Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (With Lyrics)

[@zognowak2842]

I saw her about 10 years ago in Durham NC, where I was sitting on the 3rd row. She was fantastic, but she didn't do this song for the entire regular concert. On her first encore, she still didn't sing it so I stood and called for "Diamonds and Rust".....Her second encore ended the same way, and on her third encore, she looked and pointed at me and said "this is for you". :) I still get goose bumps thinking about this.

[@seansmith1303]

What a cool story. :)

[@zognowak2842]

@@seansmith1303 Thanks. I'll always remember that.

[@emptyface4095]

How lucky you are...

[@rukanthsameera8563]

amazing

[@paulkeith61]

Since she wrote it for Bob Dylan she probably did not want to sing it. It was over.

[@AlanCole-c8w]

Truely she has been my song bird all these years! Bravo to her.

[@babyblue3717]

I'm 22 years old, in the year of 2024, listening to this incredible piece of art and crying my eyes out for a lost love. This is how you live forever: you make art.

[@jss1990100]

May you live forever

[@gh-om3pk]

I am 63 and must say It was a great crazy time.Enjoy your life!Every day!

[@momoaich215]

La voix d'un Ange

[@DimitriDelCastillo]

You create. And in a space of time you destroy that creation with the new interactions you make with people. Which is a new creation. Then you destroy that too. And on the other side of that relationship, the other person is doing the same. We're all meant to get close. But when we get too close, destruction happens. And this is the best thing we can get from life. Because without it. Is stagnation.

[@Schlemiel-schlimazel]

It’s not just for a love lost. Heart completely crushed.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

These days are gone, there is more soul in this one song than ten thousand modern songs

[@jurgenweber236]

yes, that`s true

[@theyrekrnations8990]

@@jurgenweber236 yeah I believe so

[@poom641]

so so true ...... modern 'artists in general and especially the young are distracted by phone noises at the very moment when silence is essential for the creative process to peak or continue

[@Rendon276]

100% agreed.

[@ginacalea8382]

❤️

[@nvsubramanian1958]

The lady can write. And the lady can sing. After we are gone, she'll still be around. Haunting the world. Making the universe cry.

[@youthofyesterdayrecords]

It doesn't need any help for that.

[@thebugs4934]

this! And beautifully expressed.

[@rossmcdonaldyt]

Ttrrredttrttrtrty rrrrrrdgk

[@jacobpeters5458]

@@youthofyesterdayrecordsafter what Disney did to Star Wars, triple digits %

[@gerdaschilski6967]

My hope is that future Generations understand and love her Music 🎼 like our Generation still does 🙏🫶🎸

[@jdgunn6109]

This is probably the most raw, the most honest and bare-naked Love Song ever written or recorded.

[@v24231]

Yes, it is. That is why there are so few covers of the masterpiece. It should be vetoed for covering.

[@v24231]

Brevity is the sister of talent.

[@watdoetiee]

@@v24231 The ripper's cover of this is as good as it gets (with judas priest).

[@ZenaBattaglia]

Her song is sublime!

[@maribethstern8023]

It's raw, I can feel it and relate , that love is once in a lifetime 🌹💗🌹

[@magistra137]

This is one of the most poignant and poetic songs. I love the juxtaposition of quoting him telling her that her poetry wasn’t good while she is weaving one of the most beautiful love songs, both in poetry and melody. To me, this is just one of those pieces of magic that the world blesses us with sometimes. Thank you, Joan.

[@poom641]

Seems to have come from the heart for sure, occasionally hearing this song brings tears to my eyes

[@camillesolange182]

It was too good for him! She was too good for him too :-)

[@jez2466]

I love this song,but I always think 'he's not worth it, Joan'

[@ryansutter4291]

Yes. 🙏

[@weedanwine]

I think it tells us that Dylan was either a terrible judge of poetry or highly threatened by her, or both 🤣

[@danaricketts7288]

Bob Dylan left the most amazing woman he could have had. She took care of him and loved him unconditionally. Diamonds & Rust said it all.

[@jamesleathers5488]

You are so right.

[@MoushumiGhosh]

Totally agree! It was his loss.

[@M-T-123]

It happens so many times !

[@M-T-123]

To too many women

[@M-T-123]

I happen to own the original LP ! It rings as true now as it did so long ago

[@brenda9990]

One of the most beautiful and haunting love songs ever written.

[@fernandohidalgo3729]

Cuanta razón.

[@gregwilliams3457]

Brenda i just read your post on diamonds and rust after i had post to it as well. Thank you. After listening to it i described it as a haunting love song that brought back memories that i had never forgotten or did not want to forget. And as i sat here trying to figure out which one it was and reading your post i realized this song must do the same to others that it has done to me. Like looking in to a mirror and see a reflection of parts of your life that you charish the most i guess would be a good way to say it.

[@brenda9990]

I agree Greg…there’s something in this song that touches me and is impactful.

[@marcyfan]

@@brenda9990 joan was better off having a one night stand with john lennon. i love bob...but he's strange.

[@harrydavis7607]

You took the words right out of my mouth. Beauty and haunting. “Hauntingly sad.”

[@davidvergari6715]

Here we are, nearly a half-century after this song was first played and it continues to move people. Joan Baez recorded a masterpiece

[@alexioscorfu8658]

exactly. I think it's the story behind the song in combination to her voice and her sad eyes that touch ppl.

[@tuananhnguyenba7399]

A true masterpiece.

[@tuananhnguyenba7399]

A true masterpiece.

[@alexioscorfu8658]

@BOGUS Blank yeah, that b i t c h!!

[@a.i.marvin6180]

@@alexioscorfu8658 ???????

[@harrysharp3838]

In 1963, we had a substitute teacher who was young and talked to us about cool things, that sounded so cutting edge then. Even 59 years later, I remember a singer he mentioned that he thought that class of sixth graders should know about--her name was Joan Baez. It didn't register much with me at age 10, but did a few years later and to this day...If you were that teacher and somehow see this, thank you.

[@harrysharp3838]

Let me add it was Garvey Elementary School in Chicago.

[@harrysharp3838]

Did you go there?

[@Tampo-tiger]

Ultra-cool teacher! If only they were all like that!

[@mak_xx9456]

It was me. I was the teacher.

[@harrysharp3838]

This is how you get followers by sliding into heartfelt comments with your bs?@@mak_xx9456

[@JoeyKnifeInnovations]

Being very old or having listened very old peoples music as a child brought me here.. :) Peace children..

[@paddingtonbrown6703]

Joan Baez was not writing poetry; she was writing love. By this, she will be immortalized.

[@robertb4434]

GOOD FOR YOU !! EXACTLLY !!!! you got IT!!!!

[@theredcomet844]

I feel bad for what poetry is.

[@attilagyorgyrusz2431]

@attilaevil Joan baez forever

[@sven471111]

@@zeyadalabdaly3393 You are wrong.She wrote it.

[@renan8699]

@@zeyadalabdaly3393 wow, Bob Dylan wrote a song about himself, ok then hahaha

[@summerinspringville-hill]

Her poetry is not “lousy” at all. It is stunning and powerful.

[@christinegoyette7428]

yup.

[@theend4054]

she didn't get a Nobel prize for her poem....

[@CNash85]

She’s quoting Dylan taking about his own poetry, not hers: “‘My poetry is lousy’, you said.”

[@tmage23]

Dylan was highly critical of anyone's work that wasn't his own.

[@petervarga1310]

I don't know why he tried to diminish her by telling that her poetry is lousy. It isn't at all.

[@nrjdohhg5]

This one of the best songs ever written. The lyrics and melody, her voice, every single aspect of it makes it perfect!

[@billferron6473]

She loved Dylan but I don't think he was very fond of her as a romantic interest.

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕🔈🎶

[@mariacassity7206]

This song just kills me! I love it so so so much

[@joevokey1340]

I'm 65, & have listened to countless thousands of songs in my life, & I couldn't agree more with you....one of the most beautifully written and sung songs that my ears have been blessed with. Incredibly moving song, imo.

[@joevokey1340]

P.S., David Kershenbaum, the procucer, did a phenomenal job on this song. Highly underrated, imho. 👏

[@ray3119]

Wow What a voice never heard here before put a lump in my throat beautiful.

[@spaceshot5289]

This song is an incredible work of art. It deeply speaks to the soul of anyone who has loved and lost

[@timoconnor8520]

I count myself amongst that number. Ginny Emerson, where the hell are you now? 😂

[@andrewlowe9969]

Yes very true! Songs like this remind us of our disappointments in love while things we can't change, it brings us solace we all go through a heartbreak and disappointment at some point. This and JJ Cale's Someday are two such songs. Thank you Joan for being one of the most wonderful woman musicians and songwriters of the 20th century. The feelings deep down are bearable when we listen to this song, we are not alone and it helps the mind and soul greatly.

[@doberman1ism]

Amen! Tis’ better to have loved and lost, then to never have loved at all. Sadly this is true.

[@ajordan1976]

Simply tragically timeless

[@黃冠瑋-h1o]

Joan had written a very beautiful poetry instead of lousy,finally I had known this story behind this song just some days ago.

[@laurab9867]

Tell it like it is, baby. She was the best thing that ever happened to Bob Dylan, I'm sure. Love this song.

[@jasonockerjsj]

My mother loved this album. Brings back so many memories. She would crank that up and clean the house. Miss her soooooo much !

[@mariasilviatesi]

I am an Italian teacher, I often offer to my children Joan Baez to listen... It is a tendresse for their young souls

[@connclissmann6514]

May I suggest you add Kris Kristofferson to their mix? Wonderful lyrics.

[@AlanAMauro-w3x]

@@connclissmann6514 If we are adding artists, Leon Russell

[@Global00Vintage]

God it hurts to love someone who doesn't love you back. Jesus. This song.

[@erichart2093]

My theory is that Bob loved Joan so much he let her go knowing he couldn't wouldn't treat her the way she deserved

[@seastarslark2301]

You said it. And......you never really forget, no matter how much time passes.

[@cjackson6482]

I think I read somewhere that Joan wanted Bob to keep creating more protesting music & be more of a activist in his music but Bob wanted to change and move foreword, she didn't. She was living in the past & Bob was trying to move forward so they broke up. He began to fall in love with other women who wanted more of what he was changing into. They where becoming two different people & bob knew other women who where more in his lifestyle type.

[@erichart2093]

@@cjackson6482 , Somewhat accurate. Baez has admitted she was trying to "mold" Bob into what she wanted him to be. Thus pushing him away. Bob said he broke it off because he didn't want her caught up in the madness. The comment about Joan "living in the past" is bewildering??? As far as other women that was happening when they were together. As a matter of fact even before. Bob wouldn't give Joan the time of day when the 1st met because he was interested in her 16 year old sister who was allegedly even more beautiful. Dylan was a scoundrel...

[@seastarslark2301]

@@cjackson6482 Thanks for the insight.

[@jimw.4161]

If this isn't the greatest unrequited love song ever - I don't know what is. Simply great!

[@gauravchhoker19]

Could you please tell me what does she mean by "speaking strictly for me"?

[@jimw.4161]

@@gauravchhoker19 Hello Gaurav! Yes, in this context it is another way of saying 'in my opinion' but more personal, poetic and with much more emotion. If she had died she would have felt that her life was complete.... but her words also indicate a little reservation. She isn't sure Bob feels the same way. Hope this helps!

[@gauravchhoker19]

@@jimw.4161 Thanks Jim!! That was really helpful 😊

[@jimw.4161]

@@gauravchhoker19 You're very welcome... Happy to help. I love this song. It brings back so many pleasant memories of the early 60s when folk music was really at its zenith. A wonderful time to be young! Joan captured the feeling perfectly.

[@gauravchhoker19]

@@jimw.4161 This song is just not a song.. it's actually Joan narrating her story that's why it is so good to listen as the sadness in this is so real. For me this is the best and most beautiful autobiographical song ever.

[@johnn1428]

One of the most beautiful love songs I've ever heard.

[@CarolCesca-sq4ku]

I was 12 years old when I first heard and saw Joan Baez performing at Provincetown- Cape Cod- MA. I am now 73 years old and I continue to be mesmerized by her music. In my teen years I listened to her music and learned the lyrics which I can still sing. Thank you Joan

[@johnherlihy4739]

She has one of the best female voices I have ever heard! She is very special!

[@Tav57]

“Speaking strictly for me, we both could have died then and there…” What a perfect line about the overwhelming sublime feeling of pure love. Amazing song. Still powerful after all these years.❤️

[@davidcurtis7547]

There is such bitterness there . Beautiful song about love not returned . I love that people are still listening to it and have something to say

[@gilfavor1river]

There is several words of brilliance, in this song, as Paddington Brown says this is not poetry it is pure unadulterated LOVE she is singing a massive deep love song , to Bob and when she sings certain lines and her voice and how she drops down to lower notes I am emotionally knocked out, always brings tears with its magnificent unbelievable emotion , I love music amd a million songs , but some do something to you, that hit a deep spot. And these peope with the genius to write the words and music amaze me, especially about someone we think we know. Now another song that I would call a massive love song is "Let Her Cry" by Hootie and the Blowfish, not the same song style but the same power of love song , listen to the lyrics, and see what heart wrenching things the singer is telling in this music story. Last but not least , it is 2023,\. WHERE HAS THE DEEP QUALITY AND EMOTIONAL UPLIFTING MUSIC GONE??? I appreciate new styles but the feel is dying , the tune is going , there is no structure , songs are like Ads sometimes, so KZbin thanks for a spot I can get lost in with my earphones. Words with meaning and put to good music and with feelings from the heart. And it is an older song and to David Vergari, you sir are spot on the mark, this song really does move people, deeply. Genius in fact.

[@robertbairt9094]

He was a🐀rat fink🖤

[@70giorgio]

I knew this song from the cover by judas' priest....Well, hard pain, sweet vengeance. I don't think was vengeance what Joan was looking for, but just espressing what her feeling was. Vengeance is just a side effect.

[@Thin_Mercury]

⁠@@robertbairt9094Baez was also trying to control Dylan’s life, dictate what he did and attempting to force him into political activism, she was incredibly domineering and controlling, she had admitted this herself. So if Dylan was a rat fink for dumping her, she was equally a rat fink for not accepting him for who he was.

[@JoAnnTimoner]

Listened to this song hundreds of times..never gets old.

[@jazchappell4804]

This song opens small breaks in my heart.

[@AndyGalvan-of1wl]

Hi Jaz💐💐

[@avelinaosborne32]

Better have someone take a look at that.

[@maxingham9139]

I went to an anti war rally in 1970 Los Angeles park to see Joan Baez. 30 minute concert, about 60 people showed up and she sang completely A cappella not even a guitar on a flatbed trailer. Amazing!

[@beverlymiller525]

I saw her in Philly and she sang diamonds and rust and I busted it out in tears because I know how much she loves Bob Dylan and wanted to save him from himself she would have given him h her whole life😢 diamonds and rust is beautiful, but I can't listen to it without crying, it reminds me of my husband who passed away 2015 we were into all kinds of music especially Joan Baez Bob Dylan the doors, Pink Floyd, bad company, every kind of music there was basically. So I can't escape him he was my soulmate and every song reminds me of him❤😢

[@태양을삼킨써니]

ᆢ. 마음이 아프네요..

[@Thin_Mercury]

Save him from himself? The man is the most acclaimed songwriter of all time and his career has played out perfectly fine without Joan’s saving, he did not require saving from Joan. As a matter of fact Joan contributed to pushing Dylan away because she was constantly demanding that he keep writing protest songs the rest of his life and actually rejected a proposal of marriage from him at one point.

[@colinglen4505]

You're husband was blessed to have you for his wife Beverly. 🙂

[@lindalichtenstein8163]

I totally understand Music was extremely important to us. My husband loved the Beatles and all the groups from the 60s and 70s too. He died suddenly in May 2022 and music is a trigger for me.

[@chehrazaderahal]

❤

[@AdamArthur-f8f]

I was introduced to this song from the Judas Priest cover & it absolutely blew my mind ……and now listening to the original from Joan, I’ve become overwhelmed with emotion……absolutely stunning song……Brilliant

[@di-jt6jp]

I too remember as a very young person being introduced to this song by the Judas Priest cover. I knew that it was a cover of her song. But I just read an interview of Joan Baez about her upcoming film biography and this song and Bob Dylan was discussed. I see now that she wrote this about him and she was obviously absolutely heartbroken. I’m not a folk music fan. I love my hardcore alternative rock. But knowing the history behind this now, I’m in tears. And I agree with her activism. She’s a legend.

[@moritzbierdimpfl7233]

its so cool they coverd this

[@derekwalker4622]

same

[@hellhofer6943]

Same.

[@MaryC-co8fm]

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

[@mcbrion1951]

I have never tired of hearing Baez sing this. Her vibrato is particularly effective in this song. It adds melancholy. An utterly beautiful song.

[@billroubanis4750]

This may be the greatest love song ever written. I certainly cannot think of a better one. It gives me chills every time.

[@koko-pu5vn]

I agree. Based on two people who shared an intense love at one time.

[@rickack8176]

Right. Nothing better than a melancholic love ballad. Harry Chapin’s TAXI is another one. And Bread’s AUBREY. Just to name two. ✨

[@loriskillman2580]

Chills for sure. A masterpiece

[@lawrencemay8671]

Nights In White Satin

[@lawrencemay8671]

@@rickack8176 NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN

[@shonabrowne6324]

"Well I'll be damned, here comes your ghost again. But that's not unusual, its just that the moon is full". Great line. And I can relate.

[@shrutisingh3027]

I can relate too... This type of love... Constant presence of this "ghost"..I get it...

[@ЭваЛюлина]

When I was little my father loved to listen to Joan Baez))) my father passed away 5 years ago, Now when I listen to Joan Baez I cry because I miss him so much (So I want to say Thank you so much Joan Baez for this song)

[@reizadessyaprianty7870]

Well, I'll be damned Here comes your ghost again But that's not unusual It's just that the moon is full And you happened to call And here I sit Hand on the telephone Hearing a voice I'd known A couple of light years ago Heading straight for a fall As I remember your eyes Were bluer than robin's eggs My poetry was lousy you said Where are you calling from? A booth in the Midwest Ten years ago I bought you some cuff links You brought me something We both know what memories can bring They bring diamonds and rust Well you burst on the scene Already a legend The unwashed phenomenon The original vagabond You strayed into my arms And there you stayed Temporarily lost at sea The Madonna was yours for free Yes, the girl on the half-shell Could keep you unharmed Now I see you standing With brown leaves falling all around And snow in your hair Now you're smiling out the window Of that crummy hotel Over Washington Square Our breath comes out white clouds Mingles and hangs in the air Speaking strictly for me We both could have died then and there Now you're telling me You're not nostalgic Then give me another word for it You who are so good with words And at keeping things vague 'Cause 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

[@ripansarker7883]

Awesome lyric ❤️

[@GloriaMartinez-on3jx]

Awesome lyrics.. they ring 👍true

[@reizadessyaprianty7870]

" Yes, i loved you dearly " thats hit me ...xoxoxoxoxoxo

[@margiteder8274]

She loved him dearly. You can see it on her in all pictures. She must have suffered a lot. Love hurts.

[@jeannemariemori3009]

Magnifique chanson, les paroles, les arrangements musicaux, Une voix qui vous emporte. Nostalgie d’une époque ! ...

[@ericynot]

Besides being utterly beautiful, "Diamonds and Rust" is among the most haunting, nakedly honest autobiographical songs ever recorded. Most of us have had the experience at one time or another of having an old lover suddenly appear out of nowhere, leaving us feeling, for a time at least, shattered, confused, and conflicted. But no one I can think of has ever captured that experience better than Baez did in this song. It also nails the vibe of New York City on a cold autumn day. This is poetry/songwriting at its very best.

[@edgregory1]

+ericynot A Winter's day in a deep and dark December......... am a rock. I am an island... Your post was perfect. Wish I had seen it before I posted 'cause makes mine unnecessary.

[@olitraiga]

nah this is specifically about bob dylan and joan baez. it doesnt apply to anyone else.

[@reallynowX]

ericynot,, I can't find the words to thank you for your beautiful, heartfelt, intelligent and lovely post. I was choking back emotion while watching Baez's French TV studio close-up performance of this song in a French studio, then saw this video with lyrics & photos of Baez & Dylan. I had wished for the photos to age along with them & the lyrics, but am grateful for what Dave Bing took the time to do for the rest of us. I was particularly taken with what I assume is Baez' meaning behind the lyric "You say you aren't nostalgic..." Dylan may have won the Nobel but he wouldn't get a Milk of Human Kindness prize. I've personally experienced a lover from my youth refusing to acknowledge the depth & sweetness of our relationship. Anyway ericynot, I hope you are, in fact, a critic. Selfishly I hope you are because your talent should be shared beyond KZbin music pages. Thank you again.

[@vollsticks]

Lel

[@steadfastcoward]

I was already a fan when I first heard this song, and at the time I was young and knew nothing of it's connection to Bob Dylan (because I was young and there was no Internet, things were 'normal'...this was still my favorite song of hers. The key and chords are almost of another world, it's like nothing I've ever heard and it expresses feelings I also never heard before then. Now I am lucky enough to have TWO copies of this LP, one in stereo and the other in QUAD for the day I have a fine enough phonograph setup to listen to it properly.

[@grammathia3018]

I love this song. I am crying now. Why do I mourn the loss of this era? I mourn the loss of my youth.

[@creybemcrey]

Grammathia tenho o mesmo sentimento que você

[@chucka5208]

We all grow older, but this song will bring back some of your best memories.

[@stephenland2037]

I also.

[@karinstorer3609]

I think we who where like me just to understand Bob D.as Joan Baez.we started we maybe hoped but still we have for some years hopefully a few good memos.as evil a some are as sad hundreds thousands millions died hope it will be better is THERE EVER yes he was a vagabond she a born Madonna yes as the mother tries to safe the child and her believe gave her this strength to answer him so honest bare her soul this strength and he oh well surmise arrogants and wistfully " ashamed" no way to apologise.him it.KARIN

[@AndyMuellerez2b]

We? :)

[@nicholasschellenberg502]

Probably the most perfect love song from the 70s - let it play on repeat for all time.

[@at_brunch3852]

I agree. 🇨🇦

[@robertwallis7397]

Dear God, how lucky were we between the ages of 60 to 70 to be apart of the best music EVER.

[@rickdaystar477]

I agree, I'm part of that era and you could listen to the radio all day and never hear a lousy song. So much creativity and passion in the music. I had this album and virtually wore it out. I saw a video on KZbin that someone put up of her singing at an outside concert in 2017 and her voice has not changed. She's just as vibrant as she ever was.

[@michaelrickard9890]

Absolutely, we were aware of the unique beauty of it all living through it as we are still today in our aches and pains.

[@rickdaystar477]

@@michaelrickard9890 Going back to that music provides refuge and comfort in our years now, having memories tied to that era and grateful we had it all back then.

[@RobScuremusic]

I totally agree. We grew up with the best music ever made.

[@colincochrane4108]

I agree

[@tenpiano1920]

I am a young person and didn't know much about Joan Baez until recently. But this song shows me just how wonderful and beautiful a singer she is.

[@bartbaxter7630]

Whoever you are and whatever your age, style and class seem to be a part of you. Stay well and have a really good life.

[@tenpiano1920]

@@bartbaxter7630 Thank you, and you as well!

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

Its worth while to look back to the 60s and 70s

[@MrRonk55]

You should also look up her sister, Mimi, and her husband Richard Farina, a guy so talented Dylan was jealous. Amazing family.

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

@@MrRonk55 Thank you for information. We miss such gentle people nowadays….

[@thomasdesmond1055]

I saw her at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR about 15 years ago. Her hair was turning grey so it seemed her beauty and maturity made her even more of a goddess. She introduced this song as it being about an old friend. One of the greatest concerts ever in my life. She is an American Hero for her music, her activism and her eternal beauty.

[@geneengelbrecht9323]

Beautiful, Joan, & the song as beautiful as you, I've followed your beautiful singing, with your lovely voice throughout many years, & you are still at the top, with Linda Ronstadt, both of you of Mexican-German parentage... I'm +91, & yet heard no better...

[@kimlathem9235]

Im 56. Grew up to my dad playing dylan, baez and buffy st. Marie, among others. He still has all the original LPs. I took him to see Dylan 3 years ago for his 75th birthday. Im so grateful he's still in my life. And the worlds my dad has opened for me. That's what music does for me too. Thanks Daddy.

[@robertphillips2769]

Mr. Dylan blew it when he let this lady go. This album deserved a Grammy, and I am glad I actually got to tell Joan Baez this during a phone interview a decade or so ago.

[@giovannibellini4098]

Wow, you did????

[@sacramentosantosgato9114]

Qué preciosidad de canción.Eterna.Gracias.Merci.7.2.21

[@robertphillips2769]

@@giovannibellini4098 Sorry for the late reply. Yes, I interviewed her for a monthly arts and entertainment publication in Montana. Was never more nervous for an interview in my life, but she was great.

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕🔈

[@aryervgr]

If this is Joan Baez, you have been one of my inspirations for most of my life.

[@Gogetemscoobie]

This reminds me of a lover i had many years ago, he died about 7 years ago, i still miss him......the unwashed phenominon ,the original vagabond, he burst onto the scene already a legend. You certainly did Tommy, rest well my friend. Il see you on the flip side xx❤❤❤

[@elainegallagher6512]

ie reminds .e of .y ex husband and the first time I saw hi.m from Cross the roo. He was the most gorgeous man a d we fell I love that ight oh the Me.ories

[@caseyjoanz]

Playing this for my wife. We’ve been inseparable since about this time in 1972. Almost 50 years and one of us has just been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. It doesn’t matter who: we’re a covalent bond. We’d both prefer to go first.

[@smallisbeautiful2808]

Please google "The boy who ran away from chemotherapy". No matter what type of cancer it is, it's not too late. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5LGaK2AnsSlesU

[@caseyjoanz]

Small Is Beautiful -We both appreciate it. Nobody is giving up.

[@laurianni]

@@caseyjoanz bless you both....Godspeed, you two.

[@wendynichols9998]

I have never posted a reply or made any comment on youtube in 10 years. Never. This is a first for me, but my heart breaks for you both and I had to comment. I am not 'religious', but I believe that when you find your 'soul mate' (as you two so obviously have) you will never be parted - your partner will be waiting for you just beyond the veil and you will spend eternity together. My husband is 17 years my senior and I would do anything to 'go first' and not have to bear the burden of grief. Remember - grief is the price we pay for love. May you both be reunited again one day.....

[@caseyjoanz]

Wendy Nichols -I write a lot on KZbin comments, but I’ve never received so much positive response. We started a conversation when my wife was 17, and we still haven’t finished it. Whatever afterlife is, we know we’ll be together.

[@AlanCole-c8w]

One of the most iconic voices I've ever heard!

[@elizafaulhammer2203]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written and sung............

[@AndyGalvan-of1wl]

Hi Eliza💐💐

[@Tryg]

I have been in love with Joan Baez since 1967 and she never knew, I was 15 and she was 26. I still love her ❣️ This is the best song she ever did ❤️🌹

[@williamgillis4650]

She will always be beautiful 🥰

[@yrjomatilainen8412]

Joan Baez was the loveliest hippie ❤

[@rebeccahernandez3460]

This is my absolute favorite Joan Baez song. So beautiful.

[@lauragleason7871]

I remember my Mom listening to this when I was a kid. So many years later I'm enjoying it too. Timeless.

[@Tampo-tiger]

Got it on repeat. Once is never enough with a Joan Baez record.

[@dutchcasey3828]

What a beautiful song. And what a striking portrait of Dylan.

[@davidcurtis7547]

Bob held Joan on a pedestal it is true . Than he burst on the scene . Bob is a tough nut to crack , that's what makes him Bob Dylan

[@felixduarte26]

Traducción

[@Zappaiti]

striking - like "take that"

[@smorgasbroad1132]

​@@ZappaitiYes, she uses her words like a skilled fencer. Gets a few good jabs in. 👌🏻

[@davidrodriguez894]

I've never heard a song like this.... its so deep, its so unique. damn.

[@leelee-bz2ve]

你底鳩死ok

[@shawntittle2045]

Listen to Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri. Even better with headphones. It's so powerful.

[@marekjanczewski]

Amazing song.👍

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕🔈🎶

[@marekjanczewski]

@@joanbaez68 💕💔💓🙂

[@shelly1179]

my Dad introduced us to Joan baez. I have loved this song my whole life. Hearing her inspiration for the song makes it so much more interesting but no more beautiful

[@johnbruno7614]

It's really amazing how many people keep coming back to listen to this masterpiece that's at least a half a century old this song will never die its legendary. JOAN AND BOB 💞

[@KevinSmith-ki7yl]

I’m 70 never heard this song till about two years ago and now i can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened to it i absolutely love it and her,

[@johnbruno7614]

@@KevinSmith-ki7yl Really happy that you got to hear this masterpiece and she's just a true legend:) 👍💓😊

[@arnoldblashak171]

Yeah Bob Dylan screwed that one up you should have kept her

[@johnbruno7614]

@@arnoldblashak171 Yes he most certainly did. 👍💗✌️

[@rtflone]

@@arnoldblashak171 Dylan had an affair with Baez as his relationship with Suze Rotolo was ending partly due to Suze getting pregnant with Dylan's child and having an abortion in 1963. Baez lyric "You flew right into my arms. Temporarily lost at sea, the Madonna was yours for free, the girl on the half shell that would keep you unharmed" is a brilliant bit of self reflection.

[@isabellenicaud3725]

This song is the absolute masterpiece of Joan, I can loop it one hour without getting bored and the feeling is still intense. She suffered a lot with BD and you feel it

[@missmaniac5145]

Absolutely the same with me, this song is so intense, it never gets boring to me. Greatest love song about a unfulfilled love

[@annickcavelier4333]

Oui...les frissons à chaque écoute.... J' aime tant Joan Baez !...c' est toute mon adolescence que je retrouve avec ses chansons et particulièrement celle-ci qui me bouleverse pour tout ce qu' elle dit de son amour déçu... Quelle voix magnifique et quel talent dans l' Ecriture et la Musique... Je ne m' en lasse pas....elle remplit mon coeur de nostalgie...

[@debraharvey282]

Hauntingly beautiful...

[@suruha2306]

@@annickcavelier4333 Yes, shivers! That is a good way to say how it makes me feel! Thank you!

[@cametientaucoeur]

It meant so much in the 70’s & still today. The angst of our lives. Jeanne (retired RN)

[@minnbeef]

Just major chills and goosebumps whenever I hear this song. We all have had someone in our lives like Baez had Dylan. This song is her masterpiece.

[@22mdh6]

Wonder if Joan ever married, do you know.

[@RommelsAsparagus]

Many of us have been there, and I'm glad we have Joan to put it to words in song. Most of us can't begin to express it, but we have this.

[@franko7290]

How fortunate some of us are to have lived when a lot of music was enduring art. Great music will never die.

[@tvgerbil1984]

It is pure poetry by Joan Baez and it is not lousy at all.

[@dorothycrate1072]

The acoustic harmony is so beautifully arranged

[@AndyGalvan-of1wl]

Hi Dorothy💐💐

[@Marco-pz2df]

this song is just soul touching, that voice so sorting so lovely joan baez has always been one of my favorite singer, what do you admire most about her

[@celestialstarseed111]

This is the way is song should sound, and a voice should sing. Perfect song. Nothing will ever be any better than this.

[@joelodero6980]

What a voice, what a period, what a generation, respect!!!

[@felixizquierdo3070]

no se volvera a repetir aquellos años y esas voces como era la de joan baez, ahora hemos llegado a un punto donde solo se oye la basura.....quien lo iba a decir

[@olegsjohnson]

How ... How on earth i gru upp in Canada and i did not know that this song are exsist aoutside Andormeda gaxy ??

[@eastbee103]

Preach!! What a time!!

[@ewahelgesson942]

I was young back then ...it was a lovely time ❤️

[@alansmith2203]

Her voice just mesmerizes me. Great lyrics of a broken heart. Everyone knows of Dylan and Joan's failed love affair. I just think that it is very hard for the creative artists who on meteoric trajectories to stay synchronized. He was not evil nor was she stupid...the stars simply didn't align for them in that time. Joan I will always love your voice and songs.

[@linshanhsiang]

"My poetry was lousy you said." Well, she wrote one utterly superb song. And the music, so exquisitely beautiful. And her voice...makes chills go up my spine.

[@johnbismarck3841]

Was lousy doesn't mean doomed to be forever lousy, eh?

[@rob-robi]

Ain't that the truth. I've heard it over 20 times in the last 6 months here and it still warms the heart.

[@deepblueinthedark9856]

Captures Dylan's undoubtedly bitchy character so well.

[@linshanhsiang]

@@deepblueinthedark9856 He was just telling the truth! Ever heard that song of hers with the refrain " love is a pain in the ass"?

[@johnstundis9624]

@@linshanhsiang Still , he could have been more diplomatic , and kind … Like maybe suggesting how to improve the work . Easy solution .

[@ricklong3260]

Why cant they make beautiful music like this now

[@Carol4YeshuaAdonai]

This song is so VERY haunting and beautiful because her pain was so VERY heartbreaking!!!

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕🔈🎶

[@aidenelwell6308]

Hello Carol, how are you doing today?

[@jackjones3680]

@@joanbaez68 you are amazing from someone from another generation

[@leylamanou3845]

@@joanbaez68 I just love your songs ! I m fond of the 2 of u an Bob D. ❤

[@cockeyedoptimista]

Well she seems to kind of take it in stride, in a way; sort of resigned to his, um, boorishness. But you know it's not okay. And her voice is so beautiful..

[@maevemcmahon4286]

Not only that glorious voice, but her use of words - her integrity, her courage, and her strength. An inspiration to me since I was a teenager - deepest respect to a wonderful lady !!!

[@bridgetd7390]

Wow, that clarity of voice. Beautiful and timeless, even in 2020!

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕🔈

[@winterlight4521]

@@joanbaez68 fake

[@AlanCole-c8w]

When Joan came out with Diamonds And Rust I knew then how great she was. And all these years she's handled herself so well!

[@24433855]

The most beautiful love song ever written in my opinion ❤️

[@felixizquierdo3070]

una de las canciones mas bellas de JOAN BAEZ, por su voz, su musica y su letra, magistral........no se repetira y menos en estos tiempos de basura manipulacion y mentira

[@cymen1]

He won a Noble Price..

[@forth2the90s9]

I love how this song *flows*. Unbelievable. This is a river, not a song.

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕

[@Новогой]

​@@joanbaez68 Привет вам из России 😉 Эта песня как гимн Любви, необыкновенно прекрасна 😊 Спасибо вам огромное, вы делаете любовь ЛЮБОВЬЮ. Душа и Сердце трепещет когда слушаю эту песню, она затрагивает самые глубокие струны внутри, хочется плакать и смеяться. Это необыкновенно, 😊 Спасибо Огромное! Эта 🌹 вам 😊

[@lovewilliams4500]

This song is flawless. Her voice, her lyrics, her guitar. She mostly did covers, but this is some great songwriting by her here.

[@LuisRodriguez-sx7mw]

Amazing

[@tulaespinoza5172]

Como te decia tu decias porque tan triste asi me gusta y ahora te canto a ti i tristeza eres tu al 100por ciento olvide todo porqque tu estas alli

[@pegbainbridge9112]

From a broken heart will do that.

[@stephenkitzeskitzes9970]

A beautiful beautiful song but the line strictly for me we. Both could have died than and there it doesn't top the beauty Of that line and didn't they realize the music lost by there not having children Together

[@isabellepunski7276]

Heard this on the radio ,for the first time,a couple of days ago. Goosebumps. This has to be one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard.

[@douglasmasterson443]

THE Voice....THE Song...and THE Guitar Playing!!....Perfect!!

[@manelallouache9188]

I'm listening to this masterpiece during quarantine....j'adore cette artiste je l'ai découvert avec mon père 😍😘 and now i'm in love with all Her songs

[@A7N88D9D_d]

👍👍

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕🔈🎶

[@karensinclair4189]

Dear god, she was something. One of a kind.

[@davrench8612]

JOANY.... This Is the most real LOVE song I've ever heard.. I'm only 75yrs young and I will always love you!

[@chucka5208]

I concur.....I'm 74.

[@robfisher3245]

I concur....I'm 65 @@chucka5208

[@henryworthington8261]

75yrs young:: correction = 76yrs old

[@klausmcleod9023]

and me

[@Sunshine-jp1lx]

@@henryworthington8261 It depends how you feel. He feels like he is 76 years YOUNG :)

[@chrisbowen9043]

Among a million songs, or so, I've listened to over many decades (I'm 71), this might be my favorite of them all. And all I really even care about is Art! And, in it's many forms.

[@ms.annthrope415]

I thought I had found my soul mate late in life. Thought it was time to feel some joy and happiness so I got myself down from behind the walls and opened the door. She ripped my heart out and shoved me off the cliff, and I saw myself falling slowly to dash to pieces on the rocks below. I listened to this song and others but I played this over and over as I picked up the pieces and glued my heart back together and started walking back to close and bolt the door and climb back up behind the walls. Music like this, so raw and unfiltered, helped staunched the bleeding and let me heal. Thanks Joan.

[@susancrawford5927]

I'm sorry this happened to you. Raw emotion and heartbreak are deep and terrible things. Peace.

[@josemariagarcia1099]

Peace be upon you brother

[@TheDancingWuliMasters]

You'll get over. Nice profile name BTW

[@zoelewis2229]

This is timeless and I can listen to it over and over again

[@AndyGalvan-of1wl]

Hi Zoe💐💐

[@Marco-pz2df]

this song is just soul touching, that voice so sorting so lovely joan baez has always been one of my favorite singer, what do you admire most about her

[@kthomson1307]

I have loved this song since it came out, and now listening to it 44 years later I am getting goosebumps and tears in my eyes. That's what great music should do.

[@paulineodonnell3163]

it’s a beautiful song that strikes so many chords

[@franciscoquinterosantana5584]

Gracias

[@Johnboy33545]

I don't see many people that can spell Thomson correctly. Lol.

[@kthomson1307]

The ones in Scotland do. We never stop in the middle for a P.

[@Johnboy33545]

@@kthomson1307 The English seem to like "P"ing on things. In the States it's a battle to get it spelled correctly. The best method I found was telling people not to P in my name.

[@ML-tm1wn]

Once per generation someone will come up with something that will blow your mind. This song is a proof of that.

[@vickiebailey2679]

it's so hard to imagine that someone couldn't love Joan - beautiful, sweet, kind, talented, and well, just everything!

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕🔈🎶

[@vickiebailey2679]

@@joanbaez68 i would love that, Joan

[@joanbaez68]

This is my private number text me

[@L20069]

@@vickiebailey2679 thats a bot dont text them

[@jennipenni1858]

First listened to this song when I was 15 and loved the melody. But now it's making me cry.

[@heryblax]

Somebody should have made a movie with this story; a rare love story. A beautiful song.

[@rayunseitig6367]

script is in the printer now, same old story, new actors. :-)

[@prouvostagnes9800]

Brassens

[@tinaschlegel5621]

A complete unknown was a excellent movie!!!! I'd see it again . Love this song w/ Bob & Joan. 📽🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵❤ ❤🎤

[@AlanAMauro-w3x]

These were real people. A well done movie.

[@thefrontpage]

I had not listened to this classic song in a while, and this got to me. This is an amazingly beautiful, haunting, personal and moving song. It's simply a classic. All we are is diamonds and rust. Diamonds and rust.

[@bmisenta]

Lots of guts to bring it all out there - the iconic love story that never made it to the final round. "You're telling me you're not nostalgic, well - give me another word for it. You were so good with words and at keeping things vague." Wow. Moves me every time.

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

Dylan blew it when he left Joan. She was so refreshing and true and beautiful and talented. She sings from her soul.

[@HipsterEatinShark]

He seems to have done alright.

[@mikepatrick5909]

@@HipsterEatinShark yup..he's still kicking

[@billferron6473]

The fact is Dylan didn't love her.

[@lisadc4681]

@@billferron6473 Exactly, tiny detail.

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕🔈🎶

[@sammy-wi8pi]

I heard this song for the first time when I was 12 and in high school......only now I fully understand the incredible poetry behind this ballad ❤❤❤❤❤...thank you Joan Baez❤❤❤❤

[@marias8458]

The voice is so beautiful and so is the song. Timeless.

[@joanbaez68]

Thanks for supporting my music 🎶 I’m so grateful 💝 I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you.💓💕🔈

[@mysteryegg340]

I heard this song for the very first time one week ago! I had never even heard of Joan Baez before. Now, I'm addicted! This song is so beautiful

[@prestonschwortz297]

Mystery Egg RIGHT ON KID

[@mariagiachali596]

Mystery Egg 👏 I am sure, you will love this song for ever like the rest of us. 😊

[@traceybraden6858]

Mystery Egg i only heard it myself for the first time a few months ago. I know how you feel.

[@grahampaice5696]

wow! join us

[@christidee5525]

Me too! I mean, "recent fan" at least, but very hooked.

[@jonpack609]

Exquisite lovesong flawlessly sung , absolutely perfect in every way,Dylan should've been totally humbled by this glorious vocal gesture of love....

[@trashpacklover135]

He has said that he is

[@robertflint2549]

The arrangement on this song is really outstanding. Adds a lot.

[@falcon5467]

Every musician has the dream of creating their masterpiece. Probably none of them dream of the heartbreak and self-examination that a true masterpiece requires. This is Joan Baez' masterpiece.

[@alansaunders7140]

Beauty always and only grows from dung

[@rohitgobin5131]

She risked And only those who risk can know love

[@AnnieKlein34]

" Probably none of them dream of the heartbreak and self-examination that a true masterpiece requires. " So true, Robert Cross. And we can feel it in this song.

[@dr.strangelove7788]

I love the lyrics of this song. She is in shock from hearing from someone she had essentially forgotten and between the usual chit-chat her mind is filled with glimpses of memories. So genuine.

[@larryordine7542]

"here comes your ghost again , but that's not unusual" means she still thinks of him often.

[@8ofwands300]

I don't think she had forgotten about him at all. I hear the song very differently.

[@dr.strangelove7788]

@@8ofwands300 yeah….. you could be right.

[@dennissneed2162]

and that someone is Bob Dylan, of course

[@scoobydisney]

"Forgotten" - never.

[@chiaracolaiuto]

This is the most beautiful thing I ever heard. So real

[@herschelhatcher5402]

please hear Blessed Are

[@john-bard-music]

It is hard to disagree

[@KassSambre]

A sublime and lost love song , but yet one that we carry with us until the end .. Joan , delicate , for a ruthless Dylan at the end of their story...

[@jillschoenfeldwhite5534]

Joan's most personal feelings about Bob with a hauntingly beautiful poetic melody.. All of the photos of them together make it even more emotional.