@trinidadapodaca7027]

her bob dylan song

[@sanderson9515]

Possibly Joan's best song of all.

[@melissazawodny8965]

Still loving this song and the beautiful lady who sings it❤❤❤

[@LeeMike233]

My husband proposed to me 35 years ago and played this song. It brings tears to my eyes because he passed away 6 years ago and 6 beautiful kids later it still sounds magical to me.

[@shirleywatre5092]

💕💚💜💕💕🙏🙏🙏

[@lennyglynn4645]

I hope his memory...and spirit...live with you still

[@gijsschubert7901]

That is a beautiful song to propose to the love of your life. Hope you have had a wonderful marriage. Married for 32 years and blessed with 3 kids, and I hope it will last forever...

[@yunusak1758]

🙏🙏

[@gillesbueno1153]

10 years down the road, I hope you found another companion.💐

[@johnlouis5751]

19 years old currently; sad very few, if any, from my generation will ever learn to appreciate this and similar masterpieces. Joan Baez, Gordon Lightfoot, and Jim Croce are who inspired me to play guitar

[@paulhale929]

I'm 58. I would make everyone on my bus shut up so I could listen

[@paulhale929]

A g a c and a d?

[@stickxxcummings]

Check out Judas priest ver

[@ageofechochambers9469]

Think of your soul after death . Look up islam.

[@ryleeamick]

I’m 18!

[@johnknox5880]

Asa 78 year old man I need the bittersweet reminders of what I once had and lost, to truly appreciate and cherish, the sweetness of what I will never have again. An incomparable talent on record and stage.

[@utzuckz]

well put

[@lkgreenwell]

John Knox Not quite made that (80 now?). Only 69, but know what you mean. Via con Dios

[@gerryqq1]

I see what you did there 😉

[@jasomkovac9115]

Thank you, couldn't have said it better

[@hangarrat]

I hope you’re doing well.

[@stanmarcus1]

The years a Joan, Arlo, Dylan, Rondstadt, Simon and Garfunkel, and others of that generation-long gone, never to be replaced.

[@thunderousapplause]

those people aren't long gone. A lot of them are still alive. Don't put them in the grave just cause they're not putting out an album.

[@Red-tn3wm]

No auto tune or voice editing. Pure RAW talent. 👏

[@davidprince1138]

It is a sad state of affairs when Taylor Swift is considered the best artist of the decade.

[@jalliboy]

and then came judas priest and made the song theirs ! don`t get me wrong.. this lady can sing !

[@joejones9520]

another misinformed autotune comment of course...

[@edwardholappa8410]

@@jalliboy I like both of their voices, Rob and Joan's are completely different, Rob is in a higher pitch than Joan.

[@lowellcalavera6045]

You again? 😂

[@eliseintheattic9697]

No matter how many times I hear this song it will always bring tears to my eyes. What a gift.

[@MaryC-co8fm]

For all of us who have loved and lost -- which is everyone.

[@ginajackson4122]

Has got to be one of the loveliest songs I've ever heard and sung by a woman with such a wonderful voice.

[@katesearle8552]

This woman is a legend in her own right. She is, without a doubt, the best female guitarist, song-writer and singer of all time. She has it all. The voice of an angel. Multi-talented and well..... what can you say. I love you Joan! XxX

[@freespyrit]

Well I'd say Joni, but I appreciate Joan's talent and voice. And Joan would probably agree, not just because she's a lovely person. kzbin.info/www/bejne/imqYnWaVmsacbpo

[@grahamdrummond6153]

@@freespyrit This song is utterly spellbinding, songwriting, singing and guitar playing just superb, but Joni is above everyone for me, l just wish she and Van Morrison had some babies x

[@sh230968]

Ever heard of Joni Mitchell? She is a goddess of poetry and guitar playing.

[@latitudeselongitudes1932]

Joni Mitchell is the greatest,then comes Joan,Mama Cass and others

[@TAndrackeH]

For me it's a tie, Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell.

[@jameslevison4501]

Maybe the greatest love song ever written and sung. Could not stop the tears.

[@fforflower8636]

James Levison someone had to say it. Now that read it, I have to agree.

[@green8718]

@@lynnhenson3042 Joan is a Quaker, not Catholic

[@teresaclark5593]

@@green8718 is, not was, she's still alive. 🙂

[@teresaclark5593]

So much emotion in one song!

[@green8718]

@@teresaclark5593 Yes, you are correct. I wasn't sure if she was still a practicing Quaker, though.

[@adforbama]

Joan has one of the most haunting and beutiful voices ever. She is also a phenominal guitarist.

[@tahoesnowlion]

How many of us women have lived this, not just once but to be repeated in our hearts and kept in secret. 💔

[@richardbono5540]

Bobby broke Joanie's heart, such is life, from such heartbreak comes such great art

[@dianadeane9233]

It’s hard to watch them singing together years and years later and so close, sharing a microphone- must have been so hard for her.. looking at him so tenderly-

[@CaravanSeraiGypsy]

This song and the memories it personally brings to my own life.. sigh..

[@user-yh2eg4bv5l]

I am 76 years old but her sentiment is as wonderful now as it was 60 odd years ago. She is still breathtakingly gorgeous!!😅😅

[@AndyArnold-uz5yo]

This song reminds me of my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost battling cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, I never missed a moment with her, life could be so unfair most times but sometimes I wonder why bad things always happen to good people,

[@sirajghosh]

her superb voice almost overpowers and hides the fact how smoothly she plays beautiful guitar along with her song....beautiful beautiful

[@lobowolf9406]

she is a great

[@SkeligMichael]

She has the most beautiful voice of a female singer. Her singing is just outstanding.

[@elisabethseaton6521]

I learned to play guitar because of this song. It took me three years to get it. The finger picking has made me into a decent player. I've just come back again to make sure I have the timing right. She is such an inspiration. Thanks for posting this.

[@SalsaAdam]

the writing and the voice are expected. But its great guitar work

[@leschaps2387]

She is phenomenal.

[@peggycunningham1306]

I saw Joan perform at a small venue in Columbia, MO many years ago. One of the best shows I have ever seen in my 68 years. Thank you, Joan for so many good songs and memories.

[@alkholos]

Ms. Baez' voice is so remarkable, but her guitar composition is so ethereal and appropriate for the song. Joan's a world treasure.

[@StephSancia]

listening to this with tears streaming down my cheeks as Joan's voice has touched the very essence of my heart and soul and just makes everything in life alright again ❤ I'm 69 in September so my main love of music was the 70s but I'm now having a true love for all things Joan Baez with her voice that is just so heartfelt and angelic and healing. It's so good to know you are still with us #JoanBaez You take away the pain of just everything and give life such meaning with beautiful reflection. Blessings to you Lady 🙏💖

[@bubbercakes528]

Wonderful performance. Her voice is ethereal. You can hear her heart singing.

[@g-girl9867]

Best advice I’ve ever received: “Don’t ever make a man tell you twice he doesn’t want you”.

[@avengernemesis7990]

G-Girl Hindsight is a marvellous thing... A song for someone who no longer remembers me.. Australia

[@michaelspencer3369]

...or a woman....I had to painfully learn this truth many times.

[@g-girl9867]

@@michaelspencer3369 Yes, Michael, either way it's harsh when you realize the truth and it feels harsh to see what was always there. The humility can be brutal to your self esteem for awhile. Years later I still feel it in my gut how I debased myself trying to convince someone my motives were genuine when his were nothing of the sort all along. Removing the curtain from a false relationship and seeing it clearly is the best favor you can do for yourself.

[@g-girl9867]

@@avengernemesis7990 hello Australia hope you are living your best life in gratitude and health.

[@nelsonx5326]

Three times a charm.

[@46Kenny]

Joan has such power, sensitivity, intelligence and honesty with this song. It is a masterpiece and I haven't heard very many in 44 years since Diamonds and Rust was released.

[@alwaysshufflinalways1803]

This is hands down the most bad ass woman singer songwriter rock and folk music legend I have ever seen in my life. She is and always will be amazing. Wow.

[@common_myrtle]

I am in Japan, listening to Joan Baez's song, being comforted and saved. Thank you for delivering a wonderful song

[@raechelyndawn2580]

I sang her songs in my voice class at college in the 80’s! Love Joan Baez and this song is awesome!

[@bigmamou]

What can be said.......the soul, the voice, the talent, the looks of a GODDESS!!!!!

[@josephsliger3308]

Hangs in the air, gets me every time. That is beautiful and soulfully sang. Great performance.

[@samandjennysambrook]

A voice from heaven. Such tone with vibrato most singers could only envy. What a talent! Love it. X 💐

[@katherineterry3828]

The images brought in this song are hauntingly beautiful...the leaves blowing during a cold winter night in front of a runned down building, snow in the hair, so cold you could see it as he breathed. Poetry at its finest.

[@mysticmardi]

I heard an interview where he said or she said that BOB DYLAN wrote it. I don’t believe it. She wrote this definitely. Why did he take credit? Not everything he copyrighted in his catalog was written by him personally. He probably had great intellectual property attorneys from day 1 no doubt

[@homeadvantagerealty-florid7760]

This a phenomenally powerful song. People are calling it a love song on here, but for me it's about bitterness caused by disappointment in love. Because the person who disappointed the singer is calling out of the blue, she seizes the moment to say that, while she cherishes a memory of what they shared, she's moved on and isn't going to let herself be hurt again.

[@festeradams3972]

I suspect that the "stranger" was Bob Dylan, who she once dated.

[@davidvergari6715]

@@festeradams3972Good guess! 😉

[@festeradams3972]

One of the few benefits of being Old is I'd heard the story some years ago :-).@@davidvergari6715

[@josmotherman591]

I could never listen to Joan, and then everything came together in this song. I love this. I bring it up about once a year, and listen to it 20 times.

[@suzieddd5360]

One of the greatest songs ever..She is wonderful..

[@marccouvillion7]

it went #1

[@errolwaguespack7196]

Incredible Song.

[@el_urod3608]

Anybody listening to this in late 2020 early 2021?

[@HippiSale]

My dad showed me this song when I was a little kid and it still gives me chills:)

[@artlerner-in9el]

No matter how many times I’ve listen to Joan & her singing this is beyond a doubt her finest. Everytime I play it l applause . This has been going on for 50+ years☮️

[@thehobosapienshome]

I was born in the 70s, but it was better to live 70s. I love you Joan Baez in 2024.

[@gulfgypsy]

Sometimes we need the bittersweet reminders of what we once had and lost, to truly appreciate and cherish, the sweetness of what we have now.

[@gmajorspresents]

Perfectly stated and so beautiful in your comment. Such a clean heart. I love the way you said that.

[@leviteromain5576]

Nia the Gulf Gypsy omoilljjuyugff cchjghghhn .o

[@slwtgf]

This vid is my inspiring reflective therapy today, appreciate the upload thank you very much

[@iralee9787]

Nia, thank you for so eloquently describing the agony and ecstasy of true love and life itself. Ira Lee, Ph.D.

[@macm3081]

For me its a bittersweet reminder of what i had and lost and the agony of what i have now.

[@zimmee]

Makes me cry too. Of course I love both Joan and Bob. I love to play this song but I can't come anywhere close to the magic and emotion of the woman who had the experience. 💖🎼

[@leftyzappa]

After hearing Priest do this since I was a teenager and never thinking to go to the original, I must say this is haunting and beautiful. It is very interesting to compare the arrangements of the two.

[@glot1n]

There where 3 cassettes in my parents car that still matters to me today... Stuff I first heard in the late 70ties and early 80ties Joan Baez - live at every stage Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom and San Quentin and The Beatles 1962-1966 (the red album) and I still love those albums! Joan dit not write that many songs but one she did write are fantastic!

[@Herziful]

There are so many songs of Joan that speak to me. She is truly THE singer-songwriter of her generation and she shows a huge heart for humanity in every song.

[@chandralekhachanda575]

I've cried so many times listening to this beautiful song. And I don't think nothing can ever make me feel so calm and serene. Joan, I'm so grateful for your existence. Love you.

[@sudarshanbadoni6643]

❤❤This song and its words breaks all the boundaries and states that emotions of pure selfless love are just the same everywhere. Amazing singer amazing words and thanks a lot.

[@dbarrystock]

I met Joan Baez in San Francisco at the Teatro Zinzanni Dinner Theatre around 2008. She sang in the show but she sang akin to opera, her role in the show. During the show, I was chosen to dance with Baez at her request, 'Sir, Would You Like To Dance'? And of course I accepted. Amazing to see Joan Baez in my waltzing arms, her speaking to me, eye to eye. And later after the show, met her again at an empty venue with her performer friends and my family. , played music with her with my brother Mark Stock. Joan was wonderful, we all played a few songs when she gave us all the great gift of some of her greatest songs...Diamonds and Rust, 4 Letter Word, and a few others. That was the most memorable night of this local yokel musicians life.

[@BahFrancis]

WOW !!!

[@buxusb.4379]

Quelle chance!! Un souvenir sans prix

[@irlan0624]

:O impresionant, she is humble and so great. What fortunate you are!!

[@giglehart]

observer17 farout...she is absolutely a legend. Her voice caries me away. I love her talent...

[@schwaarnkreddy7805]

observer17 Those are your artistic life's defining&rewarding moments of "Moksha"&"Nirvana". Consider yourself Blessed!

[@MrGaidzak]

I wonder, what kind of people dare to dislike songs like this? But then she starts to sing and i forget on how this world is so fucked up! This is one of my top ten, for sure!

[@MultiVal67]

This 191 people came on this page by mistake i guess. Looked for shakira or justin bieber... As for me - one of greatest songs ever!

[@MrGaidzak]

MultiVal67 I'm sorry to disagree with you, but for me this people don't even know that songs like this actually exist. Cheers!

[@gregstorm8428]

Well said Guga!

[@BhaskarDaszenergy]

Today the world knows. But she knew it all along. "you who are so good with words, and at keeping things vague..." :)

[@stevenrobbins9472]

One of God"s gifted treasures, to feel such closeness to your woman, to know the pain of too much tenderness, so that all time could stop in that moment for all is complete, but time tarries not, yet that moment will last forever somewhere in the universe. I believe that's what Joan meant when she sang, " speaking strictly for me, we both could have died then and there."

[@maxmerry8470]

Surely one of the most staggering opening lines in a song lyric! And the quality doesn't let up...We move on, we change, our perceptions of what was once alter as time passes. But there are always instances where something, apparently long gone, returns with disarming vividness!

[@westonweigand1228]

Amen

[@jamz0301]

So true!

[@lindacole7393]

Well said!! : ))

[@latitudeselongitudes1932]

Thats the power and fascination that Bob can cause on someone. But his true love was Sara,their divorce really broke him. The tragedy in Bob's romantic life is that he connected with Joan on a musical,artistic level but didnt love her. With Sara it was the opposite,he was in love with her but didnt connect,bond with her on an artistic level.Sara wasnt an artist. Bob said that when he started taking painting classes in NY he couldnt share it wih her,it didn't interest her,its not like they talked about it for hours,she wasnt nourishing him on his artistic life. He always felt incomplete in relationships,i believe he is a deeply lonely man,a hermit soul deep down

[@agnusdei8]

Sarah who?

[@scopex2749]

STUNNINGLY moving this song still gives me goosesbumps in 2022. I remember I first heard it in the movie 'Silent Running'. I need to learn this on my guitar - beautiful words.

[@frankbacak8295]

Beautiful voice Listen to the Judas Priest cover version ..

[@deanawade5878]

back when a simple guitar and good voice were enough.

[@gloriaesther1000]

Memories of unrequited love which live forever, haunts to an old age.

[@22suezann]

So true

[@mrmandomify]

It's now 2023. I still remember the first time I heard her song when I was at the junior high school and I love her songs. Until now she is still a legend.

[@rahulbose4323]

You bring tears to me and I'm 67 years old

[@Dcenteio]

Painful yet healing. This song is felt just as much as it is heard 🤷‍♀️

[@markpettis2896]

Oh so true my friend I’m going through a break up right now that hurts so much and the song is helping me deal with it by the way my pet name for my beloved was diamond

[@Dcenteio]

@@markpettis2896 I hear you, been there. 🥺 Us tender hearted folk take it in the gut. Feel the love songs when you need to grieve, but you may also need the music of unresolved anger as I call it, heavy metal, and definitely some that makes you wanna dance. 🤷‍♀️

[@Dcenteio]

@@markpettis2896 You have actually got me worrying about you, although I don’t know you 🤷‍♀️

[@sergiocorrea8880]

I'm from Brazil too. I use to heard this song every day. It's amazing!

[@gilbertsoupras5669]

I was 23 when this gem came out, i'm still listening to it. One such artist per generation ❤

[@gregwilliams3457]

Memories... when you get older that all you have left any more. And this song sure brings them back along with a smile.

[@MyTimeOutt]

"We both know what memories can bring. They bring diamonds & rust."

[@iainthomas1134]

Tears flow when grief hits you too hard, music & nostalgia really helps to soften the blows wave after wave just let it flow, be brave my brother, we will be brothers in arms soon enough!!!

[@joycejeffries7465]

No one can do this song like Joan! She is a master, it's from her own heart.

[@lauretteedmonds1178]

Such an emotive voice, brings me to tears. Thank you Joan Baez.

[@pamelanewman5470]

I first heard Joan Baez age 12 and last saw her in person on her farewell tour 2019. The world will never forget her talents, her strive for peace and freedom and her amazing paintings. The most talented artist of her generation.

[@paxc.6046]

I come back to this video at least once a year. Happy 2019 everyone

[@keithphilo6255]

truly a beautiful love song yes it is about her Dylan in the 60's never tire of listening to this song, thanks for the loading

[@sweetsuetrublu]

This song still gives me the chills.. this is a perfectly written song

[@larrynapp5876]

I am 70 years old and I cannot believe I had never heard this before. This is beyond outstanding!!!!!

[@mikelane2866]

Check out the Judas Priest version

[@neutralnickhotel]

Mike Lane it’s terrible compared to this

[@mikelane2866]

neutral nick hotel sorry you feel that way Joan herself said it was her favorite cover. But at least you checked it out

[@azul8811]

Larry, you were probably listening to hard rock during your younger days. As we mellow with age, so do many of our tastes. At least it did for me.

[@siprabhattacharya7739]

As beautiful now as when I first heard it decades ago...

[@losascio]

Yes, Joan was an Angel. I wouldn't have walked away from her. Bob wasn't ready.

[@asrarul12]

There has never been and probably never will be a more apt ode to Bob Dylan who turns 75 today, May 24, 2016 CE. Thanks, Joan. Good health and happiness for the most talented and crazy person you ever wrote for. Love from Bangladesh.

[@veroluisacarra4364]

yes I agree

[@ismailsaroglu5426]

interesting...

[@carollipton4584]

She really nailed Dylan

[@luisnieves8242]

dylan wrote the song.

[@luisnieves8242]

sorry joan wrote the song!

[@cassettetapehound]

This is one of the most captivating songs ever written. I was 13 when I first heard it in 1975 and I was absolutely transfixed. You can literally feel the coming of age through the hurt.

[@rajnishkumar-zf1su]

I discovered this song 2022 and i fall in love with this song .its smoothen my soul❤

[@LeeMike233]

My husband proposed to me playing this song! A very special and poignant song I will never forget! He passed away 5 1/2 years ago and it stilll sounds wonderful to me!

[@afterlate8866]

She has a beautiful voice. I really like this song and she sings it with feeling and honesty; a sad song filled with pain.

[@racheloriordan6938]

Joan Beaz your voice is amazing. Im sure you loved bob x 😢. Maybe i another life time he would love you more x you are so beautiful x x x ❤.

[@charleneguiliano2943]

One of my favorites all time records my late husband brought it to our marriage we combined records, kids, recipes ,allot of love,fighting ,we loved

[@melinda6024]

Joan, you are so special to me. There is no one like you. I would love it if you would put some new things on youtube...you are still gorgeous and so is your voice. 💟💗💝

[@lguitare]

Very beautiful Song of Joan Baez! I like so much !

[@paulgriffin6320]

America and the world have been so blessed to have such a brilliant and beautiful artist in our lives. For decades Joan has kept the humanitarian ideals of peace and justice alive in the hearts of millions who believe that a better and kinder world is possible.

[@richardmcmillan4307]

She is indeed one of the greatest American female singer songwriters, but being Scottish myself, I believe her talent came from her Scottish mother. The beauty of how America once was

[@enobmah1955]

I caught Joan Baez sing this song at the Felt Forum in NYC , I guess it was 1976. Her voice was just so powerful to hear live, it was very impressive. Orlando Letelier was the guest of honor that night, and he foretold to the assembled audience that was there that night he would be assassinated within a week or so, and he wasn't kidding. I think they got him about 10 days later.

[@Myohomoto]

I agree, folk music is the heart and soul of a people, Baez is certainly an Angel that shares the depth of that collecttive soul with you, awakened.

[@derekemrie2987]

Actually I find the poetry here quite incredible, Joan. Thanks a lot.

[@jameshowland7393]

Many folk artists start off as, and still are, poets. She has such a sweet voice, doesn't she?

[@AvengingAngel777]

I think Dylan was probably just teasing her when he said that.

[@vickiehenshaw1890]

Yes, NOT lousy.

[@KaiserBlade]

Dylan finally admitted he wrote it.

[@christinequinn5355]

@@KaiserBlade Nope. He didn't. Write it, or say he did.

[@funisnumberone1]

Mesmerizingly powerful and so beautiful, inside and out. I love Joan Baez. I wish Bob had treated her better. Happy birthday, sweet and strong Joan.

[@inspiring6817]

This song my intro to Joan Baez, 1989, played the album everyday for 2 years. what a voice , what words, what nostalgia, what memories, what a cause, what thought, she is wuite something! thank you

[@GEC416]

love that haunting song and what a voice

[@MrJonpac]

The last verse absolutely kills me. Must be one of the most beautiful songs

[@dennbo49]

Best song about unrequited love ever. Her poetry’s evocative; not “lousy” at all. Still remember the first time I heard this song in 1975. She’s got great genes. Her father invented the x-ray microscope and won the Nobel prize for Physics.

[@spmoran4703]

My feeling about a very precious person at the moment .

[@Harbinger57]

As moving, brilliant and profound today as it was then. Ageless.

[@michaelpalmer5567]

At at least one moment in his life, this song leveled Bob

[@rb6338]

"By far the most talented crazy person I've ever worked with" ...Great introduction by Joan of Diamonds and Rust...and Bob was for sure hearing this backstage!

[@lindasanssouci726]

Haunting; not to mention the voice is unparelled and beautiful!

[@usmc1917916]

Poignant, personal, beautiful, Takes me away. Thank you for the memories.

[@respectpleasethankyou]

She blows me away with this song. What an amazing guitarist. A legend in her own right

[@clifford4514]

This song is very powerful. Sad to me now. But a beautiful song

[@Semprini537]

Beautiful song,beautiful lady

[@briananderson2452]

As long as human beings have ears--this song will be treasured!