Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (LIVE FOOTAGE) [Rolling Thunder Revue, 1975]

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  • This is an incredible performance of one of Bob's greatest hits. He's joined by Scarlet Rivera (violin), lead guitarist Mick Ronson (just out of David Bowie's Spiders From Mars band), Rob Stoner (bass), David Mansfield (pedal steel guitar), Bob Neuwirth (guitar), Ronee Blakley (backup vocals), and drummer Howie Wyeth. Dylan's accompanied on vocals and 12-string guitar by Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn.
    This footage was recorded at Harvard Square Theater in Cambridge, MA on 20 November 1975. I wanted to upload it with an overdub of the original soundboard recording, but unfortunately, the audio was blocked from CZcams due to copyright (it was officially released on "The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings" boxset). I had to overdub the most similar sounding live version of this song, which happened to be from the evening performance at New Haven Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, CT, exactly one week prior to the Cambridge show. The audio is an audience tape, so the quality isn't great, but I decided to upload it because I thought the ghostliness of the bootleg tape paired well with the grainy, almost film-noir footage. To hear this performance with an overdub of the original soundboard recording, please refer to this compilation video I made a while back: vimeo.com/376499609.
    Peace & Love,
    ~SP

Komentáře • 152

  • @stevetautog880
    @stevetautog880 Před 5 dny

    I fell in love wi5th the rolling thunder revue when I saw them in renaldo and clara
    so for the last 46 years I have enjoyed learning and playing all their songs
    BUT NOW for the first time I am trying to play / replicate the violin licks which Scarlett lays down
    I play a strat and I am for the first time beginning to realize how complex and intense feeling that is her musicianship

  • @natalies1624
    @natalies1624 Před 2 lety +83

    scalet's violin is pure heaven !

  • @eddyray7403
    @eddyray7403 Před rokem +22

    My favorite version of this song. Particularly love that Dylan changes the first line to “Mama wipe the blood off of my face”

    • @Silmastril
      @Silmastril Před 11 měsíci

      blood or blue? It sounds like blue for me. Just sadness.

    • @Shay2312
      @Shay2312 Před 2 měsíci

      Mine also . They were darned near upstaged by their crazy antics.

  • @handrm
    @handrm Před 3 lety +14

    I saw the Rolling Thunder Revue November 2, 1975, at the University of Lowell, Lowell MA. Awesome.

  • @westleycarter1773
    @westleycarter1773 Před 3 lety +31

    Live bob and roger mcguinn...saw roger set in w bob 1996 cleveland when byrds were inducted I to hall of fame

    • @reginalddoering9420
      @reginalddoering9420 Před 7 měsíci

      🙏❤🇩🇪☮️

    • @Skunginoggin345
      @Skunginoggin345 Před 2 měsíci

      That last chord Bob plays as an A minor but Roger plays it as a C. That's probably what threw me off when I learned it by ear if Roger does it the same way in the studio version even if Bob is playing A minor and it turns out G n' R played a C too (albeit a half step down). And I the video with Tom Petty from '86 Tom is playing a C also. IDK.

  • @joshuapriestley5307
    @joshuapriestley5307 Před rokem +4

    This of all tours this i what i wish id have seen

  • @lesiaguinn7358
    @lesiaguinn7358 Před 2 lety +36

    Seeing Bobby live today for the first time and this is overwhelming 🤠

  • @joen3992
    @joen3992 Před 2 lety +3

    The one thing that stands out with this video is the eye contact between Roger and Bob. Also the gestures Bob gives to Roger to take the mic. Every time I see this video, you learn something new about Bob Dylan...

    • @Shay2312
      @Shay2312 Před 2 měsíci

      There is another recording of the same performance but with a different camera angle which shows more of the direct eye contact between Dylan & Mcguinn. It's hilarious & the great singing still there as well.

  • @andrewjfynn
    @andrewjfynn Před rokem +7

    Dylan in 75. What can you say. Full of mystic fire, freshly infected by the Land of Enchantment. The power of a great Voice primarily is in the silence that they keep. From the stillness of the dancer, art arises. Having something to say orients itself in observation - witness. In another age, he is a prophet, a protector, too. It takes more than one lifetime to become Bob Dylan. That, in part, is how we recognise him. All human beings are God, with God. Some just kick ass at it more than others. Mahalo, Maestro Maestrissimo. I have watched you fly over the centuries, seen what you have overcome. No-one knows the critical role you have played in the survival of humanity. I do.

  • @maltesetony9030
    @maltesetony9030 Před 2 lety +7

    Bob Dylan hamming it up with Roger McGuinn. Great!

    • @Theotherme11
      @Theotherme11 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I would like to find a video of Bob singing this with Tom Petty in the early 80’s. Seen some on Pettys doc but never found a full clip. Roger is epic though.

  • @rubirhoades4844
    @rubirhoades4844 Před rokem +3

    This is the best thing I’ve ever seen

  • @ilovedylan3943
    @ilovedylan3943 Před 3 lety +51

    Really fantastic. Thank you so much for this video. I always enjoy hearing and seeing Bob Dylan to the utmost but having Roger McGuinn also singing and playing guitar
    is like 'bringing it all back home'.

  • @shuddupeyaface
    @shuddupeyaface Před 3 lety +15

    Pearls. Those that dive for them are heroes. Those that wear them belong where they came from. Great stuff this thanks x

  • @karmenjazbec7743
    @karmenjazbec7743 Před 2 lety +3

    YOU AND ROGER ARE SIMPLY THE BEST

  • @crazyduck1254
    @crazyduck1254 Před rokem +5

    wow, makes life worth living. Scarlett’s eyes captured my imagination. McGuinn on 12 string. And some of the lyrics on this version reflecting the early Americana and gospel traditions. Just wonderful. Happy birthday Bob Dylan.🎉

  • @agustinriestra9594
    @agustinriestra9594 Před 3 lety +46

    You really bring a bright light into my life... I'm forever grateful for your work brother.
    What a beautiful version is this, thank you.

    • @xzaviercalvin8734
      @xzaviercalvin8734 Před 2 lety

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      @bokamdyn4137 Před 2 lety

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      @xzaviercalvin8734 Před 2 lety

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      @bokamdyn4137 Před 2 lety

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  • @oliveeisner8964
    @oliveeisner8964 Před 3 lety +15

    I always click so fast whenever I get your notifications. 😎 I know it's gonna be good. Can't ever get too much Rolling Thunder! This is great~

  • @Rilez616
    @Rilez616 Před 3 lety +15

    thanks swingin, love this version, did a good job with the overdubbed audio, the cambridge performance is probably the best of this song on the tour, or maybe ever.

  • @fornostios8970
    @fornostios8970 Před 3 lety +26

    Amazing work, as always Swingin'! Greetings from a young Dylan fan from The Netherlands!

    • @bettykraft5373
      @bettykraft5373 Před 3 lety +2

      I had just started teaching in the early 60’s when I went to my favorite record store and the owner played some of his early music! Fell in love with him then and have loved him since! I have had the opportunity to see him on stage! You owe it to yourself. Betty Kraft

    • @fornostios8970
      @fornostios8970 Před 3 lety

      @@bettykraft5373 what a coincidence Betty! I'm becoming an English teacher myself! I'm in my final year of my studies.

  • @Whofan70
    @Whofan70 Před 3 lety +14

    Really wish the new Blu Ray release of Rolling Thunder Revue from Scorsese added more than 3 additional performances from this tour. The footage exists, as exhibited with this video. We need a FULL RTR show on Blu Ray. We need it now!

    • @Rilez616
      @Rilez616 Před 3 lety

      We know they also atleast have every performance off renaldo, since what they based the movie on was a blueprint off of renaldo, who knows what else is out there

  • @giom8039
    @giom8039 Před 3 lety +6

    Yes man your dedication is appreciated very much, thanks

  • @marakaretsos5204
    @marakaretsos5204 Před 3 lety +5

    Quelle Poésie
    Superb
    🎵🎼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @miguelraeder3005
    @miguelraeder3005 Před 3 lety +7

    Thanks for the upload, man!!

  • @PACOLUCENATANGER
    @PACOLUCENATANGER Před 2 lety +9

    MAESTRO DE MAESTROS.

  • @ladyblue498
    @ladyblue498 Před 3 lety +11

    When I listen to this, it makes me happy and sad at the same time... it's a strange feeling, but
    I 💙 it!

  • @eduardogutierrezmaho9902
    @eduardogutierrezmaho9902 Před 3 lety +6

    Really good footage, thanks man

  • @nissi.k
    @nissi.k Před 3 lety +18

    Wow Swingin’ 𓃟 Thank you!🙏🏻Such great footage and sound! This so wonderful with the lyric changes too! A real incredible moment in time! ✨🤍✨

  • @drmorqWarrenProject
    @drmorqWarrenProject Před 2 lety

    I saw the Rolling Thunder Revue... when they came thru Wichita,Kansas with a 4 day notice.. It was amazing. I saw Mr. Dylan again in the mid 90's in Seattle at Memorial stadium when he toured with Santana... Again, a great show.

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 Před 3 lety +9

    Such a great song and good archival footage. Cheers!

  • @jillschoenfeldwhite5534
    @jillschoenfeldwhite5534 Před 2 lety +14

    Thanks so much for editing and posting - a unique and unusual version of Bob's greatest masterpiece!

  • @federicolobato854
    @federicolobato854 Před 2 lety +2

    It's s so great!! Perfection, beautiful! Greets from Argentina.

  • @pedrodmelo
    @pedrodmelo Před 3 lety +2

    Longa vida Dylan...🍁🎻🍁
    🍁"D"🍁

  • @slyeung6562
    @slyeung6562 Před 3 lety +12

    Beautiful ! Thanks so much for posting.

  • @ListenWell
    @ListenWell Před 3 lety +3

    Love this. Love Bob’s hat on the Rolling Thunder Revue!

  • @rubirhoades4844
    @rubirhoades4844 Před rokem

    This is just I can’t even describe it..with a little bit of wine

  • @danro2112
    @danro2112 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for doing this. May you live long and prosper.

  • @greengiant9739
    @greengiant9739 Před 3 lety +3

    Awesome footage ..... 👍👍👍👍👍😎

  • @ShoestringShane
    @ShoestringShane Před 3 lety +4

    Superb!

  • @derekbone6803
    @derekbone6803 Před 2 lety +4

    Must of heard this sung a 100 different ways..all epic

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 Před 2 lety

    Feck the man is beautiful. Scarlet is beautiful too. What a combo. If I hadn’t been 12 at the time I would’ve sold everything I owned to go watch this. The violin strings tear at your heart strings. A feather in Dylan’s hat, without doubt.

  • @elifaudio1472
    @elifaudio1472 Před 2 lety

    We love you Swingin Pig! Thanks for all of these uploads!

  • @brunopinto3777
    @brunopinto3777 Před 3 lety +12

    Sometimes I think that you swingin', are the real Bob Dylan. I know I may be wrong but Dylan works in strange ways, so we never know. Either way, thanks for another great upload.

    • @ajcarr1965
      @ajcarr1965 Před 3 lety +3

      Come to think of it, they never seem to be in the same place at the same time...Hmmm...lol.

    • @brunopinto3777
      @brunopinto3777 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ajcarr1965 for sure, strange thing it is lol

    • @SwinginPig
      @SwinginPig  Před 3 lety +7

      Haha. I assure you that I am not... but sometimes wish I were. Thank you for the compliment :)

    • @gilchasin1022
      @gilchasin1022 Před 3 lety +1

      @@SwinginPigLol

    • @robertbairt9094
      @robertbairt9094 Před 3 lety

      Could be JK Jr🐰aka-Q

  • @sjain8111
    @sjain8111 Před 3 lety +3

    thanks, superb!

  • @jameskennedy721
    @jameskennedy721 Před měsícem

    Cool to see almost everybody from the 1975 shows . There's film of an even more powerful HEAVEN 'S DOOR from the 1974 tour with The Band , tho it may not include all the verses .

  • @terryfenn3940
    @terryfenn3940 Před 3 lety +2

    Great song! Saw this live way back ...very lucky guy.

  • @davimorais4738
    @davimorais4738 Před 3 lety +2

    I just want to say thank you. This is so beautiful

  • @joaopaulobezerracandido6509

    thank you for a long time looking for this version

  • @carolfairchild4029
    @carolfairchild4029 Před 2 lety +2

    Long live Bob Dylan

  • @johannes8886
    @johannes8886 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you so much for uploading this clip, i'm locking for this recording on youtube since the first time watching Roling Thunder Revue! It's amazing!

  • @donatellavespucci5292
    @donatellavespucci5292 Před 4 měsíci +1

    vivo e' vivo eraa una bufala di,...

  • @esothmax935
    @esothmax935 Před 3 lety +26

    KOHD is a song with an interesting backstory, with Dylan's odd performance in Sam Peckinpah's "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". Dylan also scored the film (as a novice in that role too). The film was not well regarded at its release in '73 but it has been reevaluated over the years and is now recognized as among Peckinpah's masterworks. But it's release marked the point when Peckinpah became so antagonistic towards the studios that they (MGM) siezed control and brutally cut and mangled Peckinpah's preferred version of the film. Dylan's score, including KOHD, suffered from the hatchet-job editing. Critics snarked Dylan's score as intrusive and inept.
    Peckinpah waged a long and bitter campaign against his own film and I always thought he may have unfairly associated Dylan's work with movie studio ham-handedness.
    A few years after Peckinpah died, someone had the idea of restoring the director's original version and that was released on DVD and coincided with the film's rise in critical rediscovery. If I'm recalling it correctly, the restored version actually cut KOHD but certainly retained that theme and Dylan's music works beautifully, hauntingly, in the restored version. I think there have since been additional releases that are closely faithful to Peckinpah's vision and which also include KOHD.
    I know Dylan's music appears frequently in movies but the filming of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is stuff of notorious Hollywood legend, and I've often wondered what he thought about it all.

  • @karlmehltretter2677
    @karlmehltretter2677 Před rokem +1

    Just like so many times before

  • @naterodden9605
    @naterodden9605 Před 3 lety +3

    Really wish I’d gone to a live Dylan show before the pandemic

  • @mpg.1
    @mpg.1 Před rokem

    Thank you for making such great footage. So professional.

  • @robertfields1964
    @robertfields1964 Před 3 lety +2

    It's great to see and hear this, I haven't seen the movie yet but this is a fine extract.

  • @Rainerwarzecha
    @Rainerwarzecha Před 3 lety

    Great job done!

  • @joelleeeverett9169
    @joelleeeverett9169 Před rokem

    That was one great band Bob had with him that night

  • @freevue7452
    @freevue7452 Před rokem

    Epic. Love that jangly sound. ("The spurs that jingle, jangle...") Thanks, Swingin'. Fascinatin' description too.

  • @davidverry9214
    @davidverry9214 Před rokem

    Oh wow!! I was at the NewHaven show! John Lennon was in the audience I think it was the first time Joni Mitchell performed on the tour. What a night. Thanks so much.

  • @agatamazzone4894
    @agatamazzone4894 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy birthday BOB

  • @wandson5410
    @wandson5410 Před rokem

    Oh great version

  • @MrJcosta97
    @MrJcosta97 Před 3 lety +2

    Chilling.

  • @joelleeeverett9169
    @joelleeeverett9169 Před rokem

    Beautiful ❤️

  • @kikoaterovallejos6863
    @kikoaterovallejos6863 Před rokem +1

    surrealista!!
    y hermosa

  • @HelianaSuper
    @HelianaSuper Před 3 lety +1

    I love Bob Dylan. Im her fan since my 16 years old. Now Im 71. I need say you and all his fans. I.ll write this in many comments Bob Dylan vídeos. There are persons pretending be Bob Dylan writing their fans to induce them to error. I,m a victim. I lost many money with this. Im so sorry write this when our idol complete 80 years old. But he need know this ocurrence. Im very sorry. Very sorry.

  • @sandraragole2411
    @sandraragole2411 Před 3 lety +1

    🌬🎵🎶🎶🎵. 5 2021 yes I love you & just named my new Betta Bob. 🐠

  • @marcocarreno1996
    @marcocarreno1996 Před rokem +1

    Grandioso

  • @wattupgee3777
    @wattupgee3777 Před rokem

    My father in law’s favorite song. Untill we meet again Zack …

  • @astridahl-0lsen533
    @astridahl-0lsen533 Před 2 lety

    I love BOB DYLAN,

  • @josemanuelromerotorres6185
    @josemanuelromerotorres6185 Před 6 měsíci

    Dedicada a la memoria de mis padres dep ❤❤❤

  • @robertmaycan-kd2cy
    @robertmaycan-kd2cy Před 4 měsíci

    Sounds good

  • @hipcatsvintage3774
    @hipcatsvintage3774 Před 3 lety +20

    Hauntingly beautiful. Also, cocaine is a helluva drug.

    • @izzydupuis1700
      @izzydupuis1700 Před 3 lety +2

      crazy to think about how much shit i love was fueled by cocaine

  • @joeyscruggs5180
    @joeyscruggs5180 Před 3 lety

    Yes!!!

  • @nothenryporter81
    @nothenryporter81 Před 3 lety +4

    I shouldn't watch this before bed. McGuinn's coked out demonic face is going to haunt my dreams. 😳😳

  • @jihoonlee5026
    @jihoonlee5026 Před 3 lety +4

    이게 음악이다

  • @akankshadash7129
    @akankshadash7129 Před měsícem +3

    This will be played in Bob Dylan's funeral

  • @emiliopedace3915
    @emiliopedace3915 Před 7 měsíci

    Bussando alle Porte del Paradiso.

  • @Broatch6
    @Broatch6 Před 3 lety

    A moment in time when Dylan + the World woz young

  • @valentinocaruso9282
    @valentinocaruso9282 Před 3 lety +3

    lyrics please!!!!!

  • @voicereason2430
    @voicereason2430 Před rokem

    Wow these lyrics are almost completely different than the original. I am a fan of the version that Bob Dylan performed with The Band in a believe was from 1973 & was released for the album Before The Flood. Do you have footage from that version of the song?

  • @TheShowgunofHarlem
    @TheShowgunofHarlem Před 2 lety +1

    Why is this song so much better with a simple violin??

  • @stellalush4547
    @stellalush4547 Před 2 lety +3

    CLASSIC... Ronson, and Dylan..? Scarlet..? The whole Revue..? Can't believe I left it as long as I did, kinda like sex, been a while, and here I am saying THANK YOU, THANK YOU... I'm 'IN' Heaven.

  • @felichia808
    @felichia808 Před 3 lety

    💖💖💖

  • @dansoto1332
    @dansoto1332 Před 3 lety +2

    Any chance of uploading the New Haven show? Request from a resident.

    • @Rilez616
      @Rilez616 Před 3 lety +1

      If your after the audio I can help

    • @dansoto1332
      @dansoto1332 Před 3 lety

      @@Rilez616 I would appreciate that!

  • @ROSTAFA
    @ROSTAFA Před 3 lety +1

    So no RTR live album version due to copyright strikes?

  • @forestyves8067
    @forestyves8067 Před 2 lety +1

    c'est pas roger McGuinn ??

  • @WaveRyeDer99
    @WaveRyeDer99 Před 10 měsíci

    Com on home

  • @cpecpecpe
    @cpecpecpe Před 3 lety +3

    Means something special. Advanced cancer, brain tumor. I an’t knocking but Heaven is knocking for me..

  • @CptEtgar
    @CptEtgar Před 2 lety

    BEST PIG EVER

  • @arifvandre1267
    @arifvandre1267 Před 3 lety

    Noice!

  • @janarnaud8058
    @janarnaud8058 Před 3 lety +2

    It wouldn't be the same without the great Scarlett Rivera

  • @alanlane3670
    @alanlane3670 Před 2 lety

    Please answer my knocking.....

  • @sandraragole2411
    @sandraragole2411 Před 3 lety

    On your birthday...🌬🐠🎶🎵🎵🎶

  • @federicolobato854
    @federicolobato854 Před 2 lety

    Hi guys, can someone write in comments , the verse sang by Roger?

    • @mickeymouse5967
      @mickeymouse5967 Před 2 lety +2

      mama i can hear that thunder roar
      echoing down from god's distant shore
      I can hear him calling for my soul
      i feel i'm knockin on heavens door

    • @federicolobato854
      @federicolobato854 Před 2 lety

      @@mickeymouse5967 thanks!!

  • @joelleeeverett9169
    @joelleeeverett9169 Před rokem

    Roger and the girl on violin

  • @fabianspeziale
    @fabianspeziale Před rokem

    Can someone transcribe the lyrics?

  • @StephenS-2024
    @StephenS-2024 Před 8 měsíci

    So cool of Bob to do a cover of Guns N Roses Knockin on...
    Hahaha.

  • @karmenjazbec7743
    @karmenjazbec7743 Před 2 lety

    YEAH BOB YOU AND YOUR BAND ARE THE BEST I ATE FRESH BREAD WHICH I BAKED TODAY AND I FEEL GOOD HONEY

  • @nityarawal7598
    @nityarawal7598 Před 9 dny

    "Knockin' On Heavens Door," @bobdylan Happy Birthday! Xo
    Harvard - 1975
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  • @nityarawal7598
    @nityarawal7598 Před 9 dny

    "Knockin' On Heavens Door," @bobdylan Happy Birthday! Xo
    Version 2 @tompetty @StevieNicks
    #SongOfTheDay1 #SOTD1 #BobDylan #KnockinOnHeavensDoor #4BillionMothersStrong
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