TRANSCRIPT OF BOB DYLAN’S REMARKS
AT THE BILL OF RIGHTS DINNER
at the Americana Hotel on 12/13/63
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Man gave name to all the animals by Bob Dylan – 3 nice covers and 1 great original
Man Gave Names to All the Animals is a song written by Bob Dylan that appeared on Dylan’s 1979 album Slow Train Coming and was also released as a single in some European countries. It was also released as a promo single in US. The single became a chart hit in France and Belgium.
However, the song also has detractors who consider it the worst song Dylan ever wrote. A 2013 reader’s poll conducted by Rolling Stone Magazine ranked “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” the 4th worst Bob Dylan song, although the hit single from Slow Train Coming, “Gotta Serve Somebody” placed second. I love’em both.
Man Gave Names to All the Animals has been covered by multiple artists, I’ve picked three of my favourites.
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Patti Smith sings 7 Bob Dylan songs
Patti Smith covers Bob Dylan
A writer, or any artist, can’t expect to be embraced by the people [but] you just keep doing your work — because you have to, because it’s your calling.
~Patti Smith
Punk rock’s poet laureate Patti Smith ranks among the most influential female rock & rollers of all time. Ambitious, unconventional, and challenging, Smith’s music was hailed as the most exciting fusion of rock and poetry since Bob Dylan’s heyday.
~Steve Huey (allmusic.com)
Let us kick off with the heartfelt touching performance from The Nobel Prize ceremony.
Patti Smith – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (2016):
Bob Dylan: Nobel Prize Award Ceremony – The Speech, Patti Smith Performance, etc..
Here are the highlights from tonight for us Dylan fans.
TOC
- Bob Dylan – Nobel Diploma
- Award Ceremony Speech
- Patti Smith performing “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”
- Banquet speech by Bob Dylan given by Azita Raji
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Four good and one GREAT versions of Bob Dylan’s Every Grain of Sand
That was an inspired song that came to me. I felt like I was just putting down words that were coming from somewhere else, and I just stuck it out.
~Bob Dylan (“Biograph” notes)“That’s an excellent song, very painless song to write,… It took like 12 seconds – or that’s how it felt.”
~Bob Dylan (to Robert Hilburn – Feb 1992)…But “Every Grain of Sand” is something special: the “Chimes of Freedom” and “Mr. Tambourine Man” of Bob Dylan’s Christian period. A pearl among swine, it has surety and strength all down the line. Also vulnerability.
~Paul Nelson (from his famous “Rolling Stone Magazine” review of “Shot Of Love” – Oct. 1981)
Every Grain of Sand is a beautiful song, one of Dylan’s finest. It was released on Shot of Love in 1981. An alternate take of this song was released in The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991. It appeared on the soundtrack for the 1997 film Another Day In Paradise. Bob Dylan included in his live repertoire many years. First we will present five cover versions and after that we should listen to 2 really great versions from Dylan himself.
4 good:
Luka Bloom – Every Grain Of Sand (2014, from the album Head & Heart):
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