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'Twas in another lifetime One of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue The road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness A creature void of form "Come in," she said, "I'll give ya Shelter from the storm"
Divorce Era Dylan is by far my favorite period, musically & lyrically. BotT & Desire are masterpieces of passionate personal introspection; the following Rolling Thunder Revue tour so underrated. Great video.
No accident that the most successful acts in the 60s and 70s, Dylan and the Beatles, didn't try to follow in anyone's musical footsteps but blazed their way according to their own musical inclinations.
Glad you picked this album to talk about. It was my fave Dylan record when I heard it at the time, and remans so. You described it as 'upbeat' despite the difficult emotions in the songs, and I think you've hit the nail on the head. That's what makes it remarkable.
Bob is a mysterious genius. His feelings are a big part of his music, but what really sets his songs apart is how he mixes things up, just like he does in life. His song structures and his ability to stretch the boundaries of traditional arrangements reflects who he truly is.
Really nice and soft experience to watch this description of Dylan's career as a songwriter seeking new ways all the time and some of the personal tribulations he went through. Glad I encountered it.
It’s hard for me to pick a best or favorite, but one reason this album means so much to me is I was 16 when it was released and that made it really the first album I was old enough to aoirecisre in real time. Those classics ‘60’s albums were fresh at a time when I was still listening to Popeye the Sailor Man, or later the Jackson 5, etc..
Sir, your content is straight up excellence! By the by, I believe this to be the first substantial Dylan exploration to include a snippet of the recently unearthed 'Man in Me' video footage. Thank you for your work friend! Lets all come out to see Bob in March if we can, nice.
True story-a Dylan fan I know bought the album the day it came out, came back from the city on the train to the town where he lived, got home and...the LP had gone. He's dropped it, left it on the train, who knows what. The next weekend, undeterred, he went back to the city to buy it again, brought it home. He put it on the turntable in the front room, it began to play, and then went to make a cup of tea in the kitchen...whereupon..a cat came in the front room and jumped on to the turntable, completely destroying the record. I don't know what the moral of the story is.
I really like Hartley's insight and narrative about Blood on the Tracks. I am older and have been into ans onto Dylan from the very beginning(1961 )later - this time (1974) I myself was going thru some similar kinds of titanic changes. Again, Dylan lit up the road between past, present, and what a future might hold
@eligotein: Same here...right from the very beginning. Was at Newport when Joanie brought him onstage in '63...one of the few times glad to live in RI!! edit**The next yr he was the headliner...and then there was '65!! The amazing changes we and Bob have gone through are historic! I bought Rough and Rowdy Ways the week it came out...never disappointed. We have been fortunate to be on this journey....even with all the turbulence we've had to endure.
Dylan was a poet first and a song writer second. His method of reading his poems was unique and only the poet could know the feelings the words triggered and at the same time the melody that flowed with the words as they came out of his head. No one but Dylan could deliver in the style of Dylan. The older and wiser he became….the more unique and pleasing his poems/songs became. Case in point: Red River Shore written for Jim Lafave by Dylan. Listen to Jim sing it and then listen to the way Bob sings it. Another example of a similar talent is Tom Waits. He wrote Jersey shore for Bruce Springsteen. Listen to Bruce sing it and then listen to Tom sing it. Night and day. Two great icons. Bob Dylan and Tom Waits.
My favourite albums. Still remember the first time I hear Tangled Up In Blue on a radio, and went out and bought the record album. I also have the Blood on the Tapes album with it's variation on the official release. And, opposite to you I loved "You're Going To Make Me..." and it was the first piece from the album I learned to play on guitar.
The first singer that wasn't a singer that made it big as a singer. For so many, he's an important beacon of poetic light and hope in the world. Although, for a few... his voice blocks out all of the joy, that so many others see in him.
Thanks for posting such a great video--one that reflects your deep knowledge and appreciation of Dylan's unsuccessful efforts to commit to his wife/family while also following his artistic destiny (a failure that ironically produced some of his best music). I especially liked your comparison of his two versions of "You're gonna make me lonesome..." Keep up the great work that you do! (I just hit the subscribe button😊!). With gratitude and all good wishes, Sherrie V
man, I came across your video by chance, I'm a big Dylan fan and I really enjoyed this mini documentary, you should consider making one about Jim Morrison.
excellent presentation, really interesting. As a Dylan fanatic until the early 70's, when I basically lost interest in the myth making, I'm just now getting re-interested in his creative journey, and how he just tried to follow his rambling road. Thanks for this fresh insight
Been binging your content, I absolutely LOVE your style of documentary man! Do you have any prior professional experience or is this just a hobby? You will be big one day, I love your calm demeanor and interview style display of information. Keep it up 🤘🤘
Thank you very much for this video. As a singer songwriter many of the names which took my heart, spirit, soul, and mind for a ride was Dylan. I will listen to Blood on the Tracks Thank you
Fame in itself can be very scary. But I can not imagine that Bob never went up there on the scene. He had so much to share with us all. I am forever grateful like so many others. So fame really has many different sides in a huge mix. We all have our destiny and missions that needs to be completed.
What people forget is that these types of people are just that: People... they want to live their lives, love their families, the human/American dream, to be free... but the industry isn't a person, but rather a monster... and it will sink its talons into you if you even have a modicum of talent, and suck every ounce of energy you have and strip you of your humanity, placing you on this pedestal that you didn't necessarily want... especially for people like this... people like Bob just wanted to say something and be done with it... but if that's profitable, this industry won't let you leave it at that... they want every ounce of profit you will bring to them... and it's only profitable because everyone can relate in some way to folk music, to the blues, to the songs and lyrics that punctuate real human emotions, experiences, and thoughts... and after the 60s, they knew that, and tested the waters, first commercializing the hippie movement into nothing more than drugs, the peace sign, and tyedye, then moving into commercialized rock music (not to be confused with rock n roll, which was long since dead) and later fusing rock into pop while experimenting with new wave and synthetic, which would later be fused into the already unholy abomination that was 70s pop, to create 80s and 90s pop which has distinct elements of what made 60s music so appealing: real human experience and desires (think of all the sex, heartache, and fun/partying that's associated with all forms of pop) and people are finally starting to wake up to this fact, which is why we see pop artists starting to de-evolve this creation by adding more elements of rock again (lots of electric and acoustic guitars rolling around in pop music again lately)... they know somewhere along they messed up the formula, and that's because people are starting to see the oversaturation of similar themes and crave the music to speak to the individual as it once did, not to the rich kid who's "stacking paper" or "pulling hoes" but rather the poor man who works his hands to the bone, who doesn't agree with what his government is doing... and folk heroes... well... they look, talk, and, even in some cases, ARE just like them, they struggle, they go without, they cry themselves to sleep in desperation of how they'll feed their family while keeping a roof over their head... this is why we see such an explosion of interest in pre-1970s culture, because that was before the music industry bastardized the counter-culture, the people who weren't born with a silver spoon, or who simply saw through the BS of their high-society lives upon encountering love in the lower class when they never found it in the board rooms and country clubs of their families... we all want one thing: to be free. Free. And this is why artists start to get a little eccentric and 'out there' as their career progresses, especially when they find they've run out of things they want to talk about and their record label tells them they need to keep producing what they consider to be a product, without first recognizing that it's not a 'product' but a message, the artist doesn't know what to do, so they just start playing around... I miss the 60s... and I wasn't even born yet...
I remember quite clearly in 1974the first time I heard it listening to "Blood on the Tracks" straight through on headphones. I have been in love with the album from that day. I discovered Dylan in 1963 when a friend bought "Freewheeling." "BotT", like the transition to electric, was a startling change. Looking back, all those changes are really the mark of his genius. My favorite piece on the album is "Lily, Rosemary and the Queen of Hearts", an incredibly imaginative cowboy movie in 8 minutes. It seems like I see a new detail every time I listen to it, even after so many years.
Some good points here but for what it's worth there's a recent article in Architectural Digest that features a motel in Malibu, CA (Hotel June) where Dylan wrote the songs for Blood on the Tracks (not in Minnesota). TH-cam isn't letting me plug in the link but it's easy to Google--a July 14, 2022 piece
Brilliant work! My first album at the age of 13 was Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. Over the years I bought most of his stuff. I m 70 now and still value his cds - my faves are Blonde on Blonde, The Basement Tapes, Highway 61 and Another Side. I agree with Mike Bloomfield, although the songs on Blood on the tracks were melodic, they sounded similar and most were too long.
Dylan has had the most astonishing career in the history of popular music. 62 years and counting. And unlike his contemporaries who press on McCartney, the stones and the who all of whom are legacy acts…Dylan’s NEW music is still relevant.
amazing video Dave, as always. BUT. Are you sure BD was in 'open D' tuning for BOTT? I cannot find anything to that online. Most sites say 'open E'. I do need to understand this so if you get a chance can you come back on this and quote source? Thank you and keep up the amazing work. x x
The way I've seen it, growing up in the Bob Dylan era, there've been about seven 'chapters' ; 1 - folk, leading up to going electric 2 - rock, leading up to motorcycle crash 3 - recluse period, leading up to touring with The Band ( again) 4 - seventies, rolling thunder, leading up to Christian period 5 - eighties, leading up to Oh Mercy 6 - nineties, leading up to Time Out of Mind 7 - 21st century, leading up to Murder So Foul, and beyond to the present As always, I'm there loving all of it. Today I was practing playing and singing Highway 61 Revisited. Blessings to Bob
Great video. Tremendously insightful. I think Dylan always sought women as a haven (Shelter From the Storm) but that could never work. especially for one so creatively restless. Impermanence is part of the essence of. life. I'll have to listen to the bootleg tracks. "you're a Big Girl Now" is wrenching.
Dylan, more than anyone else, is aware that the roots of rock are in Mississippi, Texas and Oklahoma. You can listen to any Dylan album and you’re cast back instantly into America’s history, and feel that history made relevant to ANY present you happen to be in. The only other musician I can say that about is John Fahey.
@@humanbeing5300 Memphis is just the extreme northwest corner of the Mississippi Delta. Sure, politically it's in the extreme southwest corner of Tennessee, but it's in the Delta.
Are you kidding!? The original album version of 'Lonesome' is one of my top 10 favourite Dylan tunes, and one of my big regrets is not hearing it live, despite seeing Dylan LOADS of times. Great video though.
Sometime around 1980, I was hanging out with some friends in somebody’s basement. We were drinking beer and smoking weed. One of the guys had an acoustic guitar and a songbook of Bob Dylan’s album “Blood on the Tracks.” Obeying an impulse, I picked up the guitar, opened the book to the song “Tangled Up in Blue,” and began playing and singing the song. While I did this, I had a vivid premonition that the lyrics were describing the emotional content of many of what would be my future relationships with women. The subsequent history of my life proved this prognostication correct.
The thing I love about Bob Dylan's story is his international reputation cast for long in the future, being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for literature, (the poetry of his songs) in 2016.
As Clinton Heylin points out in his book, The Double Life of Bob Dylan, Dylan's first album was perfectly successful as far as Columbia Records expected it to be. It was Columbia's FIRST tentative approach to the then new genre of popular folk music which was largely controlled by Vanguard and Elektra. Folk music was a niche market that was growing in popularity but had only cracked the Top 40 with groups like the Kingston Trio who were very pop oriented folk artists. Dylan's 1962 self titled album sold 5,000 copies in its first year, a perfectly acceptable number for a niche record. This record today has sold more than 1,500,000 copies worldwide. It was Dylan's rendition of The House of the Rising Sun that inspired the Animals' #1 hit of that song two years later. The lack of success of Dylan's first album is greatly exaggerated.
Bob was great friends (and a student) with Norman Raeben at the time. Raeben was an incredible artist. Ive read that Dylan was sick of writing songs so turned to norman raeben for painting advice. dylan not only learnt how to paint from raeben, but also has said he 'rediscovered' how to write songs from him. BotT wouldnt be what it is without Raeben.
no question dylan's going electric was a fork in the musical road and lead him down an unforgettable path. what i love about bott is its return to an artist with his words, melodies and guitar but more importantly a man who'd lived and loved by this time. made the songs sound that more relatable and piercing than his work past.
I grew up with Dylan songs when they were mainstream in college dorms, coffee shops, and on radio. Great song writer and influenced a whole generation of people. Never saw him live but had the opportunity to see him at a small local outdoor venue a few years back. Absolutely horrible show. Songs, when you can understand them, just don't resonate anymore. Left at intermission. The magic is long gone.
I've been a fan for almost 60 years and Blood on the Tracks is my favorite Dylan album. But the rare acoustic version I believe is the better recording because of the way it grabs at your soul.
Dylan didn't meet Brady until 1981, and Dylan had already a couple of Tunes in Open D (eg. In My Time Of Dyin). Although Brady did show him how to play his version of Lakes Of Pontchartrain, (in Open D,) which was on Brady's album Welcome Here Kind Stranger recorded in 1978, but that wasn't until 3 years after that album ...6 years after Blood On The Tracks was released.
He faced a more formidable comeback recovering the audience that fled from his fire and brimstone evangelical phase, thus returning to singing his great songs again during his "endless tour" while affecting a sort of riverboat gambler persona and look.
You are a God, Man You are a soul in a human You are a flow on a tongue You are words in a mind You are a flow on strings of mistic complex It's alright 'ma that's only rhythmic riverines Of poetry and flow of fragrance in the enchanting windy plains and running riveres Glowing icy peaks & Brewing Clouds Over the high lands Looking for the flowing rivers and gushing waters It's alright 'ma that's only rhythmic riverines Of poetry and Flow of fragrance into the past and present alike waiting for the new spring to visit and feel the flavour of the present Ma I am only running my mind to reach the words of Dylan Resonating the sounds of ever mystic Bob Mesmerising stoic eyes Glancing into mistic might Day or night Moon or sun Mysteries or Marvels Moving tone of Dylan in poetry As mystical as Milton's Paradise always regained but never lost It's alright 'ma that's only rhythmic riverines Of poetry and flow of fragrance into the winds of valleys and heights of mountains from the riverines to skies Ma, tell Tambourine man to sing Volcanic voices Waves like rhythms opening into tunnel of Musical Vocal caves I am sitting in Cafe Roya where mystical music overlaps magnanimity of poetic musings Dylan Oh Man Poet or Performer Singer or Musician Nothing matters But flowing with you Into singing waves
His divorce saved his marriage. Not just the sad songs, but the resigned songs, Buckets of Rain, Shelter From The Storm. Those songs live on their own.
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Bob dylan is a talentless foney
You skipped "New Morning" and "Nashville Skyline." Very important albums!!
@@gordonharvey4951 what a foney bob dylan is. He ripped iff old folk songs
Shelter From The Storm is simply incredible.
'Twas in another lifetime
One of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue
The road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness
A creature void of form
"Come in," she said, "I'll give ya
Shelter from the storm"
@@tompaulcampbell: Great lyrics.
@@tompaulcampbelljust mind blowing
'a creature void of form'
if I even wrote that one line I could go off and die. Nothing would ever top it.
Divorce Era Dylan is by far my favorite period, musically & lyrically. BotT & Desire are masterpieces of passionate personal introspection; the following Rolling Thunder Revue tour so underrated. Great video.
Glad to see some respect for Desire! It’s an underrated gem!!!
@@Nolkan
Excellent distillation of a man, his songs, and the times, were indeed changing for everyone. We’re lucky to have Bob and his music!
No accident that the most successful acts in the 60s and 70s, Dylan and the Beatles, didn't try to follow in anyone's musical footsteps but blazed their way according to their own musical inclinations.
That’s true I am 71 from Liverpool, was never a Beatles fan always Dylan for me, but respect your opinion that they both did their own thing.
lolno
Well said! X
The beatles ripped off aömost all of their songs. Bob dylan also. Most are clear copies of folk songs and classical music.
@@DeeLee-p8c Total and utter b'locks. You clearly need to listen more carefully or expand your playlist x
Glad you picked this album to talk about. It was my fave Dylan record when I heard it at the time, and remans so. You described it as 'upbeat' despite the difficult emotions in the songs, and I think you've hit the nail on the head. That's what makes it remarkable.
Bob is a mysterious genius. His feelings are a big part of his music, but what really sets his songs apart is how he mixes things up, just like he does in life. His song structures and his ability to stretch the boundaries of traditional arrangements reflects who he truly is.
Really nice and soft experience to watch this description of Dylan's career as a songwriter seeking new ways all the time and some of the personal tribulations he went through. Glad I encountered it.
An excellent summary/thesis on the genesis of Bob's most raw album. You did a great job here!
Blood On The Tracks is my favourite Dylan album & possibly my favourite ever album.
Mine too!
Me too!
that natural poetry and storytelling, youre right
Same. It’s an absolute masterpiece. I think Dark Side would be my favourite album but this is definitely top 10.
It’s hard for me to pick a best or favorite, but one reason this album means so much to me is I was 16 when it was released and that made it really the first album I was old enough to aoirecisre in real time. Those classics ‘60’s albums were fresh at a time when I was still listening to Popeye the Sailor Man, or later the Jackson 5, etc..
Sir, your content is straight up excellence! By the by, I believe this to be the first substantial Dylan exploration to include a snippet of the recently unearthed 'Man in Me' video footage. Thank you for your work friend! Lets all come out to see Bob in March if we can, nice.
True story-a Dylan fan I know bought the album the day it came out, came back from the city on the train to the town where he lived, got home and...the LP had gone. He's dropped it, left it on the train, who knows what. The next weekend, undeterred, he went back to the city to buy it again, brought it home. He put it on the turntable in the front room, it began to play, and then went to make a cup of tea in the kitchen...whereupon..a cat came in the front room and jumped on to the turntable, completely destroying the record. I don't know what the moral of the story is.
Great video, thanksfor sharing. I have been a Dylan fan for over 40 years.....I always loved his lyrics.
You do manage to capture the relevance of this music, David Hartley!
another top-notch review.
please keep these productions coming!
Obviously Dylan’s 60s albums were legendary. But Blood on the Tracks, imo, is his best. So much emotion. Great video. Subscribed!
great album but if I had to choose I'd have to go with his third album.
Dylan's worst decade is better tham most people's best decade
@@mikemarks9 is that bringing it all back home?
@@jamesderoc6717 It's The Times They Are Achangin' album
Time out of mind is the best.
Your presentation is simply brilliant!
I really like Hartley's insight and narrative about Blood on the Tracks. I am older and have been into ans onto Dylan from the very beginning(1961 )later - this time (1974) I myself was going thru some similar kinds of titanic changes. Again, Dylan lit up the road between past, present, and what a future might hold
@eligotein: Same here...right from the very beginning. Was at Newport when Joanie brought him onstage in '63...one of the few times glad to live in RI!! edit**The next yr he was the headliner...and then there was '65!!
The amazing changes we and Bob have gone through are historic! I bought Rough and Rowdy Ways the week it came out...never disappointed. We have been fortunate to be on this journey....even with all the turbulence we've had to endure.
Dylan was a poet first and a song writer second.
His method of reading his poems was unique and only the poet could know the feelings the words triggered and at the same time the melody that flowed with the words as they came out of his head.
No one but Dylan could deliver in the style of Dylan.
The older and wiser he became….the more unique and pleasing his poems/songs became.
Case in point: Red River Shore written for Jim Lafave by Dylan.
Listen to Jim sing it and then listen to the way Bob sings it.
Another example of a similar talent is Tom Waits. He wrote Jersey shore for Bruce Springsteen. Listen to Bruce sing it and then listen to Tom sing it. Night and day.
Two great icons. Bob Dylan and Tom Waits.
What he turned out not to be was a good motorcycle rider.
My favourite albums. Still remember the first time I hear Tangled Up In Blue on a radio, and went out and bought the record album.
I also have the Blood on the Tapes album with it's variation on the official release.
And, opposite to you I loved "You're Going To Make Me..." and it was the first piece from the album I learned to play on guitar.
I love how thorough you are with your research. I wouldn't even call myself a Dylan fan, but this was really interesting. Excellent video :)
Thanks for all the details. A lot of interesting stories and music
The first singer that wasn't a singer that made it big as a singer.
For so many, he's an important beacon of poetic light and hope in the world.
Although, for a few... his voice blocks out all of the joy, that so many others see in him.
This is the first thing of yours I have seen and I'm really glad I saw it. I'll be looking for more of your clips next.
Thanks for posting such a great video--one that reflects your deep knowledge and appreciation of Dylan's unsuccessful efforts to commit to his wife/family while also following his artistic destiny (a failure that ironically produced some of his best music). I especially liked your comparison of his two versions of "You're gonna make me lonesome..." Keep up the great work that you do! (I just hit the subscribe button😊!).
With gratitude and all good wishes,
Sherrie V
David Hartley is a most insightful and intelligent commentator and analyst.
What an enjoyable channel! Thank you,
Thanks!
Thank you!
man, I came across your video by chance, I'm a big Dylan fan and I really enjoyed this mini documentary, you should consider making one about Jim Morrison.
You look yourself like the young Robert. Thank you for this channel. Greetings from Germany
Haha I’ve been told this before
@@davidhartley94 you look ridiculously like mid-60s Bob... like what the hell dude
@@davidhartley94haha it’s crazy, really true! Lol ❤
Young man, you have a great way. Blood on the Tracks is my favorite. Bob Dylan is my favorite.
Loved this record when I first heard. Really enjoyed your presentation of this time in Bobs life. Thank you.
What a great video! Thank you!
excellent presentation, really interesting. As a Dylan fanatic until the early 70's, when I basically lost interest in the myth making, I'm just now getting re-interested in his creative journey, and how he just tried to follow his rambling road. Thanks for this fresh insight
Been binging your content, I absolutely LOVE your style of documentary man! Do you have any prior professional experience or is this just a hobby?
You will be big one day, I love your calm demeanor and interview style display of information. Keep it up 🤘🤘
Thank you very much for this video. As a singer songwriter many of the names which took my heart, spirit, soul, and mind for a ride was Dylan.
I will listen to Blood on the Tracks
Thank you
Fame in itself can be very scary. But I can not imagine that Bob never went up there on the scene. He had so much to share with us all. I am forever grateful like so many others. So fame really has many different sides in a huge mix. We all have our destiny and missions that needs to be completed.
Idiot Wind is such a monumental song from this wonderful work! It's a great album. One of his best. (And there are lots of those with Bob!)
An excellent take on Dylan - very much appreciated. Thanks.
Thanks, David, I menjoyed that, mate.
Love this album. Dylan sings with so much passion you can feel his pain.
Hello are you going. Thanks for supporting my music
You're a big girl now - one of the best love/nreak up songs ever written!
Agree. With a pain that stops and starts like a corkscrew to my heart ever since we've been apart. Regards from Australia.
What people forget is that these types of people are just that: People... they want to live their lives, love their families, the human/American dream, to be free... but the industry isn't a person, but rather a monster... and it will sink its talons into you if you even have a modicum of talent, and suck every ounce of energy you have and strip you of your humanity, placing you on this pedestal that you didn't necessarily want... especially for people like this... people like Bob just wanted to say something and be done with it... but if that's profitable, this industry won't let you leave it at that... they want every ounce of profit you will bring to them... and it's only profitable because everyone can relate in some way to folk music, to the blues, to the songs and lyrics that punctuate real human emotions, experiences, and thoughts... and after the 60s, they knew that, and tested the waters, first commercializing the hippie movement into nothing more than drugs, the peace sign, and tyedye, then moving into commercialized rock music (not to be confused with rock n roll, which was long since dead) and later fusing rock into pop while experimenting with new wave and synthetic, which would later be fused into the already unholy abomination that was 70s pop, to create 80s and 90s pop which has distinct elements of what made 60s music so appealing: real human experience and desires (think of all the sex, heartache, and fun/partying that's associated with all forms of pop) and people are finally starting to wake up to this fact, which is why we see pop artists starting to de-evolve this creation by adding more elements of rock again (lots of electric and acoustic guitars rolling around in pop music again lately)... they know somewhere along they messed up the formula, and that's because people are starting to see the oversaturation of similar themes and crave the music to speak to the individual as it once did, not to the rich kid who's "stacking paper" or "pulling hoes" but rather the poor man who works his hands to the bone, who doesn't agree with what his government is doing... and folk heroes... well... they look, talk, and, even in some cases, ARE just like them, they struggle, they go without, they cry themselves to sleep in desperation of how they'll feed their family while keeping a roof over their head... this is why we see such an explosion of interest in pre-1970s culture, because that was before the music industry bastardized the counter-culture, the people who weren't born with a silver spoon, or who simply saw through the BS of their high-society lives upon encountering love in the lower class when they never found it in the board rooms and country clubs of their families... we all want one thing: to be free. Free. And this is why artists start to get a little eccentric and 'out there' as their career progresses, especially when they find they've run out of things they want to talk about and their record label tells them they need to keep producing what they consider to be a product, without first recognizing that it's not a 'product' but a message, the artist doesn't know what to do, so they just start playing around... I miss the 60s... and I wasn't even born yet...
Great insightful vid into Dylan’s musical timeline. TYFP!
I remember quite clearly in 1974the first time I heard it listening to "Blood on the Tracks" straight through on headphones. I have been in love with the album from that day. I discovered Dylan in 1963 when a friend bought "Freewheeling." "BotT", like the transition to electric, was a startling change. Looking back, all those changes are really the mark of his genius.
My favorite piece on the album is "Lily, Rosemary and the Queen of Hearts", an incredibly imaginative cowboy movie in 8 minutes. It seems like I see a new detail every time I listen to it, even after so many years.
Some good points here but for what it's worth there's a recent article in Architectural Digest that features a motel in Malibu, CA (Hotel June) where Dylan wrote the songs for Blood on the Tracks (not in Minnesota). TH-cam isn't letting me plug in the link but it's easy to Google--a July 14, 2022 piece
Great review and you look like a young Bob Dylan. 🙏❤️🎼.x
amazing video i really enjoyed watching!! thank you so much!
Brilliant work!
My first album at the age of 13 was Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits.
Over the years I bought most of his stuff.
I m 70 now and still value his cds - my faves are Blonde on Blonde, The Basement Tapes, Highway 61 and Another Side.
I agree with Mike Bloomfield, although the songs on Blood on the tracks were melodic, they sounded similar and most were too long.
Great insight and l really enjoy your voice,
Dylan's words are powerful, unique, and they compelling me to listen on.
Well Bloody Done David!
Blood on the tracks is absolutely the best album ever recorded by anyone in any genre.
Dylan himself recorded at least six albums that were better
They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn… that line has sung in my mind and heart so many a dark night… specially doing graveyard shift.
Thanks for the video!
Dylan has had the most astonishing career in the history of popular music. 62 years and counting. And unlike his contemporaries who press on McCartney, the stones and the who all of whom are legacy acts…Dylan’s NEW music is still relevant.
greatest artist of all time
amazing video Dave, as always. BUT. Are you sure BD was in 'open D' tuning for BOTT?
I cannot find anything to that online. Most sites say 'open E'.
I do need to understand this so if you get a chance can you come back on this and quote source?
Thank you and keep up the amazing work. x x
The way I've seen it, growing up in the Bob Dylan era, there've been about seven 'chapters' ;
1 - folk, leading up to going electric
2 - rock, leading up to motorcycle crash
3 - recluse period, leading up to touring with The Band ( again)
4 - seventies, rolling thunder, leading up to Christian period
5 - eighties, leading up to Oh Mercy
6 - nineties, leading up to Time Out of Mind
7 - 21st century, leading up to Murder So Foul, and beyond to the present
As always, I'm there loving all of it. Today I was practing playing and singing Highway 61 Revisited.
Blessings to Bob
Liked your video. He was one of the best musicians of the 20th Century and an artist. Hopefully his works will be appreciated as time goes on. ❤
Blowing in the Wind ❤
David.... brilliant channel, not much more to be said.
Thanks for an interesting analysis of a very interesting time in Dylan’s career.
Great video. Tremendously insightful. I think Dylan always sought women as a haven (Shelter From the Storm) but that could never work. especially for one so creatively restless. Impermanence is part of the essence of. life. I'll have to listen to the bootleg tracks. "you're a Big Girl Now" is wrenching.
Dylan, more than anyone else, is aware that the roots of rock are in Mississippi, Texas and Oklahoma. You can listen to any Dylan album and you’re cast back instantly into America’s history, and feel that history made relevant to ANY present you happen to be in. The only other musician I can say that about is John Fahey.
Memphis pretty big too but maybe thats a bit later
"More than anyone else"? I don't think so.
That is very well said
@@Kristalaurene Thank you!
@@humanbeing5300 Memphis is just the extreme northwest corner of the Mississippi Delta. Sure, politically it's in the extreme southwest corner of Tennessee, but it's in the Delta.
Are you kidding!? The original album version of 'Lonesome' is one of my top 10 favourite Dylan tunes, and one of my big regrets is not hearing it live, despite seeing Dylan LOADS of times.
Great video though.
Sometime around 1980, I was hanging out with some friends in somebody’s basement. We were drinking beer and smoking weed. One of the guys had an acoustic guitar and a songbook of Bob Dylan’s album “Blood on the Tracks.” Obeying an impulse, I picked up the guitar, opened the book to the song “Tangled Up in Blue,” and began playing and singing the song. While I did this, I had a vivid premonition that the lyrics were describing the emotional content of many of what would be my future relationships with women. The subsequent history of my life proved this prognostication correct.
The thing I love about Bob Dylan's story is his international reputation cast for long in the future, being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for literature, (the poetry of his songs) in 2016.
This is my favorite Dylan album!
Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of hearts. What a show!
Its like a movie
Mindblowing visuals he creates with the lyrics of this incredible song on this monumental album.
As Clinton Heylin points out in his book, The Double Life of Bob Dylan, Dylan's first album was perfectly successful as far as Columbia Records expected it to be. It was Columbia's FIRST tentative approach to the then new genre of popular folk music which was largely controlled by Vanguard and Elektra. Folk music was a niche market that was growing in popularity but had only cracked the Top 40 with groups like the Kingston Trio who were very pop oriented folk artists. Dylan's 1962 self titled album sold 5,000 copies in its first year, a perfectly acceptable number for a niche record. This record today has sold more than 1,500,000 copies worldwide. It was Dylan's rendition of The House of the Rising Sun that inspired the Animals' #1 hit of that song two years later. The lack of success of Dylan's first album is greatly exaggerated.
Fantastic Album!!!
Bob was great friends (and a student) with Norman Raeben at the time. Raeben was an incredible artist. Ive read that Dylan was sick of writing songs so turned to norman raeben for painting advice. dylan not only learnt how to paint from raeben, but also has said he 'rediscovered' how to write songs from him. BotT wouldnt be what it is without Raeben.
Brilliantly told Thankyou ❤
no question dylan's going electric was a fork in the musical road and lead him down an unforgettable path. what i love about bott is its return to an artist with his words, melodies and guitar but more importantly a man who'd lived and loved by this time. made the songs sound that more relatable and piercing than his work past.
Thanks for the info fill ins on my lifelong mind-library on His Bobness! Rare for me to learn anything on this Noob-Tube. Dr. Rob
Why did you put footage of drummer Sly Dunbar ?
That’s from 1983 - Infidels sessions.
😂 he has no credibility anymore
one of my favorite records of all time
I grew up with Dylan songs when they were mainstream in college dorms, coffee shops, and on radio. Great song writer and influenced a whole generation of people. Never saw him live but had the opportunity to see him at a small local outdoor venue a few years back. Absolutely horrible show. Songs, when you can understand them, just don't resonate anymore. Left at intermission. The magic is long gone.
A stunning album.
Love it to this day
Bob Dylan has gotten better as he has aged, every phase is a stroke of the brush of an artist painting his masterpiece. ❤
I've been a fan for almost 60 years and Blood on the Tracks is my favorite Dylan album. But the rare acoustic version I believe is the better recording because of the way it grabs at your soul.
Learning this whole album in open e tuning made playing fun again.
Dylan didn't meet Brady until 1981, and Dylan had already a couple of Tunes in Open D (eg. In My Time Of Dyin). Although Brady did show him how to play his version of Lakes Of Pontchartrain, (in Open D,) which was on Brady's album Welcome Here Kind Stranger recorded in 1978, but that wasn't until 3 years after that album ...6 years after Blood On The Tracks was released.
Lucky I found this video, got me to listen to Planet Waves, only ever heard one song from that record (you know which one). But they're all good.
Blood On The Tracks, blew me away! A turning point for sure, but it may represent the high water mark of his career.
Always considered Blood on the Tracks as the cream of Dylan.. the quintessential folk album.. - and my all-time favourite..
Blood on the Tracks is my favorite Bob Dylan album... that is, if I was forced to choose just one!
He faced a more formidable comeback recovering the audience that fled from his fire and brimstone evangelical phase, thus returning to singing his great songs again during his "endless tour" while affecting a sort of riverboat gambler persona and look.
More difficult for his comeback were his folk music fans condensing his turning to electric rock and roll. Never bothered Bob.❤
Desire is a great record as well.
Absolutely! It still makes me emotional when I hear it.
His best days as a songwriter? That's debatable but his new songs were fantastic. The story of Dylan never gets dull...
7:19 Astral Weeks was done in shorter time - and complete
Beatles first album, Please Please me, was recorded in ONE DAY ! (I win)! 🤣 🎉
@@glennhall8665 well played sir!
Astral weeks is a dissapointment. Overated.
As is van morrison himself.
@@shuddupeyaface glad 99.9% of educated music lovers disagree
@@guyb7005 Maybe. Just my opinion.
well done! love this
You are a God, Man You are a soul in a human
You are a flow on a tongue You are words in a mind
You are a flow on strings of mistic complex
It's alright 'ma that's only rhythmic riverines Of poetry and flow of fragrance in the enchanting windy plains and running riveres
Glowing icy peaks & Brewing Clouds
Over the high lands Looking for the flowing rivers and gushing waters
It's alright 'ma that's only rhythmic riverines Of poetry and
Flow of fragrance into the past and present alike waiting for the new spring to visit and feel the flavour of the present
Ma I am only running my mind to reach the words of Dylan
Resonating the sounds of ever mystic Bob
Mesmerising stoic eyes Glancing into mistic might
Day or night Moon or sun Mysteries or Marvels Moving tone of Dylan in poetry
As mystical as Milton's Paradise always regained but never lost
It's alright 'ma that's only rhythmic riverines Of poetry and flow of fragrance into the winds of valleys and heights of mountains from the riverines to skies
Ma, tell Tambourine man to sing Volcanic voices Waves like rhythms opening into tunnel of Musical Vocal caves
I am sitting in Cafe Roya where mystical music overlaps magnanimity of poetic musings
Dylan Oh Man Poet or Performer Singer or Musician Nothing matters
But flowing with you
Into singing waves
What a fantastic album "Blood On the Tracks" is! Wow.
Love it! ❤
my favorite Dylan album - a masterpiece.
Freewheelin’, his second LP, was the album that made him world famous
Hands down Dylan's best album!
His divorce saved his marriage. Not just the sad songs, but the resigned songs, Buckets of Rain, Shelter From The Storm. Those songs live on their own.
How so?
Persuasive and informative. Thank you.