BOB DYLAN Man in the long black coat REACTION - First time hearing

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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024

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  • @maltesetony9030
    @maltesetony9030 2 года назад +32

    Leonard Cohen said that this was one of his favourite Bob Dylan songs. Cohen asked Dylan how long it had taken him to write it, expecting him to say 2 weeks, a months, whatever. "Oh", Dylan said, "About a half-hour". Cohen was aghast at this remark. Priceless!

    • @nelsonx5326
      @nelsonx5326 Год назад +1

      I would say my whole life up to the moment I finished it.

    • @robertgreen4139
      @robertgreen4139 Год назад

      I think you're mistaken on the song. I believe it was Idiot Wid or Isis

    • @maltesetony9030
      @maltesetony9030 Год назад

      @@robertgreen4139 Nope.

  • @emilyflotilla931
    @emilyflotilla931 2 года назад +41

    Bob Dylan, a National Treasure! This is so haunting. Don't think I've ever heard anyone react to his, "Things Have Changed." Might be worth a listen. Please.

    • @ramonagomez4022
      @ramonagomez4022 2 года назад +3

      He won an Oscar for that song from the movie, “The Wonder Boys “. Great song

    • @EMal-mf9pc
      @EMal-mf9pc Год назад +4

      When the history books are written Bob Dylan will be regarded as the best. The Beatles are held in that light because of they're commercially unmatched. But when it comes to influence, lyrics, meaning, and intelligence.... BOB DYLAN. No one even comes close

    • @heydayma10513
      @heydayma10513 Год назад +2

      Appreciate "things have changed..Bob Dylan..

  • @batmanforpresident9655
    @batmanforpresident9655 2 года назад +39

    Besides The Beatles, Bob Dylan is the single most important artist of the rock era. He is the greatest songwriter ever, and his influence CANNOT be expressed in words.
    His albums,"Blonde On Blonde " "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Bringing It All Back Home" were recorded within 15 months from 1965-66.
    It is the most productively artistic and important period in rock history. His song," Like A Rolling Stone" is the single greatest recording in the rock era

    • @pathare3031
      @pathare3031 2 года назад

      I love him too

    • @_arman_
      @_arman_ 2 года назад

      well said brother...

    • @danielosullivan3110
      @danielosullivan3110 Год назад +1

      Class act. Nice of him to recognize Saint Shane MacGowan too☘️🚬🥂🖤

  • @anonymousowl72
    @anonymousowl72 2 года назад +11

    The fact that he creates such powerful imagery in these amazing songs with simple language.

  • @bakomako7607
    @bakomako7607 2 года назад +6

    Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" best Lyrics or "Bob Dylan - Pretty Saro" best dylan voice performance ever"

  • @TangerineFriday
    @TangerineFriday Год назад +1

    Lyrically, no song will ever top this. It's my absolute favorite, it's a masterpiece.

  • @sharondavid-melly1498
    @sharondavid-melly1498 2 года назад +11

    Great side of Bob in this song. Total respect from your comments. Thanks for bringing him to us, Harri.

  • @John_Chu
    @John_Chu 2 года назад +28

    This was from Dylan's comeback album "Oh Mercy" from 1989, after a string of critically panned releases in the '80s. Bono of U2 had persuaded Bob to work with Canadian producer Daniel Lanois (produced records by Martha & The Muffins, Raffi, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and U2). The most remarked upon aspect of the album by critics was the rebirth of Dylan's poetic way with lyrics.

    • @emilyflotilla931
      @emilyflotilla931 2 года назад +1

      Didn't Daniel Lanlois do something with Emmylou Harris too?

    • @marybaillie8907
      @marybaillie8907 2 года назад

      Yay for Martha and The Muffins. 👍✌️❤️🇨🇦

    • @John_Chu
      @John_Chu 2 года назад +1

      @@emilyflotilla931 After Dylan and the others I mentionned. I was talking about what he did leading up to "Oh Mercy."

    • @HidingFromFate
      @HidingFromFate 2 года назад

      @@emilyflotilla931 Now that you mention it, yes I do recall that. It was a highly critically respected album in fact.

    • @debjorgo
      @debjorgo 2 года назад +1

      Oh Mercy was great. I didn't care that much for this song, but I loved "Political World" and "Everything is Broken".

  • @marybaillie8907
    @marybaillie8907 2 года назад +12

    Dylan delivers on this song. His description brings great imagines as he spins his tales. Great part of my youth.
    Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Stephen. A true artist. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @dougieyou
    @dougieyou 2 года назад +8

    harri, you promised to react to "It's Alright Ma...I'm Only Bleedin" .... Hope you will do it next. Dylan never fails to do something unique and interesting...nice honest reaction.

  • @ingridclare7411
    @ingridclare7411 Год назад +2

    I have to admit this is my absolute favourite of all his songs. The beginning, the crickets. Also. I relate to it, ' She's gone with the Man In the Long Black Coat' Hahaha. Indeed. Yes, he is a freak of nature. How lucky we have been to live at the same time as this incredible man.

  • @MrNormaltoo
    @MrNormaltoo 2 года назад +3

    Listening to Dylan enriches your life.

  • @Bozers24
    @Bozers24 2 года назад +6

    A Dylan song that would make you chuckle is "Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues". It is definitely not a serious song but a very fun one

  • @woodbelly48
    @woodbelly48 2 года назад +10

    It's like Dylan took Mack the Knife as a seed, planted and cultivated it into a Noir Western. My favorite Dylan lyrics are the ones that give us characters, setting, lots of mood and only a hint of a plot. Only enough to allow for our own imagination to enter this world. Man in the Long Black Coat is a prime example. Most of the songs on John Wesley Harding work in a similar manner. He gives us images and lets us fill in the details.

  • @Theimbennn
    @Theimbennn 2 года назад +9

    One of Dylan’s most atmospheric songs from Dylan’s delivery of his lyrics to the brilliant production from Daniel Lanois its from Dylan’s 26th album “Oh mercy” from 1989 it’s seen as a come back album from Dylan because the 80s were a rough decade for his sound and creativity.

  • @margomason4889
    @margomason4889 2 года назад +9

    I think Bob Dylan penned better songs than The Beatles.

    • @ptournas
      @ptournas 2 года назад +3

      I think they were both great and find them difficult to compare. They had different strengths. The Beatles were more innovative musically, they pushed music into new directions, Dylan's strength was more lyrical, and he pushed lyrics into more meaningful directions, getting us more than "spoon and croon under the june moon". Not to say that either were bad at any of what it takes to create great songs, just that they were great in different ways.

    • @alphajava761
      @alphajava761 2 года назад +3

      Thing thing I admire about Dylan is that he likes to collaborate with different musicians on different albums and songs. I takes great gift to do that, to step into the unknown constantly. They say David Bowie is a chameleon. But Bob is the ultimate chameleon in modern music because he wants change, to stretch his musically horizons. The music and atmosphere is always different with Bob. His formula is to not have a formula.

    • @IrradiatedPotato
      @IrradiatedPotato 2 года назад

      I love that Bob and George Harrison collaborated a few times, my two favourite musicians.

  • @MatthewSbrigzs
    @MatthewSbrigzs Год назад +1

    Dylan's "Every grain of sand" listen at your leisure

  • @heydayma10513
    @heydayma10513 Год назад +1

    Thru Bose headphones.. Music miracles can occur!

  • @beerye3
    @beerye3 2 года назад +6

    I always thought of the Man in the Long Black Coat to be an embodiment of Death.

  • @caseyanne967
    @caseyanne967 Год назад +2

    People don’t live or die people just float... reminds me of He not busy being born is busy dying from “It’s Alright Ma’.

  • @EMal-mf9pc
    @EMal-mf9pc Год назад +2

    The "man" in the long black coat is the grim reaper.

  • @debjorgo
    @debjorgo 2 года назад +4

    Many say the man in the long black coat is the devil, based on a song from the mid-seventeenth century. I don't see the reference but what do I know? The song reminds me of the Long Black Veil, a song made famous by Lefty Frizzell. I know it from Johnny Cash's version. Dylan himself did the song on his recent 1970 Bootleg series album. It's about a man who goes to the gallows because his alibi for murder was an affair with a married woman.

  • @bucketheadistheman
    @bucketheadistheman 2 года назад +2

    I enjoy your intelligent, reasoned reactions.

  • @debbiechang5781
    @debbiechang5781 2 года назад +6

    This was a great request Stephen. Bob Dylan can bring a story through a song better than just about anyone. Wonderful commentary from Harri. Thanks to both of you for this video 🌺✌️

  • @barryinthepi390
    @barryinthepi390 Год назад +1

    Bob Dyln was the poet of my generation, I'm 80. He continues to be the poet of many generations. Amazing writer and singer of his songs.

  • @AliasMark69
    @AliasMark69 Год назад +1

    "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding"... Not just a song, a lesson on life..... OR, for the funniest song ever written.... "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" (song name) will make you laugh at Bob's incredible sense of humor.

  • @_arman_
    @_arman_ 2 года назад +1

    Yesss! I would never get tired of you doing Dylan songs!!! thanks for taking this request...

  • @peter9910
    @peter9910 2 года назад +3

    Thanks for the reaction as always :)

  • @andrewchapman7706
    @andrewchapman7706 Год назад +1

    The pain in 'not even a note'.

  • @jeanniecampbell1374
    @jeanniecampbell1374 Год назад

    This song blew me away the minute I heard it ..women love the Mysterious ..Like the Jack of cards

  • @elston3153
    @elston3153 2 года назад +3

    Harri I've always said the imagery in Bob Dylan songwriting is like a film coming out of your speakers it is so strong.

    • @warrenhughes911
      @warrenhughes911 2 года назад

      YESSIR well put..love to hear BOB tell a story

  • @artfisk3
    @artfisk3 2 года назад +5

    the bluesy guitar !

  • @jerrymolina2623
    @jerrymolina2623 Год назад

    He's a Saint!!!

  • @cynergy4
    @cynergy4 Год назад +1

    Very cool! New to me, which isn't easy to do! I really enjoyed it, and the video was way cool too! I've always loved this beautiful poet

  • @Lakeshore14
    @Lakeshore14 2 года назад +2

    With Bob Dylan you should expect the unexpected. He is a genius and definitely not a cookie-cutter version of anyone. Always entertains. Thank you for this reaction. 👏👏🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @ashleymcintosh1604
    @ashleymcintosh1604 2 года назад +4

    Good stuff.it's 60yrs Dylan has been on CBS records( Sony) and still recording..playing shows in the UK this month October..

  • @gratefulkm
    @gratefulkm Год назад +2

    I don't know who is feeding Hari this stuff, but thank you XXXX
    And your saving all the good stuff, lol

  • @rodneygriffin7666
    @rodneygriffin7666 2 года назад +3

    Uncle Bob.

  • @alphajava761
    @alphajava761 2 года назад +3

    Yes Harri, musically this song reminds me of western scenes like a lot of Bob's songs. I grew up in the S.W. U.S. among the desert, mountains, cactus, Joshua trees.. and so I feel that in a lot of Bob's songs especially from the Nashville sessions and beyond, and his earlier sort of hillbilly folk style songs from 1962 to 1965. I especially love Positively 4th Street (pop music organ sound), The Ballad Of A Thin Man (gospel organ sound), Masters Of War (pure folk) among many prior to 1966.

  • @maggiethecatroberts4197
    @maggiethecatroberts4197 11 месяцев назад +1

    Yes, Dylan is a national treasure! He admittedly states he didn't write a lot of his songs, and that he was overtaken by a spiritual force. This song is an absolute favorite! It was written about his friend, Johnny Cash. It fits. He and Johnny recorded together and Johnny told Dylan he needed singing lessons, ha ha ha!!!!

  • @dyl-annfan6
    @dyl-annfan6 Год назад

    "Brownsville Girl" similar ... also "Idiot Wind" "Highlands" "She's Your Lover Now" are great story songs, he is just amazing how he weaves dialogue and the story lines so effortlessly

  • @jeffchampagne5587
    @jeffchampagne5587 2 года назад +6

    A few months ago you reacted to Joan Osborne singing what becomes of the brokenhearted and on her very first album she does an amazing cover of this song phenomenally good

    • @queenjustine66
      @queenjustine66 2 года назад +1

      Was just coming to say I only knew JO's version (LOVE it and the whole album, "Relish") and assumed it was an original of hers... blowing my mind that it's Dylan's.

    • @ldm673
      @ldm673 5 месяцев назад

      Her vocals are proper southern gothic.dylans intro seems richer though if you put his intro with her vocals and the guitar solo in Joan's version then you would have chefs kiss 💋

  • @jim7831
    @jim7831 Год назад +2

    Always worth pointing out that most of Dylans songs are performed live with minimum overdubs and have multiple interpretations & takes.
    As someone mentioned earlier, his music really does enrich your life.
    Dylan is unrivalled in the arena of popular culture as a creative force, and amazingly, still is.

  • @comparedtowhat2638
    @comparedtowhat2638 Год назад +1

    The mystery man, may represent many dark and dangerous things. Ultimately, I think The Man in the Long Black Coat represents death. The song begins with strong hurricane winds and uprooted trees. Later comes the preacher and the floating. He also declare everyone is vile and depraved and what he believes is how people’s conscience deals with it
    You get the picture. Part of the songs beauty is it is open to interpretation.

  • @staffgalli
    @staffgalli 2 года назад +1

    Definitely my favourite ‘reaction’ channel ! Thanks Harri

  • @keef7224
    @keef7224 2 года назад +4

    Even Bob’s “worst” decade- the ‘80’s- had amazing gems like this. “Oh Mercy” was certainly a return to form after a relatively low period, but considering his career has lasted over 60 years and he really only had that one extended rough patch it’s just incredible.

  • @dignity0327
    @dignity0327 2 года назад +5

    Wow awesome that you covered this song...the entire album is amazing...Oh Mercy...check it out if u can...u will love it...

  • @chrisp1500
    @chrisp1500 2 года назад +2

    Wow, never thought I'd hear anybody cover this song. Your observations are spot-on, and I've enjoyed every one of your reactions

  • @chekov885
    @chekov885 Год назад +1

    try Isis or one more cup of coffee or shelter from the storm. think they are on the desire album. Dylan has always been my hero. And you are correct. He is a Genius and an uncompromising artist.

  • @samimknot
    @samimknot 2 года назад +5

    If you like the feel of this song you have to give "one more of cup of coffee" a listen. A haunting tale of loving a gypsy girl. Emmie Lou Harris joins in on the chorus adding to the haunting vibe.

  • @redveston
    @redveston 2 года назад +2

    Hi Harry, I think the Clint Eastwood movie you were recalling was 'High Planes Drifter' in which he was playing the part of a rather vengeful ghost.

  • @ALtheDoctorWho
    @ALtheDoctorWho Год назад

    I see the man in the long black coat as an spiritual reaper but in a good way. In the song he say theres no mistakes in life and I think thats true it's clear we are here to learn and then we more on to the next level. If we can see it that way. Great Song Thanks for sharing. c]8-)

  • @alwaysfourfun1671
    @alwaysfourfun1671 Год назад

    I remember, always waiting for a record of BD. First listen, it would take me by surprise, but they always grew on me. Sometimes quicker than the passage of time itself. Bob, Stephen and Harri, Thanks.

  • @Cynthia...
    @Cynthia... 2 года назад +4

    Nice Stephen. I never get tired of Bob Dylan every song is different from the one before but they’re all great. I’m going to post one next month that I don’t think Harri has heard yet, I hope not anyway. ❤

  • @heydayma10513
    @heydayma10513 Год назад +1

    Aka The Guru is Within You!

  • @timlittle1951
    @timlittle1951 Год назад

    Dyan is the greatest song writer ever would like your reaction to his song Mozambique.

  • @khoohockleong7585
    @khoohockleong7585 2 года назад +2

    Dylan is king! A Scorpion Ascendant where Sun, Moon and Jupiter are ruling the best houses - the three planets that are the king, queen and minister.
    No wonder the Scorpion can even bite the hand that tries to save him according to the Puranic tale where the hand of the sage gets bitten everytime he picks the Scorpion up away from the river bank to prevent the Scorpion from drowning. Buthe sage being an enlightened man still helps the Scorpion.
    That is why the infusion of the spirit of talent keeps filling up the body of Dylan.

  • @phonebone81
    @phonebone81 2 года назад

    You already have all the attributes for this song and B.D. said. What else to add? I can`t - except B.D. is one of the best songwriter and musician ever. Thanks for sharing and I wish you would comment on more of the album "Oh Mercy" and "Slow Train Comin`". Best wishes @all from hamburg (germany)

  • @karlschwaber9568
    @karlschwaber9568 2 года назад +1

    He has wrote over 600 songs, and that Nobel prize also...

  • @jonneil7169
    @jonneil7169 Год назад

    Staying with the "western" theme , check out "Billy" from the movie "Pat Garrett and Billie the Kid" which Bob Dylan wrote the music for and also acted in.

  • @john-yq2ov
    @john-yq2ov 2 года назад +2

    Have you listened to "The Ballad of Hollis Brown". A stunning piece of work

  • @pablolazaromartinez3541
    @pablolazaromartinez3541 2 года назад +3

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @glennmaher3098
    @glennmaher3098 Год назад

    What a great song, if you loved this one Harrie why not react to ain't talking of modern times.

  • @mikeeast2201
    @mikeeast2201 2 года назад +2

    Listen to the Pat Garret and Billy the Kid soundtrack if you like the western sound. Bob wrote the whole thing

  • @User_gin_aikensc_92753
    @User_gin_aikensc_92753 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for this Stephen! I have my granddad's harmonica in the original box, always think of him. Thanks Harri for your words!❤‍🩹💫

  • @mejbarron
    @mejbarron Год назад

    Harri, kudos on being such a quick study. Miraculous song. You saw Bob's gifts in a flash.
    My overriding thought while listening to him was alwaysthe same. "Where do these words come from?"
    Considerable praise much be given to Daniel Lanois, the producer. He plays guitar on many cuts on the Oh Mercy album. A particularly good part of the autobiography Chronicles deals with the making of this album. Lanois, a Canadien, is a multi-talented guy. I especially like his song The Maker. Lanois also produced Time Out of Mind.

  • @nedludd7622
    @nedludd7622 6 месяцев назад

    For a song for a movie, try "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". Watch the scene in the movie with it. Dylan wrote the score for the movie.

  • @BillKort-xo8nj
    @BillKort-xo8nj 2 месяца назад

    You might enjoy this Dylan interview. In reference to some of his early songs, Dylan suggests that his lyrics came from a place beyond his conscious control. So, he would agree with your "force of nature” comment.
    This idea of the artist as a conduit was common only a century ago. However, in today's materialistic world, its appears anachronistic.

  • @otissss71
    @otissss71 Год назад

    Sorry, re: below story...Actually, Dylan asked Cohen how long it took to write him, (Cohen), "Hallelujah", and Cohen replied 2 years. Leonard then asked how long it took Dylan to write "I and I'(from his latest sessions/l.p. and Dylan replied "about 2-5 minutes"....The Cohen song WAS released one year after Dylan's 1983 Infidels l.p. but i'm sure Cohen had played him the roughs as conversation happened in a studio.

  • @diane-
    @diane- 2 года назад

    There is nobody quite like Dylan. To me he was one of the first folk singers that I heard.

  • @allanelliot9234
    @allanelliot9234 Год назад

    Subscribed, great reaction!

  • @sereneandkeen
    @sereneandkeen Год назад

    Oh mercy is a great record
    A very similar song is "what was it you wanted". "Most of the time" is my favorite on that record 👍

  • @allauricia1985
    @allauricia1985 2 года назад

    Thanks Harry
    Love that one
    Never heard it b4

  • @duncanny5848
    @duncanny5848 2 месяца назад

    One of my fave bob Dylan songs. Very moody.

  • @jimspong8787
    @jimspong8787 5 месяцев назад

    I think maybe he was a good guy and they had a good life and maybe at some time she came home

  • @1tishhead
    @1tishhead 2 года назад +1

    There is an excellent cover of this by Joan Osborne.

  • @kljindiana5551
    @kljindiana5551 2 года назад +6

    You might like to hear the cover of this by Joan Osborne. She did a great job.

    • @queenjustine66
      @queenjustine66 2 года назад

      Yes! It and the whole album, "Relish" are outstanding.

  • @robertgrosek1124
    @robertgrosek1124 2 года назад +1

    Now listen to the whole album Oh Mercy. My favorite Dylan album all time (tied with Infidels). Now doubt Dylan’s early albums are loaded with great great iconic songs. But these 2 albums start to finish are the best music he ever recorded

    • @chrisp1500
      @chrisp1500 2 года назад

      Infidels has my other favorite Dylan song - "I and I"
      Who knew that a soft lilting piano could sound so menacing?

  • @karlschwaber9568
    @karlschwaber9568 2 года назад

    Perfectly said, "Dylan is a genius." Check out his Street Legal album.

  • @dilandilanjoao4310
    @dilandilanjoao4310 2 года назад

    You think Clint Eastwood, I thought about "Jack Palance " the face of a killer. He's last breef appearance on film was in Batman vs joker with jack Nicholson in the joker part ☯️✌take care

  • @wade1419
    @wade1419 2 года назад

    This song made me buy a black London Fog coat back in 89.🙆‍♂

  • @kurtschuster8078
    @kurtschuster8078 6 месяцев назад

    My late best friend Ray put this on tape for me after a bad break up. My mother caught wind of it and said Jesus son what are you listening too?"Sometimes you have to take all the pain at once.

  • @sharonpate5481
    @sharonpate5481 2 года назад

    A great song for Halloween month! Thanks hon ☮️❤️🙏🏼👵🏼

  • @mrmacmagerz
    @mrmacmagerz 2 года назад +1

    I always assumed The man in the black coat was death

  • @waynethera2712
    @waynethera2712 Год назад

    I like his songs very much, but usually when someone covers him. Sorry just the way it is. Check out Mandolin Orange doing Boots of Spanish Leather.

  • @Lost_and_found85
    @Lost_and_found85 Год назад

    Is it just me or does this have a kill bill vibe to it

  • @godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor
    @godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor Год назад +1

    Its not about death then..?

  • @michaelsmith-st3fe
    @michaelsmith-st3fe Год назад

    The song is about death

  • @pakman239
    @pakman239 Год назад

    could the man in the long black coat be the grim reaper?

  • @petersheely7246
    @petersheely7246 Месяц назад

    😊😎

  • @mejbarron
    @mejbarron Год назад

    I like this live version of The Maker better than the perfectly recorded official video with high production values.
    ruclips.net/video/P0E3R1cSfIM/видео.html
    This is an addition to my previous comment. Sorry to be off topic.

  • @WaynePionzio
    @WaynePionzio 7 месяцев назад

    Greg Lake takes the song to a new level. Plus he can actually SING!!