Bob Dylan & Emmylou Harris - Hurricane(1975) (Desire Outtake

Argentina

[@lauvshahi1439]

Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall She sees a bartender in a pool of blood Cries out, "my God, they killed them all" Here comes the story of the Hurricane The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been The champion of the world Three bodies lyin' there, does Patty see And another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously "I didn't do it" he says, and he throws up his hands "I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand" "I saw them leavin'" he says, and he stops "One of us had better call up the cops" And so Patty calls the cops And they arrive on the scene With their red lights flashin' in a hot New Jersey night Meanwhile, far away in another part of town Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around Number one contender for the middleweight crown Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road Just like the time before and the time before that In Paterson that's just the way things go If you're black you might as well not show up on the street 'Less you want to draw the heat Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin' around He said "I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights Jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates" And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head Cop said "Wait a minute, boys, this one's not dead" So they took him to the infirmary And though this man could hardly see They told him he could identify the guilty men Four in the mornin' and they haul Rubin in They took him to the hospital and they brought him upstairs The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye Say "Why'd you bring him in here for? He ain't the guy" Here's the story of the Hurricane The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been The champion of the world Four months later, the ghettos are in flame Rubin's in South America, fightin' for his name While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game And the cops are puttin' the screws to him, lookin' for somebody to blame "Remember that murder that happened in a bar?" "Remember you said you saw the getaway car?" "You think you'd like to play ball with the law?" "Think it mighta been that fighter that you saw runnin' that night?" "Don't forget that you are white" Arthur Dexter Bradley said "I'm really not sure" The cops said "A poor boy like you, could use this break We got you for the motel job and we're talkin' to your friend Bello You don't want to have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow You'll be doin' society a favor That son of a bitch is brave and gettin' braver We want to put his ass in stir We want to pin this triple murder on him He ain't no Gentleman Jim" Rubin could take a man out with just one punch But he never did like to talk about it all that much "It's my work" he'd say, "and I do it for pay And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way" Up to some paradise Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice And ride a horse along a trail But then they took him to the jailhouse Where they try to turn a man into a mouse All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums To the white folks who watched, he was a revolutionary bum And for the black folks he was just a crazy nigger No one doubted that he pulled the trigger And though they could not produce the gun The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed And the all-white jury agreed Rubin Carter was falsely tried The crime was murder one, guess who testified? Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride How can the life of such a man Be in the palm of some fool's hand? To see him obviously framed Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land Where justice is a game Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell An innocent man in a living hell Yes, that's the story of the Hurricane But it won't be over 'til they clear his name And give him back the time he's done Put in a prison cell, but one time he coulda been The champion of the world.

[@rogerwilliams3607]

Love this more than version they put on the album. But that's okay. O l love everything he does. And with Emmy Lou what is there not to like.

[@angelicaluce3230]

EMMYLOU AND BOBBY D. - TWO CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD SING TOGETHER - AS ONE!

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

Good backup vocals by Emily Lou Harris and great violin work by Scarlett Rivera give this album its superb texture.

[@jayham____fromgeorgia]

you've got that right.. A most interesting configuration of seriously talented players and singers..

[@patriciathewisher2315]

But did stop at Fermanagh’s lakes and Belleek Pottery. And of course Drumcliff. Nicest day weather wise I’ve been there. Benbulben looks incredible. And yeah Yeats did manage to get to lie in its shadow.

[@wespenre3418]

Howard Wyeth on drums set the entire sound and feel on this album. What an excellent drummer--I can't stop listening to what he's doing in the rhythm section. Brilliant!

[@mario7frankielee]

yeah he was one of a kind also excellent 🎹 player

[@virginiaalmon8389]

and bass player - hand in glove. Rob Stoner I think.

[@TheMattTempest]

I know NOTHING about drumming - but have always liked the sounds of Wyeth on this album. Like kettledrums in outer space, beamed in...

[@marieholland8868]

Great version, love how their voices sound so good together. Perfect photo too, photographer was in right place at right time!

[@charlesbireland1780]

Emmylou can sing with anybody. Gram Parsons said that all you had to do was to look at her while you sang and she could follow you and make perfect harmony. Check out some of her collaborations like "All The Roadrunning" with Mark Knoffler; "Trio"with Dolly Parton and Lind Ronstadt; and of course the ultimate duet "Love Hurts" with Gram Parsons. Some folks don't love Dylan's voice as I do, but for those people Bob couldn't have foundanyone better to sing with...except maybe The Traveling Wilburys.

[@gianfrancoghironi7117]

Grande brano, Desire! Bellissima versione a due voci del celebre brano dylaniano, tra lo stesso immenso Bob insieme alla bravissima Emmylou Harris. 🙂

[@hmao4466]

Love these voices together...

[@grantross2609]

........god but this still gives you the chills tho !

[@simonedevlin7710]

"Some like it hot" and the fire in "Desire" is unparalleled here. Zimmy's choice uncensored, so loving it.☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

[@PepeGracia4]

Mas relajada que la versión oficial. The drums are great

[@marcio5863]

Eso amigo es justamente que no me gusta. Esta poesia debe ser rabia y fuerza. Saludos desde Brasil

[@veradevogeleer2516]

What a beautifull song

[@davegallagher7428]

This is a good and interesting alternate take. IMO the take that they put on Desire is better. Putting the haunting violin out in front of the mix makes this one of my all-time favorite songs.

[@wolfgangbolzlbauer3192]

very well said. Everything on 'Desire' fits so well together, making it so special an album: some of his finest lyrics, great backing vocals by Emmylou but most important Scarlet Rivera's violin

[@fretkillrfan]

Bob appears rather captivated with newcomer Emmylou in this photo. 😎

[@adandap]

Bob is human, yes.

[@TM-vq1bf]

She is one of the prettiest women on earth

[@paulleman1915]

Desire is good album

[@wespenre3418]

One of his best because it's so different from anything that had been released by anybody at that time. Bob has always been a forerunner and authentic.

[@nicklyde4361]

Many great talents..together at one time...love Emmy Lou

[@paulhoward6165]

I was only robbing the bodies. On the album it's robbing the register

[@angelicaluce3230]

"IN PATTERSON - THAT'S JUST THE "WAY" THINGS GO! SPARE ME THE "DETAILS"

[@jeroenhuizinga5020]

Slower is better!

[@Voodoochil111111]

Agreed.

[@douglashenderson5614]

Dylan the song writer ❤

[@rundoetx]

Sweet. Thanks for posting.

[@londonwines2381]

You gotta be kidding! Coner Byrnes in Seattle 2002...and we're getting old. Luxurious black leather jacket. Dylan remembers his next song off to the right. Love two voices over one. Thanks Bob, genius

[@rogerolin2432]

ä

[@hasseelmerson]

Thanks for giving the world this wonderful version of this song Is it possible to get back in time?

[@jonbernhard3949]

Well this is a nice Gem!

[@watkinscopicat]

play at 1.25 speed for the other version 😎

[@dereksaulby8219]

Bob ready to risk it all

[@maggiebryan2355]

❤

[@UCqkdtMiE5ZquD_lF9prae4Q]

Lyrics: Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall She sees the bartender in a pool of blood Cries out, "My God, they killed them all!" Here comes the story of the Hurricane The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The champion of the world Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see And another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously "I didn't do it, " he says, and he throws up his hands "I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand I saw them leavin', " he says, and he stops "One of us had better call up the cops." And so Patty calls the cops And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin' In the hot New Jersey night Meanwhile, far away in another part of town Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around Number one contender for the middleweight crown Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road Just like the time before and the time before that In Paterson that's just the way things go If you're black you might as well not show up on the street 'Less you want to draw the heat Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin' around He said, "I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates." And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head Cop said, "Wait a minute, boys, this one's not dead" So they took him to the infirmary And though this man could hardly see They told him that he could identify the guilty men Four in the mornin' and they haul Rubin in Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye Says, "Wha'd you bring him in here for? He ain't the guy!" Yes, here's the story of the Hurricane The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The champion of the world Four months later, the ghettos are in flame Rubin's in South America, fightin' for his name While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game And the cops are puttin' the screws to him, lookin' for somebody to blame "Remember that murder that happened in a bar?" "Remember you said you saw the getaway car?" "You think you'd like to play ball with the law?" "Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin' that night?" "Don't forget that you are white." Arthur Dexter Bradley said, "I'm really not sure." Cops said, "A poor boy like you could use a break We got you for the motel job and we're talkin' to your friend Bello Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow You'll be doin' society a favor That sonofabitch is brave and gettin' braver We want to put his ass in stir We want to pin this triple murder on him He ain't no Gentleman Jim."

[@rebeccafritz4558]

Gorgeous!

[@dadedowuh]

Good going bob

[@MissTeach]

Haven't I seen that cap before? Very fashionable, Mr. D. Forgive me, but I'm smirking after . . . . .

[@joycefolsom130]

nice

[@bradleyholland4881]

Good enough if you’ve not heard the album version but Harris’ harmony pours oil on Dylan’s troubled waters and smothers the full force of his hurricane in this take.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Been off gadgets for hours as No feckin charger. Could’ve done with a white knight arriving on a charger. Anyways. Got rescued at Yeats’ grave. Beginning to think I’m as weird about graves as he was. Well not quite. Don’t see them as places of sex ffs. Rescued by lovely English guy selling art next door in the very small White House. Really. He’s made violas ffs. Beautiful one on the wall. Anyways I could use the loo and charge my phone. Then took wrong turn off N17. Almost there. Stopped to eat. By an abandoned field. Probably second time today I’ll have to piss in a field. As the trans monsters keep saying, we women just want to piss. Amazing how complicated it is for females on a mini road trip. Need food too. Didn’t bring enough with me. Btw this is great with Emmy Lou. She’s fantastic anytime any place anyways. Lovely lady.

[@zebalby]

Nice pun "Could’ve done with a white knight arriving on a charger."

[@patriciathewisher2315]

@@zebalby I think it's a knight on a white charger. Sounds like I was just being a bit racist.

[@zebalby]

@@patriciathewisher2315 "knight on a white charger" also works, especially if you have an Apple phone. Don't think the original would be properly racist as it is a play on a well-known phrase. Comedy knocks down shibboleths, or should.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

@@zebalby could've sworn a few days ago your name was spelled Albee

[@zebalby]

@@patriciathewisher2315 No, not related to Edward Albee. I see that you admire Oscar Wilde. I am often moved by the story about Oscar being spat on at Clapham Junction station en route to Reading Gaol. That someone of his high consciousness and sensitivity should be subjected to that moves me. Can I recommend Daniel Lanois' "For The Beauty Of Wynona" if you haven't heard that before. It can be your comfort blanket lost in your adventures in the wilds of Eire

[@keithbarnard7358]

Scarlet Rivera added texture

[@angelicaluce3230]

THE TRAGEDY OF THE TRUTH - TWISTED!