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Got all them buckets comin' out of my ears
Buckets of moonbeams in my hand
You got all the love, honey baby, I can stand
I've been meek and hard like an oak
I've seen pretty people disappear like smoke
Friends will arrive, friends will disappear
If you want me, honey baby, I'll be here
I like your smile and your fingertips
I like the way that you move your lips
I like the cool way you look at me
Everything about you is bringing me misery
Little red wagon, little red bike
I ain't no monkey but I know what I like
I like the way you love me strong and slow
I'm takin' you with me, honey baby, when I go
Life is sad, life is a bust
All you can do is do what you must
You do what you must do and you do it well
I'll do it for you, honey baby, can't you tell?
Anyone love the bass playing on this album? I sure do. Air guitar, air bass, love it all.
I once drank whiskey with the bassist, Tony Brown, whose brother was a friend of my roommate. That’s the only connection I have to this brilliant album
pull a dylan and go electric
Blood on the Tracks is quite possibly the best album of the 70s.
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burning coal
Pouring off of every page
Like it was written in my soul, from me to you...
Who says Dylan didn't deserve the Nobel Prize for poetry?
never gets tired. after all these years, I'm now concluding this is my favourite Dylan song.
As I was just thinking the same thing, I ran across your post. For some reason, likely because it was not overplayed over the airwaves like most of his great songs, I've never gotten tired of hearing this gem.
It's suitable and pleasant accompaniment to my ears. Love this song.
I saw him! Two weeks ago, in Santa Cruz. Were you there?
He was frail, at 81, but his voice was still Bob.
He sat at the piano almost the whole time. A few times, he got up and acknowledged the audience, and we all cheered. He played almost all of Rough And Rowdy Ways. All of our phones were inside of anti-signal pouches, so we all listened to him play, with that fabulous band behind him.
It was, simply, mesmerizing. He gets better as he gets older. An achievement to aspire to if there ever was one.
Saw that show in Oakland at the Fox. What a treat.
He was frail, at 81, but his voice was still Bob.
He sat at the piano almost the whole time. A few times, he got up and acknowledged the audience, and we all cheered. He played almost all of Rough And Rowdy Ways. All of our phones were inside of anti-signal pouches, so we all listened to him play, with that fabulous band behind him.
It was, simply, mesmerizing. He gets better as he gets older. An achievement to aspire to if there ever was one.
Blood on the Tracks is quite possibly the best album of the 70s.
All time?
An LP LOADED with great tunes and you play the weakest one. It a good tune but it wouldn't be my first choice.
Are you suggesting that only _your_ favourite should be played from this album then? RP plays any song from any album, like they should do.
Grief.
And yeah, ever so popular on RP Neko Case does this too but the original is THEE one.
All Along the Watchtower? Even Dylan admitted the cover was better.
No wonder!
Neko Case has made plenty of her own music. Her cover of this song was done for a Dylan tribute album - she was essentially asked to do a Dylan cover for that album and apparently chose this song. Anyhow, for me, there are plenty of cover versions which are better than the originals.
All Along the Watchtower? Even Dylan admitted the cover was better.
So you'd be OK if we never had Jimi's cover of All Along the Watchtower?
No Byrds Mr. Tamborine Man?
No Them It's All Over Now, Baby Blue?
And that's just scratching the surface, you'd be missing out on so much good music!
Exactly. Jerry Garcia's version of Tangled Up In Blue, not bad. Because of songwriters like Bob Dylan and Neil Young to name a few, I pretty much have given up on trying to write a worthy song and would never call myself a singer/songwriter. I still have a few, they are personal but nothing like the craftsmanship of the masters. I am singer and I love playing these great works myself. Anyone has a problem with that, I will play even more then. Recordings are great and the originals are untouchable, but the music must go on!
What an insult for writers that he got the nobel prize of literature. I can't take that award seriously anymore.
I never did, anyway. So this specific decision didn't change anything for me. Not as far as the award's reputation is concerned.
Or even Dylan's reputation.
Who would think that channeling the stress of a martial breakup could produce a timeless masterpiece? Yet, didn't Springsteen try something similar with Tunnel of Love? The album is definitely a 10 but there are stronger songs on the album that I can't give an 11 to.... So I have to give this gem a 9.
Exactly
So you're saying poets don't deserve the Nobel prize for literature?
It is certainly one of Dylan's finest!
Except for not being able to stand up. Minimal standing room for floor seating. Bummer.
Hate to have people yell: sit down! Or the Gestapo security doing the same thing.
And Kitty Wells just kills it on "Forever Young".
And for all the artists (such as Neko Case) covering songs of Dylan: make your own song!
For me there is no cover as good as the original; especcialy with Dylan songs!
Neko Case has made plenty of her own music. Her cover of this song was done for a Dylan tribute album - she was essentially asked to do a Dylan cover for that album and apparently chose this song. Anyhow, for me, there are plenty of cover versions which are better than the originals.
Keeper.
Why does Bill play great music?
Because people with good taste appreciate it.
Thank you.
Why does Bill play great music?
Because people with good taste appreciate it.
For me there is no cover as good as the original; especcialy with Dylan songs!
So you'd be OK if we never had Jimi's cover of All Along the Watchtower?
No Byrds Mr. Tamborine Man?
No Them It's All Over Now, Baby Blue?
And that's just scratching the surface, you'd be missing out on so much good music!
And for all the artists (such as Neko Case) covering songs of Dylan: make your own song!
For me there is no cover as good as the original; especcialy with Dylan songs!
Right on!
W H Y ?
10 points from the Cologne-regiment for "La Tsar Russ"
Mush Rooms or true shrooms, Tsar?
Huh? Everybody in my elevator be dancing buck ass naked... love this song... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
All you can do is do what you must
You do what you must do and you do it well
I do it for you, honey baby, can't you tell?
The world needs more troubadours.Or is it jesters? Or is it prophet? Or is it warrior poet? I always get them mixed up.
perhaps a refined blend...only the heart knows for sure
And for all the artists (such as Neko Case) covering songs of Dylan: make your own song!
For me there is no cover as good as the original; especcialy with Dylan songs!
Woodstock?
Sounds like an unrelated medical issue you should get checked out.
The world needs more troubadours.Or is it jesters? Or is it prophet? Or is it warrior poet? I always get them mixed up.
Holee, she must have laryngitis
Quit showin' off, Duke! ; )
Yah, ich glaube, dass gute alte Bob wird immer besser : )
And for all the artists (such as Neko Case) covering songs of Dylan: make your own song!
For me there is no cover as good as the original; especcialy with Dylan songs!
Angst is such a fine muse.
larsalex wrote:
Can't stand the voices. Sorry.
Can't stand the voices. Sorry.
To each his own. I can't listen to Captain Beefheart. I like Dylan's songs covered by other artists. When he sings them.. Not so much. Neil Young doesn't sound so good now, but '60s and early '70s Neil Young's voice brings peace to my spirit and makes the world whole for me.
And your fingertips
I like the way that you move your hips
I like the cool way you look at me
Everything about you is bringing me misery.
This.
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked... love this song... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
10 points from the Cologne-regiment for "La Tsar Russ"
Mush Rooms or true shrooms, Tsar?
Dislike this kind of Dylan! Actually like most forms of Mr. Zimmermann!
"Tweeter and the Monkeymann" (Wilburys) is his best song.
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked... love this song... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Can't stand the voices. Sorry.
Your loss. Our gain.
Can't stand the voices. Sorry.
Similar coincidence: I played it with my guitar yesterday evening after months of not hearing it. Great song.
but he wrote the song... it is not a question of justice. neko pays exceptional tribute in her version; i absolutely love her rendition. but without the song in the first place, compiled within the songs of (arguably) Bob's most heartfelt album, there would be no cause to celebrate her version one way or the other - because it simply would not exist.
I was thinking how much this sounded like something Taj Mahal would put out - did he cover it too?
I enjoy those : in a duet, Bette Midler / Bob Dylan; and I very much like this one The Wood Brothers
For others see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckets_of_Rain
I agree! Neko does this song WAY more justice than Bob.
but he wrote the song... it is not a question of justice. neko pays exceptional tribute in her version; i absolutely love her rendition. but without the song in the first place, compiled within the songs of (arguably) Bob's most heartfelt album, there would be no cause to celebrate her version one way or the other - because it simply would not exist.
11:32 am | Bob Dylan Buckets of Rain | Blood on the Tracks (1975) | 7.7 |
11:28 am | Dougie MacLean Ready for the Storm (live) | Live: From The Ends Of The Earth (2001) | 7.3 |
11:21 am | The Doors Riders On The Storm | L.A. Woman (1971) | 8.4 |
11:17 am | 2 Cellos Hurt | 2 Cellos (2011) | 6.7 |
11:12 am | Harvey Reid Racing the Storm | Guitar Voyages (2000) | 7.8 |
11:08 am | Yoshida Brothers Storm | Yoshida Brothers | 7.1 |
11:04 am | Chuck Prophet Storm Across the Sea | No Other Love (2002) | 7 |
I agree! Neko does this song WAY more justice than Bob.
I third that sentiment.
Your sage, career advice is over fifty years too late.
I agree! Neko does this song WAY more justice than Bob.
ScottN wrote:
Huh, what? wtf?
+ 1 for WTF
I agree! Neko does this song WAY more justice than Bob.
Huh, what? wtf?
I actually like the melody of his songs, he is a fine songwriter and lyricists. I can understand the meaning of his songs too much for him to be a poet.
Is the guitar really out of tune?
Neko-Shmeeko. ; )
Bob's version will always be the best.
I'd go good looking red head every time.
Neko-Shmeeko. ; )
Bob's version will always be the best.
I agree! Neko does this song WAY more justice than Bob.
I sense some dis-cord in your tone.