Percy's Song (live)

[@barbaraallen4450]

Highest form of poetry and music = Bob Dylan !!

[@wolfgangdr.strobel8227]

I was 17 when I first heard this on AFN in 1970 from Fairport Convention. I was so proud when got the record UNHALFBRICKING and only a year later I bought a Bootleg ZIMMERMAN (3 LP) containing this original. Now 50 years later These LP`s are still on my favorite list.

[@simonclarke4346]

No one else can really evoke such emotion from the playing of the harmonica. Beautiful

[@johnharrington2400]

His words are like a scent moving through an open window. Lovely and perfect.

[@angelicaluce3230]

JUST LIKE YOUR COMMENT, JOHN.

[@a.k.550]

speechless.....i will never understand how someone so young can produce this kind of artistic expresion

[@kitfox9126]

Bob doesn't understand it either.

[@Kashmirkatraskas]

Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain

[@rdehn5799]

@The Poet McTeagle eye:

[@russjaz5981]

Every time I listen to Dylan, he creates a time in the present that has been created in the past and unfortunately may never be repeated

[@lane3192]

russ jaz- so well put, thank you

[@kitfox9126]

Huh?

[@martsiful]

Parhaita Dylanin tulkintoja. I just love this. I’m from Finland and I’ve been listendt Dylan since I was 15 yrars old. Now I am 52 and still listen him. Paras ikinä mielestäni, Nobelin arvoinen ehdottomasto👍

[@H3H3.podcast]

I found him at the same age as yourself. Although I've only just turned I hope to follow your example and listen to his discography till a ripe age.

[@tanneristi]

Dylan on monitasoinen maailmanluokan kulttuuriaarre! Ja todella, tämä on aivan uskomattoman hyvä tulkinta!

[@joejohnson6321]

Totally agree with you, I am 55 and still discovering new masterpieces by this great poet. Reminds me of the neighborhood I grew up in. The Vietnam War was at its height in the early 70s and the medical helicopter would fly over my house and land on the field at the University of Johns Hopkins where the VA hospital was located. I witness the young college students protesting the war in Wyman's Park, and Navy med students would past my house every day at noon to dine at the steakhouse that sat at end of my block. I was 7 yrs-old taking all of this in, such a confusing wonderful time I shall cherish until I die.

[@davidmurray2539]

Sandy Denny invested a great deal of emotion into this brilliant song, too. Her interpretation is fragile and beautiful.

[@peter2010900]

Dear God ~ thank you for Bob Dylan

[@p51abc]

One of the greatest songs ever made

[@gordonreid7082]

shut your eyes..listen to the master

[@brucefrendahl4126]

So many great songs by prophet poet Dylan. This is one of his best. He always sang about those who were less fortunate than most.

[@judyarmstrong3368]

I have listened to this song for many years , with eyes closed , and everytime I am once again caught up in Bob Dylan's mastery of imagery . Peter behind my Judy .

[@nicholasjdemoI]

I've struggled to get into Dylan for years. This ultimately got me hooked.

[@stevensimoneschi9029]

Kudos for not being close minded. Good for you!

[@laidir1000]

One of the purest ballads I've ever heard. Sublime chords/lyrics. Bob doesn't just play that mouth organ. He munches it! Oral dexterity.

[@msls24x7]

Heard this for the first time when Bobby played it on late night radio with Bob Fass, Baruch dayan emet, at WBAI. Blew me away.

[@wygakyl]

Are you related to Albert? If so, I bet you know about "Bobby".

[@msls24x7]

No. I’m not related to Albert Grossman. C’est la vie.

[@paulchinery6580]

Dylan, like all true artists of any medium, chronicles the human condition. His songs are stories of the heart as it battles with life. That's why we can identify with them so easily.

[@theiceman6941]

So beautiful...hypnotic.

[@strummeresque]

Penned by the Nobel Laureate from the Mesabi Range---congratulations that are long over due! Bravo, Bob!

[@danny4481]

First heard this song in Santa Cruz early 1970's .After all these years,still gives me chills. Thank you Jimmy McFadden. RIP.

[@stevenhanson6057]

At that coffee place with the picnic tables by the beach in ‘73

[@evancodsworth2]

People who say that Dylan is a bad singer need to listen to this. His voice is full of pain and confusion. This song cuts really deep. Only Dylan can write and perform a song like this and give of that feeling of helplessness.

[@jenniferbeetz7335]

at some point whether he can sing or not doesn't matter a hoot. what's a bad singer, anyway? does his voice have to be operatic to be less than bad? if you heard my mother sing you would say "That Bob Dylan fella? He is one heck of a singer!" anyway, I love his voice as have a legion of folks... and he is a pretty good poet too. (heh heh, sincerely, Misses Obvious)

[@dawnwennberg9884]

The question is what an individual hears. Dylan is incredible.

[@dontgoout1434]

Dreadful he admitted it

[@davidmurray2539]

@@dontgoout1434 Bob's a very humble man. His voice (or voices) are unique to him and absolutely an essential component to the magnificent storytelling that has captivated millions of fans since 1962. If you can't get to the world those voices provide then why the hell would anyone want to hear from you? Where are you going with that utterance? What is your point? Go listen to Paul McCartney. They say he has a pretty voice and he hasn't said anything to stimulate the imagination, anything of interest or intelligence in song for the last fifty years! The singing voices in popular music that people remember down through the years are the ones that have unique qualities to them and say something worth paying attention to. They will sometimes be perceived as strange or off-putting but so many are ultimately welcomed, enjoyed, then remembered for being brilliant because there is, or there was, or only will be, one for all time!

[@msls24x7]

Few have come close to Dylan’s expressiveness. Words, guitar, harp, Dylan - that’s all I need to hear.

[@thetrevorosborne]

great performance from one of his truly greatest concerts Carnegie Hall October 26 1963

[@joopremme238]

This is a song for those who still blame him for no longer being a protest singer. He never was. He was always expressing the tragedy of life, whether that tragedy was caused by war, social injustice or love.

[@cernowaingreenman]

Sad story of how our legal system can be very unjust. And it still goes on today.

[@angryveryoldman]

this song is a revelation

[@snails9505]

Without a reply, I left by the moon...

[@rafikhamidouche6092]

beautiful song

[@vvdoll7691]

Turn, turn, turn again. Beautiful Bob's way.

[@davidhutton7275]

brilliant song one of Dylan best

[@PaulHill-p7o]

pure genious grew up listening to bob

[@sdingeswho]

Thank you so much! I love this song, having first learned of it through Fairport Conversation’s mind-boggling cover. Don’t know how Fairport came to know of it, because Bob didn’t release it until one of the later anthologies, in the ‘80s, I think 🙂.

[@bammer150]

What a masterpiece, I expected Dylan to sing this like he usually does after seeing Joan Baez's BEAUTIFUL rendition on the 'Don't look back' documentary. I was not disappointed, dylan has sung this beautifully....what a guy...

[@timbrittain]

SepiaOrientBanana yea but how ignorant .Jonas voice soaring and that twat on the typwrite

[@bammer150]

Tim Brittain He was entranced

[@timbrittain]

SepiaOrientBanana he should have had a smack in the gob how could he treat joan like that she got a plane home the next morning .I seen a interview with bob and he says he feels bad about the way he was on that English tour

[@timbrittain]

Plus she gave him his first big break I the first place

[@bammer150]

Tim Brittain Dylan after Bringing it all back home is a disaster. I don't like any of his songs after that one.

[@SteveSwartz]

The essence of early Dylan. Such a powerful performance…

[@robertpender671]

Fairport Convention cover this brilliantly but this is Sublime. Sublime.. just a young Bob Dylan doing his craft. I first heard this on a bootleg album 50ys ago I now have the entire concert on a superb double cd set. Of all the boots out there this ranks highly among the best ever.

[@umbertosebastiani4798]

Dylan's best words are as much a smell and taste ... a feel ... as they are a sound.

[@flavioluisnoronha5382]

Genius,genius,genius...........................!

[@jallakk]

So beautiful

[@Theactivepsychos]

Top song this. I've never r3ally like any of the versions I've heard until I heard Dylan's. Class voice.

[@keithhughes75]

WORH ALL 9 MINUTES!!!

[@johnhughes5244]

So Young...So Great. Still GREAT Now.

[@TheFunkadelicFan]

Wow. Just, wow.

[@katja968]

Beautiful soul and l❤ve

[@victorgrauer5834]

Beautiful rendering of a song derived from a Child Ballad.

[@tqnews2]

Which number?

[@robertshapiro3733]

It is inexplicable that this song was never included on any of Dylan’s early albums. And the same could be said about another masterpiece, “Let Me Die In My Footsteps”.

[@mrjasondylan]

As well as love is just a four letter word, tomorrow is a long time which is absolutely one of his finest imo.

[@noginmot]

His delivery was so fitting for this masterpiece.

[@johnnyrocola]

thanks man........peace and love.

[@toerag5475]

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

[@davidthompson6636]

When Percy needed mercy - The judge with a grudge, Wouldn't budge...

[@jimmaculate5]

Harmonica w/low notes. perfect guitar picking.

[@susaneaden4602]

A masterpiece

[@geebud1880]

Pls, can any one tell me which/witch KEY this Dylan song is in... for harmonica. My Hohner in D comes close, played "thin"... yet something missfitz.

[@winstonenglish285]

Play the harp part of the song with your guitar tuner near. It should give you a key I use E for that low down growly sound

[@santiago_pablo]

Joan Baez and Bobby, makes the very best version.

[@jimmaculate5]

who's percy? fairport convention does a loverly version.

[@markmoth]

self evident

[@ronniemacphail2037]

Pure genius of the one and only bob Dylan.

[@nothingmuch2002]

This makes me happy :3 I love it XD ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaelcannon2265]

Fairport Convention"s version is also superb.

[@MrRonkard]

It is

[@susanjuris3417]

Andy's day thank u evenlynn

[@martin30884]

Great sound quality.

[@petersmith9530]

Listen to that harp!

[@bz1994]

Commercial in middle of song ?

[@timbrittain]

always bin my concience

[@patrickney6584]

Tim Brittain Quite a responsibility to place upon another person.

[@timbrittain]

Realy I'm 60 now when I was 16 I heard another side off in rural glouctershire changed my whole life for ever its not dylan as such its a higher spirit that comes thro if you want

[@belphegor9161]

To not include great songs/performances on official albums is probably Bob's perverse sense of humour. There are dozens of these.

[@marias.595]

❤️🌹

[@liamskeo1768]

if Percy had of turned again he might not of had this accident

[@unknowndes1re]

I love u

[@yaelpalombo4093]

♥️👏♥️

[@julieswiss1]

❤️

[@patricedescent8574]

sad truth about the us law

[@patrickney6584]

patrice descent It's a fictional song. It has nothing to do with an actual U.S. law.

[@perry12328]

Are you suggesting good laws (well written, of good intention, and correctly applied) never result in unintended or unjust remedies? Even at our best our capacity is too limited to resolve many situations for their complexity. Much of the time we are far from our best.

[@patrickney6584]

perry12328 No, I'm not suggesting that. I'm just letting everyone know that this song does not apply to an actual event and, therefore, isn't a condemnation of an actual U.S. law. It's an odd song to me because it involves the defense of someone who apparently was negligent and that negligence led to the death of others. It doesn't go into detail over the culpability of the driver so it's hard to know what to make of it other than that the sentence was considered too harsh by the songwriter. If the song was based on something that did happen, we would have something to debate because we would have some facts to consider. I like the song quite a bit, partly because of its ambiguity. Had it been a case of blatant injustice, it would have been duller.

[@patrickney6584]

perry12328 I now see that your comment was directed at Patrice, not me. Sorry about that. I figured I'd leave my response, anyway, rather than delete it after realizing I had misunderstood. I agree with your comment, btw, Perry. Sound laws can be questionably applied. In this case, a sentence of 99 years would be unlikely given what we know about the circumstances. I know that I'm Mr. Spocking and ruining an evocative song that should just be enjoyed for what it is.

[@jamiewesson898]

fairport convention do it best

[@a.k.550]

jamie wesson ha ha.....they couldnt write something like this in milion years. not even if there lives would depend on it.....give me a break

[@ardalla535]

Love that photo. Perfect depiction of a snowflake expounding on something he knows nothing about ... and with a cigarette for emphasis. Look at that earnest, James Dean face. Hilarious. "You're tearin' me apart!"

[@kevincorcoran6493]

But Trump doesn't smoke or play guitar.

[@johnharrington2400]

You prefer people that can't spell or write? This is 1963, your boy Trump was a sissy clinging to daddy's coattail and wallet. You admire that i guess.

[@bluejacketau5777]

you mean the photo is ironic? never thought that.

[@mrjasondylan]

Knows nothing about he's the only musician in history to be nominated never mind win a Nobel prize for literature lol. Snowflake DH.

[@hootshootenanny]

Nobody writes a love song like Bob Dylan, And no one, even miserable Adelle, can match Bob, cos he sings with all the scratches, unpolished and ugly beautiful. Best influence I’ve heard lately is from Lord Huron, I can hear him in there, and they do a love song with that same heart. Without Bob many a musician would be lost, with f all direction home 💫💫💫

[@deepblueseeds5563]

This was one of his best singing performances. After this stuff started getting a lil weird.