Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind (Blood On The Tracks NYC Session - 1974) (Lyrics)

[@ferociousgumby]

The pain, the expressiveness - how could anyone EVER say he "couldn't sing"? He is a master.

[@ricardorodriguesrr18]

Well his voice got much worse over the time unfortunately and I'm myself a huge fan of him. I think his voice peaked at this album and from here started to drop .

[@damiensummers2764]

Watch "Swimming to Cambodia", and hear Spalding Gray complain about how his tenant, played Sarah on repeat, I know he wasn't complaining about Bob's voice, but I can see how it caused him to throw the beer bottle.

[@rhodachief]

plus one of the greatest poets on earth ever. LOVE Bob Dylan.

[@xtc1957]

His voice was only a part of his gift. He sang wonderfully; no one else has ever had character quite like this.

[@ferociousgumby]

@@ricardorodriguesrr18 Have you listened to Rough and Rowdy Ways? I've never heard him sing more brilliantly. And he is 80 g/d years old!!

[@rogermargalef4076]

Let us look at this: "I’ve never known the spring to turn so quickly into autumn" is retaking his own sentence from the original song but with opposite words "While the springtime turned Slowly into autumn" saying more or less the same and at the same time the contrary, or even the reader can choose what meaning to give it. Same contrast happens in "I figured I’d lost you anyway; why go on? What’s the use? In order to get in a word with you I’d have had to come up with some kind of excuse. And it just struck me kind of funny." which retakes the original sentence "And I'll never know the same about you Your holiness or your kind of love And it makes me feel so sorry" This is simply an extreme high level of poetry. Maybe one day quick-fame Tiktokers and Instagramers will win Nobel Prizes of Literature, but I hope it takes long before that happens, so we can still enjoy with the masterpieces we have so far and which will remain timeless for the future generations.

[@steveralston2039]

I noted difference in lyrics from the studio take but didn’t notice the contrasts you specifically pointed out. Thank you! Dylan has that knack for saying things backwards to impart different meaning and provoke deeper thought. Like his song "Most of the Time." "I can survive and I can endure And I don't even think about her {pause} Most of the time"

[@ThuyNguyenMinh-c9x]

❤❤

[@bradkeene1224]

First time I heard this song a friend brought over BOTT and told me, "Listen to this." Middle of the day, stone cold sober, maybe 3 other people in the room. I started crying about half way through it, couldn't tell you why, and had to leave the room. Couldn't face anyone, it was too embarrassing. I stood outside the door and listened all the way to the end. Never actually went through the events myself that he's talking about in this song but the feeling ripped deep into my soul. The hurt, the regret, the anger, the humiliation - all of it are known by every living human being in the world. To have a poet lay it all down so beautifully in a way that deeply touches anyone who has ever loved and lost is such a powerful, healing thing for us. We are blessed to have shared this time with him. The poet lauriett of the 20th century.

[@andrewchapman1828]

This is a beautiful story.... the power of music is a remarkable thing.

[@AndrewHindley]

Bob dylan is loved and respected

[@geoffclay2868]

I'm listening to it now IV got a lump in my throat.

[@dinahbrown902]

❤

[@richardgreen62]

I feel your story 👌

[@ianbreedlove6412]

This particular recording may be one of the most powerful pieces of music ever captured on tape.

[@richardmcgann5542]

its up there awesome song bobs on form

[@imannonymous7707]

There is tons tho....I agree totaly but there is many more too....cant get enough acoustic dylan

[@gaynorgregory2528]

A genius song, by a genius poet and musician. No question.

[@ianbreedlove6412]

@@imannonymous7707 no doubt

[@holygoalie3]

The original / live version is 100000000x better

[@davidheavenor258]

Its astonishing he didn't put this version on the record. Has to be one of the greatest songs ever written. Bitter but tender at the same time..

[@_Singularity_]

The performance is better than the album, but the album’s lyrics are better. And improved further in the live shows the following year

[@CurtisBell-y4v]

Agreed with you

[@kevinjoseph517]

NO SEE MY COMMENT--HE WAS TOO VULNERABLE...THE MINNESOTA VERSION HIDES THAT W RAGE.

[@kevinjoseph517]

WHAT CHANGED LYRICS???@@_Singularity_

[@_Singularity_]

@@kevinjoseph517 I’m guessing he changed them

[@billnugent8527]

The sound of Bob's voice and the images it speaks is one of the pillars that hold up the world

[@annonymost9318]

well said; a beautiful image; doesn't it just feel like that, ( shakin head side to side') doesn't it" ??

[@bethnpeter]

Best version of this song. Less explosively angry than the album track, somehow this version is a perfect blend of reflection and loss and anger and resentment.

[@midnightrider7648]

Dylan goes from "you're an idiot babe, it's a wonder you still know how to breathe" to finally conceding "WE'RE idiots babe, it's a wonder we can even feed ourselves". Painfully truthful for most of us, it is for me. I'll always love you Monica.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@richardhkramer3649]

That's it in a nutshell.

[@midnightrider7648]

@@richardhkramer3649: The older i get, the more i realize the poor decisions i made. The easiest person to lie to is yourself. (I gotta admit that i had a lot of fun though)

[@blueseaswimmer1]

😢 i feel ya

[@curtshackelford1430]

Even his “throwaways” that he shelves are absolute gold. In Bob We Trust!

[@gary6514]

The released version on Blood on the Tracks is blistering resentment. This version is quiet reflection. The same song yet different feeling. Such genius from the greatest songwriter there has ever been.

[@stevewilson8926]

I think I like the Released album and the New York sessions almost equally. Both genius.

[@moondancer9066]

I like this one better.

[@chriswilliamson83]

He's not the ONLY lyric genius ever born,, there are many, but maybe they're not quite so wordy as Dylan. Some can say as much as he, but with only a few well chosen words.

[@super8guy]

Genius, no doubt. I just wish he wasn't such a prick to Phil.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@inlandonline]

One of the best harmonica pieces Dylan ever recorded.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@alexanderkartun-giles5961]

Damn straight

[@Sethsm1]

The intensity and directness of the harmonica part always gets me. It’s like he has said all he can in the last lyrics. He lets go of the analysis and reflection, and just experiences the pain he's going through. Incredibly poignant.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@akshaysharma7551]

You should also write buddy. "It's like he has said all he can in the last lyrics." This description of that melody is just perfect..

[@maxryder995]

Underwater Life! Henry Miller! Brecht, Milton, Hesse!

[@jaxgray3310]

We r idiots babel it's wonder we can feed ourselves excellent finally

[@johndempsey8769]

The harmonica brings me back to the melody while transfixed by all the imagery that he just conjured up. Brilliant.

[@murphymj]

This version is a masterpiece. Such a complex song to digest.

[@MarianMurphy-rz8ej]

🙂 he he 🙃 you do like insulting people

[@vandannadale2689]

Dylan at one of his several peaks...this is truly awesome. We are lucky to be alive at the same time as Bob.

[@joedaw3003]

Something about Bob. He says it like it is like so many want to in song, but only so few pull it off. THE VOICE and the phrasing speaks to even the non-English speaking nations and people. White America he is not your own. His songs belong to the world.

[@Jerry11201]

@@joedaw3003 That's why it's a shame they release music like The Cutting Edge in the way that they do. Many of his poor Latin fans come to mind when i think of those who can't afford a $1500 1 in 5000 piece of music.

[@dexterchance1441]

Yes..blessed to hear these words he is the best lyricist ever x

[@brandenrice5718]

The thirteenth apostle

[@christopherbragg1452]

Bob Dylan is #1 in the way I see him as a writer and a poet . Christopher Mark Bragg

[@kaisersuze7172]

At the Other End in 1975, I personally bribed the sound man to only play this album and Basement Tapes on the house system. Then one day Bob walked in and hung out for a couple of months. I like to think that the fact that we played his two new albums 24/7 helped bring him to the club, and that led to the Rolling Thunder Revue. He and I played onstage one night too.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@maxbanjo]

Me too. I did the exact same thing. Amazing that we did he same.

[@maxbanjo]

So good that we all so same!!!!

[@Nivvy54]

Wow very good experience

[@Hendrixleft]

A true poet, singer, and artist. The imagery, the storytelling, the emotion. Bob Dylan is unrivaled and we should all feel lucky that we are living contemporaries with such a legend.

[@newgabe09]

Indeed- and at the same time also with Leonard Cohen and David Bowie- and the rest! So lucky indeed.

[@GeneBurnett]

My favorite Dylan recording of all time.

[@1DaTJo]

I heard Idiot Wind when I was 12 and I couldn’t move. I stood there stunned, feeling like I already knew this miracle of an artist and his sound reached into my bones. It’s still my very favourite song.

[@carmelcrowley158]

Wow. I am still learning, you must have been a inspired child

[@carmelcrowley158]

Idiot wind blowing through the buttens in our coats, it's a wonder we can feel ourselves. You are an idiot baby, it's a wonder you can see yourself.

[@1DaTJo]

@@carmelcrowley158 “feed ourselves.”

[@1DaTJo]

@@carmelcrowley158 beautiful moving lyrics. Bless you Carmel.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

9/10 songs on Blood On The Tracks are masterpieces. This one is perhaps my favourite, standing out as it does with its sheer ferocity of feeling. The best writer of songs of love and of hate. The words cut through like a biting wind. It’s fuckin jaw dropping. It’s magic. I’ve never heard anything anywhere near like it, before or since. SO glad I found it. Remember every word. This performance fab.

[@anam1097]

what’s the one song that’s not a masterpiece?

[@navmanshack1579]

@@anam1097 Meet Me In The Morning is great, but not to the same calibre as the others. Call Letter Blues, its earlier incarnation, however, is bloody thrilling.

[@garyzocolo9548]

I lived every last emotion in this song. My ex left me, took my 3 daughters and moved across the US. (against a court order) I had invested every last drop of love I was capable of in her and my daughters. She then turned vicious via the courts alleging sexual misconduct (I went through the investigation and was totally cleared). Then I was forced to live far below the poverty level with the burdensome and totally unfair child support. She made more money than me at the time. A couple years later my ex went to prison for identity theft and bank fraud. My daughters hate me still anyway.

[@nano31742]

@@navmanshack1579 For me, I think Lily, Rosemary and Jack of Hearts is the weak link on the album. Call letter blues is awesome.

[@dylanthompson8511]

10/10, fool. Just kidding, you're entitled to your bad opinions.

[@dalehulen369]

The Shakespeare of music.... It's beyond comprehension what this man could do with words.

[@hoylekiger2194]

Bob mentioned Shakespeare in his written speech given at his Nobel Prize for literature ceremony in Norway

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@tjjordan9715]

Very much so, and in four hundred years, we won't likely have had another that approaches Dylan's ability. There are few geniuses, but among those few, there's that ultrarare animal who eclipses them all, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Dylan.

[@bvokey8842]

TJ Jordan I put Dylan up with JS Bach. IMO nobody else comes close.

[@junebixby7041]

Made me a poet 50 years ago...never as good as Bob, but it got me through.

[@sherryhoney8654]

Superb version..so much emotion in his voice so much eloquence. His harmonica playing is a painful wail😢

[@johngallagher3190]

THIS MAN OPENED MY MY MIND WAY BACK IN THE 60S ...AND HES STILL DOING IT NOW

[@dinahbrown902]

Yes ❤

[@sethdonnelly1994]

A total masterpiece of poetry and music. Perfect synthesis. How lucky we are to have been in this lifetime to hear this when it came out in real time. Blood on the Tracks!

[@鈴風清風]

Dylan の　最高傑作アルバム　「血の轍」からの曲　アルバムのバージョンは　もっと激しさがあったけれど、この歌唱は穏やかで哀愁が　感じられます。改めて　いい曲だと思いました。

[@corneliakapelinski]

This version is more effective because it is sung so calmly, the pain only arises in the head when it is processed. It is a universal pain that never lets go - it paralyzes to the point of immobility - great art

[@warpedspeed8930]

Timeless stuff. Surely Dylan's greatest tune. And the best version. Just too good.

[@leslie5435]

My absolute favorite version. His way of making the ugly sound so beautiful always gets me. And I love the I-Ching line. It so concisely illustrates the frustration of toxic infatuation. When you know someone is bad for you, but still need confirmation from “somewhere else”. And, at the same time hope you are wrong, and something outside of you will confirm that.

[@SimonRobeyns]

i think it's more about knowing you're toxic yourself and knowing you screwed up and the only thing you can do is spit venom and try and put the blame somewhere else. I think it's a dark look in the mirror and the powerless struggle after ruining a relationship, knowing there is nothing you can do or say to undo the things you did.

[@leslie5435]

Hey Simon, that’s the beauty of art. The observer translates it in ways that make sense to them. In my experience, all relationships are mirrors into ourselves. We accept (and dole out) the treatment we each believe we deserve. The I-Ching line could be interpreted in many different ways. It is an ancient divination tool, and thunder at the well could mean many things (some of them absolute opposites). However, you cast hexagrams using yarrow stalks or coins. The only reason to throw the I-Ching is anger/frustration.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@christophermoon64]

Good pointing that out; I've been using the I Ching & when Bob sang that I couldn't help but notice my copy an arms length away. Bob's always had diamonds that shine thru like this...

[@shaheer151]

50 years of listening to everything Dylan did that I could get my hands on....and still missed out on absolute gems like this !! This version is as good or actually better than the one on the album. There is no end to this man's creativity and genius ...

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@bishmaster]

Any heart broken man out there listening to this, our man Bob gets it. We'll be OK, eventually.

[@andresjacome296]

he is the best lyricist ever... hard to prove, but somehow easy to believe

[@elainemochula1]

Absolutely the greatest!

[@christopherpederson7121]

Not hard to prove

[@christopherpederson7121]

Not hard to prove

[@christopherpederson7121]

Not hard to prove

[@davidrees570]

Amazing what he does , mind blowing really . Coulda been a fluke that some 19/20 year old could come up with them words all them years ago , but it wasn’t was it ? His talent can not be explained .Genius . Gotta leave it at that

[@pauladam8443]

Besides how melancholy this mix sounds, it's fascinating how the changes in the lyrics helped to modulate the tone of this song from sorrow and self-pity to indignation and self-loathing.

[@davidcross8730]

One of the many things I love about this beautiful and wise song is how he takes us to the edge of self loathing, but shows the way towards self-acceptance.

[@jillfryer6699]

This to me only sounds more self righteous and vicious and vindictive than the version on BT, which is much better than this because he must have had the sense to see that and cut the worst of it out. The end parts where the abuse and criticism 'you' turns to 'we' always struck me as a bit insincere. More harmonica.

[@Finnbeatle]

I remember the saying "No one sings Dylan like Dylan". Amen.

[@carlosgaspar8447]

he was a guest on the johnny cash show, and johnny perhaps a little distracted, dylan out sang the master on one of the tunes.

[@StephenDedalus74]

"He won the war after losing every battle" makes me cry every damn time I listen to this superb song :)

[@blueseaswimmer1]

me too ! i use this to keep me going through tough times ; especially when people are literally trying to take from me from how i literally got lucky -

[@StephenDedalus74]

@@blueseaswimmer1 I dig you, bro :) We must never give up, no matter how hard it is, and what people say or do to us :) Hope you and I won't have too many "tough times" :) May some golden light shine on both our fates :)

[@sirmiba]

This version is absolutely stunning. The ending's harmonica is so beautifully haunting.

[@genhannok]

The most perfect executed Dylan song, i can hear this a 1000 times, it never bores, Amazing!

[@santezanco4402]

Best version ever heard of Idiot wind, one of Bob’s top ten for me

[@dinahbrown902]

Yes

[@maryfreebed9886]

Never before has somebody been called an idiot with such tenderness.

[@MegaFount]

This is an incredible version of this song. Maybe better than the one on the album. I love the electric piano accompanying and the way he sings the song is very powerful. It really has deep emotional weight.

[@kevinjoseph517]

organ

[@imannonymous7707]

It amazes me how he felt he had to put so much production on material like this. I realize that it was the period when alot of producers were into it tho...every artist was persuaded to add strings horns etc.... its raw and heartfelt and perfectly imperfect....these outtakes are just priceless.....thank you for posting things I could never afford to buy

[@richardmcgann5542]

great comment so true

[@josephfernandez4000]

The answer's pretty simple: his brother, David, didn't like it. Some of it was image; some of it was that he knew best what Bob was going through and didn't think the sound captured whatever that was. This is why Bob ultimately abandoned recording in the studios in New York and went up to Minnesota, played with a band of locals, and ultimately recorded and made the album from those sessions.

[@Blontified]

Reminds me of lennon saying just slather it in ketchup.

[@jonahperelman]

Lines like, "And when she died, it all came to me - I can't help it if I'm lucky" remind me how much humor there is in Dylan's songs, and how little attention is paid to that.

[@dalluc]

Bob Dylan is an absolute master in the art of the snark and presenting things in an ironic fashion, it's a shame many people don't pay enough attention to the lyrics and these things are lost on them

[@meesalikeu]

lluc simon naah. if you are not listening to the lyrics what are you even listening to dylan for? certainly not for the music or for his voice (phrasing makes up for that somewhat tho). his lyrics are in fact what he is known for.

[@blsx157]

yes and why can't humor be dark why can't it...light a spark, if you're lucky....

[@scottmunro8558]

the lines "i see you in the sky above the tall grass and the ones i love" adorn my mothers head stone they just seemed so relevant

[@gronkmusic7973]

I hear: "I can't help it if I'm lucky ... bitch". So, so good. A master of irony.

[@GOm-cy5ls]

This song opened up all my chakras when I was 17 in 97

[@seamac206]

You’re 40?

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@avonacolyte]

This version and the album version make each other twice as powerful. The contrast between this - not just ruminative and melancholy, but positively tender - and the searing violence and snowballing rage of the released version makes for a mythic diptych.

[@princebonnie1357]

I really needed to hear this. Some people just don't know when to quit with put downs, domination, backstabbing and conniving ways. Pretending it's okay and carrying on like everything is fine - when it is simply not. "We're idiots babes It's a wonder We can even feed ourselves" One of Bob's poetic peaks here. Majestic.

[@akshaysharma7551]

Been listening to this song on repeat.....🖤

[@ravivo2001]

It was gravity which pulled us in, and destiny which broke us apart !!Genious Dylan

[@100ghillie]

That sums up everything in the cosmos including the cosmos itself, he's bloody brilliant...😍

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@hoylekiger2194]

I bought vinyl Blood On The Tracks in early fall 1975. I was recently split from my wife and four year old son and attending the U of U in Salt Lake City. I was absolutely pulled into the lyrics many of which fit my personal situation. The feelings I experienced were in my face. I was an emotional idiot and this album was self revealing. I was fortunate to see Dylan in concert in SLC in 1976; Rolling Thunder Revue

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@m.f.shanks1227]

Most appropriate song, for all the ones that stabled me in my back and I didn't see it coming. And for the ones that just sat there as if you were watching a movie, eating your popcorn and not saying a word. Most appropriate! Thank you, Mr. Dylan. for your words. As I was trying to do with words.

[@shirleyforrest6897]

Lovely words they are too

[@joeappel1]

Amazing! Just a whole different vibe from the album. I love both.

[@bobratcliffe3599]

Stunning! Every version of this song brings new emotions and reflection for me. But to say he couldn't sing is criminal.

[@blueseaswimmer1]

"as i was packing up my uniform " i feel like this is the first time i heard that line - that's what i love about bob - always and i mean always going deeper each time i hear a song

[@emilys9524]

i love that feeling, when a line in a song suddenly clicks and stings like burning coals, pouring off of the page like it is written in your soul

[@ouadoudwael4471]

No one can sing the words like Dylan !!! He is the poet of new world !!!

[@peerman2006]

"A lot of people tell me they enjoy that album. It’s hard for me to relate to that. I mean… people enjoying that type of pain, you know?” Bob Dylan 1975

[@johnkahn4362]

Goes to show

[@shawnmace3843]

You'll come to understand......,sadly.

[@jonniebyford7747]

Yeah, he came off his motorbike. . .

[@cynthiareed4329]

Because we have felt that kind of pain.

[@samatoid]

I wonder how much of this anger is directed at his then wife - it seems like much of it is. What a bastard.

[@karloff604]

Exquisite and definitive version of this song. The haunting organ takes this song to another level. I was lucky to find a decent bootleg at a Greenwich Village record store back in the '80s.

[@jasonbranstner9301]

The New Yorker?

[@bfdmudk]

Agree totally - I love the haunting organ, and for years I only had it on a poor bootleg (with a skip in the "I figured I'd lost you anyway" verse, missing the punch line). This is the DEFINITIVE version of the DEFINITIVE Dylan song.

[@ErinScope]

That organ is so soulful

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@42awww]

I love Dylan, and some people ask me what my fave Dylan tune is. Impossible to say. But, I end up mentioning this song, for I loved it as a 12 year old listening to Blood on the Tracks. Then I got Hard Rain at age 18, and played that version to death. Then, the same song sang so...painfully, with a little humour, incredible lyrics etc...The softness of this version is a wonder as well. So, the same song, yet 3 different songs if you know what I mean. Can't pick my favourite version, they are all AMAZING! He is sorry in this version, angry on BOTT, and venomous on Hard Rain. Take your pick....they are all journeys well worth taking..

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@stevewilson6017]

The lyrics change on each recording,I am never sure which are best? Maybe because they ase all f'ing great.

[@42awww]

@@stevewilson6017 You nailed it my friend!

[@zvonzi9248]

Bob was awarded academy Award,gulden globe Award,nobel prize and 12 grammy’s....and i still thing he is the most uderestimated artist of his time....

[@mrfester42]

Underestimated? You've gotta be kidding. You can't possibly be that obtuse. How can he be underestimated after winning all those accolades you idiot? Maybe he's singing about YOU in this song.

[@roninreturns]

I'm with you there Zvonzi, people either get Bob Dylan, or don't. We could award him the Palme d'Or, but I doubt he'd show up or have much to say other than, "Put it over there with the rest of the awards man, I'm going to make a cheese sandwich. Just shove the rest of the Grammys and stuff out of the way or throw them in a box."

[@kristiswa]

@@roninreturns Leonard Cohen remarked that awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature to Dylan was like telling Mt. Everest it was the tallest mountain. Turn about is fair play because years before that in an interview Bob was asked who he'd like to be if he weren't Dylan...which sounded like an idotic question... but when Dylan replied "Leonard Cohen" it made the question seem intelligent after all.

[@shanehunter4274]

He's sure got a lot of gall, to be so useless and all. Hahahahahahahahaha!! He really didn't deserve all that but don't take my word for it just ask Zimmie....I'm sure he would tell you the same.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@aarthurblack5491]

I come back to this every 1-2 days

[@PaulGreen11]

Meet you back in a couple days, "Sweet Lady."

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@waz3128]

''I'm not there'' is the best rock biopic. Period

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@kevinjoseph517]

@@miguelraeder3005 basement?

[@ferociousgumby]

@@miguelraeder3005 Quit spamming, please. NO ONE is interested in your cover or your channel.

[@PaulGreen11]

"There's a lone Soldier on a hill watching falling rain drops pour You'd never know it to look at him but, at the final shot he won the war after losing every battle."

[@GreenHeet]

I like that verse.

[@tambeirne1163]

that's everything

[@davidnash601]

I like this version best especially this verse. The cross and boxcar which appear in other versions are too allegorical. And the third line here is more economical.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@Genesis-ld5do]

Done son

[@janetcarlow2437]

His songs are full of incredible lyrics. What a gifted artist. He makes it all appear so effortless.

[@banba317]

Wow... if this was the only song he'd ever written, he'd be as famous as he is for all the rest.

[@lazaruswhitehead2998]

The incredible thing is he has come out with masterpiece after masterpiece. I would be hard to name a favourite. Ballad of a Thin Man, Like a Rolling Stone, Dirge, Going going gone. Highway 61 Revisited, Gates of Eden, Stuck Inside of Moblle etc, Visions of Johanna, Lay Lady Lay, Chimes of Freedom, My Back Pages, I shall be Released oh and tons of others

[@ScrotusZangenpepper]

Well, actually he wouldn't.

[@SKIADK]

These are some of the most profound lyrics ever written.

[@richardmcgann5542]

best lyrics i have ever heard awesome

[@DMBfan36]

Reading all the comments it eases my soul to know he's hammered in a few nails. Long after he's gone we will still shake our heads of his mastery over words. He once said in an interview that the songs were already there, he was just the pencil. Now some may believe this to be woo-woo, not me babe. There was a truth to that which resonates in me to this day. But what do I know? I'm just an idiot, babe.

[@SKIADK]

He speaks thoughts

[@richardmcgann5542]

great comment well said

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@DMBfan36]

@Linda BK These characters are putting out truths that have real meaning. I appreciate that they play the role so well.

[@MrCretemaniam]

This is beyond awesome. I've known the studio version by heart since I was 15 years old. This is just better way better somehow.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@bretfoley424]

Yeah, I had the record when it was new - this here version reallllly needs to be seen as the definitive Bob.

[@jessicacoyle6911]

Dylan is always great, whatever shape or form

[@peterslade2494]

An understated version, which is all the better for it. The words are delivered with such feeling. It has made me stop and listen again.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

There's another acoustic version on one of the bootlegs which is much better.

[@Stevie-steel]

hootie and the blowfish got rich and famous from one plagerised paragraph of this song. ("I only wanna be with you"). 1990

[@blsx157]

yes and yes again my friend.

[@clearspot1267]

You just took the words right out of my mind one year later man. This version is so good. Less strained than the Blood on the Tracks original. Amazing lyrics shine through so brightly by a simpler acoustic version. Back listening to Bob again. Genius!

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@rudyxrudy]

50 YEARS OF AMAZING/ WONDERFUL/MEANINGFUL MUSIC/LYRICS....Thank you !!!!! Mr Dylan...

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@janepiepes2243]

This , surely is, a beautiful rendition ! .. and I agree ... such fantastic singing. .I agree...

[@terrancegeneeha1577]

This version speaks to me on such a personal nature.

[@iancamone]

8.55 in 1974 16.57 in 2020 still the most relevant artist alive, cheers!

[@adamatova]

This is so much gentler than the track used on the LP. Love it. It's almost apologetic.

[@GreenHeet]

Way better than the LP version.

[@kabooby0]

@@GreenHeet I agree. I love this version more than the album version - both musically and lyrically. I feel the same way about the NYC recording of Tangled Up in Blue.

[@richardmcgann5542]

this is off more blood more tracks awesome album

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@TeacherFabbyo0]

The harmonica at the end is unbelievably amazing 👏👏

[@crookskeith]

"You won`t get it for m-o-n-e-e-e-y" love the way he sings that last word.

[@meesalikeu]

Keith Crooks yeah he picks on sara about that ... but he has no problem cashing checks.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@briteness]

Another thing I like about that line is that the line it rhymes with ("It just struck me kinda funny.") is over half a minute earlier. I probably heard this song more than 100 times before I consciously realized that.

[@christy1165]

All I can say is I'm glad I was of this era... of this time. It's never been never duplicated. No artists have ever come close.

[@michaelstringer9516]

Listen to Late Bloomers by The Growlers. There are good musicians. I love Bob Dylan but there are very excellent recent artists too

[@MrThermostatic]

And don't forget to listen to Ed Sheeran😅

[@patrickflanagan4603]

Totally agree. How could we even explain it all to anyone who wasn't there.

[@richardmcgann5542]

@@MrThermostatic he sings lots of dylan songs why

[@MrThermostatic]

@@richardmcgann5542 lots of people sing Dylan songs. The point is, can anyone today WRITE like Dylan?

[@bsnf-5]

„If my thought-dreams could be seen They'd probably put my head in a guillotine.” - Bob Dylan

[@zeab47]

If Bob had lived hundreds of tears ago he would have been a revered poet like Blake, Byron or Grey, we are fortunate he lived in a time where he could set his poetry to music.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

More important he will be remembered as THE American poet of the 20th Century just as Yevtushenko was the Russian poet of the twentieth century.

[@peanutgallery7753]

perfect for after a break up. "I cant even touch the books you've read" yep

[@SKIADK]

His sadness makes so much sense. That verse when he says I’ve never seen spring turn in auuuuuuuutm.” Gets me every time. Dylan the GOAT!

[@larryrubin5150]

Another version

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@SKIADK]

Is this the best song ever written? Yes.

[@richardmcgann5542]

try rolling thunder revue its awesome

[@jonathanroberts8480]

@@richardmcgann5542 my epitaph

[@1DaTJo]

Yes it really is

[@Speakers154]

The harmonica at the end. Wow! Great!

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@user-qm7nw7vd5s]

This guy could write a song! And then subsequent live versions, especially a 1976 version, just get better with time. A true American cultural treasure, and still hitting the road, playing for new audiences, despite over 100 $million in the bank. Do what you love, love what you do… 💪🎂

[@LennyJohnson5]

What a great version; lost for words really - that was as close to perfection as it's possible to spend 8:55 minutes. His talent humbles me.

[@matteomorandi5204]

Every time I listen to this version, I wonder how it didn’t make the final cut. Such a soulful and intimate masterpiece by the master himself

[@Ptinski]

"Imitators steal me blind..." Bobby sure knew who was robbing him. Great song, exceptional lyrics.

[@TheLippsblast]

Bob Dylan is one of my favorite musicians and writers of all time. Of course, he stole some stuff too: www.thoughtco.com/bob-dylan-plagiarist-1322024

[@shizu-chan3942]

Donovan lol.

[@Direwolfe]

"don't fish downstream from bob dylan," arlo guthrie's theory of songwriting as fishing.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@jorgeespinosa3179]

As demonstrated here, Bob Dylan is an intellectual, music genius, singer-songwriter; sensitive, articulate, who can not tell you how he came up with the songs he wrote. Shakespeare probably would have written better lyrics, but he never picked up an electric guitar.

[@gabrielortiz4921]

i heard someone describe this version as having a chilly, clammy air. That's a perfect and beautiful description.

[@GumperVanLier]

This is so brilliant. I love this version. No one better when Dylan was in his prime. I like his voice at this time, too. Thanks for the upload.

[@andrewwolf1206]

Gumper Van Lier when my seventh grade English teach told me she thought Dylan’s voice wasn’t great and wouldn’t concede my point that his voice is perfect for what he sings. I remember that exact moment of realizing I definitely didn’t have to believe another word she or any other teacher had to say without question

[@davidphelps2121]

He is STILL in his PRIME! Peaks and valleys but Dylan is just as great in 2020 as he was in 60' or 70' or 80' etc. Not disparaging your post by any means Sir.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@violinwind]

... simply one of the greatest artistic creations of all time.... painful beauty... x

[@richardmcgann5542]

try rolling thunder revue its awesome

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@robertrasmussen6879]

A most interesting version of this song. Love the Hammond "blowing" in the background

[@daverenfrow1191]

Robert Rasmussen nhhh Y

[@gabrielortiz4921]

great call ...

[@no834]

Fluttering organ

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@ferociousgumby]

@@miguelraeder3005 No one cares.

[@ralphdavis9670]

On the album, this song had a wonderful snarl to it. Seemed to express what was in the air at the time.

[@ah13554]

Bob nipping in from outer space again with another volcanic epic

[@harrycordell4155]

Epic.brexit is a distraction this is the most important thing today.this song-these words

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@ferociousgumby]

@@miguelraeder3005 We heard you the first 15 times. Just stop.

[@miguelraeder3005]

@@ferociousgumby we? Hahahahbh

[@Bigchurchmusic]

Listening to this masterpiece for the first time.

[@johnweick]

love this version. The studio recording is what I'm used to, and I usually focused on the arrangement. Here, it's all about the lyrics and guitar. So savage, never realized till now.

[@sdanen4]

This Song is just one more reason why Bob Dylan is the greatest songwriter & poet of the 20th Century.......

[@kabooby0]

"You close your eyes and part your lips, and slip your fingers from your glove , You can have the best there is, but it's gonna cost you all your love , You won't get it for money"

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@ferociousgumby]

@@miguelraeder3005 Is this all you can say? IS it?

[@josephobenauer3093]

Hands down, the greatest lyricist ever, and his voice was good in '76. Dylan was to songwriting what Jimi Hendrix was to the guitar. Jimi adored Bob Dylan, Dylan said Hendrix' version of "All along the watchtower" was his favorite...I was born in 1950, thank God.

[@duncanwcraig9668]

Agreed I was born in 68. The period 65 to 73 was mind boggingly amazing. What the Fark happened to music ?

[@josephobenauer3093]

@@duncanwcraig9668 1950 The Year Of the Tiger.

[@LeCanalBarbaraAnne]

I have never heard this song before. I am awestruck. Thank you for putting this up.

[@h0gwartz]

then you need to get the Blood on the Tracks album, it might be best album ever recorded

[@draoi99]

The version of this on Blood on the Tracks is even more awesome.

[@nemonautilus9807]

Oh dear Barbara,where did have you lived up to now? 👍👍👍

[@wyliegarcia5965]

I am very happy for you

[@gbeachy2010]

Get the album on vinyl. Play first side with friends. Discuss. Play side two with some wine. Discuss more and let the tunes inhabit you for the rest of your life.

[@nancymoody123]

Dylan was awarded a Noble Prize for Literature from Sweden in 2017. He was influenced by classic literature. He is so artistically gifted,poetry, music,painting. His art is exhibited in Singapore. Also, his Art Exiibit in Miami,Fl this summer 2021

[@johnmccauslin8121]

I like this version best of all. Far more reflective, not only in the tone but in the subtle changes to the official lyrics. "I’ve never known the spring to turn so quickly into autumn." ... "In order to get in a word with you I'd've had to come up with some excuse, and just struck me kind of funny."

[@rossheathorn121]

Love this song one of many good songs he has. There will never be another Dylan. He taught me so much about song writing, thanks for that. Thanx for the music and thanx for the inspiration. Be a sad day when you enivetavbly pass on

[@stephentaylor7275]

Dylan at his sneering best!! Masterpiece

[@kenbellchambers4577]

If you think this is sneering you are so mistaken! Dylan never sneers. This is a love song. Try listening carefully to 'Has Anybody Seen My Love?', because you apparently have not. Dylan couldn't sneer if he tried because all of his songs are love songs.

[@larrylinn8589]

@@kenbellchambers4577 Often love hurts and one ends up sneering at it.

[@kenbellchambers4577]

@@larrylinn8589 Near the end of this song, Dylan say's, 'we're idiots babe.' He is not sneering according to my definition. We don't usually sneer at ourselves, it is a contemptuous glare directed at an enemy.

[@miguelraeder3005]

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[@rossheathorn121]

Amazing lyrics how does he remember them all. How don't he repeat words. Taught me alot about song writing. Blind willie mctell one of my personal favourites. Theres alot. Carrabean wind theres to many people

[@msls24x7]

This one turns on the exquisite touches of bass player, Tony Brown and keyboardist Gregg Inhofer.

[@ianbreedlove6412]

Elizabeth Grossman Actually Paul Griffin overdubbed the organ part for this. He also played organ & piano on Highway 61 Revisited.

[@rostaylor6429]

Listening to this today, it sounds different; I'm picking up some new nuances. Have only played it about a hundred times already. It's almost as if he's talking to me.