Could not agree more, the emotion, the word play, the imagery, the way he make the guitar sound, we are lucky to be around at the same time as such pieces
You described it well. I have listened to this song since I was a child and it still has a haunting and vivid quality to it that I haven't heard anywhere else
I hear this song today and tears stream down my face. Poetry that lasts forever . Forever externalized by Joan Baez in my mind but still love Bob's voice ❤
The first time I heard this was Tim Obrians version, my favorite song.. To me it’s about being overwhelmed with what’s going on and the need to find peace. I can relate..
Farewell, Angelina, the bells of the crown Are being stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound The triangle tingles and the trumpets play slow Farewell, Angelina, the night is on fire and I must go There's no need for anger, there's no need for blame There's nothing to prove, everything's still the same Just a table standing empty by the edge of the sea Means farewell, Angelina, the sky is trembling and I must leave The jacks and queens have forsaked the courtyard Fifty-two gypsies, now file past the guards In the space where the deuce and the ace once ran wild Farewell, Angelina, the sky is changing color, I'll see you in a while See the cross-eyed pirates sitting perched in the sun Shooting tin cans with a sawed-off shotgun And the neighbors they clap and they cheer with each blast But farewell, Angelina, the sky's changing color and I must leave fast King Kong, little elves on the rooftops they dance Valentino-type tangos while the make-up man's hands Shut the eyes of the dead not to embarrass anyone But farewell, Angelina, the sky is embarrassed and I must be gone The machine guns are roaring, the puppets heave rocks The fiends nail time bombs to the hands of the clocks Call me any name you like, I will never deny it But farewell, Angelina, the sky is erupting, I must go where it's quiet
I’m pretty sure he’s singing a song about the transition in his life when his career blew up and his switch from folk icon to rock musician probably directed to either Joan Baez or suze rotolo explaining how his career has taken him to new and wild places and that he can’t be a normal civil person anymore and marks his transition to rock music. I think this verse sells it for me The camouflaged parrot, he flutters from fear When something he doesn't know about suddenly appears What cannot be imitated perfect must die Farewell Angelina, the sky is flooding over and I must go where it is dry He’s calling himself the parrot saying he’s scared when he masquerades as a folk protest icon and he feels he can’t live up to the woodie Guthrie standard, so he has to go. The rest of the verses make a lot of sense from this perspective and it makes sense why he’d gift the song to Baez as well
Farewell, Angelina happens to be my dish-washing song since I sing it every time I wash dishes. However, I have never heard Bob sing it so my words are from the version sung by Joan Baez. It is quite a delight to hear it sung by the master himself.
Without God my life would never have been possible. And if life is difficult, say thank you to Jesus every day. Because eternal life is waiting for you and everyone who believes in Jesus. and also think of those who can't or don't want to believe in him. pray for them that they find the way to God.
So, most times I can garner a/the message in a Dylan song. Visions of Johanna confound people, I get it, Ballad of a Thin Man seems to throw people but it's a simple one. This one? Not a clue, you just kind of enjoy it, for it.
To me this song is about a young man going off to war with Vietnam in context. Could be wrong but that is the beauty of Dylan's lyrics, once you find your own interpretation the song begins to mold around it with every other listen
They took forever to upload this song I actually had to make my own version of it on another web site... But that was from the CD ... This I believe is compressed a bit even when downloaded... At least it's more accessible the one I needed to do that no one will be able to find is just a pain I think it's under Zimmy or something .. Even me for that matter forget where it is LOL
This is the definitive version. I cannot listen to the Baez or Mellencamp version where they add the V7 chord at the turnaround - it destroys the stark purity and desolation conveyed by the modal arrangement of the original (this) version. My opinion, if you don't like it, we agree to disagree. I think Joan B and Mellencamp are both monster musicans btw, but I just dont like what they did with this song. Jeff Buckley - nailed it. He kept the spartan chordal arrangement and added embellishments around the sparseness - and it worked like magic.
I may love music but I do not have the kind of knowledge you have. I just let my ears decide if the singer is good. I have listened to Baez for four or five decades so maybe I'm biased, but I like her version better than Dylan's.
@@nancysherburne7445 music knowledge is overrated :) All the music teachers I've had always said to me "If it sounds good it IS good". What I am referring to is that in the section "the triangle ...music plays slow" - Baez plays a different chord/tonality whereas Dylan holds steady to the root chord, he doesn't change the tonality on that section. I like Dylan's arrangement v/s all the other cover versions. Its just my personal preference. You might like Jeff Buckelys version as well, he was a very accomplished vocalist closer to Baez than Dylan.
Could you please drop in the comments what chord arrangement this is? Dylan has many arrangements like this but I can never quite get my guitar to sound the same, it always sounds like a slightly more major arrangement when I play it then when he does on many songs
@@jakehoward2493 not sure what you mean but i think he's just letting the open strings ring and holding the G note on the high E string to get that chimey/drone type sound. Def dont play barre chords that will destroy the feel. I believe the chords are G, C, Em, D. Try it like this maybe it will work for u - G - 320003 Em - 022003 C - X32003 D - XX0233 something like that...:) He could also maybe using an Open G tuning not sure...
Typical Dylan eccentricity - one of his best songs and yet not considered good enough to include on an original album. The same fate befell Blind Willie McTell.
Thank you. Only here and on bootlegs. I got turned on to Dylan in '62, fm radio back in the day. Still the best "song and dance man".
The best ever❤❤ in my hart all ways
Dylan was in another dimension when writing songs like this. I've never heard anything similar to it from any other songwriter.
Exactly
Could not agree more, the emotion, the word play, the imagery, the way he make the guitar sound, we are lucky to be around at the same time as such pieces
You described it well. I have listened to this song since I was a child and it still has a haunting and vivid quality to it that I haven't heard anywhere else
The late, great Robert Hunter.
It doesn't take much thinking to see why they were close friends.
I just wish that he says Farewell to Angelina in a million different ways and this song never ends. For once.
Yes yes!
One of his most underrated lost gems
Yep. That's for sure.
The reworked lyrics as sung by Baez are much better.
They're all underrated, Dylan is a magus.
it was not LOST you pube! Baez made it AWESOME!
Yes bro
Ever wondered why this man’s lyrics are always so timeless? Hmmmm!
At least this one's been on my mind many many times as of late :(
I hear this song today and tears stream down my face. Poetry that lasts forever . Forever externalized by Joan Baez in my mind but still love Bob's voice ❤
I was listening to Outlaw Country today and heard Bobby Bare sing this. I had never heard it before but KNEW it was a Dylan song
Tim O’Brien does a great version of it, as well.
I love that this has my name in the title & lyrics...❤ love me some Dylan anytime anyday 😊
"King Kong, little elves, in the rooftops they dance... " What a lovely song.
I admit that when I sing this while doing dishes I change those lyrics to "King Cole's little elves."
The first time I heard this was Tim Obrians version, my favorite song.. To me it’s about being overwhelmed with what’s going on and the need to find peace. I can relate..
thank you jesus for this beautiful voice and his good lyrics
genau ❣️🛐🦋💙
@@yamapenny5960 die welt hat soviel schönes und gutes und macht doch schreckliche kriege. wie ist das nur möglich.
Simple strumming on the guitar and it sounds beautiful.
Exactly pure raw talent,
Love this song I always see this as escaping somewhere you don't want to be could be wrong but that's how I see it
Man, year after year, I go back to his albums and am completely mind blown.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. I love Tim O’Briens version too.
I love this song and this old version.💖💖Thanks for sharing!!!🙏🙏🌻🌻😘😘
i find this song timeless, and emotional. something you’d hear around a campfire or smth like that in the 60s or 70s.
The most perfect example of anxiety.
Always loved this, think loses his plectrum at 4:33 and keeps going
Yep - sounds like it. Well spotted
Perfect imperfection
Brilliant lyrics! Joan Baez does a lovely version.
I walked to school in the early autumn morning too this song.
Farewell, Angelina, the bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles and the trumpets play slow
Farewell, Angelina, the night is on fire and I must go
There's no need for anger, there's no need for blame
There's nothing to prove, everything's still the same
Just a table standing empty by the edge of the sea
Means farewell, Angelina, the sky is trembling and I must leave
The jacks and queens have forsaked the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies, now file past the guards
In the space where the deuce and the ace once ran wild
Farewell, Angelina, the sky is changing color, I'll see you in a while
See the cross-eyed pirates sitting perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans with a sawed-off shotgun
And the neighbors they clap and they cheer with each blast
But farewell, Angelina, the sky's changing color and I must leave fast
King Kong, little elves on the rooftops they dance
Valentino-type tangos while the make-up man's hands
Shut the eyes of the dead not to embarrass anyone
But farewell, Angelina, the sky is embarrassed and I must be gone
The machine guns are roaring, the puppets heave rocks
The fiends nail time bombs to the hands of the clocks
Call me any name you like, I will never deny it
But farewell, Angelina, the sky is erupting, I must go where it's quiet
If you are going to print the lyrics you should print Dylan's lyrics not yours.
Sadly one verse is missing! And Dylan pronounces badly for my German ears…..😢
I’m pretty sure he’s singing a song about the transition in his life when his career blew up and his switch from folk icon to rock musician probably directed to either Joan Baez or suze rotolo explaining how his career has taken him to new and wild places and that he can’t be a normal civil person anymore and marks his transition to rock music. I think this verse sells it for me
The camouflaged parrot, he flutters from fear
When something he doesn't know about suddenly appears
What cannot be imitated perfect must die
Farewell Angelina, the sky is flooding over and I must go where it is dry
He’s calling himself the parrot saying he’s scared when he masquerades as a folk protest icon and he feels he can’t live up to the woodie Guthrie standard, so he has to go.
The rest of the verses make a lot of sense from this perspective and it makes sense why he’d gift the song to Baez as well
Farewell, Angelina happens to be my dish-washing song since I sing it every time I wash dishes. However, I have never heard Bob sing it so my words are from the version sung by Joan Baez. It is quite a delight to hear it sung by the master himself.
Dish washing is perfect to compose both lyrics and music. Never buy a dish washing machine!
@@thomasandersen2764 Singing makes the task almost fun to do.
Love this one
Beautiful
Nice song ❤
Dylan clocked in for this one
The wonderful Mr Dylan strikes again.
I like the covers, but I just think the original is so perfect. It really can't be surprassed, for me anyway. I think the chord arrangement sells it
Yes. You nailed it. I made the same comment too!
What is the chord arrangements would you say?
Depende de la historia de cada oyente, pero en relación a canciones como esta, se trata de recobrarlas y seguir el impacto
So beautiful never fails to make me weep, music just striped back its visceral raw, a true genius
“I must follow the sound”😢
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
La version en français de Nana Mouskouri est magnifique
Without God my life would never have been possible. And if life is difficult, say thank you to Jesus every day. Because eternal life is waiting for you and everyone who believes in Jesus.
and also think of those who can't or don't want to believe in him. pray for them that they find the way to God.
Legend!
It's the masterpiece of Joan Baez. So chrystal clear and unpretentious for once.
Much as I love Dylan as a superb songwriter, Baez's voice is better suited for this song.
Can picture this song in a Western Movie where lead actors always socialize in a bar, usually with a woman playing the piano and singing.
That reminds me of johnny cash and june carters song when it's spring time in Alaska
So, most times I can garner a/the message in a Dylan song. Visions of Johanna confound people, I get it, Ballad of a Thin Man seems to throw people but it's a simple one. This one? Not a clue, you just kind of enjoy it, for it.
To me this song is about a young man going off to war with Vietnam in context. Could be wrong but that is the beauty of Dylan's lyrics, once you find your own interpretation the song begins to mold around it with every other listen
True
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I must leave fast, farewell Montserrat...
Who is this Angelina about whom Bob seems to have written at least two excellent songs?
A lullaby.
True....very much so
They took forever to upload this song I actually had to make my own version of it on another web site... But that was from the CD ... This I believe is compressed a bit even when downloaded... At least it's more accessible the one I needed to do that no one will be able to find is just a pain I think it's under Zimmy or something .. Even me for that matter forget where it is LOL
I think he must be insane.
Considéré par les dylanophiles comme sa plus belle chanson, n'a jamais été publiée sur un album !
Paul anka
This is the definitive version. I cannot listen to the Baez or Mellencamp version where they add the V7 chord at the turnaround - it destroys the stark purity and desolation conveyed by the modal arrangement of the original (this) version. My opinion, if you don't like it, we agree to disagree. I think Joan B and Mellencamp are both monster musicans btw, but I just dont like what they did with this song. Jeff Buckley - nailed it. He kept the spartan chordal arrangement and added embellishments around the sparseness - and it worked like magic.
I may love music but I do not have the kind of knowledge you have. I just let my ears decide if the singer is good. I have listened to Baez for four or five decades so maybe I'm biased, but I like her version better than Dylan's.
@@nancysherburne7445 music knowledge is overrated :) All the music teachers I've had always said to me "If it sounds good it IS good". What I am referring to is that in the section "the triangle ...music plays slow" - Baez plays a different chord/tonality whereas Dylan holds steady to the root chord, he doesn't change the tonality on that section. I like Dylan's arrangement v/s all the other cover versions. Its just my personal preference. You might like Jeff Buckelys version as well, he was a very accomplished vocalist closer to Baez than Dylan.
Could you please drop in the comments what chord arrangement this is? Dylan has many arrangements like this but I can never quite get my guitar to sound the same, it always sounds like a slightly more major arrangement when I play it then when he does on many songs
@@jakehoward2493 not sure what you mean but i think he's just letting the open strings ring and holding the G note on the high E string to get that chimey/drone type sound. Def dont play barre chords that will destroy the feel. I believe the chords are G, C, Em, D.
Try it like this maybe it will work for u -
G - 320003
Em - 022003
C - X32003
D - XX0233
something like that...:) He could also maybe using an Open G tuning not sure...
I came here after being told that this song is a rip-off from “Farewell to Tarwathie”, but that’s not true at all.
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Sounds better at 125x
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MAY 11th, 1941....birth date...NOT MAY 24th as widely celebrated.
Who was Angelina?
Me
Who ever you think of when you hear the lyrics
an angel
In Dylan‘s case obviously Joan Baez, he wrote this for her and never released his own interpretation
5´11 😅😅 Nice try, Bob!
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Typical Dylan eccentricity - one of his best songs and yet not considered good enough to include on an original album. The same fate befell Blind Willie McTell.