Down the street the dogs are barking And the day is a-getting dark As the night comes in a-falling The dogs will lose their bark And the silent night will shatter From the sounds inside my mind For I’m one too many mornings And a thousand miles behind
“One Too Many Mornings” is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his third studio album The Times They Are a-Changin’ in 1964. The chords and vocal melody are in some places very similar to the song “The Times They Are A-Changin'”.
We have picked 5 good covers of One Too Many Mornings:
Ronald Eldon “Ron” Sexsmith (born 8 January 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario.Sexsmith started his own band when he was 14 years old and released recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21. He was the subject of a 2010 documentary called Love Shines.
We really like Ron Sexsmith here at Alldylan, and Ron really knows how to sing Bob Dylan’s songs. He has a great YouTube series where he covers a lot of artists, he picks songs across a many genres. He has done a lot of Bob Dylan songs, I’ve picked 5 more favourites.
John Prine, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen (and his girlfriend)
According to Clinton Heylin, A Life in Stolen Moments, Bob Dylan joined John Prine onstage during Prine’s Sep 9, 1972 residency at the Bitter End, they did three songs together, Heylin names two, “Sam Stone”, and “Donald and Lydia”. John Prine has later said that the third song they did was “Far from me” and he continued to say, “It was like a dream.” It was actually Kris Kristofferson who set up a meeting at Carly Simon’s place around this date in 72.
“I was a big fan of Bob Dylan early on and his song “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.” I modeled “Donald and Lydia” after that song, as far as telling a story and having the chorus be the moral to the story.”
– John Prine (Americansongwriter)
“Prine’s stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. All that stuff about “Sam Stone” the soldier junky daddy and “Donald and Lydia,” where people make love from ten miles away. Nobody but Prine could write like that. If I had to pick one song of his, it might be “Lake Marie.” I don’t remember what album that’s on.”
– Bob Dylan (Interview with Bill Flanagan 2009)
These two songwriters have a great mutual respect and have also covered each other’s songs.
Bob Dylan’s favorite John Prine song, Lake Marie:
CALLER:
What do you think of Bob Dylan? JOHN PRINE:
Well, I have to say Bob Dylan and Hank Williams Sr. were my biggest influences. CALLER:
Like him as a person? JOHN PRINE:
He’s always been nice to me.
– The Larry King Show (Aug 13, 1992, transcribed in “Isis”, No. 44, Aug-Sep 1992)
3 good and 3 great versions of Bob Dylan’s Love Sick
“I’m sick of love but I’m in the thick of it”
– Bob Dylan (Love Sick)
Love Sick is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his 30th studio album Time Out of Mind in 1997 and released as the second single from the album on June 1, 1998.
He sounds like he will but can not give up on love. It has a hard , dark rhythm that pounds through the song, hammering the ominous lyrics into our ears. It’s a deceptively simple structure, the more you listen to it the better it gets. It is not easy making things simple and naked. The melody is perfect for the lyrics, the narrator is hesitant in his quest, but he have no choice. He must give in to love. Well, that’s my take on it.
I love the melody, I love the song. It is a masterpiece.
