I'm 81 and an "older" child of the 60s. I'm expecting more years as a healthy man, but when it's time I will be grateful that I lived in the time of the 1960s and the music of Bob Dylan.
I had just been discharged from the navy. And walked up the hill in Newport to listen to the Jazz festive. It was a magical time and those 4 days will always be in my memory. I’m 80 now and it’s like yesterday.
I’m 44. This is the first Bob Dylan song I heard. It came over the radio while my dad and I were on the way home. I said Dad, I love this song!! It made him so happy bc he loved Bob Dylan 💕 I was from that point on a forever fan. My Dad is now in Heaven and anytime I listen to Bob it makes my heart smile and feel close to my Dad
This was also my first Bob Dylan song i heard thru my dad. He had the Masterpieces 3 disc set. Cant get enough if Dylan now. This is my favourite video on youtube ❤❤
For me it was the first Dylan song I heard in the radio with my dad too but the first song I remember listening to is STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN by Dylan too
You are SO correct. I hope google leaves it alone. It does not need an update, format change, etc. Please, just let us have this one thing you so aptly describe, and indeed it is, as a "Time Machine."
l'm 74 + agree...l was introduced to folk music at age 11...still love it ❤! July 2024 l love seeing people all over the globe listening! lt makes me feel more connected!
@@countalucard4226 I can relate to that. Music has transformed and changed so much, but nothing has come along to fill the gap of the folk singers of the 60's. I'm so thankful to have been growing up and listening then!
1 guitar, 1 harmonica.....he redefined modern music....thank God (or anyone above us) to let me share an space of my time in this world, with a genius like Bob Dylan.
Yeah that sounds nice but a Habs fan is still just a Habs fan ;) Haha cheers from someone indoctrinated into the Leafs from birth, can't say I care for hockey (possibly for a reason... 1967, oof...) but I do like the banter. Odd name on you though; first name seems kinda Spanish maybe and the last name... well it seems almost kinda Japanese to me lol A strange specimen to be sure.
Traditional film is very high quality. over 4k in many cases. It's just now that we have the technology the easily watch film like this close to its original fidelity without the need to actually own a film projector and have a copy of the film itself.
When I heard this song for the first time, in the middle of the sixties, I was 16 or 17. I heard about my own story, just a kid boring in a small and ugly town, dreaming about another world, and about a tambourine man, to take him away. I'm now 68, I've traveled a lot, and my life has been a good one, most of my dreams came true. I'm now retired and I very often play my Martin HD28. Bob Dylan is a very good part of my life. Friendship, health for everybody, we shall overcome, all together. Sorry for my language !! I'm French.
I totally had to laugh at what you wrote at the end: "Sorry for my language. I'm French." The reason this made me laugh is because in the USA, we used to say, "Please excuse my French," after accidentally (or even intentionally) saying a bad word. People don't really use that idiom much anymore. Your language is wonderful, though. I liked hearing about your story. You're lucky most of your dreams came true.
@@honestlynuts__ Thanks. I went through the letters of the alphabet,looking for something that rhymes with Boomer. When I got to "T",I knew that's what I was looking for.
i did live in this era i was 19 years old when this classic came out . now im 74 years old thats a long time to be in love with bob dylan and this special fab song x
Why did anyone think it was necessary to put pickups in acoustic guitars? Many of these old videos prove that they are unnecessary if the sound tech knows what he's/she's doing.
what "never lived in"... some of us never left. the thing about classics is that they have away not fading into obscurity. but this new generation has my heart felt sympathy. we thought we were saving the world. and now it is for you to replace us by trying to save the planet. forget trump.. he is just an instrument of history. he is the tool that dynasties manifest when it is time for a culture to lose its essence. the important stuff is still the same. love, share.. and try to avoid extinction.
A lovely thought. I was in my second year of high school in 1964 and I can tell you that hearing about Bob Dylan was a slow process. An album or two that nobody played on radio and concerts here and there. News travelled slowly and filtered up through the underground. Remember that this was the same time that the Beatles were becoming known outside of England. It was magical because there wasn’t a lot going on media wise. Like A Rolling Stone in 1965 was the big explosion. Thank you for sharing your thought. It kind of woke up a lot of nostalgia on an old man.
Wow, thank you. I was a senior in high school in 64...funny thing, all of the these rock and roll singers are still very popular. I sing their songs, hear their songs in the stores, malls, etc. I say...what a great addiction. I was born at the right period of time! Mjensen
Oh heavens. I miss that era so much. I’m happy in old age. I’ve tasted success. I’ve got the love of a wonderful man over the past 53 years and great kids and a grandson, but nothing compares to the 60’s and 70’s. So glad we have RUclips that allows us to drift back to a simpler time of youth and exuberance. Rock on Bob Dylan. Bless your creative soul! ❤
Hello, Oh my goodness gracious. I am so happy for your life and how its turned out. Good for you. I do have to disagree with you about those being simpler times. Think back a little. During those times I will remind you of a few stressful things that we went through. John F Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X and the Black Panthers were assassinated. Along with Love ins, Woodstock, The Gong Show, Laugh-In and absolutely wonderful things like that, there were the Stones concert at Altamont, Charles Manson, Kent State and the Watt's Riots, where more than a few people died. Remember Nixon's Impeachment or Nixon's and Agnew's resignations? Watergate? Men could not enter Disneyland with hair that touched the ear, until taken to court. Where the United States Supreme Court told Disney that a person's appearance is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution. This decision banned dress codes in the U.S. and changed the way that we dress forever. I did like that one, being a Hippie and all. Anyway, I really do not think that life was so simple back in those times. To me, being a teenager back in the 60's, as I remember it with my 77 year old addled brain, was a lot more complicated. I mean, I was a boy and there were girls out there. And Vietnam! It's simpler for me now. I'm to old for war and I've been married to a wonderful lady who still lets me through the door after 30 years. I just try to go with the flow. That's how I make my life simpler. That and not using Social Media. Peace
@@jmleaf8102Have never forgotten all that went on at that time. Please note I called them simpler, not simple times. Peace and happiness to you and yours.
This is Pete Seeger introducing Bob Dylan- what a moment in time..... It´s so beautiful. I am 69 now and I am so grateful there was such music when I was young.
I heard this in college so many decades ago. I was 19. A tropical storm raged outside, and one raged inside my heart and this song was in sync with my feelings. I am in my 60's now and it still moves me like a seismic shift. Bob Dylan, when you die, I will feel it viscerally. Your songs are the air I breathe and the thought of losing you is hard to bear. I've never loved a singer more. Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Cat Stevens - connect me to my teenage self again. I wish I could make time stand still and make you all young again.
I was also a 19 year old in college when I listened to this for the first time and I grew to love Bob Dylan and his music. I’m 22 now. I wonder how it’ll feel to listen to him when I am 60.
I understand what you're feeling. I think of it like this: We will always have Bob's music, therefore he will always be with us. "Death is not the end"
RUclips really is a time machine. I can't believe we get to be transported back to 1964 and watch the legend Bob Dylan perform one of his most poetic songs. What a gift!
Omigosh, I was five years old, and a Beatles freak. My mom got a note to see my kindergarten teacher, she had tried to teach us the days of the week, and I kept asking her what the eighth one was. She insisted there were only seven, but I wasn't giving in. John Lennon and Paul McCartney told me there were eight, so there must be. I tried so hard to learn this song on the guitar a few years later, but i had no teacher and no talent. I still remember all the words, though.
It's almost impossible to describe what this song makes me feel. It's a feeling of longing, devotion, celebration, nostalgia, regret, happiness and sadness. And even more. Which is why I love Bob and his music so much. It's a layered and profoundly deep music that goes deep inside my mind and soul.
+Aaron Smith If you listen to the song you can tell it's about Bob Dylan's experience with drugs, the Tambourine Man is his drug dealer, Bob wants him to play a song for him (hit him with drugs) because he's not sleepy (not high on drugs) and his evenings empire returning into sand is his high wearing off. There is no proof of what this song is actually about, but anyone who has listened to this song deeply will know what what i said is true. You basically said that you are your baby boy's drug dealer, thus why i called your comment stupid.
bob I don't totally disagree with you that it might be about drugs. Who knows ? In fact, I wouldn't be surprised. The 60s was the golden age of cannabis and psychedelic use. They are mind altering drugs. However, wether it's about drugs or not, the imagery and poetry with deep unconscious and conscious spiritual undertones is mesmerizing. It goes deep. The song is really open to interpretation and that's the beauty and magic of it. I'd gladly take a "hit" and listen to this song. I'm sure I'd fly very high within my own mind ;)
"And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time Far past the frozen leaves The haunted, frightened trees Out to the windy beach Far from the twisted reach Of crazy sorrow Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea Circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate Driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today Until tomorrow" One of the greatest verses ever written.
rest in piece, she may not be here today but in your heart she is still listening to this song and i’m sure she is proud of you for whatever you’ve accomplished
Condolences. May the song ever remind you of the good she shared. May the song live in your life as well, that your grandbabies will remember this song, associating it with themselves, their parent, their grandparent, their great grandparent, and their great great grandparent is a family tradition. Sounds like you got a lot of ground work to establish, have fun.
I was there, in the crowd. We were all swept away, with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves. Beautiful song, beautifully performed, an instantaneous classic, it still moves me.
+Nathan Caillat Yes, I agree with You, Bryan & James ALL OF THEM with their different thoughts...GR8... A connoisseur of music would get soaked in the Poetry, the rhythm and the lilting music....INDEED the crowds would silently applaud and the real encomiums come from the thunder of hand claps at the end of the song...non-stop for at least 4 mins. The REAL modern day crowd-cheering, as contemplated, should go on before the announcement of the song , Absolute silence and Admiration while the music starts playing and a thunder of hand claps after the song is rendered...The critique in all three is very WELL SAID
It is wonderful - except that he misses out a whole verse! "Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun It's not aimed at anyone It's just escaping on the run And but for the sky there are no fences facing And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme To your tambourine in time It's just a ragged clown behind I wouldn't pay it any mind It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing"
+Cedrick Castro when I saw him last year people were very civil and applauded occasionally and at the end of songs. Sometimes cheering a bit if he did something particularly cool.
Quasimodo That's cool too :) It's just that people i've seen especially teens scream too much on concerts but it's not really much of a problem though.
My dad's name is also Bob. He is currently on life support. The process of sending him to hospice starts tomorrow. My heart is breaking. But Bob Dylan's music is like a warm hug to me right now.
@@davidbartlett220 Hope is indeed on the horizon! Thank the heavens for the brilliant minds of our world coming together and making vaccines at such short notice to get us out of this covid hell.
23 years old, yet sings with the wisdom and experience of a poet who has been through generations of humanity. Bob is proof to me that soul transcends the limits of time space and the confines of a physical body. A modern day King David. He is no man. He is every man.
Being 18 and able to relate to the other elders for their love for this music is an awesome thing. I grew up with music like this and many more thanks to my dad. I don't want this music to die.
Music is something that can’t die, as long as someone has a guitar or a voice and a memory, Folk songs -no Folk _Masterpieces_ like this will live on. And even when they die, they will live on in the ideas and spirits of those who embody them.
@@mmcworldbuilding5994 I started listening him when I like four months ago when I was twelve and immediately fell with love with him. No friend on mine ever told me about him and he is one of the only few singers I actually like by myself rather than sheer peer pressure
@@CaucasainAsian You're right, I say I don't want it to die because I can't help but feel that a majority of folks don't realize the art of music from back in the day.
I am 17 year old . I am at a crossroads in my life and nothing seems right but i am listening to this song for the First time today and it's raining outside i just hope everything turns out all right... Ik it will .
Nothing is promised in life except death. Work hard and try to do your best, that's the only good option, don't get discouraged if you fail. And remember that there are things that you can't control, don't worry about them, ask God for his help and focus on fixing whatever you can actually fix. Wish you very well man, i'm 19 and I also feel confused about many things but that's my best advice
Try an alcoholic drink, decide it's not really for you, try a cigarette, decide it's definitely not for you, find a kind and gentle partner - have a long hard think if you want to bring children into this world, don't let anyone put pressure on you, find a job you actually enjoy, remember personal happiness is the best thing you can hope for.
agreed, truly magical. One of the many vids to peek into Bobs thoughts on writing music, was teh 60 minute Interview from Morely Safer. About 15 minutes if that long. He asked Bob about all of those songs he had written during that rush of "1960's Revolution of Music" time in history. His answer I never suspected, nor will I soon forget. Indeed we are a better people because of this man and other artists...delivering what is inside of them, through music and lyric....woot woot Bob Dylan!!!
22-year-old kid here on Mr. Dylan's 80th birthday. Such a beautiful performance of such an incredible song, by a young man who wasn't much older than I currently am. I was 18 when I first started listening to his music, and my high school yearbook quote that year was a re-wording of a part of Bob's classic "The Times They Are A-Changin'", to match the turbulent times that I grew up going to high school during. I can safely say that Bob's marvelous mind and timeless lyricism have been a great inspiration to me, and I'm glad he's been with us on the earth for this long, and hopefully for many more years to come.
--- LYRICS --- Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me. I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to. Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me. In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you. Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand, vanished from my hand, left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping. My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet, I have no one to meet, and the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming. Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me. I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to. Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me. In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you. Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship. My senses have been stripped. My hands can't feel to grip. My toes too numb to step. Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering. I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade into my own parade. Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it. Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me. In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you. *[Harmonica solo]* And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind, down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, the haunted frightened trees, out to the windy beach, far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, with all memory and fate, driven deep beneath the waves, let me forget about today until tomorrow. Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me. I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to. Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me. In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you.
@@poutinedavid8937 I know that. I just looked into the comments and never found the lyrics. It's not even in the video's description. So, I just felt I should take the time and write them down, because I adore this song.
I keep coming back to this performance over the years. There's something eerie in the air here, the camera angles, the quaint location, people just chilling on the blankets enjoying the music... Also the total command Dylan has over the crowd, as if he was a magician and they fell under his spell. The last verse is especially powerful, the images from the song seem to come to life among blue sky, grass and enchanted people. Hard to describe, but it's like watching history of music writing itself.
I saw him in 2007 Live - he played Blowin in The Wind. The place fell into silence! It was like a church! I sat and listened! No reaction from the audience, just awe struck! I will never forget - we will always want to sit at his feet.
There's just something with his performance here. The whole scene is very nostalgic. I watched this video alteast 50 times since the first time I heard it.
I wonder if these people realized just how incredibly fortunate they were to be in the presence of a lyrical genius like Bob at the peak of his creativity.
globallywarmed Because of man's ego the world is messed up, and we need poets to help us express this for posterity and to be able to achieve serenity in the midst of it all. Yes, we should help our neighbors, but it is Dylan's type of genius that helps us cope with what the madmen are doing to our planet. It is to his credit he accepted his gift and had the focus to stick to it, a thing becoming more and more rare. Obviously, anyone can mow lawns.
Unfathomable how someone just sits down and writes something this magical. Here we are almost 60 years later and I'm in awe of this masterpiece - that's simply amazing.
I’m 10 years old, and found bob dylan for the first time. ive read his chronicles and saw his music was something g I felt connected to. cheers to dylan!
@@themule8625 The entire song is about drugs, things can be significant in different ways for different people. But this song, for Bob Dylan, is about drugs and all of the effects and results of drugs.
Frank Feldman I don’t think either of you are wrong but it’s clearly based on opinion - you could argue that since Bob Dylan’s music is more widely accessible and enjoyed than more classical artists it makes him “better” - art isn’t about who is best or worst though it’s about the enjoyment of the art itself
I’m 36. I just discovered this song. What happened to talent like this? When I watch this I tear up from the power in this song and I tear up for the future generations. There will never be another moment like this ever again.
@@duganred people have been saying this forever lol. people were saying this about bob dylan. There is plenty of talent, you can’t just listen to the shitty music in the charts and then conclude there’s no talent. There is talent everywhere, not necessarily concentrated in the mainstream
@@rebelraime2524 I see it completely different. Of course there are talented musicians out there but not many in the limelight. Example, the Super Bowl last year featured Rihanna. Taylor Swift (the actor) is selling albums and selling out stadiums like the Beatles. Now you don’t have to agree, but you have to shake your head at that shit. I mean, I don’t listen to anything the industry manufactures and for good reason. At least in the 80s and 90s (and obviously before) the mainstream cash cow acts were fucking talented enough to nod your head to. The garbage today is literally the same 3 major chords on loop and a looped drum beat. There’s a reason people still crave DMB, Dead and Co, Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Dylan, Metallica, the Stones, etc bc they deliver. All bands over 30 years old.. keep us standing
This song is a piece of history. Bob Dylan's contribution to music is absolutely immense. Thanks, Dad, to have made me discover Dylan when I was a young boy. I'm 20 now, and he still warms my heart and my soul. God bless folk music. Greetings from France.
@@omegajrz1269 as leonard cohen, lou reed, paul simon and art garfunkel, barbra streisand ,pink, neil diamond, mama cass, donald fagen, amy winehouse and it goes forever
when I first heard this and discovered Bob d and his music i was 6 yrs old. I've never looked back his music is fantastic and I'm now 66 and I still love his music and I play it all the time I'm a Guitar player that loves folk music and it will never die as long as we continue playing it.
He said in later life that he didnt know where these genius songs of his early years came from. They seemed to him to write themselves. To me, he just channeled into the ultimate in what that genre could do giving himself humbly to what it offered and made songs that will live forever. Genius at work.
He seemed older than his years back then. Looking at this now through old eyes, he looks so young. He said himself, “I have no idea where some of those words came from…back then.” It was magical.
hello I am 13 years old, from Thailand and 5 years ago in my class the teacher played this song, I listened to it and I really liked it and now I have found it.❤😊
I was a sophomore in a Wisconsin high school when this song hit the air waves. I loved it instantly. Love everything about it! I loved his strumming, his raspy voice, his lyrics. I actually saw him in concert the first time when I was living in Florida, 8 years later at the Hollywood Sportatorium. I was 22. I'll always love his music. I'm a 72-year-old grandmother now but get nostalgic for those long-ago days.
It’s a song that takes you on the same journey that the narrator is on. In this song Dylan describes the beautiful mental journey music takes him on away from the despair of the real world, and in a way, by describing these amazing beautiful scenes Dylan takes the listeners into that same beautiful world that music puts him into. He draws on the connection between the musician and the listener in an incredibly unique way with this one.
I was 14 then and this sound, when I heard it at school (played to me by my history teacher on a Dansette record player) turned the whole of the rest of my life around. I had never heard anything like it - totally inspirational and from that day I became a musician dedicating the whole of my life to fighting for freedom and music for all the years that were in store for me right up until this day. Now, as a music teacher and musical instrument maker I owe it all to the inspiration of this man and the dreams he allowed me to dream and realise.
Susan Vogel god bless you. I am fortunate to live in his old home in hibbing. Which here it means absolutely nothing. Also the fact that he hates hibbing. ;)
As a 21 year old I listen to this, alone in my first apartment and I can tell you the feeling never changes. Just listening to Bob Dylan and others as I sip my whisky and my empty barren apartment. Though I know I feel alone and lost I know I will never be more free than I am in this moment. Soon I will be 30 then 40 then 50 and Ill never forget those days being alone using music to fill the void. I feel as if is Im ahead of life while also feeling completely behind. It’s gonna be great, I’m so lucky to have my youth.
I am soon to be 72 and my 43 years old son is still thanking me for all the music he has been brought up with but first and for most because of Dylan. Nowadays he appreciates Dylan even more than I ever did. He writes poems himself and I can see how much he is inspired by The man.
I’m 25 and I’ve been listening to Bob Dylan since my dad would play him in the car on rides to school. His music was some of the first to really paint a picture of what it must of been like when he was young. Thank you for the soul in your music and bringing me closer to my dad.
My father played this for me when he drove me back from karate practice, directing my attention to subtle drug references throughout. I think I was about 14 or 15. It was the early 90's, and there was a 60's revival. Until then, my father hadn't felt comfortable sharing his generation's music with me. But he always expressed admiration for Mr. Dylan, one of his personal heroes. So to me, this song always symbolized bonding with my father. I wish everyone could have that kind of relationship with their parents, if only for a little while...
Holy shit. I'm a heavy metal guy, heard Dylan heaps before but tonight is the first time I have really listened to him. What an amazing artist, poet, lyricist. Closest thing I've had to a religious experience!
I remember when I was working 80 hours a week, pulling 12-18 hour overnight shifts, and by the time I came home I knew I'd have to be back in again soon, but I was simply too exhausted to sleep even as the sun came up, in a hostile town with what felt like no future. I would put this song, this performance, on repeat and weep, wishing I could leave everything behind, to wherever those magic ships sailed, beyond the cornfields and gas stations, with that tiny grain of hope being all that kept me alive. Even now, as I continue to heal, I still come here when I want to forget about today until tomorrow.
LYRICS (short version) Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand Vanished from my hand Left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship My senses have been stripped My hands can't feel to grip My toes too numb to step Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade Into my own parade Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time Far past the frozen leaves The haunted frightened trees Out to the windy beach Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky With one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea Circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate Driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
@@lauracid6678 a morning that you have because you never went to bed, stayed up all night, out late, maybe dropped by friends house if lights were on, sat beside a river or some railroad tracks talking and smoking or drinking. Maybe ate some breakfast at a greasy restaurant and walked to your car wondering what life would be 50 years later
This song took me down from a extremely bad acid trip that sent me to the hospital when I was 15. And ever since then it always brings me peace. Good thing for RUclips.
Haha okay that’s funny cause same 🤣 started having a really bad mushroom trip and my friend laid me in the grass and told me to look at the blue sky, put some headphones in, and played this song. Everything changed ❤️ brings me comfort now!
I’m only 30 and I don’t listen to a ton of folk but there is something so viscerally human about this song, I always come back to it. It celebrates the joy of existence and the struggle against pain and death and so much of the human experience all at once.
Starting at age 14, the year of this performance, my best friend and I would play Bob Dylan's albums over and over until we memorized every single song, and learn to play them on our guitars. And that includes later on his Blonde on Blonde double album. He's one of two or three people in my entire life that left such an indelible mark on my consciousness.
My Favorite Verse ,.Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
+Rolling Stony That verse has my favorite line, " Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free. " It conjures up an image in my mind. And for some reason, it brings a tear to my eyes..., I don't know why.
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I'm 81 and an "older" child of the 60s. I'm expecting more years as a healthy man, but when it's time I will be grateful that I lived in the time of the 1960s and the music of Bob Dylan.
I hope you're doing well, sir. May you live long.
My heart feels like your thoughts ,,,im so grateful to have travelled the music roads ,,,the 60s era being my favourite ,,until eternity lol xx
@ good for you big boy i dont think ,,,,
@ im so sorry i offended you ,please forgive me lol
Cleo Fierro
Lol! “ OH MAMMA CAN THIS REALLY BE THE END? I KEEP GETTING TEXTS FROM CLEO AND IN RETURN I JUST HIT SEND!”😂
I had just been discharged from the navy. And walked up the hill in Newport to listen to the Jazz festive. It was a magical time and those 4 days will always be in my memory. I’m 80 now and it’s like yesterday.
That's some Forrest Gump shit. I mean that in a good way. Lucky you!
Fantastic story.
wow what a great story
Thanks for your service to our country and thank GOD for your long life. Peace and love to you.
While I don’t agree with war I respect the hell out of the ppl who serve in them
It's not just a live performance... it's a piece of history.
Gracias.
Yes for sure and it will never repeat😢
Amen love this his voice sounds s ooo young God bless him man he made to the big times great story to tell kids u can make it in life❤
@@AntonioJesusPinillaLorie-it8jc still
Humming his songs after 50 years😊
Hero of our time when we were young
I’m 44. This is the first Bob Dylan song I heard. It came over the radio while my dad and I were on the way home. I said Dad, I love this song!! It made him so happy bc he loved Bob Dylan 💕 I was from that point on a forever fan. My Dad is now in Heaven and anytime I listen to Bob it makes my heart smile and feel close to my Dad
This was also my first Bob Dylan song i heard thru my dad. He had the Masterpieces 3 disc set. Cant get enough if Dylan now. This is my favourite video on youtube ❤❤
For me it was the first Dylan song I heard in the radio with my dad too but the first song I remember listening to is STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN by Dylan too
This is beautiful 🥰
Im your age, first heard this when i was away at school, school was shit, but this songs still gold👍 memories😃
RUclips is the closest thing we have to a time machine, together with music.
Sunlion 🙏
Great!!!!
Indeed!!!
Yeah
You are SO correct. I hope google leaves it alone. It does not need an update, format change, etc. Please, just let us have this one thing you so aptly describe, and indeed it is, as a "Time Machine."
One man.. One guitar.. A harmonica and pen to start off.. Truly A legend.
Stephane Malik he sold his soul though hopefully he changes his faith
great
JumpslingerYT ....don't be so stupid you absolute idiot.
One of so many Jewish legends!
@@MoPar7055 true but was a good writer
Friendly reminder that he was 22 when he wrote this song and is 23 in this clip performing it. Insane maturity both lyrically and vocally.
I ran track for australia at 22 but would swap for bobs life
He ran away from home 7 times and kept finding himself there. the 8th. time he never returned there to live.
Un génie oublié aujourd'hui
@@josephinenl9359 forgotten? Bob Dylan will never be forgotten by those who appreciate true art
Me, Oct 25th, cheers from Germany 😀🎉🍷🍀♥️
I’m 73 and I am fortunate to have grown up listening to the best music of 20th century.
We were lucky, especially 9/11, everything changed, wish we we could go back too simpler times.
l'm 74 + agree...l was introduced to folk music at age 11...still love it ❤! July 2024
l love seeing people all over the globe listening! lt makes me feel more connected!
@@countalucard4226 I can relate to that. Music has transformed and changed so much, but nothing has come along to fill the gap of the folk singers of the 60's. I'm so thankful to have been growing up and listening then!
Ho 70 anni computi recentemente e sono assolutamente d'accordo @@carenmontgomery2384❤
Same here..Dylan and Baez
Does anyone else like the sound quality of old videos somtimes
Samuel Chapman yes, its so good and pure❤️
good vibes
You’re hearing raw and less filtered. If they had auto tune back then he would’ve sounded like God.
like the nostalgia of a used book and the way it smells.
well obviously it suits old music. Because that's the way we're used to hearing it
Still sends a chill down my spine as it did when I first heard it aged 15. I'm now 74. Pure genius.
I'm 66, great memories ‼️
I'm 15 and just watched this for the first time in a History of Rock & Roll class!
I am 75 well said ! He is one of the Immortals, !
Tengo 14 y la estoy escuchando hoy por primera vez, es sencillamente maravilloso
I’m 74 now when I heard this son I cried profusely……like now
1 guitar, 1 harmonica.....he redefined modern music....thank God (or anyone above us) to let me share an space of my time in this world, with a genius like Bob Dylan.
Você disse tudo que eu queria dizer !!!
Muito obrigado !!!
Agreed
And one voice and as much charisma as there ever was in one person.
Amen
Yeah that sounds nice but a Habs fan is still just a Habs fan ;) Haha cheers from someone indoctrinated into the Leafs from birth, can't say I care for hockey (possibly for a reason... 1967, oof...) but I do like the banter. Odd name on you though; first name seems kinda Spanish maybe and the last name... well it seems almost kinda Japanese to me lol A strange specimen to be sure.
The quality of this 60 year old live recording is amazing.
Traditional film is very high quality. over 4k in many cases. It's just now that we have the technology the easily watch film like this close to its original fidelity without the need to actually own a film projector and have a copy of the film itself.
and the audience is listening....
Yes I hadn’t thought of that because I was so enthralled to hear and see it
@@Thatotter223 and bobbie is actually singing instead of being a contrarian prick
When I heard this song for the first time, in the middle of the sixties, I was 16 or 17. I heard about my own story, just a kid boring in a small and ugly town, dreaming about another world, and about a tambourine man, to take him away. I'm now 68, I've traveled a lot, and my life has been a good one, most of my dreams came true. I'm now retired and I very often play my Martin HD28. Bob Dylan is a very good part of my life. Friendship, health for everybody, we shall overcome, all together. Sorry for my language !! I'm French.
Ty for sharing your story sir!
Tc! :)
Peace! From one 68-year-old to another.
Thank you for your story! Your English is better than many native born in the USA.
Hello recent commenter and repliers 🙂
I totally had to laugh at what you wrote at the end: "Sorry for my language. I'm French." The reason this made me laugh is because in the USA, we used to say, "Please excuse my French," after accidentally (or even intentionally) saying a bad word. People don't really use that idiom much anymore.
Your language is wonderful, though. I liked hearing about your story. You're lucky most of your dreams came true.
There’s something so heartwarming about seeing a young Bob Dylan with his guitar, harmonica and genius lyrics completely silencing a crowd.
It was stunning.
@@brucemarmy8500 where you there watching it?
@@augusthoerth1373 I was not. I was 7 years old, living in NYC, not far from Newport,RI. I meant the crowd silenced by the lyric.
@@augusthoerth1373 England
Yes it was
Crazy that we can just watch a moment in history on demand
Boomer.
@@amess9239 Tumor. Yes,you!
Thank God!
@@billrener4897 harsh but deserved
@@honestlynuts__ Thanks. I went through the letters of the alphabet,looking for something that rhymes with Boomer. When I got to "T",I knew that's what I was looking for.
60 years later I listen intently as I did as a 12 year old kid in 1964. Genius.
i did live in this era i was 19 years old when this classic came out . now im 74 years old thats a long time to be in love with bob dylan and this special fab song x
ich war 10 Jahre Alt, eine tolle Zeit Ihnen und Bob weiterhin alles Gute
So love his raspy voice, I'm old now too...still want to follow the tambourine man...
You're so lucky
@@saurabhpandey4309 lol xx
Me too. I was 20.
Wow the audio is great. Imagine those microphones transporting this incredible experience to us here in RUclips all these years. A beautiful miracle.
The power of science!
From as far away as 2080
Yes !
Agree. Someone took the time to record and film it...inspiring.
Why did anyone think it was necessary to put pickups in acoustic guitars? Many of these old videos prove that they are unnecessary if the sound tech knows what he's/she's doing.
This makes me nostalgic for a time I never lived in
I almost cried reading this. They were indeed the greatest time to born in.
what "never lived in"... some of us never left. the thing about classics is that they have away not fading into obscurity. but this new generation has my heart felt sympathy. we thought we were saving the world. and now it is for you to replace us by trying to save the planet. forget trump.. he is just an instrument of history. he is the tool that dynasties manifest when it is time for a culture to lose its essence. the important stuff is still the same. love, share.. and try to avoid extinction.
Your comment reminded me of this : ruclips.net/video/wH6ZCIRjI14/видео.html
A lovely thought. I was in my second year of high school in 1964 and I can tell you that hearing about Bob Dylan was a slow process. An album or two that nobody played on radio and concerts here and there. News travelled slowly and filtered up through the underground. Remember that this was the same time that the Beatles were becoming known outside of England. It was magical because there wasn’t a lot going on media wise. Like A Rolling Stone in 1965 was the big explosion.
Thank you for sharing your thought. It kind of woke up a lot of nostalgia on an old man.
Wow, thank you. I was a senior in high school in 64...funny thing, all of the these rock and roll singers are still very popular. I sing their songs, hear their songs in the stores, malls, etc. I say...what a great addiction. I was born at the right period of time! Mjensen
Listening to this song from Bangladesh 🇧🇩.This song is evergreen eternal
We all should be forever grateful that this guy was born on planet earth❤️
Yes
Well if he was born on planet Mars. He would be on his fucking own. You knobhead
You speak out of my heart
So grateful to be living at the same time as Bob Dylan as I've been following him from the very beginning ♥
if he was born on mars, mars wouldve been a better place
Everybody is sitting in silence, listening to this marvelous show of pure heart and music
It's called wonderment and respect.
That’s a Bob Dylan
Kids were totally different then.
Oh heavens. I miss that era so much. I’m happy in old age. I’ve tasted success. I’ve got the love of a wonderful man over the past 53 years and great kids and a grandson, but nothing compares to the 60’s and 70’s. So glad we have RUclips that allows us to drift back to a simpler time of youth and exuberance. Rock on Bob Dylan. Bless your creative soul! ❤
Hey Mrs tambourine girl, love your tale that you tell in the misty sunbeams of the jingle jangle mornings of yesterday
we young souls still exist! my first show was ozzy. seen the rolling stones! rush twice! we younger ppl love oldies !
Hello,
Oh my goodness gracious. I am so happy for your life and how its turned out. Good for you.
I do have to disagree with you about those being simpler times. Think back a little.
During those times I will remind you of a few stressful things that we went through.
John F Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X and the Black Panthers were assassinated.
Along with Love ins, Woodstock, The Gong Show, Laugh-In and absolutely wonderful things like that, there were the Stones concert at Altamont, Charles Manson, Kent State and the Watt's Riots, where more than a few people died.
Remember Nixon's Impeachment or Nixon's and Agnew's resignations?
Watergate?
Men could not enter Disneyland with hair that touched the ear, until taken to court. Where the United States Supreme Court told Disney that a person's appearance is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution. This decision banned dress codes in the U.S. and changed the way that we dress forever. I did like that one, being a Hippie and all.
Anyway, I really do not think that life was so simple back in those times. To me, being a teenager back in the 60's, as I remember it with my 77 year old addled brain, was a lot more complicated. I mean, I was a boy and there were girls out there. And Vietnam! It's simpler for me now. I'm to old for war and I've been married to a wonderful lady who still lets me through the door after 30 years.
I just try to go with the flow. That's how I make my life simpler.
That and not using Social Media.
Peace
@@jmleaf8102Have never forgotten all that went on at that time. Please note I called them simpler, not simple times. Peace and happiness to you and yours.
Your comment left me in tears. We did live in the best era. I am 64 now and I hope our music lives on
This is Pete Seeger introducing Bob Dylan- what a moment in time.....
It´s so beautiful. I am 69 now and I am so grateful there was such music when I was young.
Pete was a very good friend of my family. They met him in 68. Hudson river sloop " Clearwater " was the glue.
Pete was a gift to us all.
Can we all agree this live version is the best version
I totally agree with you, pure raw tallent, no making up.
This is one of the best live performances ever in my opinion ; so glad for RUclips in this regard
Bob does. Watch No Direction Home. He talks about "pinning the audience down" while performing on stage.
youtube is so greedy they are gonna delete this legendary perfromance....... like the rest of legendary concert they deleted...kinnad makes me sad
No sir, I cannot agree with that.
I heard this in college so many decades ago. I was 19. A tropical storm raged outside, and one raged inside my heart and this song was in sync with my feelings. I am in my 60's now and it still moves me like a seismic shift.
Bob Dylan, when you die, I will feel it viscerally. Your songs are the air I breathe and the thought of losing you is hard to bear. I've never loved a singer more. Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Cat Stevens - connect me to my teenage self again. I wish I could make time stand still and make you all young again.
you write well my man.
Me too! I loved them all and I was just a baby !
I was also a 19 year old in college when I listened to this for the first time and I grew to love Bob Dylan and his music. I’m 22 now. I wonder how it’ll feel to listen to him when I am 60.
Well said and thank you for capturing my sentiments tonight.
I understand what you're feeling. I think of it like this: We will always have Bob's music, therefore he will always be with us. "Death is not the end"
RUclips really is a time machine. I can't believe we get to be transported back to 1964 and watch the legend Bob Dylan perform one of his most poetic songs. What a gift!
oui, un cadeau magnifique, merci RUclips, et merci Bob Dylan!
Omigosh, I was five years old, and a Beatles freak. My mom got a note to see my kindergarten teacher, she had tried to teach us the days of the week, and I kept asking her what the eighth one was. She insisted there were only seven, but I wasn't giving in. John Lennon and Paul McCartney told me there were eight, so there must be.
I tried so hard to learn this song on the guitar a few years later, but i had no teacher and no talent. I still remember all the words, though.
A masterpiece that will live on for eternity. I'm an 86 baby and music like this is my healing ❤❤❤
baby！节日快乐❤
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What do you mean that you are an 86 Baby? Does it mean that you were born in 1986 or that you are 86 years old? Or is "86" some type of Slang?
@@HoldenNY22 seriously? 🤣
I agree music heals.
It's almost impossible to describe what this song makes me feel.
It's a feeling of longing, devotion, celebration, nostalgia, regret, happiness and sadness. And even more.
Which is why I love Bob and his music so much. It's a layered and profoundly deep music that goes deep inside my mind and soul.
+Aaron Smith If you knew what the song was about you would realise how stupid and bad your comment sounds.
+Aaron Smith If you listen to the song you can tell it's about Bob Dylan's experience with drugs, the Tambourine Man is his drug dealer, Bob wants him to play a song for him (hit him with drugs) because he's not sleepy (not high on drugs) and his evenings empire returning into sand is his high wearing off. There is no proof of what this song is actually about, but anyone who has listened to this song deeply will know what what i said is true. You basically said that you are your baby boy's drug dealer, thus why i called your comment stupid.
+bob it's not about drugs
+Brandon Mcwhirter Did you not see my proof? you're an idiot.
bob I don't totally disagree with you that it might be about drugs. Who knows ? In fact, I wouldn't be surprised. The 60s was the golden age of cannabis and psychedelic use. They are mind altering drugs.
However, wether it's about drugs or not, the imagery and poetry with deep unconscious and conscious spiritual undertones is mesmerizing. It goes deep. The song is really open to interpretation and that's the beauty and magic of it.
I'd gladly take a "hit" and listen to this song. I'm sure I'd fly very high within my own mind ;)
"And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time
Far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees
Out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach
Of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate
Driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today
Until tomorrow"
One of the greatest verses ever written.
Agreed. The imagery is overwhelming.
Have you ever felt chills reading or listening to this verse? I feel it everytime. It's so abstract but so true.
Absolutely !
Bob Dylan, one of the best poets
Not one of, THE ONE.
My grandmother passed away last month and I kept a video of her listening to this song while chopping vegetables. ❤️
rest in piece, she may not be here today but in your heart she is still listening to this song and i’m sure she is proud of you for whatever you’ve accomplished
Write a poem of thar.! I'ts an excellent image
Condolences. May the song ever remind you of the good she shared. May the song live in your life as well, that your grandbabies will remember this song, associating it with themselves, their parent, their grandparent, their great grandparent, and their great great grandparent is a family tradition. Sounds like you got a lot of ground work to establish, have fun.
It seems she was a lovely person.
Aaaw,I'm very sorry for Your loss. It's good that You have good memories of her.💜☮️
In totally mystified by the melody, the words and the overall emotional feeling of this song. Jaw droppingly beautiful song❤
Avevo 10 anni e già mi piaceva ❤❤😂
I was there, in the crowd. We were all swept away, with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves. Beautiful song, beautifully performed, an instantaneous classic, it still moves me.
Cool
u must be the proudest man!! cheers friend :)
Aw man that's so cool! I wish more than anything I could've been there to see him.
your so lucky, i wish i was there. i hate todays music
That is so AWSOME.
Thanks to the person who recorded the amazing video in 1964. For whom I'm enjoying the song in 2019...
Mrityunjoy Saha It’s 16mm movie film. It was shot by Murray Lerner.
I love how crowds back then would actually sit quietly and listen to the music. unlike today where everyone is yelling and talking the whole concert
+James Murphy and texting or otherwise engrossed in their "smart" phone.
+James Murphy The lyrics were too poetics and beautiful, today it's not the case anymore.
+Nathan Caillat Yes, I agree with You, Bryan & James ALL OF THEM with their different thoughts...GR8... A connoisseur of music would get soaked in the Poetry, the rhythm and the lilting music....INDEED the crowds would silently applaud and the real encomiums come from the thunder of hand claps at the end of the song...non-stop for at least 4 mins. The REAL modern day crowd-cheering, as contemplated, should go on before the announcement of the song , Absolute silence and Admiration while the music starts playing and a thunder of hand claps after the song is rendered...The critique in all three is very WELL SAID
+James Murphy Don't forget the phones...
Why!?
I saw Bob Dylan yesterday, crowd was completely silently sitting apart from some cheering
I’m 25 years old and this is the first time I’ve ever listened to Bob Dylan with a wonderful voice
Brother you are in for a TREAT. The best there ever was Bob Dylan. Enjoy my friend.
I just turned 27 and I've been listening to Bob since I was 8 lol. Welcome to the club lol
Spread the word
Yes. Simple an sincere
This is by far the best performance of this song ever
Mí s tamborines
Of any song ever maybe
Fully agree
It is wonderful - except that he misses out a whole verse!
"Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun
It's not aimed at anyone
It's just escaping on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facing
And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time
It's just a ragged clown behind
I wouldn't pay it any mind
It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing"
Nope, that would be Sheffield 1966.
I like that they just sat there and just listened to the music instead of shouting.
+Cedrick Castro He's a fucking legend. I would shut the fuck up too to listen to his genius music!
+Cedrick Castro when I saw him last year people were very civil and applauded occasionally and at the end of songs. Sometimes cheering a bit if he did something particularly cool.
Quasimodo
That's cool too :)
It's just that people i've seen especially teens scream too much on concerts but it's not really much of a problem though.
Cedrick Castro oh yeah, it totally depends on what concert you go to and the age demographic. older audiences tend to be calmer.
+Quasimodo tell that to the crowd I saw at Australian Pink Floyd
My dad's name is also Bob. He is currently on life support. The process of sending him to hospice starts tomorrow. My heart is breaking. But Bob Dylan's music is like a warm hug to me right now.
god bless your dad and your family ,still in lockdown 6/3/21 hope is on the horizon db'''
I hope he’s doing okay, stay strong
@@davidbartlett220 Hope is indeed on the horizon! Thank the heavens for the brilliant minds of our world coming together and making vaccines at such short notice to get us out of this covid hell.
GOD watches yall your father is going to heaven in my opinion its fact hope u know GOD blessu
We all pass. I hope on my day, I have this music in my head.
This song was playing when my mom had her last breath. Thank you for everything, Mr. Tambourine Man.
Sorry for your loss 💔
23 years old, yet sings with the wisdom and experience of a poet who has been through generations of humanity. Bob is proof to me that soul transcends the limits of time space and the confines of a physical body. A modern day King David. He is no man. He is every man.
True
Whitman inspired words
@@milesdavidov9018 yeah, my guy correct you are wrong I am not
We were blessed that this was our growing-Up music
So many years ago it seems like yesterday
Ariel Shalem You couldn't have said it better. That Nobel prize was fully deserved and it helped prove his real poet status. The poet of the ages...
the only thing stopping his recognition as the greatest ever is that he's still alive.
+Josiah Leach Yeah tuck, listen to Josh here, Bob Dylan died like 5 years ago. Stupid.
+genesect523 he is alive dumb ass if he died there would be fucking memorial concerts every fucking year
Yeah stupid. Bob Dylan is alive, what were you thinking Josh?
+Friar Tuck He still alive????? :D I thought he was dead!
Well, that's awesome!
He is dead Seth, don't be so gullible.
Being 18 and able to relate to the other elders for their love for this music is an awesome thing. I grew up with music like this and many more thanks to my dad. I don't want this music to die.
im only fourteen and i agree!
Music is something that can’t die, as long as someone has a guitar or a voice and a memory, Folk songs -no Folk _Masterpieces_ like this will live on. And even when they die, they will live on in the ideas and spirits of those who embody them.
@@mmcworldbuilding5994 I started listening him when I like four months ago when I was twelve and immediately fell with love with him. No friend on mine ever told me about him and he is one of the only few singers I actually like by myself rather than sheer peer pressure
@@mmcworldbuilding5994 Great minds think alike friend
@@CaucasainAsian You're right, I say I don't want it to die because I can't help but feel that a majority of folks don't realize the art of music from back in the day.
First heard Dylan 1964, I was 15yo...76 today, his music has been the background of my life ❤
I was 13 and it blew my mind.
I am 17 year old . I am at a crossroads in my life and nothing seems right but i am listening to this song for the First time today and it's raining outside i just hope everything turns out all right... Ik it will .
Nothing is promised in life except death. Work hard and try to do your best, that's the only good option, don't get discouraged if you fail. And remember that there are things that you can't control, don't worry about them, ask God for his help and focus on fixing whatever you can actually fix. Wish you very well man, i'm 19 and I also feel confused about many things but that's my best advice
@@prod.richie thanks
Try an alcoholic drink, decide it's not really for you, try a cigarette, decide it's definitely not for you, find a kind and gentle partner - have a long hard think if you want to bring children into this world, don't let anyone put pressure on you, find a job you actually enjoy, remember personal happiness is the best thing you can hope for.
It will
@@chasfredricks gotta my finals tmrw so let's hope
I love how he could write a song that seemed about a thousand years old!
Or 10000 years old.
@@arthurriordan5760 or like it was written yesterday.
agreed, truly magical. One of the many vids to peek into Bobs thoughts on writing music, was teh 60 minute Interview from Morely Safer. About 15 minutes if that long. He asked Bob about all of those songs he had written during that rush of "1960's Revolution of Music" time in history. His answer I never suspected, nor will I soon forget. Indeed we are a better people because of this man and other artists...delivering what is inside of them, through music and lyric....woot woot Bob Dylan!!!
@@Illinois-Wildlife-Encounters What did Dylan say in that interview, which now has a Paramount paywall, please?
@@rickgeissal6953 he told Morley safer there was no way , he explained it just “happened”…
My late husband, Lance, was at this festival. He was evermore enamored by Dylan.
❤️
❤️
Lucky guy!
🥰🥰🥰
God bless
Imagine making the perfect song at that young age... a song that would define age... amazing
22-year-old kid here on Mr. Dylan's 80th birthday. Such a beautiful performance of such an incredible song, by a young man who wasn't much older than I currently am. I was 18 when I first started listening to his music, and my high school yearbook quote that year was a re-wording of a part of Bob's classic "The Times They Are A-Changin'", to match the turbulent times that I grew up going to high school during. I can safely say that Bob's marvelous mind and timeless lyricism have been a great inspiration to me, and I'm glad he's been with us on the earth for this long, and hopefully for many more years to come.
I so
I so agree
Insufferable twat
Ya got good taste kid 👍
Like Bob my hometown is Hibbing Minnesota and I am done with any further like Bob comments.😎 That is all I got.
--- LYRICS ---
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me.
I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me.
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you.
Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand,
vanished from my hand,
left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet,
and the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me.
I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me.
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you.
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship.
My senses have been stripped.
My hands can't feel to grip.
My toes too numb to step.
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
into my own parade.
Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me.
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you.
*[Harmonica solo]*
And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind,
down the foggy ruins of time,
far past the frozen leaves,
the haunted frightened trees,
out to the windy beach,
far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
with one hand waving free,
silhouetted by the sea,
circled by the circus sands,
with all memory and fate,
driven deep beneath the waves,
let me forget about today until tomorrow.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me.
I'm not sleepy, and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me.
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you.
The song's been out since 1964. I think people know the lyrics by now :P
@@poutinedavid8937 I know that. I just looked into the comments and never found the lyrics. It's not even in the video's description. So, I just felt I should take the time and write them down, because I adore this song.
Thanks for the lyrics!
this lyrics achieved the Nobel
@@francescor.giusti2211 Well... That would be incredible.
I keep coming back to this performance over the years. There's something eerie in the air here, the camera angles, the quaint location, people just chilling on the blankets enjoying the music... Also the total command Dylan has over the crowd, as if he was a magician and they fell under his spell. The last verse is especially powerful, the images from the song seem to come to life among blue sky, grass and enchanted people. Hard to describe, but it's like watching history of music writing itself.
I saw him in 2007 Live - he played Blowin in The Wind. The place fell into silence! It was like a church! I sat and listened! No reaction from the audience, just awe struck! I will never forget - we will always want to sit at his feet.
Well, you nailed it.
There's just something with his performance here. The whole scene is very nostalgic. I watched this video alteast 50 times since the first time I heard it.
i feel you
Exactly, brilliant
I’m 72…..broken hearted by America one more effing time. This old warrior wouldn’t be here without these legends….
🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🆘🕊️
I wonder if these people realized just how incredibly fortunate they were to be in the presence of a lyrical genius like Bob at the peak of his creativity.
Shane Anthony they were, that is why they kept quiet while he was singing, to show respect to him
Shane Anthony mmm I hope the do it now
globallywarmed Because of man's ego the world is messed up, and we need poets to help us express this for posterity and to be able to achieve serenity in the midst of it all. Yes, we should help our neighbors, but it is Dylan's type of genius that helps us cope with what the madmen are doing to our planet. It is to his credit he accepted his gift and had the focus to stick to it, a thing becoming more and more rare. Obviously, anyone can mow lawns.
globallywarmed hypocrite
globallywarmed What? You can't express appreciation of another's creativity and mow the lawn too?
Unfathomable how someone just sits down and writes something this magical. Here we are almost 60 years later and I'm in awe of this masterpiece - that's simply amazing.
He seemed to make some of the song up on the spot,
The mark of a true genius creating timeless art 🎨
Merveilleux musicien et très bon chanteur engagé mais n a pas mérité le prix Nobel de littérature
@@taboudouchtmohamed6408nobody deserved it more. The oral tradition predates the written tradition and he's the master.
People really don't know how many people got famous from this man's music
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There are quite a few that rose to fame on Bob's back. He even influenced the Beatles to change the direction of their music.
@@stevebird9510 he influenced a few of their songs but to say they changed their direction because of him is untrue.
@@madcircle0461 I guess only John Lennon knows for sure. Either way the end result was great music.
@@stevebird9510 it was mostly john that was influenced by him
I’m 10 years old, and found bob dylan for the first time. ive read his chronicles and saw his music was something g I felt connected to. cheers to dylan!
You have over 500 albums to listen to lol. Each one will amaze you in one way or another lol
You are 10 years old?!
@@donhancock332 yeah?
"Let me forget about today until tomorrow" . What a great line! What great poetry! Thank you great poet
He is referencing the come down of drugs in that verse
@@DeadWaterGaming0 Or he could be referencing let's not be self conscious now, so we can make good memories for tomorrow?
Nobel Prize winning poetry 💯
@@themule8625 The entire song is about drugs, things can be significant in different ways for different people. But this song, for Bob Dylan, is about drugs and all of the effects and results of drugs.
@@jigglestumps "I never have and never will write a drug song." - Bob Dylan, May 27, 1966
Not just the greatest artist ever, but the most evocative poet of our times. Just Brilliant.
Billie Eilish is up there with most evocative poet of our times
@@LachlanFountain she's definitely the most talented person we have atm
@@elstonngunn4193 No Weyes blood
I love him, too, but give me a break-Shakespeare, Bach, Mozart, Wagner, yada yada yada.
Frank Feldman I don’t think either of you are wrong but it’s clearly based on opinion - you could argue that since Bob Dylan’s music is more widely accessible and enjoyed than more classical artists it makes him “better” - art isn’t about who is best or worst though it’s about the enjoyment of the art itself
I’m 36. I just discovered this song. What happened to talent like this? When I watch this I tear up from the power in this song and I tear up for the future generations. There will never be another moment like this ever again.
I'd like to see a modern "musician" playing two different instruments at the same time and then singging
Nothing 'happened to talent like this'. There are talented musicians now just like there were talented musicians then.
@@rebelraime2524 Yeah, I’m going to have to go ahead and disagree with you on that
@@duganred people have been saying this forever lol. people were saying this about bob dylan. There is plenty of talent, you can’t just listen to the shitty music in the charts and then conclude there’s no talent. There is talent everywhere, not necessarily concentrated in the mainstream
@@rebelraime2524 I see it completely different. Of course there are talented musicians out there but not many in the limelight. Example, the Super Bowl last year featured Rihanna. Taylor Swift (the actor) is selling albums and selling out stadiums like the Beatles. Now you don’t have to agree, but you have to shake your head at that shit. I mean, I don’t listen to anything the industry manufactures and for good reason. At least in the 80s and 90s (and obviously before) the mainstream cash cow acts were fucking talented enough to nod your head to. The garbage today is literally the same 3 major chords on loop and a looped drum beat. There’s a reason people still crave DMB, Dead and Co, Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Dylan, Metallica, the Stones, etc bc they deliver. All bands over 30 years old.. keep us standing
I'm a young man of 79 years, I still listen to Bobby.
I love how respectful the crowd is
They turned when he went electric later lol
What was the guy at the beginning yelling ? Dylan responded yes I hear you I think you have the wrong guy
They probably couldn’t believe what they were hearing
@@r.minnis9722 'cocaine'
@@r.minnis9722 that was Pete Seeger. Also still alive I believe.
No auto tune, no backing band, no one but a man, mouth organ and a guitar. Bloody legend, gotta envy that talented bloke.
Tom Foster You had me at no auto tune.
Then he goes and appears in a car commercial and ruins it all
Perhaps, but this performance would benefit from having Left Shark.
This song is a piece of history. Bob Dylan's contribution to music is absolutely immense.
Thanks, Dad, to have made me discover Dylan when I was a young boy. I'm 20 now, and he still warms my heart and my soul.
God bless folk music.
Greetings from France.
J’ai 17 ans, et on a vécu la même chose je crois bien
@@nathanbyrt Heureusement qu'il y a encore des gens comme nous pour sauver le patrimoine musical légué par la génération de nos parents
Ditto but I’m 32 😁
My brother gifted me all his Dylan albums when he left home back in 1975. Warms this old heart to hear you guys here today.
My Dad introduced me to Dylan as well(I'm 66). We used to sing and play together. He taught me to play guitar in 9th grade(My dad, not Dylan😅)
I am 64 and grew up listening to this, and still loving it.
This is the talent no one can replace: Guitar+mouth organ+good song
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT BOB🎶
I am Italian and therefore I do not have an English mother tongue, but I always feel the poetry that Bob transmits with intensity.
Bob ( being a good Italian) represented his people with dignity
@@johnwadd8412 Bob is jew, not italian.
@@omegajrz1269 WTF?????
@@johnwadd8412 Bob Dylan is not Italian.
@@omegajrz1269 as leonard cohen, lou reed, paul simon and art garfunkel, barbra streisand ,pink, neil diamond, mama cass, donald fagen, amy winehouse and it goes forever
He's just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature!
Congratulations to him. It's well deserved.
Cebelihle Mbuyisa I just needed to hear this song after reading the news. Like you said deserves it!
Goosebumps readin' this convo, listenin' to this song, wakin' to the news, it's such a great day.
It is not well deserved.
Hail Bob Dylan, Shakespeare in rags
No, he is on a higher level than that pice of junk :)
when I first heard this and discovered Bob d and his music i was 6 yrs old. I've never looked back his music is fantastic and I'm now 66 and I still love his music and I play it all the time I'm a Guitar player that loves folk music and it will never die as long as we continue playing it.
He said in later life that he didnt know where these genius songs of his early years came from. They seemed to him to write themselves. To me, he just channeled into the ultimate in what that genre could do giving himself humbly to what it offered and made songs that will live forever.
Genius at work.
He is definitely a one off no ifs or buts
The fact that no one understands Bob Dylan, not even Bob Dylan himself, makes him such a mystery
I'M 76 AND STILL CRY WHILE LISTENING TO THIS SONG. Astoria-man.
me too brother.
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Michael Mika brilliant! I’m 58 and love love love this performance!!
Sir you have lots of memory in this song ....
all right i do.. saludos desde chile
My late brother was a huge Dylan fan. We played two Dylan tracks at his funeral. Miss him.
That’s one good way to show a last respect
🙏🏽💖🕊
He seemed older than his years back then. Looking at this now through old eyes, he looks so young. He said himself, “I have no idea where some of those words came from…back then.” It was magical.
The video may be in black and white but the lyrics are in full technicolor!!
An incredible song, lyrics which in my opinion will never be surpassed.
Its 2022 and this is still one of the best versions I've heard. Plain and pure music. No gimmicks
Amen
Amen brother
I thought i heard even the. Wind die down to listen to bob
This was enthralling.
Could be a therapeutic for attention deficit disorder.
The best version? Nothing beats the original.
hello I am 13 years old, from Thailand and 5 years ago in my class the teacher played this song, I listened to it and I really liked it and now I have found it.❤😊
I love this song too and i am 14
I was a sophomore in a Wisconsin high school when this song hit the air waves. I loved it instantly. Love everything about it! I loved his strumming, his raspy voice, his lyrics. I actually saw him in concert the first time when I was living in Florida, 8 years later at the Hollywood Sportatorium. I was 22. I'll always love his music. I'm a 72-year-old grandmother now but get nostalgic for those long-ago days.
Nostalgia? Dylan's music is the long hard fight against nostalgia (Rob Sheffield the writer said this).
His voice isn't raspy, it's nasilly.
Smithaustin he can’t sing be honest
beautiful.
Awesome
I still think this is Bob's best, poetically speaking. The last stanza just brings it home and nails it. But the whole thing is just outstanding.
He expressed all the feelings that a lot of teenagers in the 60ies had.
It is indeed one of his best, but A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall is his absolute masterpiece. Read it's lyrics!
It’s a song that takes you on the same journey that the narrator is on. In this song Dylan describes the beautiful mental journey music takes him on away from the despair of the real world, and in a way, by describing these amazing beautiful scenes Dylan takes the listeners into that same beautiful world that music puts him into. He draws on the connection between the musician and the listener in an incredibly unique way with this one.
Poetry in motion
Lyrics are outstanding
I was 14 then and this sound, when I heard it at school (played to me by my history teacher on a Dansette record player) turned the whole of the rest of my life around. I had never heard anything like it - totally inspirational and from that day I became a musician dedicating the whole of my life to fighting for freedom and music for all the years that were in store for me right up until this day. Now, as a music teacher and musical instrument maker I owe it all to the inspiration of this man and the dreams he allowed me to dream and realise.
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All art and creativity is important, but music is especially so. I was 14 then too and it changed my life, also.
Leo I listened to him on a Dansette loved him then do still do now at 70
One of my all time favorites.
Well said. Amazing what music can do to us! I'm there with you.
heyy bobb..It's 2024, but it’s still the best..love from Bangladesh ❤
“Let me forget about today until tomorrow.” No one else writes lyrics (poetry) like Dylan.
Dylan's writing skills are unsurpassed. But cannot say that for presenting and arranging a song.. Everyone who covered his songs made much bigger hits
No one else writes ( lirics, poetry) like Dillan. God morning!
That’s a line from “gone with the wind”, so at least one other person does!
@@murphymoe753 If it wasn't for Dylan most people all around the world would be less wise
Men like bob is rare
Poetry poems positively truthful words.salute u bob.live long.long time no new song BOSSSSS bob ..waiting
Quarantine 2020 and still amazing. Who’s with me?
From France.Take care
Same here, from Portugal take care mate
Same here. From Mauritius
listening right now... From Brazil! stay home, take care!
Here my dude
I am 70 years old and Dylan was one of my favorite singers when I was young. Loved Maggie's farm.
Same here - Maggie's Farm got me through many a poor day at the grind
I'm 68 and just got my tickets for Oct 5th. can't wait! ✌
hang in there....Iam the 5 year old behind you. from 20 to 70 went quick, that tells me god didn't give us enough time...
@KaptKan1 God sucks making some of us born too late for the times worth living, and making those times go to these worthless music times too soon.
Susan Vogel god bless you. I am fortunate to live in his old home in hibbing. Which here it means absolutely nothing. Also the fact that he hates hibbing. ;)
As a 21 year old I listen to this, alone in my first apartment and I can tell you the feeling never changes. Just listening to Bob Dylan and others as I sip my whisky and my empty barren apartment. Though I know I feel alone and lost I know I will never be more free than I am in this moment. Soon I will be 30 then 40 then 50 and Ill never forget those days being alone using music to fill the void.
I feel as if is Im ahead of life while also feeling completely behind.
It’s gonna be great, I’m so lucky to have my youth.
I am soon to be 72 and my 43 years old son is still thanking me for all the music he has been brought up with but first and for most because of Dylan. Nowadays he appreciates Dylan even more than I ever did. He writes poems himself and I can see how much he is inspired by The man.
I felt in this way bevor 50 Years when I left my parents to study. Have a good life. Best wishes from Berlin
Cheers from Scotland,
I’m 25 and I’ve been listening to Bob Dylan since my dad would play him in the car on rides to school. His music was some of the first to really paint a picture of what it must of been like when he was young. Thank you for the soul in your music and bringing me closer to my dad.
One of the world's great poets of the 20th century
Of all time.
With a side order of Alen Ginsberg
The greatest*
Yeah. A poet who wasn't trapped in anthologies but set poetry free into the vast expanse of nature.
So true in India we used to have Mirza Ghalib.same ethos ma
I'm so glad somebody captured this.
I get chills on this song. Extraordinarily the best. A messenger no one realizes that he is
My father played this for me when he drove me back from karate practice, directing my attention to subtle drug references throughout. I think I was about 14 or 15. It was the early 90's, and there was a 60's revival. Until then, my father hadn't felt comfortable sharing his generation's music with me. But he always expressed admiration for Mr. Dylan, one of his personal heroes. So to me, this song always symbolized bonding with my father. I wish everyone could have that kind of relationship with their parents, if only for a little while...
wow. How pure and innocent he was. The performance is raw and beautiful. How lucky we are.
Fresh faced , aye Cliff..beautiful skin ...and not overly confident. Bottle that man forever ! Lol
Unconsciously setting up, people waiting and listening, relaxed people, great tim
Holy shit. I'm a heavy metal guy, heard Dylan heaps before but tonight is the first time I have really listened to him. What an amazing artist, poet, lyricist. Closest thing I've had to a religious experience!
Dude, You are just beginning on your musical journey.
@@sweetsourpork111 I've been on a musical journey for over 50 years. This leg of it is Bob.
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Jesus Christ is Lord and saviour
@@boonboon5448 he doesn’t exist
I remember when I was working 80 hours a week, pulling 12-18 hour overnight shifts, and by the time I came home I knew I'd have to be back in again soon, but I was simply too exhausted to sleep even as the sun came up, in a hostile town with what felt like no future. I would put this song, this performance, on repeat and weep, wishing I could leave everything behind, to wherever those magic ships sailed, beyond the cornfields and gas stations, with that tiny grain of hope being all that kept me alive. Even now, as I continue to heal, I still come here when I want to forget about today until tomorrow.
Wow, hope you are well on the path to recovery!
LYRICS
(short version)
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship
My senses have been stripped
My hands can't feel to grip
My toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time
Far past the frozen leaves
The haunted frightened trees
Out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate
Driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Ty this is so beautiful
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Whats the meaning of jingle jangle morning? Plz
Robert your still one of the greatest lyricist ever.
@@lauracid6678 a morning that you have because you never went to bed, stayed up all night, out late, maybe dropped by friends house if lights were on, sat beside a river or some railroad tracks talking and smoking or drinking. Maybe ate some breakfast at a greasy restaurant and walked to your car wondering what life would be 50 years later
This song took me down from a extremely bad acid trip that sent me to the hospital when I was 15. And ever since then it always brings me peace. Good thing for RUclips.
Haha okay that’s funny cause same 🤣 started having a really bad mushroom trip and my friend laid me in the grass and told me to look at the blue sky, put some headphones in, and played this song. Everything changed ❤️ brings me comfort now!
to the people watching this in 2124, yes the 20th century was a blast, wish you well
If this song isn't played at my funeral, I'm not going!
That makes 2 of us
If you come to mine, I'll go to yours.
Brilliant!
Me neither 👍
Count me in!
I’m only 30 and I don’t listen to a ton of folk but there is something so viscerally human about this song, I always come back to it. It celebrates the joy of existence and the struggle against pain and death and so much of the human experience all at once.
Starting at age 14, the year of this performance, my best friend and I would play Bob Dylan's albums over and over until we memorized every single song, and learn to play them on our guitars. And that includes later on his Blonde on Blonde double album. He's one of two or three people in my entire life that left such an indelible mark on my consciousness.
My preceptor and my guide...
I was 12.
I don't even know what to say. There is no one like Dylan. Listening to him sing and play is like a wonderful dream.
He is amazing! I wish I was there in 1964. Just remarkable.
My Favorite Verse ,.Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
+Rolling Stony
That verse has my favorite line, " Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free. " It conjures up an image in my mind. And for some reason, it brings a tear to my eyes..., I don't know why.
libraryquiet I remember singing it in the middle of the night hitch hiking across Florida by myself and the sky was so full of stars.
Rolling Stony Beautiful!
+Rolling Stony That's beautiful. At that moment you're really dancing freely beneath the diamond sky.
+Rolling Stony I don't know how it's possible but this verse amazes and fascinates me more every time I listen to it.
This guy is a musical genius. One of the most influential singer/songwriters of the last 100 years. Absolutely superb.
Tin Man not a musical genius his music is quite simple but certainly the best poet of our time perhaps ever 💔
This is what genius looks like in a young kid.
genius doesn't have any image, it only has a mind.
@@seanenriquez5945 Evryone is a genius in their own way!