Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (BEST LIVE VERSION) [Carnegie Hall 1963]

[@TerrySmith-ec9cc]

I'm 75 years old and this rendition bought tears to my eyes. Thanks for this, it means more to me than, unlike Dylan, I can't put it in words.

[@irispeterse900]

I fully agree... i heard don't think twice first in 1968 when i turned 11. it was on a single that i got my hands on somehow (In Holland Blonde on Blonde came out as late as 1967 and with that Dylan's earlier records) with 2 songs on each side. others were Corinna Corinna oxford town the last song i forgot i must have heard over a 100.000 times since then.

[@fivecitydirttracker4776]

Beautiful......

[@JenniferLewis-mc3il]

I’m 73 and have always loved this song so much too

[@rylieriley]

I consider this to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Even amongst Dylan's other songs, this one stands out as something magnificently special. There are times when I revisit this comment and think to myself that maybe I exaggerated my feelings about the importance of this song, but then I listen to it again... nope, I still feel the same about it.

[@thecat558]

Agreed

[@oldaccount5217]

It sounds like an earlier folk song called, “Who’s gonna buy you ribbons “ by, Paul Clayton

[@alsharpe]

@@oldaccount5217 "The melody is based on the public domain traditional song "Who's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I'm Gone", which was taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton, who had used it in his song "Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone?" As well as the melody, a couple of lines were taken from Clayton's "Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone?", which was recorded in 1960, two years before Dylan wrote "Don't Think Twice". Lines taken word-for-word or slightly altered from the Clayton song are, "T'ain't no use to sit and wonder why, darlin'," and, "So I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road." On the first release of the song, instead of "So I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road babe, where I'm bound, I can't tell" Dylan sings "So long, honey babe, where I'm bound, I can't tell".

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

My favourite is Love Minus Zero - No Limit.

[@rylieriley]

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 That really is a beautiful song.

[@curtisniteenterprises193]

Dylan is a rare breed..... his impact on my life ......I cannot even begin to describe.....TRUTH GOD SENT. THANK YOU BOB DYLAN!!!!!!

[@TheChadPad]

Jesus, that harmonica is haunting

[@anom3778]

I thought it sounded pretty good.

[@anom3778]

@@a71music46 ya I was just messing around

[@CKM-88]

I tried to explain the harmonica to people that don’t get it and when I said it was breathing contributed in melody, they seemed to get it I think.

[@hillelknobel8241]

Don’t call my name for no good reason

[@leahflower9924]

Any chance Bruce Springsteen listened to this lol

[@gutermonddugehstsostille5592]

When this man received the Nobel Prize, I was happy about it. He gave a lot to many people with his songs!

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

This guy for USA and Yevtushenko (for USSR) wrote the 20th Century in poetry for us.

[@gutermonddugehstsostille5592]

@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence Englisch Evil is real in this world, but good is also mixed in and, despite everything, invites you to trust in the life that is God himself. ideas can never be enough for us. There is the silent power behind things. If we know each other as people and love each other a little then we are a force against politics, against the mendacity of so many media, against the corruption of so many clergy. God's protective commandments are good crutches in our lives. But real life is something different, the commandments are just a key to it. I enjoy good music. You can say what you want about America, but the country has conjured up the best music. When Germany was in ruins, many American soldiers paid attention to the helpless and crying children in ruins and often helped them.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Only if you allow for the fact that it is BLACK MUSIC born out of rebellion.@@gutermonddugehstsostille5592

[@CooManTunes]

The Nobel Prize became obsolete, the moment they gave one toObozo.

[@paulhay7791]

@@CooManTunes Kissinger and Yasser Arafat weren't enough for you?

[@robweir6436]

A live performance that rivals studio recordings of our current time. This is priceless.

[@shuddupeyaface]

Just the Harmonica playing alone is something special. What a guy x

[@loudeedee]

Still on the road , don't think twice its all right, I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul, Thank you , Bob Dylan!!

[@kelvinkloud]

ive listened to a lot of cats in my time & I'm convinced that at his best, naked w/ only the acoustic, his balls & brains on stage, dylan is the only guy ive heard who could tap into what hank sr captured for a brief time. that purely american vision. the cold steel rail stretching across the empty but vast great plains. no one, including cash, was able to better channel hank sr.'s shadow Eye and influence better then dylan.... people talk about woody all the time. sure he was a big influence on dylan. but dylans youth, sitting at nite in hibbing listen to the big beam radio out of nashville & shreveport blasting hank across the plains into the great north woods, that penetrated deep. dylan's ear was able to carve those shadows deep into the marrow. dylan is inconsistent, but when he taps it like here, time stands still. hes along w/ hank sr & a few chosen others (cash too) are 20th century singer songwriter mt rushmore level.

[@williemo2621]

Cry

[@bonnieglennen9054]

Best homage 2 BD "20th century singer songwriter Mt. Rushmore level..." the u

[@ralphcarneymovies1919]

Beautiful

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

That's a very insightful connection to Hank Williams. (We don't talk about Junior. There is only Hank Williams.) Like Hank, Dylan is a profoundly American musician. And both capture the sense of the lonely expanses of the great American landscape. Dylan was a big fan of Hank, and it really shows through in some of his songs--probably most clearly here. Thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate them.

[@kelvinkloud]

@@UncleDansVintageVinyl well said about the open plains feel.... youd have to live it, absorb it & listen to it to evoke what dylan & hank williams sr tapped into... if you've ever visited the iron region in upper Minn in wh/ dylan grew up, it starts to make more sense. upper Minn is desolate. There is a certain beauty there to the lakes, the deep woods & the iron content changing the chemical makeup of the atmosphere, but its also tough & vast up there. its a feel your not going to get on the east or west coast. its ground zero heartland. dylan always had that in his toolbox. in fact, it may have been like his hammer.

[@CipherSerpico]

_Bob Dylan was an_ *absolutely Brilliant Vocalist.* And I will never refrain from debating-anyone that says otherwise.

[@guitarslf132]

What went wrong?!? Like he just fizzled out one day :(

[@CipherSerpico]

@@guitarslf132 He just started losing his voice. It’s really common for Singers as they get older. Especially, with someone like Dylan; Not only because of the way he sings, but also because he’s a chain smoker who has been constantly touring for decades.

[@ppd3bw]

I'm afraid you are right.

[@stepheneaton3265]

You should try listening to Don't Think Twice by Jerry Reed, absolutely amazing

[@paulhay7791]

@@stepheneaton3265 Waylon does a good one too.

[@Jerry11201]

the man without a prime

[@SwinginPig]

Well put.

[@steveash9364]

Wow! That is such a great way of appreciating Dylan! So true sir!

[@broken1394]

100% agree.

[@akiro1677]

yes sir

[@maplebones]

that would be like a dog without a tail. Unfortunate.

[@jet727vans]

Who plays Carnegie Hall at age 22? Bob the genius poet Dylan that's who !!

[@anom3778]

He played there at 20 as well.

[@lavonnacasey5724]

Townes Van Zandt played Carnegie at 19

[@10HW]

@@lavonnacasey5724 mozart played before kings and queens at the age of 4 so yeah... we could go and on like this. some genius probably wrote an opera in his mother's womb - no - in his father's scrotum as a mono-cellular organism. Wait. Before his soul was even incarnated, he played the cello for God himself in paradise. Are you satisfied? :P

[@lavonnacasey5724]

@@10HW Spoken like a pompous ass.

[@LEWOOF]

Larry Fine. 3 stooges played Carnegie Hall when he was 12 years old. Wikipedia doesnt scratch the surface how he got there

[@melinda82]

He also delivered the best version of Boots of Spanish Leather that night. So blessed those who attended. Young Dylan is unmatched, really.

[@tjvaichus]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@alberto-os1bx]

I reckon.

[@Nick-Emery]

Any link to it?

[@melinda82]

@@Nick-Emery kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn7Of2Zvd8SEfMU

[@fabianh5507]

@@Nick-Emery kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn7Of2Zvd8SEfMU

[@didierchenet]

my love for the chanting came along with this endless poet... merci Bob🐬🐬 Didier

[@minnesotajack1]

This is a master’s masterpiece.

[@Gurci28]

"I once loved a woman, a child, I'm told I give her my heart but she wanted my soul But don't think twice, it's all right" 2:13 Bob Dylan

[@Gurci28]

When asked about how he relaxes, he said: "I'm a religious person. I read the scriptures a lot, meditate and pray, light candles in church. "I believe in damnation and salvation, as well as predestination. [Premier Christian News] 3:21

[@Gurci28]

As a logical corollary of his major premise, Calvin posits a view of absolute predestination. Like Luther, Calvin insisted that some men are elected for salvation and others for damnation. Calvinists believe that, at the beginning of time, God selected a limited number of souls to grant salvation and there's nothing any individual person can do during their mortal life to alter their eternal fate. Either you were chosen or you were not chosen, and that’s all there is to it. 0:01 [80/20 Endurance; Stanford University King Institute]

[@Gurci28]

"But don't think twice, it's all right" 1:00 Bob Dylan

[@Gurci28]

Bob Dylan has an idiosyncratic talent for winning awards. There were many, many! 3:33

[@gtnmnn54]

No One can sing Dylan, but Dylan himself ❤

[@johnhutton2500]

Hendrix

[@david-pb4bi]

@@johnhutton2500That’s just stupid.

[@johnhutton2500]

I think Dylan has stated something like “All along the watchtower” isn’t his, Dylan’s, song anymore, in appreciation of Jimmies version, so I’m in good company with my opinion. There’s no standard for musical taste. I used to be very judgement about people’s musical taste. In Guatemala I knew a Mayan mother, very poor, no water or electricity,, she shared her bed with her little daughter and told me how she’d been holding her little baby, dancing to some pop song that I would have always derided. I then understood that if some music that I depreciate give solace and comfort to somebody who the hell am I to sit in judgement. Not that that has anything to do with Hendrix and Dylan really. Just telling on myself, admitting my foolishness. Have a good day man. @@david-pb4bi

[@maracujaizsrbije6738]

"Don't think twice, it's alright." - words to live by.

[@justfelix6171]

You can truly hear every emotion in this performance. I personally felt it hard in “still I wish there was something you could do or say”. There’s hesitation, a small break in the dynamics. Absolutely amazing

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Superb. The harmonica adds immensely to this song.

[@oliveeisner8964]

How is this possible? I now have a NEW favorite version of this classic Dylan song. I've always adored his harmonica sound on this one in particular, it suits the mood perfectly. The train pulling out of the station... goodbye love. 💖

[@peterlevitt2750]

purist performane of this I've ever heard. gorgeous, and his harp playing just beautiful. been playing this myself ever since I first heard it in early sixties. love it so much.

[@youtrickydog]

Yeah, I agree this is the most wonderful Don't Think Twice. I am not angry at him anymore for "going electric", I do not feel short-changed that he went electric. He has gone on and on more wonderful day after day forever. But this is the song that we as Baby Boomer hippies learned to play as the first song we ever learned to play . . . so it sticks with us forever.

[@lilix2594]

So melodically bittersweet, so comprehensive sound. Pure perfection and magic for me. Peak of creativity.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

It was all downhill after 1965.

[@TheLostHistoryChannelTKTC]

Great Harmonica on this ❤❤❤ "I gave her my Heart but she wanted my Soul" ❤❤❤ Don't think twice it's alright⚡🎸⚡

[@zepp2498]

The first Dylan song I heard, over 45 years ago ( at a time I almost did not understand english): that's when I knew: 'this is sound and kind of music I like', and started to learn play the guitar. Since than he is kind of part of my life, even if I must admit that I prefered the 'young' Bob. Now, I just cannot even imagine how my life would have been without him.

[@gutermonddugehstsostille5592]

one thing is so strange. For many years I kept listening to Bob Dylan songs by chance. I didn't think she was bad, I didn't think she was great. Decades later, a series of his songs suddenly touched me and I was grateful for it. Did he love his songs as much as I love them???

[@tonyhozeny8536]

This man nailed the connection between dylan & hank. Well said.

[@jdupons]

Amazing how he was already recognized as a genius, at the age of 22, and quite rightly so ...and he still is

[@iceybundles]

Unfortunately it’s because he sold his soul which he admits to 🫠 still incredible though

[@iancaspers7731]

@@iceybundles what?

[@drakerobles8853]

The best performance of this song-ever!!

[@vdjowk]

Absolutely

[@mikesylvan6860]

The emotion in his delivery at the end is simply amazing. The pauses between "I... Ain't... Sayin' you treated me unkind..." Whew, another great post Swingin' Pig. I'm so grateful you keep these coming!

[@SwinginPig]

Yes, his diction is incredible. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@finnmcginn9931]

This and Cardiff 2000. This one is haunting, that one is celebratory. Cheers

[@Selfexplantors]

my daddy played the harmonica pretty good love him thanks Bobby Dylan

[@larss8958]

Magic song. Magic performance.

[@kingoftheseamusic]

Definitely the best version

[@ricksilverstein8848]

This is like having a reunion with some of the best pals you knew back then….good to see ya’ll

[@justgeorgeous]

such a brilliant man, and so much younger then too. wow!

[@smfvmd]

Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Gorgeous photo of Bob and Suze with Bob pointing

[@triplebextreme]

This version is so good

[@ThomasRenoult]

Pure magic !

[@nemonautilus9807]

Bob at his peak as a Song & Dance Man! The birth of a complete new gender in the world of the popular music: the no- love Song!( At the best of It)! His Voice shall no more be so evocative & poignant! The Harmonica used Just as an extension of His prodigiouses vocal chords! The fingerpicking!/ A pivotal step in the making of a young Artist as an endless Genius!. What a fortune & privilege to attend the concert! A show able to change your Life Forever!.💔💔💔

[@patearly9492]

One of my favorite all-time songs from one of my favorite all-time performers. God bless Bob and everyone

[@mator2339]

From now on, this is my favourite version as well. Thanks.

[@SwinginPig]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@georgecoventry8441]

My favorite Dylan live performance of this song too! It's been years since I've heard it. It's just magical in every way.

[@Gurci28]

"When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm a-traveling on But don't think twice, it's all right" 0:45 Bob Dylan

[@Gurci28]

Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota. His original name was Robert Zimmerman and his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from present-day Ukraine and Lithuania. Already at school he formed several bands. After studying at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis he moved to New York City in 1961. [Nobel Prize Org] 0:54

[@martintebrake4728]

One of the best songs ever made

[@DennisSult-e4d]

Yeah' this is my favorite version.He does a version with Clapton.It's very good Bob is in his 60's I think on that version.Yeah'Bob is a Boxer and a very great one at that...

[@utzuckz]

so bitter-sweet, so final - and yet one has a lingering feeling there's more to it... despite the worldly advice, despite the brittle layer of bravado, he still had to write the song, and he's still thinking about it 50 years later

[@mikehaughee9324]

Excellent !!

[@julieosborne8960]

great version from the supreme concert of his folk period

[@Desireyso58]

Mi canción favorita de todos los tiempos!

[@jeroenhuizinga5020]

I've tried a lifetime to copy that rhythm fingerpickin' of him in Don't Think Twice that isn't a constant some how. No problems following fellow artists of his time doing the same thing on guitar and then years later this curious remark that George Harrison once made during the Concert For Bangaladesh when he said "Its hard to follow Bob" accompanying Bob in Mr. Tambourine Man initially made me think of some psychological stuff he was singing about but he must have meant that particular inconsequent rhytm thing..

[@shepdgc.og.soldier7732]

You’re right,this is one of the best versions of this song if not the best. ✌️

[@Tmonkjazz]

Sheer perfection. Thank you a thousand times over.

[@alexandertraill3443]

Such a beautiful recording

[@cwarner5909]

Hard to believe this has been up for over 20 months and has so few thumbs up! None of the current singer\songwriters come close to early Dylan!

[@neilmccartney4119]

I've seen Dylan twice live and he stunk. Having said that I still worship him.

[@robdepolo122]

Over the years I've seen Dylan a bunch of times. You don't know what you'll get. The show can be a stinker or it can be as amazing as you'd want a legend to be.

[@targarosko]

what a voice ..... forever Bobby you are my GENIUS ♥♥♥

[@Selfexplantors]

I can relate do well I really love this tune this man's music is an inspiration to my real life.

[@mikem668]

Wow... so much for the Positively 4th Street interpretation of Dylan flipping her the bird. The song was always double-edged, but in this performance Dylan is wounded and sad. Thanks.

[@rb6338]

Yes great interpretation of this marvelous song !

[@Sumotori.]

“ Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” - Bob Dylan Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe Ifin' you don't know by now An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe It'll never do some how When your rooster crows at the break a dawn Look out your window and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on Don't think twice, it's all right And it ain't no use in a-turnin' on your light, babe The light I never knowed An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe I'm on the dark side of the road But I wish there was somethin' you would do or say To try and make me change my mind and stay We never did too much talkin' anyway But don't think twice, it's all right No it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal Like you never done before And it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal I can't hear ya any more I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' wallkin' way down the road I once loved a woman, a child I am told I give her my heart but she wanted my soul But don't think twice, it's all right So long honey babe Where I'm bound, I can't tell Goodbye is too good a word, babe So I just say fare thee well I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind You could have done better but I don't mind You just kinda wasted my precious time But don't think twice, it's all right

[@corneliakapelinski]

That rising voice, almost a scream ..a self-talk, can you calm down that way .. even alleviate the despair? It seems existential ..great version..

[@felichia808]

This is an absolutely awesome version! It sounds so beautiful, yet a bit sad 💖 !

[@SandyMartinelliSullivan]

Magnificent! 🌹

[@Gurci28]

Bob Dylan wins a Nobel prize His performed verses have been compared to Homer and Sappho 1:11 [The Economist]

[@afkbradshaw]

thanks you for this, i agree this is a very special version

[@dobunimaroC]

Bob's three-finger guitar and harmonica are amazing.

[@peterbaader334]

unique! indeed it sends shivers down one's spine! He's done more 'aggressive' versions later on, but this is one of the best recordings available. What a gigantic artist and composer!

[@philipbunney9445]

Possibly my favourite Bob Dylan song…ever! Just wonderful. Listening to the fingerpicking in this recording, I half expected Bob to go into ‘Percy’s Song’.

[@tamaraspanehl3710]

GOTT sei Dank, Bobby, jetzt singst Du es immer wieder: "It`s allright!" Puuh, hat sich meine Anstrengung doch gelohnt - wie immer, schöner geliebter Bob!

[@Emtebe]

Right. Awesome version. 👍🏻

[@jillschoenfeldwhite5534]

Thanks so much for posting this early masterpiece.

[@boyjimbo]

Wish I had someone to sit and listen to Bobby D with

[@michaelwhitley2081]

We are all here...

[@alandavies3727]

There can be only one Bob Dylan.

[@johnmccann8319]

How amazing was he way back then.So beautiful.So perfect.💚

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

This guy (for the West) and Yevtushenko (for USSR) wrote the 20th Century in poetry for us.

[@finnmcginn9931]

Down the Yevtushenko rabbit hole I go. It's nice to learn something in thr comments. Cheers

[@francescodemaria6561]

What a great concert! I love "Lay Down your Weary Tune" from that concert (and the Byrds' version, too! ). Wonderful chaneel, Swingin' Pig! Greetings from Italy.

[@SwinginPig]

So glad you enjoyed it! That is a beautiful rendition of that song. Greetings from San Francisco, California!

[@erikraude146]

Maybe this is the proof that the fingerpicking in the studio version was really played by Dylan. They are enough similar to allow this conclusion.

[@SwinginPig]

Yep, no doubt he picked the original.

[@leschansonsdebasile1560]

that was my question ! but i don't see any video so i'm not shure that is playing just here 😁 If yes, the picking is very near, so that would be the real proof ! thanks

[@leschansonsdebasile1560]

what we are sur, that it is really Bob who plays the harmonica there 😂😂😂

[@WaldoDoesGames]

Was thinking just this. He's true genius

[@Colonel_Anderson]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3umnpqBh9itj68 here's a video of him fingerpicking Girl From the North Country. Definitely him on the original studio recording.

[@stigpiaggio3v775]

Yep. Best version of this classic. Thank you very much for posting!!

[@paulgreenway8766]

Another classic :) thank you swinging Pig :) you know your dylan

[@chrisgleason1344]

Just beautiful.

[@allensaints8807]

oh babe, this song is tearing me apart.. im crying

[@bonnyrosser7761]

Love it!!!

[@dennisesplin3285]

Bob Dylan is the James Dean of music. Pity we didn't have Jimmy for longer.

[@dennisesplin3285]

Thanks. Bob I'm sure was aware of Jimmy's charisma. His acting did for film what Bob does for music. Katie Melua said I didn't become a musician to have a predictable life. Amen to that.

[@josephcharbonneau8740]

HEY BIG SISTER Your awesome!!! 😎

[@resslerartstudios]

Fantastic!

[@Think632]

The Percy's Song from this concert is by far my favored version as well.

[@Desireyso58]

This is why the Nobel!!!

[@kanjiwooowooo3202]

Otherworldly version of my favorite Dylan song

[@MarkoBotsaris]

This version really doubles down, more so than some of his other renditions, on the two voices in the song - one of false bravado and the other pleading - that make it a classic. Yep, I think this may in fact be the best version of all the ones I know.

[@10HW]

A guitar and Dylan's feelings, what else do you need?

[@judyarmstrong3368]

The royal flush is one of a kind . I remember having one a long time ago . Bob is like a royal flush for our lifetime . Peter behind my Judy

[@electraruby4078]

Such a talent appears only very rarely. When will we see his like again?

[@mikeandrews9551]

Simple. Never.

[@gulfmountain]

Great early real Bob...Wonderfilled!

[@ah13554]

Ahhhhhh I see Mr high flyer caruso is at it again I'll be singing that all day 😎

[@simonerusso6920]

Dat armonica a the beginning sends shivers dawn my back my regards hahaha

[@전해용-h9n]

Great singer !

[@elenaaguila3357]

gracias!

[@christophermorrison392]

Perfect.

[@nikjames2965]

Back in this era he was entirely SPELLBINDING. A 24 carat genius

[@kaarlimakela3413]

I grew up. Listening to Freewheelin' ... Its part of me.

[@paulbaber3533]

Ahhhhmmmmm...origins....bliss....