I don't think young people today can even begin to imagine what it was like hearing Dylan for the first time as a teenger in the ealry 60s. It was like someone pulled back the curtain and, for the first time in your life, you saw the world as it really was. It was at the same time both exhilarating and terrifying.
now that I come to think about it: I guess you're right Hadror13 !!!! Excuse me for getting the message/lines wrong: my English is not as good as yours🙏🙏. Thanks!!
John Hammond said that the Blood on the Tracks album was completed in five days without overdubs. Unbelievable! Dylan is a national treasure of course. I highly recommend reading his book Chronicles Vol. 1 if you haven't already.
This song came out when I was in high school. I have had a long time to study it. Imagine that Blue is the girl's name and then listen to it again. Even the time jump back to the 1600's makes more sense when you do that.
Shelter from the Storm, - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right, - The Time They Are a Changin, - Like a Rolling Stone, - Positively 4th Street, - Simple Twist of Fate, - Mr. Tambourine Man, - and 100 more Bob Dylan songs.
This was the first Dylan song I really loved. "I got her out of a jam, I guess I used a little too much force" made me laugh out loud. I was fully engaged in the song after that, and now love it to death.
My late father's all-time favorite artist. He owned everything Dylan ever released, and some live bootlegs as well. I once asked my father, "if you had to choose just one single artist to listen to, for the rest of your life, who would it be?" Without hesitation, he answered, "Bob Dylan, no question about it." Rest in Peace, dad... and thanks for all the great music you introduced to me.
Hi there. I've always tough that these characters on this story could be the same couple from "A simple twist of faith "😊 they keep founding and loosing themselves from one another. He's still waiting that she will notice his presence. I remember the feeling from my student past years 😊
I remember back in the day when Vinyl ruled the world, when a new Album from one of the popular artists or Bands would be released, a few friends would gather, roll up a doobie and listen away. It would be great to go back in time, do it again and take Harri with me. After the "A" side was done we could discuss what we listened to . Great times.
"a few friends would gather, roll up a doobie and listen away" Indeed, did this with countless albums. The last time I remember doing this was when U2 released The Joshua Tree. We would talk about which song was our favorite, did they pick the perfect song for the first one on side 1? And did the album finish strong? etc... great times indeed.
Simply one of the greatest stories ever told in a song!!! That's the same lady. "We'll meet again some day" "I've got to get back to her some how!" Thanks Harri. I try to pick only the greatest songs for you to react to.
If there is a Dylan song worthy of a movie, with sufficient imagery to be derived from the lyrics, its Lilly Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts A masterpiece of story telling with the most colourful characters who all come to the fore of the listeners mind and with whom you literally form relationships !
Definitely a great album. There’s an engaging book entirely about the making of this album called “Simple Twist of Fate” by Andy Gill. Intimate, surprising. Recommended.
From Bob's 15th album, Blood on the Tracks, 1975, it was rumored to be about Bob's marriage falling apart. Though some say it was about Joni Mitchell❤ and "Blue" album from 1971. Bob's writings at the time were influenced by an Art teacher who gave him a non-linear perspective in his songs. Bob said his marriage took 10 years to live and 2 years to write. A great tune by Bob with his great harmonica offerings. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Oddball 1958. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
One of my favorite lyrical constructions…he gets you every time somehow, you know the rhyme is coming but it still creeps up on you. And being tangled up in blue means all kinds of things, turns out!
It always hits me that he says “later on when the crowd thinned out, I was just about to do the same” -thin out? It makes no literal sense but it makes perfect narrative sense. That’s a gift.
Thanks for posting such a nice reaction to this classic song, so many generations of us out here have carried it with us in our hearts, from broken lovers through different wives, it's great seeing someone hear it for the first time. If you think that would make a good movie (and I agree it would!) then wait'll you hear his song, from the same 1975 timeless classic album Blood on the Tracks, called "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts." I'd love to see your reaction to that one, because primarily, at nearly 9 min long, it actually plays out like not just any movie, but you can totally picture it being directed by Martin Scorsese, no joke. If you've already reacted to it, I'll find it in your video archives; in any case, I'm subscribing to your channel and keeping my fingers crossed you'll listen to it soon enough. Peace out! ~;^\~
You should listen to the 1992 CZcams clip of The Jerry Garcia Band doing this song. A beautiful version with great backup singers and soaring guitar solos. Jerry was a dear friend of Bobs for many years.
In 1971, Dylan was suffering from writers block and was under a lot of pressure for various reasons. Joni Mitchell released the album ‘Blue’ which was like throwing a hand grenade into the world of singer/songwriters. Dylan rarely paid homage to anyone still alive but I think this song was partly his tribute to Joni for helping release his blockage and approach songwriting in a different way.
This is the song to initiate a newbie to Dylan. Every word can be heard clearly, his voice is strong and the story is layered. I have this album on CD, and every time this song ends, I hit the button to start it over... never get tired of it.
My friend, your reaction videos are a joy. Because you *feel* the music and express those feelings so beautifully. Please do Brownsville Girl - it will blow your mind. Co-written with a brilliant playwrite.
I like it too! "She was married when we rirst met to a men four times her age, he left her peniless in a state of regret, it was time to burst out of a cage"
This whole album, "Blood on the Tracks" is about his struggle with his then-wife, Sara Lowndes, whom he divorced a few years later (1978?). Their relationship was rocking then in 1974-75.
This album has a few great songs Simple, Twist of fate You're A Big Girl Now, Idiot Wind, Lily,Rosemary and The Jack of hearts Shelter From the Storm, beside this song
Show me shelter from the storm is the best song on the album and I had it when it first came out and I love them all but shelter from the storm is my favorite
@hw343434 The article was in Classic rock magazine, It goes tangled up in blue and shelter from the storm heralding a new more mature Dylan, as john lennon put it several years ahead of us all again, Article written by david dolton, Dylan Is the most important Artist on the planet at the moment Lyricist, Poet, Author, D j, Painter, Welder / Sculptor, Actor, And at the age of eighty two is still touring the world and Releasing albums albums, This man has many hands, The greatest creator of songs ever,
I wonder the same thing man. Same woman , different women, still remind him of the same woman from long ago? I just like the rythm cuz this song seems all over the place. Good reaction sir.
It might be silly to try to choose the "best" Dylan album, but for me Blood on the Tracks is it, and this song is it's centerpiece. Harri, you might also enjoy the Jerry Garcia Band's interpretation of this song, which I think is one of the greatest covers ever.
The album is one of the best albums ever and there's not a bad song on it. I' have it in vinyl and have played in hundreds of time. Oddball 1958, good choice I'm from 1958 as well.
The story is about how the woman he met and loved was married, he murders her husband "helped her out of jam but used a little too much force"...they drive to get away, "abandoned the care out west" and decided to split up. He drifted around, never could forget her....he ends up meeting her again in New Orleans..."working in a topless joint, bent down to tie the laces of his shoes" ....all the same woman.
One of my all time favorite Bob Dylan story songs. Every image is clear, every moment is easy to understand, every situation is right there in your mind. Seen Dylan about ten times in concert but only saw this tune twice, but he has so many great songs I didn't miss it when he didn't play it.
I don't think young people today can even begin to imagine what it was like hearing Dylan for the first time as a teenger in the ealry 60s. It was like someone pulled back the curtain and, for the first time in your life, you saw the world as it really was. It was at the same time both exhilarating and terrifying.
Leonard Cohen said about Dylan's Nobel Prize "It's a bit like pinning a badge on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain."
leonard sucks big time if he really said that, he must 've been só jealous 🤣🤣✌️✌️✌️
@@RebekkaEngels That doesn't sound like jealousy
now that I come to think about it: I guess you're right Hadror13 !!!! Excuse me for getting the message/lines wrong: my English is not as good as yours🙏🙏. Thanks!!
The Entire Blood On The Tracks album is a masterpiece.
Dylan's best, IMO.
No one can tell a tale like Dylan. As far as music goes this man is the poet of the last and present century. No one comes close.
I've gotta put Kristofferson up there with Dylan.
@@willtopper Sorry,not even close.
John Hammond said that the Blood on the Tracks album was completed in five days without overdubs. Unbelievable! Dylan is a national treasure of course. I highly recommend reading his book Chronicles Vol. 1 if you haven't already.
The most interesting man in the world...Bob Dylan.
He's either touching you with profound lyrics or telling a story which is not yours, but could be. A poet.
Caribbean Wind
Genius! He can write a novel and sing/tell it in a few minutes.We listeners get hooked waiting for the following line.And he sings with great emotion.
Bob Dylan is definitely a genius of a songwriter and his voice fits his music
and music composer too....
This is my fave Dylan tune. Love it. ❤
Incredibly nuanced, layered, evocative song--thanks for playing this masterpiece from a masterful album!
Revolution in the air!
This song came out when I was in high school. I have had a long time to study it. Imagine that Blue is the girl's name and then listen to it again. Even the time jump back to the 1600's makes more sense when you do that.
Shelter from the Storm, - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right, - The Time They Are a Changin, - Like a Rolling Stone, - Positively 4th Street, - Simple Twist of Fate, - Mr. Tambourine Man, - and 100 more Bob Dylan songs.
Isn't it amazing to be able to hear the messages of today, I mean yesterday.
the whole album I just Love sooo much!!!!
His greatest, most epic, song, the story of humanity.
I think you would enjoy “ Everything is broken “ very clever writing as usual with Bob.
Bob makes me happy.
This was the first Dylan song I really loved. "I got her out of a jam, I guess I used a little too much force" made me laugh out loud. I was fully engaged in the song after that, and now love it to death.
I also like the alliteration near the end of the song, "Now I'm Going back aGain, I Got to Git to her somehow."
Just love the entire album...
My fave from dylan
My late father's all-time favorite artist. He owned everything Dylan ever released, and some live bootlegs as well. I once asked my father, "if you had to choose just one single artist to listen to, for the rest of your life, who would it be?" Without hesitation, he answered, "Bob Dylan, no question about it."
Rest in Peace, dad... and thanks for all the great music you introduced to me.
Hari!! That WHOLE ALBUM is STELLAR!!!!
Do the whole thing!!
Yes often I will hear the sound of a particular instrument in a song before if appears and it sounds just like I heard it
great choice again, Harri … what more can I say
A decades long favorite of mine. Thank you.
Hi there. I've always tough that these characters on this story could be the same couple from "A simple twist of faith "😊 they keep founding and loosing themselves from one another. He's still waiting that she will notice his presence. I remember the feeling from my student past years 😊
One of MY FAVORITE Dylan songs!!
Greatest album ever he is a genius😊
Genius😊
Dylan wrote so many great songs, but this track from Blood on the Tracks has always been my favorite.
I remember back in the day when Vinyl ruled the world, when a new Album from one of the popular artists or Bands would be released, a few friends would gather, roll up a doobie and listen away. It would be great to go back in time, do it again and take Harri with me. After the "A" side was done we could discuss what we listened to . Great times.
"a few friends would gather, roll up a doobie and listen away" Indeed, did this with countless albums. The last time I remember doing this was when U2 released The Joshua Tree. We would talk about which song was our favorite, did they pick the perfect song for the first one on side 1? And did the album finish strong? etc... great times indeed.
He'll just Keep On Keepin On!
Just an amazing song, great imagery, great story telling, great rhymes! This may be my fave Dylan album
Best break up song of all time? 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right'. A B-Side on 'Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' - 1963.
Amazing song. Magnificent music.
Simply one of the greatest stories ever told in a song!!! That's the same lady. "We'll meet again some day" "I've got to get back to her some how!" Thanks Harri. I try to pick only the greatest songs for you to react to.
Yes; it's all about the same woman. She tangled him up bad!
Epic song.
This song perfectly weaves between the tangible and the intangible. That is when art is at its very best.
This song starts off strong and gains momentum every verse. His voice and his words become more in focus. A masterpiece!
Great track.
The version from the Rolling Thunder Review live album is one of my fav Bob songs of all time
If there is a Dylan song worthy of a movie, with sufficient imagery to be derived from the lyrics, its Lilly Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts A masterpiece of story telling with the most colourful characters who all come to the fore of the listeners mind and with whom you literally form relationships !
Well said!
That whole album is full of great musical poetry told in stories.Forever on my playlist.
"We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view" ❤❤❤
Thank you for the reaction!
The best album I've ever heard. I don't know what he is talking about but I feel the emotion all the time. Bob Dylan's epic!
Definitely a great album. There’s an engaging book entirely about the making of this album called “Simple Twist of Fate” by Andy Gill. Intimate, surprising. Recommended.
This album was influenced by Norman Raeben, a painter Dylan studied with. Google it.
Well said! It reminds me of a dream - you only remember fragments after you wake up, more you try to remember it, more it slips away. Fantastic
I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes. I was never a big Dylan fan, but this song always touches me.
One of Dylan’s top 10 songs imo.
A masterpiece for sure.
I love.this song and listening to the story he sings about fantastic thanks
bobby was traveling
Listen to the real live album version Bob said that's the best
From Bob's 15th album, Blood on the Tracks, 1975, it was rumored to be about Bob's marriage falling apart. Though some say it was about Joni Mitchell❤ and "Blue" album from 1971. Bob's writings at the time were influenced by an Art teacher who gave him a non-linear perspective in his songs. Bob said his marriage took 10 years to live and 2 years to write. A great tune by Bob with his great harmonica offerings. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Oddball 1958. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
"I can figure it out right now.." keep thinking about it for 50 years, like i have, lol
Thanks for this Oddball! The harmonica and the lyrics just make this another Dylan masterpiece. Great commentary from Harri 🌺✌️
Also worth finding "Up To Me" which is a brilliant outtake from "Blood on the Tracks"
Stay cool stay safe. Got it brother!
Quite simply, one of the greatest songs ever.
I love Bob Dylan, I love this song, and I've listened to it a couple hundred times, and I have the same questions as you.
Thanks
I like Dylan Stories !
Still get goose bumps after 30 years !
Harri do a reaction to Tight Connection To My Heart - his voice still good lyrics always great
One of my favorite lyrical constructions…he gets you every time somehow, you know the rhyme is coming but it still creeps up on you. And being tangled up in blue means all kinds of things, turns out!
It always hits me that he says “later on when the crowd thinned out, I was just about to do the same” -thin out? It makes no literal sense but it makes perfect narrative sense. That’s a gift.
One of the best songs from the best breakup album ever. Do Lily, Rosemary, & the Jack of Hearts, you’ll love it!✌️❤️🎶
I just came back to say that. ☺
One of the best songs on the album
One of the best songs on the album
Please...yes!!
Do it! Lily, Rosemary & the Jack need you to hear them!
One of the best from the best.
Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne. Two of my favorite lyricists. Thanks to you both for playing this. Ranks up at the top of my favorite Dylan tunes.
I love Dylan’s stories though I prefer Dan Fogelberg’s personal stories to the later stories Browne songs!
Awesome
Thanks for posting such a nice reaction to this classic song, so many generations of us out here have carried it with us in our hearts, from broken lovers through different wives, it's great seeing someone hear it for the first time. If you think that would make a good movie (and I agree it would!) then wait'll you hear his song, from the same 1975 timeless classic album Blood on the Tracks, called "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts." I'd love to see your reaction to that one, because primarily, at nearly 9 min long, it actually plays out like not just any movie, but you can totally picture it being directed by Martin Scorsese, no joke.
If you've already reacted to it, I'll find it in your video archives; in any case, I'm subscribing to your channel and keeping my fingers crossed you'll listen to it soon enough. Peace out! ~;^\~
You should listen to the 1992 CZcams clip of The Jerry Garcia Band doing this song. A beautiful version with great backup singers and soaring guitar solos. Jerry was a dear friend of Bobs for many years.
Great album, you’ve got to do yourself a big favor and listen to it from start to finish. You will be happy you did.
❤❤❤❤
In 1971, Dylan was suffering from writers block and was under a lot of pressure for various reasons. Joni Mitchell released the album ‘Blue’ which was like throwing a hand grenade into the world of singer/songwriters. Dylan rarely paid homage to anyone still alive but I think this song was partly his tribute to Joni for helping release his blockage and approach songwriting in a different way.
This is the song to initiate a newbie to Dylan. Every word can be heard clearly, his voice is strong and the story is layered.
I have this album on CD, and every time this song ends, I hit the button to start it over... never get tired of it.
Very true!
If I’m going on a long drive, this CD is going with me. I hit play as soon as I’m on the highway.
❤❤❤
Man great reaction.
Harri another masterpiece, especially in light of what is happening in Gaza today (19/10/23) . Is "With God on our Side" from Bob's Unplugged Session
You are so smart
My friend, your reaction videos are a joy. Because you *feel* the music and express those feelings so beautifully. Please do Brownsville Girl - it will blow your mind. Co-written with a brilliant playwrite.
The solo acoustic version on his “Real Live” album is revelatory, great harmonica work and lyrical evolution!
I like it too! "She was married when we rirst met to a men four times her age, he left her peniless in a state of regret, it was time to burst out of a cage"
Yes "Lily ,Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts " could definitely be a movie also.
Love to see this reaction and appreciation to one of Dylan's great songs.
I like this because he mentions mathematicians (I'm a retired math professor).😘🎶🎵🎶
This whole album, "Blood on the Tracks" is about his struggle with his then-wife, Sara Lowndes, whom he divorced a few years later (1978?). Their relationship was rocking then in 1974-75.
This album has a few great songs Simple, Twist of fate You're A Big Girl Now, Idiot Wind, Lily,Rosemary and The Jack of hearts Shelter From the Storm, beside this song
Ewwwwww Ya..Sing Me A Story.. Thanks Dylan !😎💖😘😇💕
Bless Harri, bless you for helping me remember old songs long forgotten. Bless you for bringing my heart alive again.
Love this Dylan song so much. Sounds like quintessential Bob Dylan. Strong voice, great enunciation. Great storyteller.
Show me shelter from the storm is the best song on the album and I had it when it first came out and I love them all but shelter from the storm is my favorite
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John Lennon on hearing tangled up in blue said that Bob Dylan is several years ahead of us all again
Where is the source for this?
@hw343434 The article was in Classic rock magazine, It goes tangled up in blue and shelter from the storm heralding a new more mature Dylan, as john lennon put it several years ahead of us all again, Article written by david dolton, Dylan Is the most important Artist on the planet at the moment Lyricist, Poet, Author, D j, Painter, Welder / Sculptor, Actor, And at the age of eighty two is still touring the world and Releasing albums albums, This man has many hands, The greatest creator of songs ever,
@hw343434 was that good enough for you
He is signing about his different relationships up to this point. Not just his marriage. Sara, Suze, Joan...thier all in this song
Blood on the Tracks is one of my very favourite albums by BOB although I love them all. I'm so glad you appreciate him, Harri.
I wonder the same thing man. Same woman , different women, still remind him of the same woman from long ago? I just like the rythm cuz this song seems all over the place. Good reaction sir.
Never can get enough of Bob❤️
It might be silly to try to choose the "best" Dylan album, but for me Blood on the Tracks is it, and this song is it's centerpiece. Harri, you might also enjoy the Jerry Garcia Band's interpretation of this song, which I think is one of the greatest covers ever.
The album is one of the best albums ever and there's not a bad song on it. I' have it in vinyl and have played in hundreds of time. Oddball 1958, good choice I'm from 1958 as well.
1956, agreed one of the best albums ever written. Every song a masterpiece 🎉
I agree 100%, 58 too.
The story is about how the woman he met and loved was married, he murders her husband "helped her out of jam but used a little too much force"...they drive to get away, "abandoned the care out west" and decided to split up. He drifted around, never could forget her....he ends up meeting her again in New Orleans..."working in a topless joint, bent down to tie the laces of his shoes" ....all the same woman.
Thanks
One of my all time favorite Bob Dylan story songs. Every image is clear, every moment is easy to understand, every situation is right there in your mind. Seen Dylan about ten times in concert but only saw this tune twice, but he has so many great songs I didn't miss it when he didn't play it.