Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child’s balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying
Bob Dylan performing 9 different versions of “Boots Of Spanish Leather” (videos & audio)
Oh, I’m sailin’ away my own true love
I’m sailin’ away in the morning
Is there something I can send you from across the sea
From the place that I’ll be landing?–
Studio version released in 1964 on his album The Times They Are a-Changin’.
| Released | January 13, 1964 |
|---|---|
| Recorded | August 7, 1963 |
| Genre | American folk music |
| Length | 4:40 |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| Writer | Bob Dylan |
| Producer | Tom Wilson |
No, there’s nothin’ you can send me, my own true love
There’s nothin’ I wish to be ownin’
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled
From across that lonesome ocean
Bob Dylan: 5 versions of “Cold Irons Bound” (videos & audio)
I’m beginning to hear voices and there’s no one around
Well, I’m all used up and the fields have turned brown
I went to church on Sunday and she passed by
My love for her is taking such a long time to dieI’m waist deep, waist deep in the mist
It’s almost like, almost like I don’t exist
I’m twenty miles out of town in cold irons bound–
‘Cold Irons Bound’ was another case of Dylan trying ro throw off the shackles of sound Lanois was ever seeking to impose. Unhappy with anything uptempo, Lanois sought to dissuade Dylan from recreating his live sound, leaving ‘Cold Irons Bound’ as the one occasion when core elements of that live sound were allowed into Criteria.
~Clinton Heylin (Still on the Road: The Songs of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, . 1974-2008)
Facts from wikipedia:
| Released | September 30, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Recorded | January 1997 |
| Genre | Blues rock |
| Length | 7:15 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Writer | Bob Dylan |
| Producer | Daniel Lanois |
“Cold Irons Bound” is a Grammy Award-winning song written by Bob Dylan, recorded in January 1997 and released on September 30, 1997 on his critically acclaimed album Time Out of Mind.
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Dec 15: Bob Dylan @ Electric Factory, Philadelphia – 1995
Electric Factory
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
15 December 1995
- Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
- Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
- John Jackson (guitar)
- Tony Garnier (bass)
- Winston Watson (drums & percussion)
- Patti Smith (shared vocal on “Dark Eyes”)
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Waterboys covers Bob Dylan – Happy Birthday, Mike Scott!
I love The Waterboys in all it’s incarnations and I’ve had a relationship with them almost as long as with Bob Dylan. I have seen them live a lot of times, many more than I’ve seen Dylan. I know that a Waterboys concert is always good, sometimes magical. Last time I saw them was when they opened for Neil Young in Bergen 2014, they were great! They have played several venues in Norway 2015.
I’m a sucker for good cover versions and Mike Scott certainly knows how to do that. Please check out his reading (from his own book, Adventures of a Waterboy) down in this post, it is a wonderful story.
All the pictures were taken at a show in Haugesund, Norway in 2012.
Let’s start with a phenomenal version of Dylan’s Girl from the North Country:
And a live version from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 8th December 2013:
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