Mark Knopfler -- Restless Farewell

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International is a charity compilation album featuring new recordings of compositions by Bob Dylan by multiple artists, released on January 24, 2012. Proceeds from the album were donated to the human rights organization Amnesty International. It debuted in the U.S at number 11 on the Billboard 200 with 22,000 copies sold while the 2-CD version available at Starbucks debuted at number 38 with more than 10,200 copies sold.
Featured artists include Diana Krall, Johnny Cash, Adele, Miley Cyrus, My Chemical Romance, Silversun Pickups, Kesha, The Gaslight Anthem, Pete Townshend, Seal, Jeff Beck, Elvis Costello, Mark Knopfler, Darren Criss, Eric Burdon, Sting, Patti Smith, My Morning Jacket, Pete Seeger, Steve Earle and Rise Against.
The 4-disc CD version of the album features 73 tracks - with a further 3 tracks available on a digital-only basis - making for a total of 76 tracks. Among the 76 recordings is Bob Dylan's original 1964 recording of the title track. Of the other 75 tracks, 69 were brand-new studio recordings purpose-made for the album. The other 6 tracks were recent live performances recorded for other purposes by the artists and subsequently donated for inclusion on the album.

[@mimispeike793]

Mark's world-weary been-through-shit tone here couldn't be better. You buy every word of it. As in everything he does, he doesn't sing the lyrics, he lives them. Genius, the man is a genius.

[@mimispeike793]

Mimi Speike Dylan's voice has deteriorated painfully. Mark's gets better and better. But his strength was never his way with melody, it was always his integrity and power of delivery and interpretation. I do confess that I am partial to the smooth grittiness (how's that for an encapsulation?) of the On The Night years. He's lost some of that, but since I fear that it was the result of his smoking, which he's given up, I can live with the loss.

[@spambrando]

Wish I could give your comment 100 thumbs up. However, I'll take him any way I can. (Preferably, minus the wife - so jealous)!

[@happykatau]

There is also his unusual (at least for composers from a largely self-taught and non-classical background) ability for writing harmony and instrumentation!

[@lordbyron6293]

@@mimispeike793 It's 5 years later and Dylan's voice sounds fine on Rough and Rowdy Ways.

[@edfisher2752]

Knopfler is the best at Celtic soul..........Add the guitar, heaven!

[@christianjohansson5440]

Ronnie Drew

[@Seazer009]

This man's music will live forever ...Thanks Mark . You will never fully know just how much your songs are appreciated by many of us...Cheers.. Wayne..

[@dougmisantoni4384]

Long Live MK....

[@sherrimckee8205]

I so prefer this version. Dylan was inspired to write it- Mark inspires because he's lived it.

[@DannyHusk82]

We saw Dylan on this past tour, and Mark Knopfler who opened for him just blew us away. So much soul. Made us fans.

[@Bodie2020]

I had parts of this song tattoo on my arm much longer than I had heard this gem. One part of this literally saved my life. I read the lyrics and cried as I have never before or since. All of the torment in my heart left.

[@vidcat]

Thanks,Mark for taking the time from your life to learn music and then share it with your brothers and sisters around the world. We all have better lives because of it. Thank you. I love this version and resonance.

[@iracemamiraolima708]

Wonderfull!! Mr. Knopfler is Amazing!!!

[@sandyleigh6750]

He sings from his Soul ,and lifts one up from his songwriting as they listen,,God bless him.

[@padraigcronin5487]

Lets be fair. The original tune comes from the Irish tradition via the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Bob rewrote the words , and very well too, but with the same theme. Well done Clancys, Bob and Mark.

[@paulgalligan1916]

We send out the vibe like a pebble in a pond the ripples spread equally around the earth

[@martinhasson4942]

DYLANS POETRY UPGRADES THE LYRIC OF " PARTING GLASS" probably not the old Irish Sentiment.🇮🇪 Now KNOPFLER IS translating DYLANS GENIUS ( the dust of rumour covers me ) It's GENES. TO GENIUS!

[@SoniaMaria-dy5ug]

Even though if we wear other's clothes it means we accept his ideas as if they were ours.... cuz they are dressing our thoughts..❤

[@vaderdawg]

Awsome! Mark's my all time fav.

[@Tearloch]

My favorite Dylan song interpreted by a Master .. and a 'Peer' to Bob in every way .. and a good friend too .. all in tribute to "Sir Bob" ..

[@verbaud]

One of Dylan's best songs & a brilliant interpretation. Play this one when they scatter my ashes back to the ocean.

[@emilybsh]

I'm weeping thinking of this playing at your funeral and I don't even know you. lol. powerful music.

[@Fieneke2000]

Great song again of Mark! ......What an artist, I love it!

[@user-lm9by4oz5f]

Beautiful Song

[@wernerenzlmuller8821]

Mark forever

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

I love this man!🎸💕

[@randystroud6513]

This is the best interpretation of this song that I've ever heard. Bob Dylan wrote so many gems like this, but he never took the time to record them right. He just churned them out. He could have done so much more with such songs as this that he wrote. Another good example is "Lay Down Your Weary Tune". If it had not been for The Byrds, that one would have been lost too. I'm glad that others came along and realized what these songs were worth, and did something with them. Kudos to Mark for this rendition of Restless Farewell.

[@thebacons5943]

Bob has one great live version on KZbin I prefer, but this certainly tops the version on Times They Are a Changin’ Love their friendship and mutual respect as artists

[@alwaysfourfun1671]

Mark does a splendid job on this song, but we all know he is one of the greats. Yet, I know of many of Bob's gems an amazing version done by Bob himself. Some people have the spirit, but then always each in it own special way.

[@823kaya]

Mark Knopfler is one of my top favorite musicians. I am shocked to hear that he is not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. This is a beautiful rendering of this somewhat mournful song. :)

[@gregorysullivan7175]

You give an idle click and you find a song and it beats you up. I'm in love with the modern world. Thanks.

[@Seazer009]

So touching, so beautiful...This man is wonderful, I love his music..

[@raymondayac8283]

The most original guitarist ever covers the most original composer ever. This song and whole album are amazing!

[@donoghtol]

wouldn't call Bob Dylan the most original, this song is ripped off of 'The Parting Glass', an old Irish song

[@nigelcroft6175]

Have you really no idea how folk song come into being????? "ripped off" - no, you obviously don't!!

[@aliasdyln33]

I so agree with Nigel. I believe that Donogh needs to listen to more of Bob Dylan's history. Yes, the Master Bob. And do study folk history more too please.

[@bsnf-5]

Bob Dylan has his idols too. He loved Woody Guthrie, he loved Clancy Brothers. Lord, he even loved Elvis. But that doesn't mean he "ripped off" anyone... This is an ignorant comment. His music was inspirational. He wrote "Like a Rolling Stone", not because he was once homeless and starving without food. He wrote that because he could use his imagination, and translate it into his genius lyrics and music. Go figure if you can

[@gregcash3838]

My son passed 9/26/20. We would listen to Mark through the years. He always called him melancholy Mark.

[@charlie01546]

Melancholy that's a good description. Sorry for your loss.

[@AMEER-114-]

Did he get the magic potion in the weeks/months previous ?

[@a.m.3040]

How much happiness this man brings to my soul.... I whisper every word of his songs lyrics...

[@hilarydickson7836]

I once said to my friend that Mark Knopfler reminded me of Bob Dylan. She replied,"well maybe, if Bob Dylan could sing and play."

[@digmark49]

As a teenager I loved this song when Bob sang it _ now it's a masterpiece thanks to Mark's voice and guitar... thank you so much for uploading! I just adore the last verse!!

[@ilonaantal3413]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL SONG!!!I LISTEN EVERY DAY!!!I LIKE TO ME FOR YOU!!!!

[@Ravenscaller]

And the souls of the poets intertwined at a place that can be known but not spoken.

[@elizabethdevries8028]

I understand this song. I don't wish this understanding upon anyone unless we'd be friends getting through life.

[@tonybear1461]

There's no one out there to compare with this unique genius composer. No one.evokes emotion from me .But he can easily.

[@montezumaheights8058]

Speechless!!!

[@dharmabeachbum6330]

Thanks for the awesome cover, Mr. Knopfler. Well done.

[@ApocalypseKurtz]

Great to see Dylan covered by a great artist in his own right, and covered VERY well.

[@alveldjesgraaf4193]

Dylan don’t hold a candle to mark not even close

[@m.c.master4622]

For all those who thinks he sounds like Johnny Cash, YOU need to listen to more Johnny. No comparison. And my favorite version of this masterpiece, which will be the last thing heard at my funeral? Norman Blake and Peter Ostroushko's. Magnificent.

[@MrConan89]

I think it sounds very much like Johnny Cash, and I listen to him and perform his songs regularly.

[@fredstuckmann]

Very nice, Knofler tells a story so well.

[@alveldjesgraaf4193]

Big long time fan from Canada good job Mark and gang

[@arthurjdale8684]

Combination of a great song writer and a great singer.

[@karlheinzhartenbach8232]

Arthur J Dale Dieses Lied hat Bob Dylan geschrieben.

[@ahmetberkayezgu8457]

Good job, good cover Mark Knopfler! A lil different style from dylan. Both are great!

[@DogSwede1]

Classy.

[@sophiedanze9993]

A whole universe each time. A world of peace and harmony ❤🎵🎶

[@bobbyc.3837]

Beautiful Mark. Beautiful Bob.

[@billmoss2877]

What a heavy hitter this man be.

[@dyl-annfan6]

Very Old Irish melody - used by many, including The Clancy Brothers for their lyrics to The Parting Glass. Bob Dylan used the same melody for his lyrics to "Restless Farewell" - the Folk movement did this..... it is acceptable to keep the tradition going ...

[@romanastrasheim4895]

I love and love. 😄 Thank you. 💋

[@Harrzack]

Ah… so great to hear Mark loud and clear on one of Dylan’s best pieces. 🎸🍺🤙

[@gnishmael]

i didn't see the video, but first listened to that song in 1963 I think, and felt it was a masterpiece, especially from a guy who was 21/22 then. Mark K has given us something really special doing this piece. He has an affinity for the essence of it. Thanks mark. i thought I should play it all over the place, but it's too good for that treatment.

[@jkmorrison1013]

wonderful song and great rendition from the worlds best guitarist (for my money)

[@irishfield1]

Amazing ever song adore this ever thank you

[@sturehall9183]

Liitle Irish Scottish influense love it

[@avv7702]

Simplemente genial

[@tostevel]

Epic Mark.

[@iuliuciura7116]

I love you Mark !

[@romanastrasheim4895]

Thank you. Beautiful.

[@freewayflyer75]

Justice for mark for the R&R hall of fame!!!!!

[@ralphdavis9670]

The young Bob Dylan was riveting on this song.

[@frodenielsen1338]

What a beutiful song, oh my lord

[@jenniferbastin2161]

beautifully sung mark jenny the words means so much x

[@paulgriffiths3082]

Probably the greatest music talent in the world today, Mike oldfieild a close second

[@ericdiamond373]

UTTERELY MAGNIFICENT

[@driverain2]

Outstanding !!

[@mrcathy21]

quoi dire que c'est magnifique !!! tout beau ,tout tendre magnifique !

[@victorb785]

beautiful !

[@BonnieSauter]

Beautiful :)

[@111610310925]

I have a hard time understanding the words sometimes, but I am quite happy to just listen to his voice. sigh, he sounds amazing on this.

[@ilonaantal3413]

THIS IS REALLY WONDERFUL SONG!!!!!

[@JM-qx8up]

这诗和MK的吟唱，无与伦比。

[@ralphdavis5777]

Touchin, so touchin.

[@jansz12leon]

Great song

[@MultiJames6]

On a scale of 1 to ten, I rate this 15

[@aliasdyln33]

I treasure your comment . . . as THAT is stepping outside the box!

[@oneverystreet1]

this is good stuf ,love this style ,hope there,s more to come

[@pgtips6623]

oneverystreet1 really good cover version like it great tone PG Tips

[@garysmith8096]

Mark good luke for the future an thanks for your fantastic music it's been a honour listening to it through the years

[@sherispencer9218]

❤❤❤

[@dwittersnacker]

Powerful. I want him all to myself!

[@pnomis]

This is a fine version of a marvelous Dylan song. It was Dylan's take on The Parting Glass an equaly beautiful Irish traditional song.

[@Gioagla]

in ten years ,Mark s voice will turn on Johnny Cash s voice as he will go older , i just suppose ... he has a very similar voice , and i listen them both allmost all the time ...i m feel honoured to know their music .God bless them all ,brilliant musicians they sing to us ..

[@silvialarraza6546]

Canta precioso este hombre

[@thistimenextyear77]

Sums it up pretty well, I'd say nice one Knopfler

[@Kristalyviz]

Great!!!

[@epnsong]

Great cover

[@bobdylan941]

if someone doesn't know that, it's a song written by bob dylan, however this is a fantastic version! :)

[@stevenpryce7808]

Where does he get them from,every one a little gem,a little piece of class,a masterpiece in a minefield of shit,long live Mark,keep them coming & by god we'll listen to every one

[@arkadyyablokov9158]

Трибьют-альбом Chimes Of Freedom : The Songs Of Bob Dylan...(2012) приятная возможность услышать интерпретации творений Боба Дилана в исполнении таких музыкантов как Pete Townshend, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Patti Smith, Pete Seeger, сын Боба Марли Ziggi, Kriss Kristofferson, Seal, Mark Knopfler и др.

[@sorellaforsback1475]

Since when is music a competition about who is more epic/awesome/talented than the other?

[@Gioagla]

i swear i thought that i hear Johnny Cash s voice .... my God ....amasing ....!!

[@Tonetwisters]

Do NOT "farewell" without knowing Jesus. And time is RUNNING OUT for all of us in this world. Choose LIFE. Choose Jesus, NOW. While you still can.

[@vicksdad]

'Times are a changin' album was one of the first I ever bought as a kid. I could sing every word and when I worked as a gardener I sang the whole thing to myself whilst mowing the tennis court. Dylan's version still twists my gut (as does 'One too many mornin's ) but this version doesn't..

[@carstenen]

+vicksdad you know Dylan´s version from Sinatra´s 80.Birthday?

[@niallswaine2436]

the parting glass

[@Gazza63]

This was a song Bob Dylan wrote - when he was 22. Good as Mark is, he's never going to top this.

[@Leo413Page]

Mark has taken a lot of influence from "The Parting Glass" here.

[@mar0364]

I heard this and thought. I know that from somewhere. So I researched it. Dylan hears the Clancys and Tommy Makem do the original. He does a version on his 1965 album. Knopfler does a cover of Dylans song. I'd be willing to bet a whole lot of songs are like that.

[@truhlik81]

can't understand how that's possible

[@niallswaine2436]

mark covering Dylan covering trad doesnt get better

[@MorganWhinery]

Sort of a mix of Johnny Cash's voice and Van Morrison's music style... Interesting.

[@wyomingmaki]

Please do not bid us farewell too soon!!! My heart woufl break!

[@Nellylewis]

[@bigcsabi0619]

Holy Christ, it is a bit of a miracle, never heard it before!!! Is it on a new record, or some unrelease stuff?

[@omni434]

This reminds me of purple grapes.

[@mrinvader]

PARTING GLASS... The song Restless Farewell written by Bob Dylan and featured on The Times They Are a-Changin' from 1964 is heavily based on The Parting Glass. if you follow the walking dead, Emily Kinney and Lauren Cohan did a version that leaves me in tears every time bc of what was to happen... Oh all the money that e'er I spent I've spent it in good company And all the harm that e'er I've done Alas it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit To memory now I can't recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all ... Oh all the comrades that e'er I've had are sorry for my going away And all the sweethearts that e'er I've had would wish me one more day to stay But since it falls unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I'll gently rise and I'll softly call Good night and joy be with you all Good night and joy be with you all

[@bigcsabi0619]

@Grapefruitossy1203 Hali! Köszi a választ, utánanézek

[@Daniboy27]

F A B U L A S T I C !!!!!!

[@judyarmstrong3368]

Having heard Liam Clancy and soon after Mark Knopfler sing this same song there is strident discord amongst the words . Any help to the original is most appreciated . Peter behind my Judy .