When he sings "I didn't know you was from the farm," it is a metaphor for innocence in One Us Must Know. I Want You is such an amazing song. This album is a roller-coaster of amazing creativity. It was the first double LP ever produced, the second double LP released was Zappa's Freak Out! album a few months after Blonde was released.
@Hartlor_Tayley Hanging in there. My mom's sold her house, too big, and she's looking for a townhouse or patio home. She's out bouncing around in her vehicle from hotel to hotel and mine and my siblings places. My mom is her own universe as you know. How are you doing?
@@alphajava761 I hope she finds a great place, your mom is special. It’s best to move sooner than later before the house becomes too burdensome. I wish her and you all the best. As for me not much to report, I’m basically a monk these days. Thanks for asking Java
Lee..take your time with this album for sure, it is without a doubt one of the greatest if not greatest albums ever made. It is my desert Island pick just for the lyrics alone. The other two are :HEndrix "Electric Ladyland" and the Beatles "White Album". THey cover it all as far as music goes.A lifetime of joy.
Funny how you use the term "desert island pick". I have made that exact comment concerning Blonde on Blonde since I was 17 years old...that must have been about 51 years ago. Kindred spirits reign.
@@DanEvans-yb6wk Dan, we must be cause great minds think alike...lol. It changed my life for sure. It has a lifetime of lyrical meanings and the musicians on it are outstanding. You gotta remember when it came out most people were into R&B (James Brown etc.) then this came out and was a lifesaver for someone who didn't really identify with the music of the day. Still listen almost weekly to it and love it. Hope you do too !!
If I don't play it, I can hear it on KOZT out of Mendocino, though I'm in Colorado...or I play "I Want You" at my gigs, along with a dozen or more others. Nice tipping the hat to you, Doug.@@dougieyou
Mine also. Since I was 16. Guess it had been out about 4 years before I got my hands on it. Hard to find things like Blonde on Blonde growing up in the oil fields of West Texas, but oh, once I found it...had to choose a life of words and stories and music...taught 12th grade English for 36 years and still sing his songs in cafes at night. Thanks for reading this. And thank you, Mr. D.
One of Us Must Know was “our song” for the girlfriend I miss the most (still good friends, gods be praised). Thanks for the fucking amazing memories, young Lee. I wish you the same happiness.
I Want You, great, also listen to the slower version on "Live at Budokan" I adore this version. "One of us must know" is amazing too. "Desire" "Time out of Mind" amazing albums. Also recommend Bootleg 1-3 album 3 disc - from early Dylan onwards ... I listen to this often, especially 2nd disc. As the famous Dylan lyric ... keep on keeping on...(Tangled up in Blue)
Time Out Of Mind is one my favorite all time albums, top 10. Desire and Rough and Rowdy Ways are two of my favorite Bob albums. I loooove the bootlegs, all of them.
"One of Must Know" sounds just like what The Band would become and yet, the piano and organ signature of them isn't provided by Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson here. However, Rick Danko is on bass and Robbie Robertson on guitar. But Dylan's influence on their songwriting is obvious on some tracks. They would sing it better, of course. But no one can sing a Dylan song like he could and I say that in a positive way. The star performer of the track is definitely Paul Griffin on the piano. What an amazing performance that I don't think Richard could have even matched. Yes the same Paul Griffin you've heard before, tickling the ivories masterfully for Steely Dan on "Sign in Stranger" and the Fender Rhodes part on "Peg." Also on "Like A Rolling Stone" which is another instantly unforgettable part. One of the unsung geniuses of the instrument in the rock and roll era. Oh yes he also played the piano on other classics like "American Pie" and "Rainy Night in Georgia." Legendary resume (but passed away in 2000 at age 62).
I love the Album transition from "Visions of Johanna" directly into "One of Us Must Know". One of the best musical transitions from ANY album. This song's soaring music adds a triumphant feeling to end this side of "Blonde on Blonde". I think "Blonde" has several of his greatest songs, but the whole double-Album always felt a bit uneven to me. My personal Top-4 Dylan albums are "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", "Bringing It All Back Home", "Highway 61", and "Blood On The Tracks".
Such great tunes & Dylan's voice, you are so right @GiannaEmme . I spin the vinyl 45 of "I Want You" at festivals, it is one of Bob Dylan's uplifting tunes you can dance to.
Al Cooper showed up at the session hoping to play guitar, but there were already too many guitars so he sat down at the organ. And the rest is history.
I can sense you becoming more and more enthralled the deeper you delve into The Bob's catalogue. He's almost on a level all to himself. You're not even halfway through this incredible album, so I might come back to this a bit later, but what albums of his are you thinking of next.
I'm sad you didn't like Sad eyed lady... It's one of my favourite...and I cried the first time I listened to it...I knew the lyrics that I had read a little time before...than I heard his voice singing those words and the music ... all together moved me to tears.
You might enjoy "Si Tu Dois Partir" by Fairport Convention(W/Sandy) from their album Unhalfbricking. Its a french version of the Bob Dylan song "If You Gotta Go, Go Now(Or Else You Got To Stay All Night).
When you are done with Blonde on Blonde you should listen to the live version of "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" from the Dylan and the Band concert album Before the Flood. It's the opening song and it is a banger. You may get stuck in the album for a while. Live Band solo sets plus Dylan, amazing.
Really, ALL Dylan's songs could be considered "Love Songs", (with the exception of his early "Protest Songs"). Dylan uses the "Love Song" structure to explore all human/social conditions. He sings about the betrayal from his "fans and critics", by writing several "Break-up Songs". Dylan sings about every complex shift and change in our society, but he frames them as "Difficult Relationships", making the events more intimate and personal. Part of Dylan's poetic genius is his transforming the most complex and abstract problems of human society, to explore them as intimate personal encounters between lovers.
Funny you mentioned McKinley. The song “Key West (Philosopher Pirate)” from Dylan’s latest album ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ starts with the lines: McKinley hollered - McKinley squalled Doctor said McKinley - death is on the wall
One of Us Must Know is definitely not a love song. It's an often revisited theme in Dylan's catalog about having to deal with inauthentic, deceitful, immature, useless people/girlfriends. The "didn't realize how young you were" I don't think is about physical age at all, but immaturity and entitlement. And the "I couldn't see when it started snowing," he's talking about a snow job when he got blinded by his girlfriends bullshit. The "you just did what you were supposed to do" is a major Dylan insult about inauthentic people. This is one of his most successful efforts at this type. Much more mature song than Positively 4th Street. A very interesting and fun outtake in the same genre is "She's Your Lover Now." "What Was It You Wanted" a great later reworking of the same theme.
After you finish this album, you should go right into the next one. John Wesley Harding takes off in a whole new direction, switching to a country and western vibe, with heavy philosophical themes.
Think it's great that you do some research before your reactions, such as that "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" was the only song on this great album to be recorded in Nashville.
You must listen to 'Desire' easily the best Dylan album, it is about the break up of his marriage to Sarah, and losing his kids and other wonderful tracks, it is also musically very different, a truly wonderful album
... to get a perspective on Dylan influence on music at the time ... listen to the songs that are prior to his time on the scene ... if you know ,you will know ...IMO
@glenndespres5317 Rough and Rowdy Ways is such an amazing album. Bob shows that he's still as great as ever on it, his latest studio album back in 2020. There are so many Bob Dylan's in Bob's career. It's like he "contains multitudes" 😉 or something.
@@alphajava761 “I sing the songs of experience like William Blake I have no apologies to make Everything's flowing all at the same time I live on the boulevard of crime I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods I contain multitudes” Another great song.
P s The Hawks ..is THE BAND..it was their first band name ...
God! His voice in these songs...just beautiful!
The first one is a sleeper Dylan track if there ever was one
lol sorry for the reupload, i had to fix that audio. my rant had no context whatsoever but a bunch of metal music playing LOL
and i agree that was an awesome dylan cut
@@L33Reacts it’s all good.
One of my absolute favourite tracks of his. And you're so right. It was after years of listening to this album when this song finally clicked for me.
@@davescurry69 yeah it went over my head too at first. It’s like I had to evolve to appreciate it
Here for a second listen! Thanks, Lee. The first version was a hoot though lol!!!
LMBO
When he sings "I didn't know you was from the farm," it is a metaphor for innocence in One Us Must Know. I Want You is such an amazing song. This album is a roller-coaster of amazing creativity. It was the first double LP ever produced, the second double LP released was Zappa's Freak Out! album a few months after Blonde was released.
@@alphajava761 never go past the corn. Hey man
@@Hartlor_Tayley lol. hey dude
@@alphajava761 hey alpha how are you doing ?
@Hartlor_Tayley Hanging in there. My mom's sold her house, too big, and she's looking for a townhouse or patio home. She's out bouncing around in her vehicle from hotel to hotel and mine and my siblings places. My mom is her own universe as you know. How are you doing?
@@alphajava761 I hope she finds a great place, your mom is special. It’s best to move sooner than later before the house becomes too burdensome. I wish her and you all the best. As for me not much to report, I’m basically a monk these days. Thanks for asking Java
Lee..take your time with this album for sure, it is without a doubt one of the greatest if not greatest albums ever made. It is my desert Island pick just for the lyrics alone. The other two are :HEndrix "Electric Ladyland" and the Beatles "White Album". THey cover it all as far as music goes.A lifetime of joy.
Same as my 3 desert island albums why? All double albums so you get twice the music. If I could have 4 the 4th. is Bitch's brew another double.
@@Eugene-u8f Good 4th. choice, Man that would cover all the bases for sure My fourth would be anything by John Prine.
Funny how you use the term "desert island pick". I have made that exact comment concerning Blonde on Blonde since I was 17 years old...that must have been about 51 years ago. Kindred spirits reign.
@@DanEvans-yb6wk Dan, we must be cause great minds think alike...lol. It changed my life for sure. It has a lifetime of lyrical meanings and the musicians on it are outstanding. You gotta remember when it came out most people were into R&B (James Brown etc.) then this came out and was a lifesaver for someone who didn't really identify with the music of the day. Still listen almost weekly to it and love it. Hope you do too !!
If I don't play it, I can hear it on KOZT out of Mendocino, though I'm in Colorado...or I play "I Want You" at my gigs, along with a dozen or more others. Nice tipping the hat to you, Doug.@@dougieyou
One of my favorite Bob Dylan songs… The piano is so good
In sooner or later that is
Apparently one of Dylan's favorites as well.
2 beautiful songs.
Probably my favorite Dylan album
Mine also. Since I was 16. Guess it had been out about 4 years before I got my hands on it. Hard to find things like Blonde on Blonde growing up in the oil fields of West Texas, but oh, once I found it...had to choose a life of words and stories and music...taught 12th grade English for 36 years and still sing his songs in cafes at night. Thanks for reading this. And thank you, Mr. D.
One of Us Must Know was “our song” for the girlfriend I miss the most (still good friends, gods be praised).
Thanks for the fucking amazing memories, young Lee. I wish you the same happiness.
I Want You, great, also listen to the slower version on "Live at Budokan" I adore this version. "One of us must know" is amazing too. "Desire" "Time out of Mind" amazing albums. Also recommend Bootleg 1-3 album 3 disc - from early Dylan onwards ... I listen to this often, especially 2nd disc. As the famous Dylan lyric ... keep on keeping on...(Tangled up in Blue)
Time Out Of Mind is one my favorite all time albums, top 10. Desire and Rough and Rowdy Ways are two of my favorite Bob albums. I loooove the bootlegs, all of them.
"One of Must Know" sounds just like what The Band would become and yet, the piano and organ signature of them isn't provided by Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson here. However, Rick Danko is on bass and Robbie Robertson on guitar. But Dylan's influence on their songwriting is obvious on some tracks. They would sing it better, of course. But no one can sing a Dylan song like he could and I say that in a positive way. The star performer of the track is definitely Paul Griffin on the piano. What an amazing performance that I don't think Richard could have even matched. Yes the same Paul Griffin you've heard before, tickling the ivories masterfully for Steely Dan on "Sign in Stranger" and the Fender Rhodes part on "Peg." Also on "Like A Rolling Stone" which is another instantly unforgettable part. One of the unsung geniuses of the instrument in the rock and roll era. Oh yes he also played the piano on other classics like "American Pie" and "Rainy Night in Georgia." Legendary resume (but passed away in 2000 at age 62).
Doing a great job!........great to see you loving Dylan...a good person to get attached to.
Amazing, the affect Bob has on those getting to know him...
Dylan ♾️
I love the Album transition from "Visions of Johanna" directly into "One of Us Must Know". One of the best musical transitions from ANY album. This song's soaring music adds a triumphant feeling to end this side of "Blonde on Blonde". I think "Blonde" has several of his greatest songs, but the whole double-Album always felt a bit uneven to me. My personal Top-4 Dylan albums are "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", "Bringing It All Back Home", "Highway 61", and "Blood On The Tracks".
Thanks for fixing it. I couldn't hear what you had to say.
Yeah my bad I missed one of the Audio tracks to turn down lol
Lee, A Hard rain-are gonna Fall, is to me his most poetic but scary song he wrote, and he was only 21 years old, incredible.
Such great tunes & Dylan's voice, you are so right @GiannaEmme . I spin the vinyl 45 of "I Want You" at festivals, it is one of Bob Dylan's uplifting tunes you can dance to.
Al Cooper showed up at the session hoping to play guitar, but there were already too many guitars so he sat down at the organ. And the rest is history.
A more melodic Bob Dylan, where his words aren’t as drawn out, is alright…
A love song. Interesting!
Great reaction again bro..
Yessir..
try:.Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts..
I was too young for Dylan the first time around. Thanks for letting me get another try.
I never heard a full Dylan album until I hit 60 years old. Now I have his first four albums.
I can sense you becoming more and more enthralled the deeper you delve into The Bob's catalogue. He's almost on a level all to himself. You're not even halfway through this incredible album, so I might come back to this a bit later, but what albums of his are you thinking of next.
❤❤❤
You should definitely revisit Sad Eyed Lady after hearing this whole album. It is this album's definitive ending.
I'm sad you didn't like Sad eyed lady... It's one of my favourite...and I cried the first time I listened to it...I knew the lyrics that I had read a little time before...than I heard his voice singing those words and the music ... all together moved me to tears.
Great Content,,,!!!,,, I think the loop de loop,,, you were talking about,,, some may say it's called Balance ❤
You might enjoy "Si Tu Dois Partir" by Fairport Convention(W/Sandy) from their album Unhalfbricking. Its a french version of the Bob Dylan song "If You Gotta Go, Go Now(Or Else You Got To Stay All Night).
So Dylanesque, mouth organ and all.
When you are done with Blonde on Blonde you should listen to the live version of "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" from the Dylan and the Band concert album Before the Flood. It's the opening song and it is a banger. You may get stuck in the album for a while. Live Band solo sets plus Dylan, amazing.
The Band: When they left Ronnie, they became Levon and The Hawks.
You just 'get' Dylan . --- One only has to have 'ears' , to get Dylan .
Really, ALL Dylan's songs could be considered "Love Songs", (with the exception of his early "Protest Songs"). Dylan uses the "Love Song" structure to explore all human/social conditions. He sings about the betrayal from his "fans and critics", by writing several "Break-up Songs". Dylan sings about every complex shift and change in our society, but he frames them as "Difficult Relationships", making the events more intimate and personal. Part of Dylan's poetic genius is his transforming the most complex and abstract problems of human society, to explore them as intimate personal encounters between lovers.
Dylan said he would never write on that level 65/66 again
Funny you mentioned McKinley. The song “Key West (Philosopher Pirate)” from Dylan’s latest album ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ starts with the lines:
McKinley hollered - McKinley squalled
Doctor said McKinley - death is on the wall
Not much to say except very Dylan.
One of Us Must Know is definitely not a love song. It's an often revisited theme in Dylan's catalog about having to deal with inauthentic, deceitful, immature, useless people/girlfriends. The "didn't realize how young you were" I don't think is about physical age at all, but immaturity and entitlement. And the "I couldn't see when it started snowing," he's talking about a snow job when he got blinded by his girlfriends bullshit. The "you just did what you were supposed to do" is a major Dylan insult about inauthentic people. This is one of his most successful efforts at this type. Much more mature song than Positively 4th Street. A very interesting and fun outtake in the same genre is "She's Your Lover Now." "What Was It You Wanted" a great later reworking of the same theme.
After you finish this album, you should go right into the next one. John Wesley Harding takes off in a whole new direction, switching to a country and western vibe, with heavy philosophical themes.
Basement Tapes
Think it's great that you do some research before your reactions, such as that "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" was the only song on this great album to be recorded in Nashville.
You must listen to 'Desire' easily the best Dylan album, it is about the break up of his marriage to Sarah, and losing his kids and other wonderful tracks, it is also musically very different, a truly wonderful album
Agreed, Scarlett Rivera's violin gives Desire a unique sound.
Have you seen Lee's reaction to 'Sara'? few months ago. He liked it :)
Missed the o
... to get a perspective on Dylan influence on music at the time ... listen to the songs that are prior to his time on the scene ... if you know ,you will know ...IMO
Do you think you’ll ever cover A Murder Most Foul about the JFK assassination?
@glenndespres5317 Rough and Rowdy Ways is such an amazing album. Bob shows that he's still as great as ever on it, his latest studio album back in 2020. There are so many Bob Dylan's in Bob's career. It's like he "contains multitudes" 😉 or something.
@@alphajava761 “I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
I have no apologies to make
Everything's flowing all at the same time
I live on the boulevard of crime
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
I contain multitudes”
Another great song.
You were just kidding me. You weren't really from the farm.