It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Bob Dylan (5/7/65) Bootleg

[@TheYnghippi]

Hard to believe he wrote such deep thoughtful songs in his 20s. A true genius in my eyes!!! One of the best song writers ever.

[@MattHibbard1993]

THE best

[@deanedward2379]

In his 70's he said that he has no idea where those lyrics came from... he said it was the wellspring of creativity, and that the words just came. He also said it was a short season that he was able to draw from that wellspring, and once it was done he could never write songs that deep again.

[@bradleyleacock3381]

Futuristic

[@stanphillips7277]

Yeah, the word genius is tossed around so that when it's used to describe an actual genius it loses some of it's mojo. A genius is a word that shouldn't be confused with star or celebrity, even talented. In my opinion Dylan is the real thing.

[@jennylynn3758]

he is THEE best song writer of ALL time.

[@jamesdalessandro1120]

There was nothing, nor will there ever be, another like Bob Dylan. He may well be the greatest American poet of all.

[@christopherbowen884]

He's definitely my favorite, but it's hard to put him over Frost.

[@jaycaw9081]

He's your Shakespeare

[@Meenadevidasi]

He's not bound by American...

[@dutchmattybrapsfan]

''Although the masters make the rules For the wise men and the fools I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.'' Legend.

[@richkrassen8680]

Mike Mathus,thank you for those kind words! I first saw Bob at Town Hall in Philly in 1963!My soon to be wife wanted to leave during the intermission! I left the concert.When I left her 30 years later I left her a note! I should have realized we weren't right when you wanted to leave that concert! I was 23 at the time!

[@epipd5712]

Brilliant lyrics and the best song ever written..(well in my opinion). Deep song ..says a whole lot in 7 or so minutes. I think i know what real hypocrisy is now because of this one song. Kudos Bob Dylan.

[@tinywillis]

this is, in my opinion, the very epitome of lyricism, in all music throughout the ages. All bow to the good king Dylan!

[@spooninspoon]

The life of this song will never end... In a few hundred years from now this song will still be relevant perhaps more than it is relevant today and the day he wrote it. Dylans music never seems to be dated. His writing has a conscience of its own that will live on way after he dies and or when we die. What's interesting is that some music fan (probably the last of a dying breed) in the year 2200 will hear this an his mind will be blown at how relevant this song is even for his time. Then again who knows, music might be considered "obsolete" (for lack of a better word) by then

[@stevefowler5970]

it will probably still be relevant; Shakespeare is still being performed and read today and that was 500 years ago

[@enlapaz]

What is This! My favorite version of favorite song of favorite singer of favorite poet. How can this music be! How can this music be so beautiful! How can his guitar so gently weeps! How can this be!

[@richkrassen8680]

This song captures the essense of the hypocrisy and manipulation that runs rampant throughout ones life! It will never change and your only defense is to recognize it and deal with it!

[@TheYnghippi]

well put. you may be a genius as is Dylan. You really get the point of this song at least as translated by me. But ya know Bob, he'll never tell.

[@anneflynn5282]

Rich Krassen, I want to write a paper on this interpreting the lyrics to this song and how it pertains to the degradation of the Earth and our environment. Thoughts? can you help? you seem pretty damn intelligent.

[@johndavis2284]

Sisyphus has this playing in his headphones.

[@maximumoccupancy]

That's literally 1/1000th of what this song is about.

[@jmack619]

@@anneflynn5282 How did you do with your writing ??

[@jmbgill9346]

my favourite rapper

[@buff3dn3rf26]

Huge difference between real music and rap my uneducated friend.

[@erikparker3051]

@@buff3dn3rf26 - clearly you've never listened to any intelligent hip hop, my uneducated friend. Check out Brother Ali, Atmosphere, Krs One, Aesop Rock, and Gang Starr as a start. Don't let garbage mainstream rap delude you.

[@buff3dn3rf26]

@@erikparker3051 Hip Hop is not rap music. I said nothing about Hip Hop. Learn to read words please before you blindly reply to something. Still.. rap and hip hop will never require the talent needed to make music with actual instruments. Hip Hop is marginally better than rap, true. The only 2 genres in the entire music industry that dont require you to play a single instrument.. Most rappers dont even know how to play the damn drums. A truly sad fact. A human toddler can make words ryme. Your not a musician if you can simply make words ryme. You probably think lil Wayne is an amazing guitar player?

[@buff3dn3rf26]

@@erikparker3051 Unfortunately for myself. I have met several rappers in the industry. I ask them 2 questions. First I ask if they think they are a musician. They all say yes. Then I ask what instruments they know how to play. Over 90% dont know how to play a damn thing. Musicians are people that take the time and have the integrity to learn how to properly play an instrument. Its probably just hard to find time to learn an instrument in between beating woman and smoking crack. I get it. How can you claim to be a musician if you dont know how to play or write music!!?!?!?!

[@erikparker3051]

@@buff3dn3rf26 I see your point. Maybe it's comparing apples to oranges. I think there is a lot of talent involved with quality lyricism combined with the producing of complex and catchy rhythms/beats, etc. Same goes for good electronic music. Check out Tipper when you get a chance. You don't have to physically play an instrument these days to produce amazing music. And no, I don't think Lil Wayne is talented. In general, the more famous any musical artist is these days, the less talented they are, because they're propped up by a music industry that wants to create un-thought-provoking garbage for the masses. The good stuff has all gone underground.

[@gypsylou77]

The lyrics to this ballad is amazingly scary. Even 50 years later!

[@jmack619]

and 54 years later

[@olive1781]

@@jmack619 or...

[@jmack619]

@@olive1781 that rhymes

[@ernestolombardo5811]

How is this even humanly possible? This guy was on air so rarefied during his peak that it was like standing on the surface of Mars.

[@FlukeTog]

He's always made me wonder about all the artists we'll never know of lost to circumstance. Glad once in a while one like that crosses over the line.

[@philipkoziol5061]

I was eight when this song was written? I don't remember that, but I saw the 1974 'Before the Flood' tour. It still rings true today. BEAUTIFUL.

[@trevorwebb5292]

have enjoyed this record for nearly 50 years - thanks Bob

[@jacksprat3009]

Bob Dylan, the Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Crosby Stills and Nash, Donovan, Jimi Hendrix, The Moody Blues and many more plus LSD, Mushrooms, Psilocybin and cannabis changed the world or at the very least lit the fuse that exploded the status quo. Now the pieces are coming back to earth. It's up to us to assemble them better than before.

[@ParanoidParkProject]

+eddy67 You are partly right. Dylan knew that nothing good comes from romanticizing, but the hippies weren't wrong in their ideas, only wrong in the way they tried to accomplish it. The problem today is that people would rather ignore and live in ignorant bliss instead of tackling the problems head on, we know all to well power and control is unevenly distributed, but yet we do nothing.

[@jacksprat3009]

" I'm not God. Get up off our knees." (John Lennon) Jerry Rubin came on the Johnny Carson show one night dressed in a black judge's robe. At center stage he took the robe off and tore it, threw it on the floor and stomped on it, then walked over and took a seat. Carson turned to Jerry and calmly asked, "Do you think that's going to change anything?" Jerry replied, " We're not going to make the changes. We're showing the situation to politicize it. The next generation will make the changes." Today women are all over the work place. The digital age has happened. (Steve Jobs took LSD a few times) Global warming is being recognized and things are beginning to move. African American is a President. Police authority is being questioned. Bernie Sanders almost made it and would have but for a concerted effort to stop him by the DNC and the media. Unfortunately we still have a USA uber alles, attitude but even that is being questioned. There's no single "plan." Peple are waking uyp and doing what they know needs to be done. It's going to take a while before the old guard dies off, but while you're sleeping, it's happening all around you.

[@jacksprat3009]

Eddy, who said anything about "Hippies?" You know where that term came from? People would be in a room or standing in a circle passing joints around, rapping what they knew. Sometimes profound and the reply showing comprehension often was, "I'm hip man." The media got hold of it and ran it. Last I heard it was W. Bush who invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, not any so-called "Hippie." Don't know of any "Hippie" who spied on all the people or tortures folks, or commits mass shootings. You must have plugged into some bad information.

[@patricklanny7939]

that wont happen

[@marypersan5854]

dont do acid or you will wind up like me . been in a lot of mental facilities . acid,how could u do me?????FUK!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jesus.kraist]

Just say one thing... Bob Dylan was a genius and always will be

[@phutchinson90]

You're alod to say more than 1 thing..dont be shy. I think he's prophecy from a prophet. check out dignity. Are about Uk asking mama merkel the maid. Have you seen dignity?

[@maryjanegreen7601]

is

[@ignacio.carral]

When I listen to this song-poem, I cannot help seeing a bitter atmospheric twilight at the end of the universe, with a sure knowledge of all that has ever happened or ever will.

[@Blaze0357]

I first heard this great song on Easy Rider (Roger McGuinn version) when I was a kid. Very powerful in that film. Every time that part comes on, I crank it up! I really wish they still made music like this today. You just don't get lyrics like this anymore. Them days are long gone man. Bummer!

[@naughtmoses]

Actually, you do get lyrics like this now from a large number of artists in the mid-western "folk punk" movement.

[@Blaze0357]

naughtmoses Cool! That's good to know they are still out there.

[@marypersan5854]

BUMMER i agree

[@trevorbeddows6141]

Dylan's best song IMO.

[@anneflynn5282]

Trevor Beddows couldn't agree more. it's mind blowing.

[@reljacabarkapa363]

Damn it Boby. You've set the bar too damn high, so not really many of them tries to reach it.

[@Jalistie]

§ad

[@marypersan5854]

good one mike

[@matmazy8378]

Been my favorite Bob song since first heard this

[@646oleg]

i stumble on Dylan's KZbin channel ,it's been one full month and i can't stop listening to the endless amount of greatness , his songs are as addictive as heroin

[@2010pjm]

bob got these lyrics from an alien spaceship that hijacked his brain

[@WandaPashe]

😮😮

[@danielparsons2859]

A masterpiece. His ability to write lyrics so honestly about himself leaves you awe struck.

[@hermenutic]

I heard this song at the age of 19 and understood. At the age of 66 I know what I understood at 19 was correct. The man spoke as a prophet.

[@MrBlindmanpew]

+hermenutic he never admits it but he did

[@3rk4u]

a question in your eyes is lit yet u know there is no answer fit to satisfy ensure u not to quit to keep it your mind and not forget that it is not he or she or them or it that u belong to/wow them lyrics man.

[@shapursasan9019]

"He not busy being born is busy dying." - Bob Dylan

[@stanphillips7277]

I stumbled across this bootleg and I was miserable earlier. I'm in a nursing home (I'm 49 with 90 year old lungs , emphasema) in Miami. Not only Miami but Hialeah which is the Spanish section of the City/County. I don't speak Spanish and nobody speaks English (with a few exceptions) including my roommate who's TV is ALWAYS on. I was miserable not due to my health but the language barrier and I can't have a conversation with anyone. I can communicate enough to not go thirsty but I'm talking about the art of conversation, or even just a chat but I feel like a spectator, I intend to be transferred but for now anyway I'm stuck in this place. I've always loved words and I thought about Dylan and found this bootleg which I played after hearing a couple versions. From the presong laughter to the postsong checking to see if he was in tune I really thought this was a great find. Hearing a bootleg is like listening to a secret. Only a select few are let in on this stolen piece of history. Begs those questions about how someone came by it. Did they smuggle a tape recorder into the show and try to keep it hidden from the authorities? Very clear footage, maybe a high quality mic was involved? It's shrouded in mystery, especially before you hear it. Will it be an unusual take? Will it be a studio take, live, just hangin' out when it was captured? I started this comment feeling alright and then someone came in, and completely took me out of my own little world and immersed me in reality. Now I'm gonna' try and get back to where I was. Thanks for the footage man, I really like the artwork too, I wonder if it's a straight up portrait, or one of those part portrait, part photograph. Either way it's very good. 🎟️🎶🎶🎵☮️🙏

[@sstyblo]

"It's only life & life only": my all time favorite song lyric of any song ever.. 2 totally different things!, the cadence!, it's at the end!.. man truly was a bona fide genius.

[@lissonicarla]

Troppo bello da sentire! Che dylan !! Una voce unica. la differenza tra cantare..e raccontare cantando.). bob articola ogni sua parola .< Le sue pause..come a dirci.. < hai sentito o no? Dico a te! Sto parlando con teee..> non hai capito!?. non distoglierti! ) E chi si puo' distogliere da dylan.!!! Si viene colpiti!! tu !immobilizzi li! Bob! Attiri, Incanti catturi!! E una volta catturati non ci stacca piu! Da te! calamita !! Grande!! adorabile bob!!! Love you

[@mizarrazim]

Ecco la differenza tra chi è stato catturato da Dylan (come me) e chi no. Se sei stato catturato dalla sua voce, dalle sue pause, dal suo indugiare sulle vocali, non c'è altra voce che quella di Dylan. E quando senti quelli che dicono che non sa cantare, ti viene da ridere...

[@jeremyking4402]

If I looked at the world like him I probably could never put it into words as beautifully like bob Dylan Tully one of a kind

[@jungleGSC]

actually he stole a lot of his shit from muh better artists he just happened to become a pop star

[@mylesanderson5864]

i actually dont understand what the lyrics are meaning.could one of yall help?

[@dirtydillon1322]

Bob dylan is probably my favorite music artist and is extremely natural talented.

[@Galaxy487]

Probably my favorite rendition he did of this song.

[@raahilbhatia1866]

its life and life only... even tho this song is 8 min+ smtimes i wish his songs never end

[@AcePilot101]

Bob Dylan is a prophet.

[@deanedward2379]

Gifted Poet, artist...yes....prophet? Not a chance.

[@isabelarcher2924]

...say okay, I have had enough, what else can you show me?! And if my thought-dreams could be seen they'd probably put my head in a guillotine but it's alright, Ma', it's life, and life only...

[@skooter6235]

I'm only bleeding

[@danoaberdare]

It doesn't get better than this

[@winharrington2731]

Thank you for posting this. It's amazing to listen to all these years later. History!

[@MichaelBrown1977]

Proof that Dylan world have been a class 1 hip hop rapper.

[@lertyuis]

+Michael Brown No Kidding! I've always thought of this song as rap, Dylan style.

[@MrBlindmanpew]

+Michael Brown He's the original

[@abdelagami]

Michael Brown is

[@kooky311]

is white

[@kooky311]

right*

[@anonoymus6132]

most underrated song.. to much truth for too many

[@hbn1799]

I've been trying to find my favorite line of this song but it 's impossible to choose just one

[@MrBlindmanpew]

+Hbn 17 Even the president of the united states sometimes must have to stand naked

[@MrBlindmanpew]

+Timothy Hosman it is not he or she or it that you belong to

[@zimmermanhighway3]

There is no sense in trying

[@billhair9552]

Pettyness plays so rough. . .

[@misssoso5859]

he not busy being born is busy dying

[@davidmcconville1756]

"If my thought dreams could be seen, they would probably put my head on a gulitine" How I have uttered those words to myself over the years!

[@markstarr9184]

Happy 75th Bob

[@seenoevo3497]

The original rapper! This might set the record for most words in a song.

[@CODYj423]

He once joked about a Springsteen song that he'd better be careful or he'll run out of words.

[@richkrassen8680]

Anne,that was very kind of you. I'm just a 76 year old guy trying to stay in the game. Greed and power have taken over the world. We are desparetly alone in this life. The environment is being destroyed and so is the respect for the dignity of all people regardless of race or skin pigmentation. People are angry because they feel they are being played.They are,by polititians,wall street,advertisers, the education business with its extrordinary costs

[@ranabirgahir462]

Sooo Prolific,Man,Makes you open your ears ,life

[@sherigraham1027]

I looked up the lyrics on google. The lyrics are amazing. He is very smart to be able to sing them so quickly. It took me a long time to read them.

[@kennewicksheri]

This is fantastic.. thank you so much for sharing this song.. this version The Shakespeare of our day ..... Thank you...

[@davidscott7626]

This my friends is why he is a legend. This is a lesson in great songwriting.

[@davidfrench7030]

Dont hate nothing but hated Wow what a line

[@maryjanegreen7601]

Very relevant in 2020.

[@Meenadevidasi]

Beatles got it too.. Say you want a revolution.... a contribution for people with minds that hate... you'll have to wait.

[@XRenkoX]

This one is one of my new favorites. I haven't ever listened to bob dylan till now. Thanks for expanding my horizon! :)

[@murraycowie9234]

truer words have never been spoken. this song sums up the human condition.

[@tonyajohnson1059]

That is a mind blower!

[@prasannaamusicals4220]

word sword Dylan

[@ivanauletu]

it'allright ma, it's life and life only...

[@MrBlindmanpew]

+Ivana Knezevic he not bein' born is busy dyin'.

[@stephenreynolds3442]

Ivana Knezevic '

[@stephenreynolds3442]

As you are I was as I am you will be .

[@imaVIP4ever]

love this song so muchhh

[@RickyKingProductions]

It's Alright Ma (It's Just a Flesh Wound)

[@marypersan5854]

right??!

[@marypersan5854]

my mantra mike sayajin persan

[@PnBish]

..THAT SOMEBODY THINKS THEY REALLY FOUND YOU..

[@katragew8765]

I immediately thought of this song when the events unfolded at the Nation's Capital on Tuesday.

[@pundamilia1191]

Woody Guthrie on LSD.

[@jimrogers3911]

lmao!

[@marypersan5854]

lsd turned me into a maniac.gov.says i cant work or be around people-no friends no wife.got all taken then got denied of life cause too dangerous so THEY say.it gets lonesome and crazy.i got my mom,GOD has me.michael

[@marygrove9805]

NO ONE BUT NO ONE CAN MEASURE UP TO BOB!!!!!!!!

[@coreykrannacker7503]

Dylan's best stuff was during his acoustic period, IMO.

[@isaachaze1]

he only switched to electric because of Jimi :)

[@jamesderoc6717]

his stuff in +2000 is great

[@terrenceflynn2029]

james deroc arguably some of his best work was done in 2000s

[@jamesderoc6717]

yes and thats a bit incredible

[@littlemissmello]

That's narrow, innit though? His electric, 1965 and on music is crazy good. Like A Rolling Stone alone could stand up to all of his acoustic songs without a doubt. However it's no use to argue about it. I could give unbeatable check-mate arguments for both acoustic Dylan and electric Dylan so you don't get very far.

[@jesus.kraist]

Anthony Junior Soprano in conversation with his girlfriend. Jesus, i still remember that scene, so depressed.

[@Hiphiphooray490]

This one right here is worth a Nobel.

[@yonatan484]

"Money doesnt talk it swears"

[@onthewater59]

Thank you Dylan you said it and there's not much more to repeat into my bio

[@onthewater59]

Thank you friends..

[@JohnHarmer]

This sounds so clear and immediate, and he sings and plays spot on

[@pepper13111]

I remember buying Bringing it all Back Home when it was released.

[@tiam9038]

Bob Dylan.. ,Is and has been most amazing thru times💙

[@GiuseppeDAmbrosioAngelilloJK]

Poeta di tutto il mondo! Bob Dylan!

[@mike9klf]

Comment? Are you Fucking kidding? I am and always have been, stuck dumb by this song. Ever since I first heard it in 65...the day I bought the LP...staring out my window...hearing these words. I changed...I was 15.

[@clementine3218]

The Father of Hip Hop, Folk Rock, Music Videos...etc.

[@lucidplanet5219]

Bob Dylan,a spiritual soul floating in madness

[@Invincible-Under-the-Sun]

This might actually be the best lyrical song ever.

[@KenDrPH]

The anthem of all anthems!!! 🙏🏾💪🏻💥

[@TheSoundrookie]

Love this song. Thanx for uploading.

[@haroldsteinblatt2567]

The video of one of the England performances of this song is also fantastic. I like the uptempo, compared to the original. Guitar playing way up there among his recordings. He was in another sphere.

[@bcrich07]

Anybody looking for more BD videos type in elston gunn in your search window. Hundreds of videos you wouldn't get when you type bob dylan. Give it a try some hidden gems that can't be found otherwise

[@jackiesmith1359]

this song put it into perspective for me when I was just a little child

[@torrerodriguez3783]

That song is in the album bringin it all back home one of the ground breakers in american modern music

[@KenDrPH]

The anthem that transcends time! ⚡️💥🔥🙏🏻

[@BiancaShaw3]

The one and only. Timeless

[@leopontes28]

It`s so hard and beatiful this sound.

[@wsjohnston3956]

I got nothing, ma.... to live up to. Gospel truth.

[@sharonibaloni6693]

BRILLANT

[@Freespeech141]

The president he mentions was Kennedy! Wow! Think of that! He’s walking history, our Bob! Treasure.

[@rahulmodi1514]

Mathematical lyrics

[@jmack619]

so what is the answer ??

[@paulanderson2986]

@@jmack619 _ _ 4561

[@jmack619]

@@paulanderson2986 not seein it

[@alberalmeida1919]

não ha como fazer poesia depois de Dylan, somente restou o po e a fumaça das palavras...

[@roseannemellone877]

LOVE BOB DYLAN ALWAYS AND FOREVER.

[@moonbell9653]

its alright ma- their life, and their life only

[@jimmiejoeredskyesnakeman6208]

As true today as it was back then... Dylan is the ultimate realist.

[@anonoymus6132]

favorite Dylan song ever

[@mattflynn8461]

This series of bootlegs are probably my favorite dylan songs. My mom and I walked out on dylan a few years ago when he played wilco and my morning jacket. Wilco killed it, jacket was good, and dylan was awful. He's getting too old to understand haha. I love his 60s stuff the most cause he wasn't so hated by people. Hate can turn the best musician into a tired sad shell of a person. Really sad but his Dylan's message still ring true to this day. And I love him for that.

[@Sarah113ify]

Is Dylan hated? I don't think so. Some people don't like his later stuff that much but I don't think they hate him.

[@sighingaggressively111]

Sarah C. the machine hates dylan. dylan admits himself his new stuff can never touch this stuff. still quality music. this was divinely inspired though.

[@dirtydillon3196]

In one of his interviews he explains that he just can't write music like he used to.

[@diogenesofseattle2344]

Timeless.

[@djesno]

Thank You.

[@loriholman6125]

🎶🎵🎶Another of another hit🎶🎵🎶

[@laughinggnome11]

Brilliant. No thumbs down ;)

[@ivorbigen30]

poetic justice!!!!! GWAN BOB... Peace Out;)

[@jamesryan4870]

imagine music without this man...

[@mattjamesbishop]

I love you Bob