Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton - Sign Language

[@thomasmcdaniel765]

I mean really what did you expect when these two get together. Nothing but magic.

[@PatrickBurns-g7y]

Masterpiece Sign Language Clapton and Dylan Really Amazing tune !!

[@brunopinto3777]

I woke this morning feeling bad after a hard week, I was listening to a couple of songs, and I got to this gem. It's been a long time I haven't heard it, but this time I listened to it with more attention. Although it looks like a simple song it's full of emotion. Some people may say that Dylan can't sing well, but the emotion he puts and his confidence is what makes him what he is, and the combination with Clapton's voice is perfect! Oh and what can I say about Robbie's Guitar sound? Three genius.

[@karllib]

I knew this song for 30 years, thinking it was droll. There is real significance to the trivial details he adds re the Cafe, the clock etc. It's the way a person in that exact situation might think.

[@patrickgirard7645]

Moi je dis que Dylan chante très bien !

[@thejoyofboxing8805]

Discovered this gem ❤this morning

[@paulashcroft7712]

Lots of fond memories. Beautyfull words

[@paulashcroft7712]

Where he says. Does she know I still care 😢

[@gingerli5820]

This song 'Sign Language' should be in the national archives - so that when we are finished and gone, they will know what we were.

[@andreakerry3071]

❤The two most important.gentlemen featured in the soundtrack to my life story ❤

[@antoniopax6155]

One of the bests E.C albums. Hats off to Mr Rick Danko!!

[@luceliojosedacosta8893]

CLAPTON AND DYLAN FANTASTIC😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@patkeeg1]

Love Robbie Robinson's guitar on this song. It bites!

[@jarikuukasjarvi8198]

Pair of the greatest musicians together

[@mariabonet]

One of my favourite love songs ever. Tha Band playing with Ron Wood in Shangri La studios, this song even if is a Dylan´s song appears in the 1974 Eric Clapton album "No reason To Cry", curious because all these mates were in The Last waltz all together. Eric Clapton has always wanted to be a member of The Band ;-) (it doesn´t surprise me) The Band is one of the most pure class & delicatesssen musicians in the world.

[@rizzalater72]

He never needed "The Band", nor have i ever heard him say he wanted to be a member. Because if he did, it would've been a done deal. I could be wrong about him saying so, but i doubt it.

[@HebertoTLara]

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[@StevenCarinci]

Great album. Many hours of enjoyable listening.

[@EricScottBloom]

Oh that definitely the mathematical guitar genius Jamie Robbie Robertson clicking away like a magic carpet ride.....hot band...LOOSE!!!!!~E

[@kerrymcmanus9188]

!976 Maria

[@seansweeney3532]

It's cool that Clapton can take moments like this and release it... it has the sound of one of the Basement Tapes... loose and fresh, full of happy accidents and flubs... two guys singing that don't know how it goes quite yet... and yes, I like it. I wouldn’t be that brave... but maybe I will be...

[@MrRazorblade999]

Robertsons guitar here is amazing!

[@larryrubin5150]

@@dykeritz9 where did he get Robertson?

[@timmcgurl]

@@larryrubin5150 "Where did he get Robertson?" Well, this was recorded at the Shangri-la Recording Studio in Malibu in 1976. At that time, circa The Last Waltz, it was the 2nd home of "The Band"! Bob Dylan was (indescribably) living in a tent at the edge of the property near the garden and was often wandering into the studio during many various artist's recording sessions, with this tune being only one of them. Dylan offered "Sign Language" to Eric to record on his 4th album. They recorded 3 different versions of the song and this one (as a Duet with Eric and Bob) was chosen as the track for Eric's lp. Robbie and the rest of the lads in The Band were always hanging out there, hence, his great guitar solo appearance on this session. You can also hear the luscious organ sounds of Garth Hudson on this track as well. I'd say, it was a period in Rock 'n Roll when lots of dudes were speaking in the same musical "Sign Language" while hanging at Shangri-la!

[@Mr2012jerome]

Sounds like Robertson with the pinch harmonics but you’d presume it’s Eric because of the album obviously. This is news to me and i like it. Always thought it was Eric doing his best Robertson impression. Does anyone know if Eric plays on this song at all or is it all Robertson?

[@MrRazorblade999]

@@Mr2012jerome It's Robertson and Ron Wood

[@PearlEGates-ep1ss]

Great to hear. That picking on the guitar. Awesome! And Dylan's voice comes through clean, clear, and pure.

[@jlarry6]

This song is my alarm clock every morning 😊

[@PearlEGates-ep1ss]

A true treasure for all time. Fantastic! !!

[@jsbrules]

According to Robbie Robertson's 2016 memoir "Testimony," Clapton and fellow guitar whiz Jesse Ed Davis were in stitches listening to Robertson overdubbing what he calls his "deep dive-bomb whammy bar maneuvers" and that after two takes "they" said to him, "Nobody plays like that. Incredible! You play guitar like it's an East Indian tabla drum."

[@Ck-zk3we]

tabla drum

[@herbertluthe6850]

Best song Bob and Eric did together - maybe the sole one. Anyway: just beautiful!

[@stevinks55]

I haven't heard this song since 70s, but we used to play it all the time! I have tons of albums, but poor then guys had all EC albums I have about 10, but just listened to their album's. I had the southern and California rock albums, rod Stewart beatles guys had stones! nobody had a job just hung out listening to music. got my blues education! we had so much fun! I have great memories! bunch of nuts! lol I still find pot in albums I got stuck cleaning it! we threw seeds out 3rd floor window and one day noticed pot plants growing below window! lol!

[@stevelotshaw645]

Great song always loved it

[@lewstone5430]

I used to play this live. The chords are easy but it took a lot of practice on vocals since I had to pinpoint whether to go high or low at certain points. Fan favorite, and had other players asking "whose song is that?" Thanks to Bob & Eric. *"Link Ray was playin', on a jukebox I was payin' . . ."*

[@WALLIS3B]

So different....Masterpiece !

[@PEARLEGATES-yi1sd]

thanks to bob and Eric, a masterpiece.

[@andreakerry3071]

This is my Forever Favourite, Blessings x

[@associationdefensedroitpro8633]

magical. two great singers

[@claymationwaves]

i really am a blessed person haha unreal the weed the music the smokes its all such amazing quality and i get it every day thankyou

[@samdantasdsamfer4742]

Que maravilha, como eu amo esta música junto com esta dupla?

[@abderrahimyamine8437]

it was there by the bakery surrounded by Fakery this is my story still i'm still there.

[@Gulleif]

the best of the best!!! please play this one when i`m dead and gone...............

[@puri6546]

Heaven on Earth 💖💖🎵😎🎸

[@davidaust340]

Classic

[@rolandoaponte214]

I discovered this gem a short time ago...the unpolished interplay between Eric and Bob rough voices is genius! Plus Robbie Robertson's lead guitar is bliss...reminds me a bit of Planet Waves...isn't Garth Hudson playing the organ here?

[@joangarcia8536]

+Rolando Aponte Yeah, and I even seem to hear Levon's voice at 1'05'' at the end of the verse, "does she know I still care". Great song indeed!

[@pabloperez4063]

+Rolando Aponte All the members of "The Band" play in the album. Highly recommended

[@paulm4873]

What album Robertson? # Rick Danko

[@kevinmontgomery1383]

@@joangarcia8536 What is the title of the Album? Please and Thank You!

[@yonidimoni]

@@kevinmontgomery1383 No reason to cry. It was recorded at Shangri-la studios by the time of The Last Waltz . It includes "All our past times" (duet with Rick Danko) and "Last night" (with Richard Manuel)

[@tomcaroscio]

Thanks for posting, Lea, never heard this version of this great song!

[@draghitatismanaru837]

Oh , love it...

[@claymationwaves]

unreal everything about this recording is perfecto

[@michaeljonjarvis]

7 guitars, Clapton, Dylan, Harrison, Robbie Robertson, Andy fairweather low, ry cooder & maybe Tom petty can’t remember without looking it up. But best song in crossroads box set & unreleased 😢

[@analiakendrick9084]

Marvelous. 😊❤🎶

[@nateb335]

Robby doing that WANG thing

[@Bubbacat54]

Matt Henderson...can't see a reply button on your comment, but I'm with you brother ! This song has moved me for a long time also......to have Bob Dylan, most of the Band and Eric all on one album was wonderful. EC really admired Robbie's guitar playing . Eric plays a nice bit of G tuned dobro on this track, but I especially love those low moaning sounds that Robbie gets with his wang bar. A much overlooked gem of an album from Clapton.......this one never really moved big volumes.

[@marakaretsos5204]

🌟🎼

[@wolfgangdr.strobel8227]

seems to be an outtake of the planet waves sessions, wonderful, thank you for posting

[@pabloperez4063]

No... It is from No reason to cry 76

[@carl_lindquist]

Enjoyed this video! All the best!!

[@kathif17]

Love it

[@TheJohnnyLivewire]

Yes Matt that is Robbie playing lead on this

[@joopgeven6209]

S

[@MattHenderson108]

I have loved this song for a long, long time. Tonight I told my son that E.C. was getting a Robbie Robertson sound on it. I kept trying to come up with something...Was it a joke between Bob and Eric? I looked up the album and Robbie is actually listed on the album. Anyone know wtf is up? That has to be R.R., right?

[@pabloperez4063]

+Matt Henderson Try to get the full album: "No reason to cry". It is a Clapton,s album, but we have all"The Band" on it, apart from many other guests, and of course Eric,s 70,s band. The songs are mostly spontaneous, but they sound today as good as never before. Best blues of EC, his first recording of Double Trouble. The song "Sign Language" happened in a matter of minutes. Bob was there, and he gave it to Eric, and at the same time, he gave "Seven days" to Ronnie Wood, who also plays in the album

[@MattHenderson108]

Pablo Pérez TY!

[@paulbrown1585]

This is kind of a curious thing, After The Last Waltz the guys from The Band were just enjoying themselves, hanging out at Shangri La in Malibu, "making music" as Rick Danko says, and were visited by some special friends, this track is one that resulted and wound up on Clapton's " No Reason To Cry " album.

[@ToddBurge]

Matt Henderson yes, it was recorded in The Bands studio. Robbie is all over it

[@Bluesrainbluesrainbow]

woww!!!!

[@davidaust340]

Eric's strat....crying for mercy....and let's not forget Carl Raddell (sp?)...a giant amongst lesser mortals...

[@ElnaCopper]

" ˚:*Great Share｡ﾟthanks

[@EricScottBloom]

Hadda do a version…ignore this MASTERPIECE of loss, love and the poet's yearning, un-quenched~E

[@EricScottBloom]

Very sweet archival pic editing!!!

[@chawkinz]

Link Ray way playin"...

[@vincenzostr4488]

You speak to me In sign language As I’m eating a sandwich In a small café At a quarter to three But I can’t respond To your sign language You’re taking advantage Bringing me down Can’t you make any sound? ’Twas there by the bakery Surrounded by fakery Tell her my story Still I’m still there Does she know I still care? Link Wray was playin’ On a jukebox I was payin’ For the words I was sayin’ So misunderstood He didn’t do me no good You speak to me In sign language As I’m eating a sandwich In a small café At a quarter to three But I can’t respond To your sign language You’re taking advantage Bringing me down Can’t you make any sound?

[@julieswiss1]

❤️🎤

[@senatorsable]

the first song I learned on the guitar....

[@julieswiss1]

💜 ⭐

[@semismokeymama]

I miss being 15.

[@fiddlefaddle21]

The guitar licks are from Clapton - no one could measure up to that. Hope I'm right!!

[@pequod9201]

Its Robbie Robertson from The Band

[@nuxschwartz1636]

@@pequod9201 Correct.

[@pabloperez4063]

Eric plays dobro here

[@LostSok]

Link Wray was playin'...

[@robertjack4329]

"I can't respond..."

[@fredsaid]

When my radio quit playing this I quit my radio

[@user-ys3qq6rf6z]

Cream

[@pepoliverstone2062]

Bob Dylan only smile when is playing with Eric Clapton ????

[@owenmartin3307]

Just needed better words, could have been a classic.

[@claymationwaves]

sounds good over here from the land of newspaper men candy hamburgers and coca cola!!

[@dougjardine-r9e]

2:12 primo meat

[@aleksandarsimic8282]

Чича и геније...шта рећи!!? А тек Роби.....

[@marakaretsos5204]

⭐️⭐️⭐️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@peterpandemonium3336]

Probably a good thing that Eric gave up on being the guitarslinger everyone is trying to knock off his perch.

[@deimos2126]

0% Dylan in this song, fake news. I don't know who the guy singing along EC is, but I'm positive it's not Bob

[@lewstone5430]

@Magnolia Trees in the Meadow he's dumb.

[@cfrankielee5822]

la escribio dylan , y se la dio a clapton , como seven days a ronnie wood

[@nuxschwartz1636]

It is Dylan.

[@ameralbadry6825]

Its Dylan

[@mizarrazim]

Are you stupid or what? He is Dylan!

[@danodonnell7218]

Bob's voice is cringe 😹

[@maggiebryan2355]

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