Dylan was absolutely peerless at this time. He knew it and Donovan (a good songwriter in his own right) knew it. Neither of them, including Dylan, had a clue of where it was coming from. After Dylan read Brecht and Rimbaud, his songwriting caught fire.
I think maybe it was a spontaneous thing , his choosing to sing this song at this gathering of friends . Sort of unplanned and because of that it sounds so raw yet perfect (to my ears anyway) I know what I mean but not how to express it in words .. unlike Dylan can .. I'm but a mere mortal !!
@@Dawn-Songs You expressed it very well, and I totally agree! It feels like we're right in the room with Bob Dylan at the beginning of his stellar career.
Been listening to every genre of music for 60 years and still, no one stirs the soul like Bob Dylan. I can't even say I understand half the shit he sings, but I love Dylan. No one like him.
Me to . Liam Clancy described his a receiver oh how special. Murder most foul. It’s like he’s inside J F Ks body his soul headed to the afterword. Finally told us how he felt about the 60’. Genius. Tod
Dylan has been around since I was a kid. Now I'm old enough to be a grandfather. A great-grandfather. Recently I found myself reading the lyrics to some of his songs and was astonished at what a poet the man is. He has been such a part of my surroundings I took him for granted.
@@DH-xm3hc he uses words in a way that an artist/painter uses paints and colors to create incredible and beautiful images.. He also uses words and builds lyrics the way a mathematician uses symbols, numbers and objects to create formulas and theorems with deep meaning. People like Dylan don't come along every day. I can listen to his songs a thousand times over and appreciate it more and more each time.
Dylan is like the American Shakespeare. His lyrics are beyond compare. His voice to some is unpleasant, but to those in the know it's perfect for his stunning words.
The master. With Donovan looking flattened and defeated at his feet..... Don`t get me wrong, I was a big fan of Donovan`s work as well. But Dylan is a class all his own. Our living Shakespeare. And featured here in this perfect song...the perfect last line: My love, she`s like some raven at my window with a broken wing...
you wont hear anything as good as dylan if there are still contemporary musicians 200 yrs from now--brilliant simple and complex all at once--never understood how by age 25 his contributions to society were already numerous and iconic
He is actually that good that there won’t be anybody better, most sports and things you can say Ali etc never be anybody better knowing there could be but with Dylan for some reason you know nobody will ever be as good or even near. We would all love somebody to be as good but it ain’t going to happen. And anyway you are not alone.
I think this is my favourite Bob Dylan performance. It's like he's sharing something that will be perfectly understood and appreciated by the listeners present (he seems like he's especially singing to the older English man). There's a trust, warmth and intimacy - a joy. It's different from how Dylan performed onstage during the same period. Poor Donovan looks like he's a having a crisis though: "Geez, Bob Dylan is in another stratosphere compared to me."
I dont think that's an English man you're speaking of...that's Derroll Adams and he's American. I'm like 80% sure. If anyone knows different, I'm all ears.
All the comments are spot-on . . . and yet, one little word choice . . . "bus stations" (vs. train stations) captures the small-town economy-has-passed-us-by change of the 1960's so perfectly. Passenger trains were a thing of the past by the 1960's as the for-profit, mostly-bankrupt intercity railroads were trying to get out of that business and AmTrack would come around until 1970.
@Clark Gable Dylan is a 100% rip of Donovan. He doesn't deserve the attention he got. He's completely unoriginal and unremorsefull of stealing others songs. Fuck Bob Dylan.
My college suitemate Michael cusimano introduced me to this in 1995 when he played his guitar and harmonica in our dorm. It's my one of my all time favorites, cancer took him last winter so this song means so much right now.
I just got kind of sad thinking of the millions of people who have no appreciation for this kind of music. They're missing out on a whole world of sublime beauty. Sure, it takes some time and effort to learn how to listen and really hear it, but can you imagine going through life disliking Dylan or Bach?
I wasn't interested in my parents music in the 50's, and my grandkids are not interested in The Beatles, Dylan, Zeppelin etc that I love, because they have their own music. It's a generational thing, and everyone thinks their music was the best, and to them it is.
The original title of the song was "Dime Store", which originates from the line "In the dime stores and bus stations..."[1] The official title "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" is, according to Dylan, a fraction with "Love Minus Zero" on the top and "No Limit" on the bottom, and this is how the title appeared on early pressings of the Bringing It All Back Home LP.[1][13] Therefore, the correct pronunciation of the song's title is "Love Minus Zero over No Limit".[17] This has been interpreted as "absolutely unlimited love."[13] The title is also based on gambling terminology that would mean that all love is a risk.[13] Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (read "Love Minus Zero over No Limit") is a song written by Bob Dylan for his fifth studio album Bringing It All Back Home, released in 1965 (see 1965 in music). The song was originally written as a tribute to Dylan's future wife Sara Lownds. Its main musical hook is a series of three descending chords, while its lyrics articulate Dylan's feelings for his lover, and how she brings a needed zen-like calm to his chaotic world. The song uses surreal imagery, some of which recalls Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" and the biblical Book of Daniel. The style of the lyrics is reminiscent of William Blake's poem "The Sick Rose". Dylan has performed "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" live on several of his tours. Since its initial appearance on Bringing It All Back Home, live versions of the song have been released on a number of Dylan's albums, including Bob Dylan at Budokan, MTV Unplugged (European versions), and The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue, as well as on the reissued Concert for Bangladesh album by George Harrison & Friends. Live video performances have been included on the Concert for Bangladesh and Other Side of the Mirror: Live at Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 DVD releases. Artists who have covered "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" include Ricky Nelson, Buck Owens, The Turtles, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Fleetwood Mac, Rod Stewart and Baby Gramps. Eric Clapton played it at Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration. The version of the song that appears on Bringing It All Back Home was recorded on January 14, 1965 and was produced by Tom Wilson.[1] This version was recorded by the full rock band that Dylan used to accompany him on the songs that appeared on side one of the album, and features a prominent electric guitar part played by Bruce Langhorne.[1][2][3] However, like the other love song on side one, "She Belongs to Me", "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" was recorded a day earlier in various acoustic configurations, and one of these takes was a strong contender to be included on the album.[1] The January 13, 1965 recordings and a first take from January 14 were released on the 6-disc and 18-disc versions of The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 in 2015.[4] The song is tuneful, with a prominent series of three descending diatonic chords providing the main hook.[5][6] The music is soothing, so that the love expressed seems tranquil even when images such as cloaks and daggers and trembling bridges are evoked by the lyrics.[7] The tune and rhythm have a Latin feel and the lyrical rhyming pattern varies from verse to verse.[5][8] For example, in the first verse, the first and second lines rhyme, the fourth and eighth lines rhyme, and the sixth and seventh lines rhyme, but the third and fifth lines are unrhymed.[8] But in the second verse, the first three lines rhyme.[8] Throughout the song, the rhymes are sometimes approximate; for example "another" is rhymed with "bother" and "trembles" is rhymed with "rambles."[8]
Catherine Hutchinson Donovan is like MY GOD, THIS YOUNG MAN IS A GENIUS. NO MATTER WHAT I DO I WILL NEVER BE LIKE HIM. Frankly, Donovan underestimated the prowess of Dylan if he just thought that.
I'm 66 y/o and have been listening to Dylan all through my childhood and teens because of my parents (thank you mom and dad). I have long lost count of how many times I have seen him in concert. This video was taken from the D. A. Pennebaker documentary, "Don't Look Back" (1965). The look on Donovan's face was so obvious that I felt sorry for him. I was a fan of Donovan also, but he had his own musical road to follow. Dylan and Donovan could never be compared to each other, and it was ridiculous to even try.
Whoever the old guy is, he seems like the only one to truly get the profundity of Dylan's lyrics and appears to be deeply moved. It appears Dylan understands this and directs the performance towards him. Amazing.
Land of Reason That was Dylan's manager, Harold Rosenthal. And on the Bringing it all Back Home Album cover, it was Rosenthal's wife. The old guy had it going on.
@Michele Minick Thanks for the correction. Not easy to wrong on three counts, but I managed it :) I met Harold Leventhal once once, he was a concert and venue promoter who worked closely with Dylan and Joan Baez and lots of seminal folk singers. But he was not Harold "Rosenthal". Then I got him confused with Albert Grossman. That said, Mr. Leventhal did look like Mr. Adams, sort of, at that time. Still , I am happy you got the man in the video identified, and most important, what a great Dylan song!
My profound thanks to Bobby. It is music and art that saves the world every day. Completely void of pretentious bullshit, not looking to follow or to be followed, he graced us time and time again by sharing this divine experience with all who are willing to listen. I am one of the lucky ones who is willing to listen.
can anyone explain me why does this song sound so simple and at the same time an amazing piece of art. I can feel he is a genius trough this melody and lyrics.
Not really but i could make a few quick comments. Beautiful melody, chords, voice, singer ;-) The simplicity and perfection of form help. 4 focused verses that develop the theme and take interesting turns. Chord structure makes a lot of sense, bounces around the i and iv like alot of dylan songs then turns around on the 5 for that dramatic concise turnaround punch that makes each verse feel so good. Obviously the lyrics, which fit onto the simple structure so well. Good structure, development. First verse introduces the subject, "my love," and contrasts it with a cliched and temporal common romance. "My love" is not "promised by the hour" (day-to-day, common, cheap, temporal...) nor cliche like valentine's flowers (cliche, tangible, obvious, positive (something rather than nothing)). Almost like a nothing rather than a something... "She laughs like the flowers/ valentines can't buy her" introduces the sort of beatnik/zen paradoxical aspect/nature of the subject, for lack of a better way of putting it. ie: "she knows there's no success like failure/ and that failure's no success at all." She laughs like the flowers valentine's can't buy her- the absence of flowers. Every verse begins with a description of the world, flawed in some way and ends with the two line 'turn' which tells us something new about "my love" always negative, as in negating something ("love minus zero") and zero is absolute- A perfect Nothing above everything. But minus zero is the same as plus zero. It is the absense of value... "No limit" -- "she knows too much to argue or too judge." The themes are in some ways similar to It's Alright, Ma; Mr. Tambourine Man; Gates of Eden and probably others from around this time. A romance of transcendence, a jaded view of the world as flawed corrupt. Rejection of idolatry "statues made of match sticks," "ceremonies of the horseman". Oh Visions of Johanna is another one like that. And Desolation Row. Jumping back a bit, obviously he's not talking about a woman or even love as a thing in itself as people sometimes think- it is "my love". Could be read as 'the kind of love i feel' or as "the object of my love", or in another way- I often hate to write about good songs or poetry because it cheapens a song so much to pin it down as something it isn't- it is a song, it is the song that it is, it says what it says. Look up symbolism on ravens RE the last verse, especially biblical symbolism. Contrast, for example, Noah's raven with Noah's dove. But that's just scratching the surface. Also note the turn towards 'deeper' things in the last 2 verses, rather than the mundanities of the first two- the apocalyptic imagery and an emphasis on the fragility of statues ("made of matchsticks"- futile, vain, idolatry), the drama of it. All things of this world are temporal and will be destroyed- towers, statues, idols. In the end "there's no success like failure/ and failure's no success at all"- a raven is a bird of omen- usually dark, here the raven has a broken wing seeking shelter from a storm, which is beautiful- this last turn marks a stark change in the way "my love" has been described. Really completes the song and adds a world of depth- ie you could read the song as being about accepting the futility, chaos, mundanity, meaninglessness/whatever of the world- seeing it as a wounded bird at your window rather than denial resistance. But that's scratching the surface. I don't want to tell you what to think. Hope that kinda makes sense- read the lyrics for yourself. Don't put too much stock in my reading. i gotta get back to some homework.
I would give almost anything to be able to go back in time and be in that room when he performed this song. The first time I heard it I was stunned by the lyrics and the images they conjured up. Who else writes stuff like this? Truly great stuff.
One of my many favorite Dylan songs, I haven't heard this in a long time. I just made the mistake of listening to it at work. Tears ensued. Had to rush to bathroom to dab at eyes and look at stricken face in mirror.
Those two close-ups of Donovan make me wonder if he was first thinking of how much a pawn shop would give him for his guitar and the second was thinking about becoming a truck driver. Reality was settling in; Dylan was in a class of his own.....still is!
Watching video, thinking to myself: What prescence ... and no arrogance. Thought about the impact his music has had on so many people. Dylan, the Pied Piper.
Donavan just has that look of acceptance on his face that he'll never be able to eclipse the master. I love Donovan too but nothing he did had the complexity of a Dylan song.
This is such a beautiful and incredible song. During this time, Dylan probably composed about 30 to 40 of the most brilliant pieces of music of all time. As for Donovan, he's not Dylan, but who is? He wrote several amazing songs. If he just did Season of the Witch, his career would have been successful. But he did so many great, great songs - Jennifer Juniper, Barabajagal, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Catch the Wind, Colours, To Susan on the West Coast Waiting, and so on and so on. To see Donovan studying Dylan is priceless. Thanks for the great video!
The songs that made Donovan famous are his worst songs.. he has so many hidden gems it's unreal. It's sad he lip songs for live shows past the mid 70s though
Mellow Yellow is a harmless pop tune. Sunshine Superman totally rocks. I saw a video of him singing the latter live at a John Mellencamp concert. His voice is unfortunately not what was, but it's been decades so I understand why.
+David Skolnick agree, his best songs in my opinion would have to be "colors" which was a single but my absolutely favorite three would have to be. "Codeine", "Celia of the seals" and happiness flows" I believe it's called.
his "daddy" wont let him retire, its part of their deal. 1) When Dylan came back from New York City to Hibbing, his best friend said he went to New York knowing 3 chords but when he came back he had spider fingers up and down the fret. On that trip Bob passed through Jackson Mississippi. 2) Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes asked him back in the 90s why he kept touring. Bob said he made a deal with the "man in charge" Ed asked him "God"?, Bobby just smirked and said "something like that". 3) In the song Mississippi, a song dedicated to thanking everyone he ever met and having no regrets........except one, "stayed in Mississippi a day too long" Figger it out!
Donovan isn't envious. He is just listening relaxed and enjoying Dylan's tune. Donovan does not have any reason to envy Dylan. Donovan and Dylan are very different in terms of artistic style - they are both great in their own style. Just because the camera focuses Donovan, one guy said that he is envious and suddently many just repeated. Cheers.
Why does competition need to enter into the picture? It seeks to make Donovan less than Bob Dylan. They paint different pictures. Thank God for them both.
Aiutoooo che video emozionante!!!per le persone ,l'atmosfera di allora..la bellezza di questa chitarra ..elaborazione sua voce..... e la sua faccia! !!!
bobbydylanio Bob Dylan has been quoted as saying a lot of lyrical ideas and chord progressions are hand-me-downs. “You use what’s been given to you”. He looked up to woodie guthrie and covered old folk songs and used old folk melodies. Donovan is from the same kind of folk background. Most folk players in the 60’s were like this, Dylan being one of them, although he was in a league of his own. Donovan is amazing and remarkably talented and even taught the Beatles how to fingerpick a guitar in India.
Love Minus Zero / No Limit Bob Dylan My love, she speaks like silence Without ideals or violence She doesn't have to say she's faithful Yet she's true like ice, like fire People carry roses And make promises by the hour My love she laughs like the flowers Valentines can't buy her In the dime stores and bus stations People talk of situations Read books, repeat quotations Draw conclusions on the wall Some speak of the future My love, she speaks softly She knows there's no success like failure And that failure's no success at all The cloak and dagger dangles Madams light the candles In ceremonies of the horsemen Even the pawn must hold a grudge Statues made of matchsticks Crumble into one another My love winks she does not bother She knows too much to argue or to judge The bridge at midnight trembles The country doctor rambles Bankers' nieces seek perfection Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring The wind howls like a hammer The night wind blows cold n' rainy My love, she's like some raven At my window with a broken wing Songwriters: Bob Dylan
One of my favourite songs ever. Like others I do feel sorry for Donovan in the video there though, a fine musician in his own way but who is clearly going through the horrible realisation that he's in a completely different league. We've all been there in our own way mate.
Dylan and Donovan...both are gem .. Donovan in a silent mood , listening to the greatness of almighty Bobby .... I'm highly influenced from this nobel man.... You are an institution , Mr. Dylan
I'd forgotten this was one of my favourite songs a long time ago having discovered Dylan as a 12 year-old in the 1970s. It's almost infinitely moving in this footage. Incredible.
If one needs to know anything about this man (or life) you don't need to read an interview, a book or listen to people that were 'there' - listen to the music. It tells the tale.
Thanks davamoto. This is one of Dylan's greatest songs (IMHO) and listening to this impromptu performance is a real treat and a little bit of captured history.
It's so genius. It's not him necessarily just talking about a lover. but his concept of what love should be in depth. I've only heard Joe South with Games People play do as well.
all artists wanted to have what bob had in those days , which for me was nothing short of divine, a connection to god or whatever you may want to call. Yeah i have long been jealous of Mister Dylan until i heard him say one day that he didn’t even know where the words came from and that it did not last long …
My love, she speaks like silence Without ideals or violence She doesn't have to say she's faithful Yet she's true like ice, like fire People carry roses And make promises by the hour My love she laughs like the flowers Valentines can't buy her In the dime stores and bus stations People talk of situations Read books, repeat quotations Draw conclusions on the wall Some speak of the future My love, she speaks softly She knows there's no success like failure And that failure's no success at all The cloak and dagger dangles Madams light the candles In ceremonies of the horsemen Even the pawn must hold a grudge Statues made of matchsticks Crumble into one another My love winks she does not bother She knows too much to argue or to judge The bridge at midnight trembles The country doctor rambles Bankers' nieces seek perfection Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring The wind howls like a hammer The night wind blows cold n' rainy My love, she's like some raven At my window with a broken wing
![Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Live at Savoy Hotel 1965) [HD FOOTAGE]](/img/1.gif)
I am 24 years old. I have come back to this video a million times since I found it at age 15. I will continue to do so.
I applaud your great musical taste 👍
Nearly 70 n still listening, still hearing...
I know what you mean, its more than a song, it carries feelings and magic
good man :)
i became to Bob when i was 18, now i'm 36, same feelings
I’m 16 years old from Scotland and I can say this is one of my favourite songs 60s Dylan will never ever get old.
A beautiful version of this song. Dylans voice is warm and strong .
It's truly a classic
Never
Don't forget the Maryhill bhoy smoking the cigarette ❤
Nice choice man
Dylan was absolutely peerless at this time. He knew it and Donovan (a good songwriter in his own right) knew it. Neither of them, including Dylan, had a clue of where it was coming from. After Dylan read Brecht and Rimbaud, his songwriting caught fire.
Dylan knew because unlike Donavan he made a pact and agreed to sacrifice himself so we didn’t have to.
I am so glad that I am on the planet the same time as Bob Dylan.
well said!
One of the greatest songs ever written!
Just a pity Bob has no real singing voice.
@@sundance9153More of pity you have no ear for music. Go back and keep listening to Coldplay etc.
@@sundance9153It never mattered. He was that extraordinary ❤
Thank god dylan never had a real singing voice!
This particular recording of this song just hits different than any other Dylan song for me. So good!
I think maybe it was a spontaneous thing , his choosing to sing this song at this gathering of friends . Sort of unplanned and because of that it sounds so raw yet perfect (to my ears anyway) I know what I mean but not how to express it in words .. unlike Dylan can .. I'm but a mere mortal !!
@@Dawn-Songs You expressed it very well, and I totally agree! It feels like we're right in the room with Bob Dylan at the beginning of his stellar career.
Been listening to every genre of music for 60 years and still, no one stirs the soul like Bob Dylan. I can't even say I understand half the shit he sings, but I love Dylan. No one like him.
Me to . Liam Clancy described his a receiver oh how special. Murder most foul. It’s like he’s inside J F Ks body his soul headed to the afterword. Finally told us how he felt about the 60’. Genius. Tod
True... Try this one
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His lyrics man.. Timeless stuff
Dylan has been around since I was a kid. Now I'm old enough to be a grandfather. A great-grandfather. Recently I found myself reading the lyrics to some of his songs and was astonished at what a poet the man is. He has been such a part of my surroundings I took him for granted.
That's why he was awarded a Noble Peace Prize. Can't remember what year 🤷♀️ but he definitely has one for poetry.
@@DH-xm3hc he uses words in a way that an artist/painter uses paints and colors to create incredible and beautiful images.. He also uses words and builds lyrics the way a mathematician uses symbols, numbers and objects to create formulas and theorems with deep meaning. People like Dylan don't come along every day. I can listen to his songs a thousand times over and appreciate it more and more each time.
Dylan is like the American Shakespeare. His lyrics are beyond compare. His voice to some is unpleasant, but to those in the know it's perfect for his stunning words.
Shakespeare was the Bob Dylan of his time
ross g manley888 I’m assuming you are an American? What makes you American and Bob not?
ross g manley888 what has this got to do with religion? Shakespeare, I don’t care which nationality or religion he was or bob for that matter
@@Yahweh312 Well said... wait what?
@@Yahweh312 Bob sold Zimmerman at the Crossroads 😉👍
The master. With Donovan looking flattened and defeated at his feet..... Don`t get me wrong, I was a big fan of Donovan`s work as well. But Dylan is a class all his own. Our living Shakespeare. And featured here in this perfect song...the perfect last line: My love, she`s like some raven at my window with a broken wing...
Don't read into that. Stop comparing.
you wont hear anything as good as dylan if there are still contemporary musicians 200 yrs from now--brilliant simple and complex all at once--never understood how by age 25 his contributions to society were already numerous and iconic
He is actually that good that there won’t be anybody better, most sports and things you can say Ali etc never be anybody better knowing there could be but with Dylan for some reason you know nobody will ever be as good or even near. We would all love somebody to be as good but it ain’t going to happen. And anyway you are not alone.
He was touched by the Muse at this time. He knew it, but he didn't understand why. Donovan knows it, too, and just sits back and marvels.
I think this is my favourite Bob Dylan performance. It's like he's sharing something that will be perfectly understood and appreciated by the listeners present (he seems like he's especially singing to the older English man). There's a trust, warmth and intimacy - a joy. It's different from how Dylan performed onstage during the same period. Poor Donovan looks like he's a having a crisis though: "Geez, Bob Dylan is in another stratosphere compared to me."
It isn't a competition, he's listening and maybe absorbing.
I dont think that's an English man you're speaking of...that's Derroll Adams and he's American. I'm like 80% sure. If anyone knows different, I'm all ears.
@@zkafel Ah, you're right! I just looked him up and he's identified in a couple of sources. He's American but had relocated to England
@@alannguyen2282 Yep, Derroll Adams, who took Donovan under his wing and was the object of one of Donovan's excellent songs, "Epistle To Derroll".
For me it's quite the contrary try to catch the wind by donavan blows this out of the water
This is my favourite Bob Dylan song.
Me, too. I ran into Dylan in NY once and told him that. He said he always like it, too!
Russell Reising Amazing history. Long life to our new-born Nobel Prize...
Russell Reising omg so you have seen him before? 😢
Mine too
Me too!!!’
My boyfriend sangbthis to me and I fell in love...
the best video ever created in history
This man is a super nova. A light whose music brings joy, sorrow and overwhelming sense of beauty.
All the comments are spot-on . . . and yet, one little word choice . . . "bus stations" (vs. train stations) captures the small-town economy-has-passed-us-by change of the 1960's so perfectly. Passenger trains were a thing of the past by the 1960's as the for-profit, mostly-bankrupt intercity railroads were trying to get out of that business and AmTrack would come around until 1970.
The body language is so clear: Donovan biting his nails as he listens. Dylan singing so directly to the elder of the group.
I used to sing this in local clubs when I was 15 - DAMN I’M OLD !!!!!
Imagine sitting in a hotel room, and Bob just starts playing this...
Imagine being Donovan.
I agree.
It’s just too much.
@Clark Gable Dylan is a 100% rip of Donovan. He doesn't deserve the attention he got. He's completely unoriginal and unremorsefull of stealing others songs. Fuck Bob Dylan.
Omg i would freak out on the inside especially while FREAKIN DONOVAN was there too
Imagine being the person who called up on the telephone near the start.
My college suitemate Michael cusimano introduced me to this in 1995 when he played his guitar and harmonica in our dorm. It's my one of my all time favorites, cancer took him last winter so this song means so much right now.
Sorry for your loss R.I.P Michael
There is solace with Dylan..peace.
Donovan is getting a special personal performance and is humbled. He went on to his greatest works.
I just got kind of sad thinking of the millions of people who have no appreciation for this kind of music. They're missing out on a whole world of sublime beauty. Sure, it takes some time and effort to learn how to listen and really hear it, but can you imagine going through life disliking Dylan or Bach?
Nope
I wasn't interested in my parents music in the 50's, and my grandkids are not interested in The Beatles, Dylan, Zeppelin etc that I love, because they have their own music. It's a generational thing, and everyone thinks their music was the best, and to them it is.
poetry is not for everyone sadly, especially nowadays: melodies are good , lyrics are gone … we need poets
Donovan is great in his own way. Dylan is just a once in a lifetime artist.
The original title of the song was "Dime Store", which originates from the line "In the dime stores and bus stations..."[1] The official title "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" is, according to Dylan, a fraction with "Love Minus Zero" on the top and "No Limit" on the bottom, and this is how the title appeared on early pressings of the Bringing It All Back Home LP.[1][13] Therefore, the correct pronunciation of the song's title is "Love Minus Zero over No Limit".[17] This has been interpreted as "absolutely unlimited love."[13] The title is also based on gambling terminology that would mean that all love is a risk.[13] Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (read "Love Minus Zero over No Limit") is a song written by Bob Dylan for his fifth studio album Bringing It All Back Home, released in 1965 (see 1965 in music). The song was originally written as a tribute to Dylan's future wife Sara Lownds. Its main musical hook is a series of three descending chords, while its lyrics articulate Dylan's feelings for his lover, and how she brings a needed zen-like calm to his chaotic world. The song uses surreal imagery, some of which recalls Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" and the biblical Book of Daniel. The style of the lyrics is reminiscent of William Blake's poem "The Sick Rose".
Dylan has performed "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" live on several of his tours. Since its initial appearance on Bringing It All Back Home, live versions of the song have been released on a number of Dylan's albums, including Bob Dylan at Budokan, MTV Unplugged (European versions), and The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue, as well as on the reissued Concert for Bangladesh album by George Harrison & Friends. Live video performances have been included on the Concert for Bangladesh and Other Side of the Mirror: Live at Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 DVD releases.
Artists who have covered "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" include Ricky Nelson, Buck Owens, The Turtles, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Fleetwood Mac, Rod Stewart and Baby Gramps. Eric Clapton played it at Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration.
The version of the song that appears on Bringing It All Back Home was recorded on January 14, 1965 and was produced by Tom Wilson.[1] This version was recorded by the full rock band that Dylan used to accompany him on the songs that appeared on side one of the album, and features a prominent electric guitar part played by Bruce Langhorne.[1][2][3] However, like the other love song on side one, "She Belongs to Me", "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" was recorded a day earlier in various acoustic configurations, and one of these takes was a strong contender to be included on the album.[1] The January 13, 1965 recordings and a first take from January 14 were released on the 6-disc and 18-disc versions of The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 in 2015.[4]
The song is tuneful, with a prominent series of three descending diatonic chords providing the main hook.[5][6] The music is soothing, so that the love expressed seems tranquil even when images such as cloaks and daggers and trembling bridges are evoked by the lyrics.[7] The tune and rhythm have a Latin feel and the lyrical rhyming pattern varies from verse to verse.[5][8] For example, in the first verse, the first and second lines rhyme, the fourth and eighth lines rhyme, and the sixth and seventh lines rhyme, but the third and fifth lines are unrhymed.[8] But in the second verse, the first three lines rhyme.[8] Throughout the song, the rhymes are sometimes approximate; for example "another" is rhymed with "bother" and "trembles" is rhymed with "rambles."[8]
Dylan at his best, relaxed, just being himself, I love this song ❤ just look at Donavon as he looks on in awe .
Catherine Hutchinson Donovan is like MY GOD, THIS YOUNG MAN IS A GENIUS. NO MATTER WHAT I DO I WILL NEVER BE LIKE HIM. Frankly, Donovan underestimated the prowess of Dylan if he just thought that.
Now 63, love this😢 song
I'm 66 y/o and have been listening to Dylan all through my childhood and teens because of my parents (thank you mom and dad). I have long lost count of how many times I have seen him in concert. This video was taken from the D. A. Pennebaker documentary, "Don't Look Back" (1965). The look on Donovan's face was so obvious that I felt sorry for him. I was a fan of Donovan also, but he had his own musical road to follow. Dylan and Donovan could never be compared to each other, and it was ridiculous to even try.
Whoever the old guy is, he seems like the only one to truly get the profundity of Dylan's lyrics and appears to be deeply moved. It appears Dylan understands this and directs the performance towards him. Amazing.
Land of Reason especially the "yonder stands your orphan with his gun" smile part
Is it Allen Ginsberg?
Land of Reason That was Dylan's manager, Harold Rosenthal. And on the Bringing it all Back Home Album cover, it was Rosenthal's wife. The old guy had it going on.
marinman39 his manager was Albert Grossman and it is his wife on the cover..
@Michele Minick Thanks for the correction. Not easy to wrong on three counts, but I managed it :) I met Harold Leventhal once once, he was a concert and venue promoter who worked closely with Dylan and Joan Baez and lots of seminal folk singers. But he was not Harold "Rosenthal". Then I got him confused with Albert Grossman. That said, Mr. Leventhal did look like Mr. Adams, sort of, at that time. Still , I am happy you got the man in the video identified, and most important, what a great Dylan song!
I never saw Bobby D so happy just singing his song like the gift it is.
He was not a scholar , but his lyrics tell that he observed the world like no one else did.
Great artists never die. Their hearts just stop.
My profound thanks to Bobby. It is music and art that saves the world every day. Completely void of pretentious bullshit, not looking to follow or to be followed, he graced us time and time again by sharing this divine experience with all who are willing to listen. I am one of the lucky ones who is willing to listen.
The rhythm is so spot on unbelievable it draws you in
greatest singer/songwriter of all times.
What if Donovan had said no, that he didn't want to hear it? Thank you Donovan for saying yes.
Haha right...
Bob would've played it anyway.
the lyrics are so amazing and the delivery is so unforced, relaxed and natural! all at once amazing moment!
That phone call better be a fucking life or death situation.
Darac Komarac lmao!
Hello sir, are you happy with your long distance service?
Long distance operator, place this call its not for fun
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Haha!!!
can anyone explain me why does this song sound so simple and at the same time an amazing piece of art. I can feel he is a genius trough this melody and lyrics.
It's beauty is in its simplicity, that is the essence of folk music.
Hopefully: Bob Dylan's lyrics, as follows, answers your question . . . "In the ceremonies of the horsemen, only the pawn must hold a grudge."
Thanks Brad Ley . . . aka "the pawn".
Not really but i could make a few quick comments. Beautiful melody, chords, voice, singer ;-) The simplicity and perfection of form help. 4 focused verses that develop the theme and take interesting turns. Chord structure makes a lot of sense, bounces around the i and iv like alot of dylan songs then turns around on the 5 for that dramatic concise turnaround punch that makes each verse feel so good.
Obviously the lyrics, which fit onto the simple structure so well. Good structure, development. First verse introduces the subject, "my love," and contrasts it with a cliched and temporal common romance. "My love" is not "promised by the hour" (day-to-day, common, cheap, temporal...) nor cliche like valentine's flowers (cliche, tangible, obvious, positive (something rather than nothing)). Almost like a nothing rather than a something...
"She laughs like the flowers/ valentines can't buy her" introduces the sort of beatnik/zen paradoxical aspect/nature of the subject, for lack of a better way of putting it. ie: "she knows there's no success like failure/ and that failure's no success at all." She laughs like the flowers valentine's can't buy her- the absence of flowers.
Every verse begins with a description of the world, flawed in some way and ends with the two line 'turn' which tells us something new about "my love" always negative, as in negating something ("love minus zero") and zero is absolute- A perfect Nothing above everything. But minus zero is the same as plus zero. It is the absense of value... "No limit" -- "she knows too much to argue or too judge." The themes are in some ways similar to It's Alright, Ma; Mr. Tambourine Man; Gates of Eden and probably others from around this time. A romance of transcendence, a jaded view of the world as flawed corrupt. Rejection of idolatry "statues made of match sticks," "ceremonies of the horseman". Oh Visions of Johanna is another one like that. And Desolation Row.
Jumping back a bit, obviously he's not talking about a woman or even love as a thing in itself as people sometimes think- it is "my love". Could be read as 'the kind of love i feel' or as "the object of my love", or in another way- I often hate to write about good songs or poetry because it cheapens a song so much to pin it down as something it isn't- it is a song, it is the song that it is, it says what it says.
Look up symbolism on ravens RE the last verse, especially biblical symbolism. Contrast, for example, Noah's raven with Noah's dove. But that's just scratching the surface. Also note the turn towards 'deeper' things in the last 2 verses, rather than the mundanities of the first two- the apocalyptic imagery and an emphasis on the fragility of statues ("made of matchsticks"- futile, vain, idolatry), the drama of it. All things of this world are temporal and will be destroyed- towers, statues, idols. In the end "there's no success like failure/ and failure's no success at all"- a raven is a bird of omen- usually dark, here the raven has a broken wing seeking shelter from a storm, which is beautiful- this last turn marks a stark change in the way "my love" has been described. Really completes the song and adds a world of depth- ie you could read the song as being about accepting the futility, chaos, mundanity, meaninglessness/whatever of the world- seeing it as a wounded bird at your window rather than denial resistance. But that's scratching the surface. I don't want to tell you what to think.
Hope that kinda makes sense- read the lyrics for yourself. Don't put too much stock in my reading. i gotta get back to some homework.
+ aliasdyln33 "even the pawn" ! Not "only" . ; ) i know plenty of begrudging bishops and i don't think Dylan is excusing the king or the queen.
His unpolished voice perfectly enchances the song,the meaning and especially the soul of the song.Only Dylan can sing Dylan songs.
Joan Baez did his songs justice & even enhanced them.
My love laughs like the flowers Valentines can’t buy her.. that’s in the top 10 best lines ever written
This is one of the most beautiful love songs I’ve ever heard. And I like this version so much better than the one on the album.
I would give almost anything to be able to go back in time and be in that room when he performed this song. The first time I heard it I was stunned by the lyrics and the images they conjured up. Who else writes stuff like this? Truly great stuff.
Pure genius.
"My love she's like some raven at my window with a broken wing"
so simple yet so romantic. i love him so much
All time favorite version of this song.
that tiny sparkle on the woman's cheek... is it a tear of joy?
I wonder who she is and where she is now. I hope she's happy.
She's probably dead.
Fucking hell, I don't know why your reply just made me laugh so fucking much.
Fryd Luk dude......
She's just fallen in love !!
Guessing she's a banker's niece.
One of my many favorite Dylan songs, I haven't heard this in a long time. I just made the mistake of listening to it at work. Tears ensued. Had to rush to bathroom to dab at eyes and look at stricken face in mirror.
Freak
"and look at stricken face in mirror." Excellent choice of words - nicely done.
Who is the person in 1 :35
😳💛
Those two close-ups of Donovan make me wonder if he was first thinking of how much a pawn shop would give him for his guitar and the second was thinking about becoming a truck driver. Reality was settling in; Dylan was in a class of his own.....still is!
Donovan looked so very very jealous & pissed off. He was hoping the song was shit.😂
This might be my favorite Dylan song.
My question is, how in the world does this man even speak what he writes without crying himself? He’s just that beautiful.
Happy 75th birthday my good friend.
This will always be my favourite tune with sensational lyrics.
Love all the artists for who they are. "Comparisons are odious" as Jack Kerouac wrote. Dylan and Donovan: great singer/songwriters!
"Bottom left corner guy" is all of us. 1:56
Luke Koebele 😂😂😂
My life is better for hearing this!
Gosh I love bob and Donavan they are so inspirational and great guitar players
One of the most imaginatively lyrical songs ever written IMO. Beautiful.
Watching video, thinking to myself:
What prescence ... and no arrogance. Thought about the impact his music has had on so many people. Dylan, the Pied Piper.
A tender, superb love song. ''Til there's no success like failure/ and failure's no success at all'.
it s not tender at all 😂 the guy is a serial cheater in the song , there relation seems totally fucked up - madam lights the candles 😅
Dylan at his best: magical unrestrained youth before the cares of the world caught up to him like they do to everybody.
Donavan just has that look of acceptance on his face that he'll never be able to eclipse the master. I love Donovan too but nothing he did had the complexity of a Dylan song.
This is such a beautiful and incredible song. During this time, Dylan probably composed about 30 to 40 of the most brilliant pieces of music of all time. As for Donovan, he's not Dylan, but who is? He wrote several amazing songs. If he just did Season of the Witch, his career would have been successful. But he did so many great, great songs - Jennifer Juniper, Barabajagal, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Catch the Wind, Colours, To Susan on the West Coast Waiting, and so on and so on. To see Donovan studying Dylan is priceless. Thanks for the great video!
spot on!
spot on!
The songs that made Donovan famous are his worst songs.. he has so many hidden gems it's unreal. It's sad he lip songs for live shows past the mid 70s though
Mellow Yellow is a harmless pop tune. Sunshine Superman totally rocks. I saw a video of him singing the latter live at a John Mellencamp concert. His voice is unfortunately not what was, but it's been decades so I understand why.
+David Skolnick agree, his best songs in my opinion would have to be "colors" which was a single but my absolutely favorite three would have to be. "Codeine", "Celia of the seals" and happiness flows" I believe it's called.
If I could play and sing and write like Bob Dylan, I would never stop.
It's no wonder why he hasn't retired.
his "daddy" wont let him retire, its part of their deal. 1) When Dylan came back from New York City to Hibbing, his best friend said he went to New York knowing 3 chords but when he came back he had spider fingers up and down the fret. On that trip Bob passed through Jackson Mississippi. 2) Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes asked him back in the 90s why he kept touring. Bob said he made a deal with the "man in charge" Ed asked him "God"?, Bobby just smirked and said "something like that". 3) In the song Mississippi, a song dedicated to thanking everyone he ever met and having no regrets........except one, "stayed in Mississippi a day too long" Figger it out!
@@billsteeves2974 Lmao
Donovan isn't envious. He is just listening relaxed and enjoying Dylan's tune. Donovan does not have any reason to envy Dylan. Donovan and Dylan are very different in terms of artistic style - they are both great in their own style. Just because the camera focuses Donovan, one guy said that he is envious and suddently many just repeated. Cheers.
Wonderful footage. So great this was recorded.
Poor Donovan no one can compete with this.
Why does competition need to enter into the picture? It seeks to make Donovan less than Bob Dylan. They paint different pictures. Thank God for them both.
@@pohadky6263 I agree, I love Donovan too, even he would admit that Dylan's poetry is above and beyond.
Aiutoooo che video emozionante!!!per le persone ,l'atmosfera di allora..la bellezza di questa chitarra ..elaborazione sua voce..... e la sua faccia! !!!
The awkwardness when everyone in the room knows this is far far far better than anything Donovan is capable of...
Donovan is a masterful writer and artist , one of the best
Have you heard catch the wind?
@@marissadower-morgan3313 I like Donovan, but he isn't in the same league - the same sport - as Dylan. And it's written all over his face.
@@Jowell92 Catch the Wind is a blatant Dylan rip off.
bobbydylanio Bob Dylan has been quoted as saying a lot of lyrical ideas and chord progressions are hand-me-downs. “You use what’s been given to you”. He looked up to woodie guthrie and covered old folk songs and used old folk melodies. Donovan is from the same kind of folk background. Most folk players in the 60’s were like this, Dylan being one of them, although he was in a league of his own. Donovan is amazing and remarkably talented and even taught the Beatles how to fingerpick a guitar in India.
God Bless Dylan . May he live to be a hundred .
the way he draws out the "nnnns" at the end of "bus stations" and "situations" and "quotations" at around 1:30 sounds so satisfying.
All music should be in this type of setting. So intimate. So brilliant.
Love Minus Zero / No Limit
Bob Dylan
My love, she speaks like silence
Without ideals or violence
She doesn't have to say she's faithful
Yet she's true like ice, like fire
People carry roses
And make promises by the hour
My love she laughs like the flowers
Valentines can't buy her
In the dime stores and bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love, she speaks softly
She knows there's no success like failure
And that failure's no success at all
The cloak and dagger dangles
Madams light the candles
In ceremonies of the horsemen
Even the pawn must hold a grudge
Statues made of matchsticks
Crumble into one another
My love winks she does not bother
She knows too much to argue or to judge
The bridge at midnight trembles
The country doctor rambles
Bankers' nieces seek perfection
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring
The wind howls like a hammer
The night wind blows cold n' rainy
My love, she's like some raven
At my window with a broken wing
Songwriters: Bob Dylan
Success is like failure, and failure is no success at all......
😍😘
No need to write the name of songwriter
Nobody can write such a masterpiece like this
Great.The unique Mr Dylan who will sing somewhen in the heavenly choir
Michael McLoughlin
One of the best love songs ever written.
GIVE THAT DUDE ON THE FLOOR AN OSCAR! Or a Grammy! SOMETHING! He's the best part of this experience, maaaan.
Absolutely Amazing! I just love this! Simplicity laced with an edge and commentary on culture, all wrapped up in a live song.
One of my favourite songs ever. Like others I do feel sorry for Donovan in the video there though, a fine musician in his own way but who is clearly going through the horrible realisation that he's in a completely different league. We've all been there in our own way mate.
Dylan and Donovan...both are gem .. Donovan in a silent mood , listening to the greatness of almighty Bobby ....
I'm highly influenced from this nobel man.... You are an institution , Mr. Dylan
The stuff in his brain man, those lyrics are beyond words, undefinable...
life is a fleeting moment, make your statement while the memory is fresh, like a flower, it is wilted before you can show its beauty to others...
This is really great.,one of my favorites , sung in the simplicity without any other adornment.He didnt need it
Donovan was entranced, man, not jealous. He adored Bob from what I’ve heard but, hey, I may be wrong.
I'd forgotten this was one of my favourite songs a long time ago having discovered Dylan as a 12 year-old in the 1970s. It's almost infinitely moving in this footage. Incredible.
Great Dylan, great song, great video, great temperament, great..... Thanks Devamato
If one needs to know anything about this man (or life) you don't need to read an interview, a book or listen to people that were 'there' - listen to the music. It tells the tale.
Thanks davamoto. This is one of Dylan's greatest songs (IMHO) and listening to this impromptu performance is a real treat and a little bit of captured history.
It's so genius. It's not him necessarily just talking about a lover. but his concept of what love should be in depth. I've only heard Joe South with Games People play do as well.
This is the greatest video on youtube.
all artists wanted to have what bob had in those days , which for me was nothing short of divine, a connection to god or whatever you may want to call. Yeah i have long been jealous of Mister Dylan until i heard him say one day that he didn’t even know where the words came from and that it did not last long …
"Shes knows too much to argue or to judge"
Im so grateful I am born when he still performs.
My love, she speaks like silence
Without ideals or violence
She doesn't have to say she's faithful
Yet she's true like ice, like fire
People carry roses
And make promises by the hour
My love she laughs like the flowers
Valentines can't buy her
In the dime stores and bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love, she speaks softly
She knows there's no success like failure
And that failure's no success at all
The cloak and dagger dangles
Madams light the candles
In ceremonies of the horsemen
Even the pawn must hold a grudge
Statues made of matchsticks
Crumble into one another
My love winks she does not bother
She knows too much to argue or to judge
The bridge at midnight trembles
The country doctor rambles
Bankers' nieces seek perfection
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring
The wind howls like a hammer
The night wind blows cold n' rainy
My love, she's like some raven
At my window with a broken wing
i just like that streaming pattern ...it's perfection . i want to play like that!
caution......genius at work.
Not many come close to being a such a superb lyricist as Dylan.
1:44 when you realize you're a fan, not a competitor
Pure genius...
incredible song.... incredible artist
this version is just perfect, even better than the one on the album (:
Totally agree
"Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away"