Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
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June 6: Bob Dylan – People Putting People Down (John Prine), Rome 1991 (Video)
People who are sad – sometimes they wear a frown
And people who are kings – sometimes they wear a crown
But all the people who don’t fit
Get the only fun they get
From people puttin’ people down
People puttin’ people down
Original song by John Prine:
Bob Dylan has covered this song twice… The other time was @ Palace Theatre, Sao Paolo, Brazil – 17 August 1991.
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People without love – sometimes build a fence around
The garden up above – that makes the whole world go ’round
But all the people who don’t fit
Get the only fun they get
From people puttin’ people down
People puttin’ people downSo cold, sometimes it gets so cold
Roma Palaeur
Rome, Italy
6 June 1991
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June 6: Bob Dylan: License To Kill, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1984 (video)
Man thinks ’cause he rules the earth he can do with it as he please
And if things don’t change soon, he will
Oh, man has invented his doom
First step was touching the moonNow, there’s a woman on my block
She just sit there as the night grows still
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?
Sportpaleis Ahoy
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
6 June 1984
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June 5: Bob Dylan @ Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1990 (video)
The first night’s semi-acoustic set features two requests from the eighth row. The first is “Tomorrow Is a Long Time,” shouted out as Dylan is about to start “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” Dylan surprisingly responds, “It sure is. Awfully long,” and proceeds to unearth a lovely, subdued version. Two songs later, the same misfit asks for “John Brown,” and Dylan duly obliges with his most mannered rendition.
~Clinton Heylin (Bob Dylan: A Life in Stolen Moments Day by Day 1941-1995)
O’Keefe Centre For The Performing Arts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 June 1990
- Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
- G. E. Smith (guitar)
- Tony Garnier (bass)
- Christopher Parker (drums)
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Bob Dylan: 7 Wonderful Live versions of “I Threw it All Away”
I once held her in my arms
She said she would always stay
But I was cruel
I treated her like a fool
I threw it all away
This is a minor song in Dylan´s canon, nevertheless a lovely piece of art. It´s highly interesting to listen to different live versions from different eras… here´s a taste.
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
1 May 1969
Johnny Cash Show
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