It is so fascinating how almost every sentence of this song paints a picture that one must stand in awe studying, yet still keeping the mystery of it all. I never ever get enough of it.
@@pauledwards8275 I've just reconnected with this song after many years of not being able to play my old vinyl collection. I totally agree its genius, pure genius. The lyrics are pure poetry.
This superb song is a highlight of my final years in Graduate School. When Dylan performed this song soon after the album's release, its performance hadn't yet been altered being temporally close to its conception. I was working at an upscale dept. store supporting my academics and was looking forward to taking a date, Chris McK..... and as the concert approached she kept insisting that following the concert she was not going to spend the night at my apartment, and kept insisting that very mantra. The concert must have worked magic on her, however--she did indeed spend the night with me. I just had to get over a comment she made weeks earlier that troubled me but I tried to ascribe it to her most unusual sense of humor: "You know, you look like David Berkowitz." It was a fun night and she did indeed survive.
I feel like my dad liked bob Dylan this is the type of music he listened to. I’ll never know. Miss you everyday my best friend. He was my number one fan and I miss that so much. Life is a great thing
This is one of the best songs I have ever heard. The lyrics take you on a journey, and the relentless repetition of the music becomes an actor in itself, immersing you in the colourful imagery. Love it!
@@danielkokal8819 several commentators have shared their ideas on the depth and meaning in this song's lyrics. Michael Gray, author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, commented that "Changing of the Guards" is a thorough description of Bob Dylan's personal journey, from the beginning of his musical career, about sixteen years prior (the opening line is "Sixteen years"), through his marriage to and divorce from Sara Dylan, up to his conversion to Christianity, which was announced soon after this song was released. Much religious and biblical imagery is found in this work, especially apocalyptic imagery. Bob once commented: "It means something different every time I sing it. 'Changing of the Guards' is a thousand years old'". The seemingly deliberate ambiguity of the lyrics marked Street-Legal's effective abandonment of the narrative approach that dominated Dylan's previous album Desire. Like many of Bob Dylan’s songs the meaning is unclear. And there very well might not have been any meaning at all to this song when he wrote it. The meaning is for the listener to decide, but not take to seriously.
@@morganluvsluxury understood. I'm 61, been a Dylan fan since forever, got to see him live once. I normally dont analyze his lyrics, I usually just go with it. Lyrically, I've never encountered his equal. The only one who comes close IMO is Leonard Cohen. who was another lyrical beast.
The way Dylan writes so beautifully painting on the big screen of your mind, making it all make sense while his rhyme sequence the two second lines in the couplet AND both fourth lines in every verse is pure genius! I also love how Dylan somehow either consciously or subconsciously makes lines from different songs on every album somehow seemed possibly related to each other. On this record in Changing of the Guard "the captain waits above the celebration sending his thoughts to beloved maid" seems somehow related to " I couldn't tell her what my private thoughts were but she had some way of finding them out" a line from the brilliant anchor track on the record titled where are you tonight journey through dark Heat
@@paulgreenaway-jl6ik One of my best friends is black, and hasn't heard Dylan before. I told him the story of Hurricane, and played it for him. Lot of tears were shed believe me, and Bob has a new fan.
@@HamiltonRb Dylan brings people together from all races, all walks of life, throughout all of time. He is so beautiful that way. Music heals everything.
Once again, I am listening to and absorbing this album. It is probably my favorite. A verse I find particularly intriguing........."Gentlemen, he said. I don't need your organization. I've shined your shoes and marked your cards, but Eden is burning. Either getting ready for elimination, or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guard". It's 2022 and I continue to be amazed by his lyrical genius. I'm 68 and must have a regular dose of Dylan. My list of favorites is endless, yet he has written so much more. It's so good to see that there are so many out there who appreciate z
Just as there is impressionist painting, there is impressionist prose. No one else does it like Dylan, he's the Salvador Dali of songwriters, concerned with images, impressions
My sentiments exactly. I listened to street legal around 1981-82 in North Carolina stationed with the Marines. Am 64 now and have my collection of over 32 Dylan albums which I still listen to. Saw Dylan in Austin, Tx in 1986 on his True Confessions Tour with Tom Petty. Ahhh the memories!!!
Such a favorite of mine I’ve just learned all the words and finding my heart nearly bursting out of my chest with love for the man/ being and this song. I also love A hard Rains going to fall. I would have have such a time if I was able to see Dylan perform in concert, But Dreams do come true. Many Blessing Donna❣️
Street Legal is a fantastic album. This song still enters this brain with a silken hint of times that are now upon us all. Heal Earth, love one another as we all are family, and lift all life back to its own halos and crowns. Best wishes to this planet's poet laureate.
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I'm French and I can listen to this song more than a million times. I'll never,never be tired. And in fact, it's the same for all Bob Dylan' s songs. ❤❤❤
The first album I bought from Dylan. Absolutetly underrated but with one of the most beautiful sounds. The girls on the choruses, the tambourine, the organ and the fender guitars without effects that sound pure fender... I love all the songs: "Stop crying" is perfect, like "True love tends to forget" with that remarkable slide guitar solo. The last one: "Where are you tonight?" Is absolutely overwhelming with the congas in the beginning. Recomendable para todos. Kisses from Spain.
Blackbushe aerodrome. Southern England. Fantastic support bands all day long. Joan Armatrading. Graham Parker & the Rumour. Burned in my memory. Where are you tonight ?
Listening to music and hanging with my high school tribe. The best part of my school days. Mr. Zimmerman was on constant play. Peace ✌️, Light ✨️, and Love 🫶, one and All.
Took me the longest time to understand Jokerman. This one is still a mystery to me. Lots of Tarot in there. It matches an incident my life so closely it kinda freaked me out.
i wonder how come people like me in Morocco for example arab muslim country far from the west and they all know and love all dylan's songs? the answer is that's what we call real art for artsake.art has no nationality and location. i ve been listening to dylan me and my familly from his first beginnings during the 60s dylan is a great man of art.hello from casablanca Morocco
Lyrics: Sixteen years Sixteen banners united over the field Where the good shepherd grieves Desperate men, desperate women divided Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves Fortune calls I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born On midsummer's eve, near the tower The cold-blooded moon The captain waits above the celebration Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid Whose ebony face is beyond communication The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid They shaved her head She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo A messenger arrived with a black nightingale I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil I stumbled to my feet I rode past destruction in the ditches With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo Renegade priests and treacherous young witches Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you The palace of mirrors Where dog soldiers are reflected The endless road and the wailing of chimes The empty rooms where her memory is protected Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times She wakes him up Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks Gentlemen, he said I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes I've moved your mountains and marked your cards But Eden is burning, either getting ready for elimination Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards Peace will come With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire But will offer no reward when her false idols fall And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating Between the King and the Queen of Swords (If you've read this far, to the end, then you realize what a Masterpiece of poetry Dylan has painted. What all it means is up to you, allegory or otherwise.)
Got this album when I was in my local sixth-form (16 to 18-years-old). A bleak North Wales in the late '70s. I knew nothing, my teachers new nothing. But listening to this album made me realise there was a big world out there that needed exploring. Cheers for that Bob.
@@TheJazz61 I also have the cassette, the minidisc, the 8-track and many copies of the album on vinyl, the 7' as well, that's how much I love this song. Greetings.
For my good friend and fellow Bob Dylan fan Davy who died suddenly today 30th may 2024 on holiday 😢I will always remember you mate and never forget you 😢😢 "At peace"🙏
Sorry to hear of the passing of your friend, Davy. I’m a female and my nickname as a child was Davie. A good song to remember him by. Blessings to you and to the good memories of friends.
"But Eden is burning! Either get ready for elimination or your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards." When Bob is right, he's very, very right.
"Peace will come, with tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire, but will offer no rewards when the false idols fall, and cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating between the King and the Queen of Swords." One of the greatest songs of all time, sung as only Bob can sing it!
Inspired me quite recently when I decided to make a massive life change - 'Your heart must have the courage for the changing of the guards'. I wish I could thank him personally.
As always Bob Dylan knows how to combine instruments (combo organ and sax is outstanding), the powerful and the dramatic/melancholic, musical completeness and deep, symbolic words. Speechless
I have to agree with all who say this is his most underrated album. In 1978 I was studying for my 'A' levels, the exams that would decide whether or not I got into university, when Dylan came to play six nights in London, right in the middle of my exams. I queued for 27 hours to get the maximum four tickets, took two of my exams on three hours sleep. Never regretted it.
I adore this song of which I know the lyrics by heart since I was a young adult, decades ago. The lyrics are among the best in music history, his hoarse voice, the chorus, ... I collect the 7' versions of this record, have more than 100 copies, many are doubles of course. This is how good I think it is. Greetings.
I've more orless grown up listening to this song An I'm so proud to have the privilege to have this music played in my life span on earth. Absolutely fantastic. THANK YOU
His influence ,on the music ,is immeasurable .Not just in 60's and 70's 80's and 90's . Even today .He IS a genuine American legend . Not just in u.s.a ,but around the world
Very special phenomenon for 60s and 70s. Unique lyrics and huge cultural importance. But an annoying and complex person. Cannot take away his greatness from him though. Not that I am trying to.
You were one of the lucky ones in more ways than you ....all the greatest you had the privilege to work with ....not to mention ...they had the privilege to work with you ....another one of the GREATEST
I will always feel young whenever I hear this song! My sweet husband I have 37 years I’ve danced to Bob Dylan by night by day by the blood red moon. We’re going strong clutching his long platinum locks. Thank you, Bob Dylan! Truly I am glad to be in the group who celebrates the one of the kind Never ending fan!
@Greg Normal How strange yet, not surprising, I read a poem that has an inspiration notation of the title of changing of the guards today and then I am asked if I am a fan Orange star fire in the distance highlights tall, blackened, trees. Define the picturesque Horizon Hints of whispers, gossiping breeze. I lean mine ear toward the quiet Glimpsing movement on watery grey. Burst orange, yellow lighthouse Glow on liquid stillness In triangular shape. Nameless birds sprinkle like glitter Up across the clouded blue. Then the sun, a ball dropped down Strewing light across the shadowy moon. Then I spy in the distance, Yet, not so far away A large bird flapping above the falling Sunlight called, “Today!”. This miracle of Flight unknown to This envious one- Vicarious onlooker and stalker sees Darkness kissing the sun. Jealous voter of nature’s display Changing of the guard’s dismay The blackened trees disintegrate Into black as yesterday. Darkness spreads her cloak like ice When the Heavens and Lake collides. And mirror man’s greatest foe- The darkness of his eternal soul. Leave no room for error Fulfilled by God , man made whole Or abandoned by Satan’s glamorous terrors. Does it profit a man to gain the world yet lose his very soul? Though darkness brings no insight to the blind and the weary She whispers a chant, “It is here you may rest It is here you may rest Come lay down your burden dreary. Rest as you might, Realize the stars burn bright. There’s room for the moon tonight. Know, Life extends beyond every man’s plight; That Dawn is nearer now Than the silent grip of midnight. I read this one and of course dedicated it to Bob Dylan When his talent comes to fruition he repeatedly touches common wonder of the human experience in all who identify with him globally. Yes. I am a fan. Sunset/Man’s Plight 11/15/13 Thank you
The best poet in music 🎶 I've love this guy since I was five now 56 51 years I can sing his song backwards. Love you Robert till death do us part ❤ an afterwards
Dylan ? THE greatest American songwriter in 20th century popular music .Huge influence on SO many artists . This wasn't a hit In UK ? WHY ? ITS a masterpiece of a song .THE best song of 1978 .Absolutely NO DOUBT .The other great release from that year ,by Dylan ? 'Baby stops crying ' .Mind-blowing '
It is really difficult for me to not say that this is Bob’s finest piece of music. Any other musician/artist/wordsmith, this song would be their defining creation in life and their finest moment as a sentient being. Their personal “Stairway to Heaven” that stands head and shoulders above any other thing that they forged during their time on Earth…Then I remember “It’s Alright Ma” and “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” and “Idiot Wind” and “Buckets of Rain” and “Lay Lady Lay” and “Visions of Johanna” and “When the Ships Come In” and “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” and holy shit I haven’t even said “Like a Rolling Stone” or “All Along the Watchtower” or “Subterranean Homesick Blues” yet. Or ______ nor _______, etc, etc, ad infinitum…..Thanks for the embarrassment of riches and for setting the bar, Bob.
+Jewfro DZ Ak: Pretty fine post there, Jewfro. You be givin' everybody a little peek of the wordsmith you just may be, eh bro? Takes one to know one. Well done, brother. God Bless us all....from jbeinarizona
Lyrics remind me of a Stephen King novel. Or probably the other way round -- King's writing reminds of Dylan lyrics.The singers and the band and tune are hypnotic.
I've been with him on his journey and I cannot get enough. I'm 70 now.
Me too
Bob was born to tell the future
Me too, I'm 69. I enjoy his music, but there are occasions that he's terrible live. The honest truth. He's a musical God.
March 18, 2024
76 for me. And now he makes more sense than ever.
One of the worlds best songs. No one ever wrote such lyrics. Incredible masterpiece.
Tarot influence ?
Yes, brilliant song
Street legal is an amazing album.
♥️🎼🎶
Sure !!!
It is so fascinating how almost every sentence of this song paints a picture that one must stand in awe studying, yet still keeping the mystery of it all. I never ever get enough of it.
You are right. I never thought of it.
This ain't a song, just like Desolation Row......It's cinema.
My wee brother loved this song.. he was beyond his years. Passed away at 25 heart breaking but this song gives me comfort ❤❤
Sorry for your loss. May this song bring you peace when you most need it most ❤
Of all the great Dylan songs, this is the one I always come back to. The lyrics are beyond belief and are just as fresh and revelatory every time.
This song alone is worth a Nobel Prize. I play it whenever I need relief from the madness. So soothing, so inspiring, simply brilliant.
A smoke and a couple of nips of vodka works well ... but I know what you mean. The chanting voice and the reply.
@@pauledwards8275
I've just reconnected with this song after many years of not being able to play my old vinyl collection. I totally agree its genius, pure genius. The lyrics are pure poetry.
@@timearp1229 Patti Smith did a surprisingly good cover of this.
This superb song is a highlight of my final years in Graduate School. When Dylan performed this song soon after the album's release, its performance hadn't yet been altered being temporally close to its conception. I was working at an upscale dept. store supporting my academics and was looking forward to taking a date, Chris McK..... and as the concert approached she kept insisting that following the concert she was not going to spend the night at my apartment, and kept insisting that very mantra. The concert must have worked magic on her, however--she did indeed spend the night with me. I just had to get over a comment she made weeks earlier that troubled me but I tried to ascribe it to her most unusual sense of humor: "You know, you look like David Berkowitz." It was a fun night and she did indeed survive.
My favorite
I feel like my dad liked bob Dylan this is the type of music he listened to. I’ll never know. Miss you everyday my best friend. He was my number one fan and I miss that so much. Life is a great thing
This is one of the best songs I have ever heard. The lyrics take you on a journey, and the relentless repetition of the music becomes an actor in itself, immersing you in the colourful imagery. Love it!
I've known of Bob for such a long time, but only just found this song, he never ceases to amaze me
I can't go a day without listening to this song! Todays music just doesn't come close to Bob Dylan:)
You need help.
@@WallyVanRiper1 I'm actually fine, Thanks. :)
what is this song about ?
@@danielkokal8819 several commentators have shared their ideas on the depth and meaning in this song's lyrics. Michael Gray, author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, commented that "Changing of the Guards" is a thorough description of Bob Dylan's personal journey, from the beginning of his musical career, about sixteen years prior (the opening line is "Sixteen years"), through his marriage to and divorce from Sara Dylan, up to his conversion to Christianity, which was announced soon after this song was released. Much religious and biblical imagery is found in this work, especially apocalyptic imagery. Bob once commented: "It means something different every time I sing it. 'Changing of the Guards' is a thousand years old'". The seemingly deliberate ambiguity of the lyrics marked Street-Legal's effective abandonment of the narrative approach that dominated Dylan's previous album Desire. Like many of Bob Dylan’s songs the meaning is unclear. And there very well might not have been any meaning at all to this song when he wrote it. The meaning is for the listener to decide, but not take to seriously.
@@morganluvsluxury understood. I'm 61, been a Dylan fan since forever, got to see him live once.
I normally dont analyze his lyrics, I usually just go with it. Lyrically, I've never encountered his
equal. The only one who comes close IMO is Leonard Cohen. who was another lyrical beast.
The way Dylan writes so beautifully painting on the big screen of your mind, making it all make sense while his rhyme sequence the two second lines in the couplet AND both fourth lines in every verse is pure genius!
I also love how Dylan somehow either consciously or subconsciously makes lines from different songs on every album somehow seemed possibly related to each other. On this record in Changing of the Guard
"the captain waits above the celebration sending his thoughts to beloved maid" seems somehow related to " I couldn't tell her what my private thoughts were but she had some way of finding them out" a line from the brilliant anchor track on the record titled where are you tonight journey through dark Heat
Seriously, does anybody come even close to this lyrical profundity? If someone knows other artists like these, please share!
Leonhard Cohen.
Leonard Cohen
I thought I had a favourite Dylan song, but it's not possible.
One leads to the next.
Haha. My sentiments exactly. I jump from Tambourine Man to Like a Rolling Stone to ALL THE REST haha
So true mate as all Dylan's songs are fantastic 😊 and lyricaly he is a genius 👌
@@paulgreenaway-jl6ik One of my best friends is black, and hasn't heard Dylan before. I told him the story of Hurricane, and played it for him. Lot of tears were shed believe me, and Bob has a new fan.
Too true
@@HamiltonRb Dylan brings people together from all races, all walks of life, throughout all of time. He is so beautiful that way. Music heals everything.
Once again, I am listening to and absorbing this album. It is probably my favorite. A verse I find particularly intriguing........."Gentlemen, he said. I don't need your organization. I've shined your shoes and marked your cards, but Eden is burning. Either getting ready for elimination, or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guard". It's 2022 and I continue to be amazed by his lyrical genius. I'm 68 and must have a regular dose of Dylan. My list of favorites is endless, yet he has written so much more. It's so good to see that there are so many out there who appreciate z
Just as there is impressionist painting, there is impressionist prose. No one else does it like Dylan, he's the Salvador Dali of songwriters, concerned with images, impressions
My sentiments exactly. I listened to street legal around 1981-82 in North Carolina stationed with the Marines. Am 64 now and have my collection of over 32 Dylan albums which I still listen to. Saw Dylan in Austin, Tx in 1986 on his True Confessions Tour with Tom Petty. Ahhh the memories!!!
He does that to you doesn,t he,Sometimes you just need to stop and listen to him and ya just feel so good after listening to this legend
Idk album wise Blood on the Tracks still reigns supreme for me...but damn if this isn't one of my absolute favorite Dylan songs of all time.
It's a nice comment on the English 'scene'.
Bob where are when I need you....so happy to have reconnected. Love n blessings from Sydney Australia. April 2022...message in a bottle.
Such a favorite of mine I’ve just learned all the words and finding my heart nearly bursting out of my chest with love for the man/ being and this song. I also love A hard Rains going to fall. I would have have such a time if I was able to see Dylan perform in concert, But Dreams do come true. Many Blessing Donna❣️
I hear your every word here. Do nt know if I could stay In my skin! 👍 if he did this song especially👍
Donna, I saw him twice here in Scotland, he does not dissapoint 👍
Love it!!??
"mountain laurel and rolling rocks"... pure poetry... even how the "R"s and "L"s flow within that verse... pure poetry...
Poetry and a bit of prophesy meshed together. Timeless .
How he comes up with this amazing stuff is mind boggling.
But to just listen to it is amazing.
A masterpiece…to write like this, to compose like this …and to make it all work…truly singing melodic poetry…
Adoro questa canzone ❤
Anch'io
I never get tired of listening to this.
Oh my God, the horns! First time I heard this song I cried but also felt compelled to dance.
Singing each and every syllable just in the right place, as usual. Masterpiece! 💜
Street Legal is a fantastic album. This song still enters this brain with a silken hint of times that are now upon us all. Heal Earth, love one another as we all are family, and lift all life back to its own halos and crowns. Best wishes to this planet's poet laureate.
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Thank you. 🥰Once someone listened to this song together, thank you from the bottom of my heart.🌹😍💓
We are experiencing a Change of the Guard right now ❤😊
YOU UNDERSTAND!
Sixteen years , good song
I always listen to it
One of the most glorious vocal moments in modern music - flamenco soul indeed.👍 Aside the masterful song.
I'm French and I can listen to this song more than a million times.
I'll never,never be tired.
And in fact, it's the same for all Bob Dylan' s songs.
❤❤❤
Same here..I can listen over and over...also to his song hurricane . All the best to you from Sweden
Bless you for having a soul.
Thank you and all the best to you too.
From Réunion Island ( a French department
in the Indian Océan )
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@@markyarbrough4806
Bless you too.
especially All The Tired Horses!!
Bob Dylan un immense Artiste que l'on oubliera jamais !!!👍 Quoiqu'il chante c'est un pur délice merci !!!😍
His first album was in 1962, this one in 1978. 16 years later. And now almost 60 years later his Rough and Rowdy Ways is a great album. Lol
I could listen to this song 10 times in a row
I have !!
The first album I bought from Dylan. Absolutetly underrated but with one of the most beautiful sounds. The girls on the choruses, the tambourine, the organ and the fender guitars without effects that sound pure fender... I love all the songs: "Stop crying" is perfect, like "True love tends to forget" with that remarkable slide guitar solo. The last one: "Where are you tonight?" Is absolutely overwhelming with the congas in the beginning. Recomendable para todos. Kisses from Spain.
On concert in 1978 I got tears in my eyes ,still brings memorys of the best tour ever !
Blackbushe aerodrome. Southern England. Fantastic support bands all day long. Joan Armatrading. Graham Parker & the Rumour. Burned in my memory. Where are you tonight ?
Este casette me trae recuerdos de juventud. Bob Dylan siempre estaba presente.
Thank you mister Dylan.
Jaja, bienvenidos los 14 años
@@lourdesalcazaralcazar2232 qué recuerdos tan bonitos de mi niñez .Magistral !
Es un genio .Admirable !!
Absolutamente maravilhosa, esplêndida, celestial.....amo!!!!
Minha favorita do Bob Dylan.
Direi di più
Estou de acordo com vc , celestial 🙏. Está fazendo parte da minha transformação de vida e auto conhecimento. Grandiosa 🙏🙏🙏
I had this LP loved it
Listening to music and hanging with my high school tribe. The best part of my school days. Mr. Zimmerman was on constant play.
Peace ✌️, Light ✨️, and Love 🫶, one and All.
This song and “Jokerman” are two underrated masterpieces.
Took me the longest time to understand Jokerman. This one is still a mystery to me. Lots of Tarot in there. It matches an incident my life so closely it kinda freaked me out.
@@tjjordan9715 Question for Bob: “‘Changing of the Guards’: What’s that all about?”
I also think that "Abandoned Love" is very underrated
Ah, but "Pretty Saro"???
Changing of the guards has to do with politicians. And Goverment . But this song hard to figure out ..
Oh my heart, what a song, I sure hope he realises what he's created here. ❤
If he could feel what he's made so many of us feel his heart would be very full.
i wonder how come people like me in Morocco for example arab muslim country far from the west and they all know and love all dylan's songs? the answer is that's what we call real art for artsake.art has no nationality and location. i ve been listening to dylan me and my familly from his first beginnings during the 60s dylan is a great man of art.hello from casablanca Morocco
@@vincentfernandez7328
he is not a jew nor christian he signed the pact with the devil u can check on youtube his interview in which he cofessed this
Dylan's song lyrics in one song could be another artists' entire career catalogue! Legend!
one of my most sought after artists and all his songs are overwhelming and full of nostalgia for me as I have an angel now flying so close to heaven
Excellent song!
Quando una canzone Ti lascia solo lo spazio all' immaginazione !
Ciao Joe Sardegna 😊😊💪👍🍷🍷
Always Look both ways Before Crossing the Street...
Lyrics:
Sixteen years
Sixteen banners united over the field
Where the good shepherd grieves
Desperate men, desperate women divided
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves
Fortune calls
I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
On midsummer's eve, near the tower
The cold-blooded moon
The captain waits above the celebration
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Whose ebony face is beyond communication
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid
They shaved her head
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil
I stumbled to my feet
I rode past destruction in the ditches
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you
The palace of mirrors
Where dog soldiers are reflected
The endless road and the wailing of chimes
The empty rooms where her memory is protected
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times
She wakes him up
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks
Gentlemen, he said
I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
But Eden is burning, either getting ready for elimination
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards
Peace will come
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
Between the King and the Queen of Swords
(If you've read this far, to the end, then you realize what a Masterpiece of poetry Dylan has painted. What all it means is up to you, allegory or otherwise.)
You
Classic
It's "but will offer no reward". Otherwise, good work. It's a fantastic piece of song-writing, isn't it?
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Like every things good Dylan did all in one
Got this album when I was in my local sixth-form (16 to 18-years-old). A bleak North Wales in the late '70s. I knew nothing, my teachers new nothing. But listening to this album made me realise there was a big world out there that needed exploring. Cheers for that Bob.
Education on a whole nother level
One of Bobs best Albums but for some reason people dont seem to get it. Too bad! Ive been listening to Street Legal for 40 years....Love it...
Me too .i still have the cassette on stereo 7...!,
@@TheJazz61 I also have the cassette, the minidisc, the 8-track and many copies of the album on vinyl, the 7' as well, that's how much I love this song. Greetings.
It's his best album. Period
Who cares what people think?
✌️
Brasil.
Street Legal has been called underrated for so many years now, that I no longer think it qualifies as "underrated" anymore.
For my good friend and fellow Bob Dylan fan Davy who died suddenly today 30th may 2024 on holiday 😢I will always remember you mate and never forget you 😢😢 "At peace"🙏
Sorry to hear of the passing of your friend, Davy. I’m a female and my nickname as a child was Davie. A good song to remember him by. Blessings to you and to the good memories of friends.
❤Hats off to Davy for having such a friend as you 💜💜💜
Sorry for the loss of your friend❤
Sorry for your loss....
He had fine taste in music
Made me Cry, sorry ❤
"But Eden is burning! Either get ready for elimination or your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards." When Bob is right, he's very, very right.
Wow you made me think of Covid. Eden is burning it eliminating the past, need courage!!!!
"Peace will come, with tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire, but will offer no rewards when the false idols fall, and cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating between the King and the Queen of Swords." One of the greatest songs of all time, sung as only Bob can sing it!
@@georgecoventry8441 Trumps pandemic
@@hodathunkit8572 Fuck you.
@@jacksonk.fozzbodie213 ... Stephen Miller / Marjorie Taylor Green ticket in 2024 for you???
My Korean wife of 30 years knew nothing about Dylan where she grew up. She loves this song.
For me the B' best song!
Me too
Inspired me quite recently when I decided to make a massive life change - 'Your heart must have the courage for the changing of the guards'.
I wish I could thank him personally.
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@@nyeevans13 Diolch yn fawr iawn.
Another great from the greatest of the 20th century
As always Bob Dylan knows how to combine instruments (combo organ and sax is outstanding), the powerful and the dramatic/melancholic, musical completeness and deep, symbolic words. Speechless
The ultimate story teller sensational sound as always from a master story teller
Dylan probably wrote a full dozen of "the best fucking song ever written".
This masterpiece is one of those. It's perfect in its simplicity.
I have to agree with all who say this is his most underrated album. In 1978 I was studying for my 'A' levels, the exams that would decide whether or not I got into university, when Dylan came to play six nights in London, right in the middle of my exams. I queued for 27 hours to get the maximum four tickets, took two of my exams on three hours sleep. Never regretted it.
I rember playing this in my 6th form class room
Saw him 4 times in uk 👍👍👍
I was in that queue too. All night in Hanover Square.
@@44zaydin Night of the FA Cup final I seem to recall. Lots of somewhat bemused football fans wandering about.
Rock n roll ✌️
Absolutely terrific song, up there with his best. Great arrangement.
I adore this song of which I know the lyrics by heart since I was a young adult, decades ago. The lyrics are among the best in music history, his hoarse voice, the chorus, ... I collect the 7' versions of this record, have more than 100 copies, many are doubles of course. This is how good I think it is. Greetings.
My brother bought this album 40 years ago, it's what got me into Bob. Imho .. I still play Hurricane to this day
God bless you Mr. Dylan. Thank you❣️
Majestic literature..
Only bob ❤️
I've more orless grown up listening to this song
An I'm so proud to have the privilege to have this music played in my life span on earth.
Absolutely fantastic.
THANK YOU
His influence ,on the music ,is immeasurable .Not just in 60's and 70's 80's and 90's . Even today .He IS a genuine American legend . Not just in u.s.a ,but around the world
And so say all of us dear friend !!!!
Dylan is god
Very special phenomenon for 60s and 70s. Unique lyrics and huge cultural importance. But an annoying and complex person. Cannot take away his greatness from him though. Not that I am trying to.
Dylan inspired the Beatles. That’s pretty much all that needs to be said.
You better believe it,,!!!! I'm from Peru....
This album is so underrated, definitely my favorite of him
Chef d oeuvre absolu
"I've worked with a couple of the greats...but Dylan takes the cake."- G.Harrison 🌹
You were one of the lucky ones in more ways than you ....all the greatest you had the privilege to work with ....not to mention ...they had the privilege to work with you ....another one of the GREATEST
I would have GIVEN you my girlfriend just for the opportunity to hang around in your shadow
I hope you know I'm talking to George...not you Jeff
He deserves it!
Yes!!@@GrantAnderson-p6v
one of Dylan's best tracks , simply the best .
im glad this classic is back on one of his best
I will always feel young whenever I hear this song! My sweet husband I have 37 years I’ve danced to Bob Dylan by night by day by the blood red moon. We’re going strong clutching his long platinum locks. Thank you, Bob Dylan! Truly I am glad to be in the group who celebrates the one of the kind Never ending fan!
@Greg Normal How strange yet, not surprising, I read a poem that has an inspiration notation of the title of changing of the guards today and then I am asked if I am a fan
Orange star fire in the distance highlights tall, blackened, trees. Define the picturesque Horizon Hints of whispers, gossiping breeze.
I lean mine ear toward the quiet
Glimpsing movement on watery grey.
Burst orange, yellow lighthouse
Glow on liquid stillness
In triangular shape.
Nameless birds sprinkle like glitter
Up across the clouded blue.
Then the sun, a ball dropped down
Strewing light across the shadowy moon.
Then I spy in the distance,
Yet, not so far away
A large bird flapping above the falling
Sunlight called, “Today!”.
This miracle of Flight unknown to
This envious one-
Vicarious onlooker and stalker sees
Darkness kissing the sun.
Jealous voter of nature’s display
Changing of the guard’s dismay
The blackened trees disintegrate
Into black as yesterday.
Darkness spreads her cloak like ice
When the Heavens and Lake collides.
And mirror man’s greatest foe-
The darkness of his eternal soul.
Leave no room for error
Fulfilled by God , man made whole
Or abandoned by Satan’s glamorous terrors. Does it profit a man to gain the world yet lose his very soul?
Though darkness brings no insight to the blind and the weary
She whispers a chant,
“It is here you may rest
It is here you may rest
Come lay down your burden dreary.
Rest as you might,
Realize the stars burn bright.
There’s room for the moon tonight.
Know, Life extends beyond every man’s plight;
That Dawn is nearer now
Than the silent grip of midnight.
I read this one and of course dedicated it to Bob Dylan
When his talent comes to fruition he repeatedly touches common wonder of the human experience in all who identify with him globally. Yes. I am a fan.
Sunset/Man’s Plight
11/15/13
Thank you
@Greg Normal my favorite song of Bob Dylan’s is always the one that fits my thoughts and emotions in that particular moment… And he’s always relevant!
Love Bob Dylan...best songs tring to get to heaven. Good music good man I'm almarsh
One of my all time faves, A masterpiece Bobby.
A brilliant song by Bob Dylan 👍
CADA VEZ QUE LA ESCUCHO ME RECUERDA A MI HERMANA QUE MURIO CON 22 AÑOS ELLA ME ENSEÑO A ESCUCHAR A BOB DYLAN ELLA UN FAN DEL GRAN MUSICO AMERICANO.
The best poet in music 🎶
I've love this guy since I was five now 56 51 years I can sing his song backwards. Love you Robert till death do us part ❤ an afterwards
You got it brother 😢
Dylan ? THE greatest American songwriter in 20th century popular music .Huge influence on SO many artists . This wasn't a hit In UK ? WHY ? ITS a masterpiece of a song .THE best song of 1978 .Absolutely NO DOUBT .The other great release from that year ,by Dylan ? 'Baby stops crying ' .Mind-blowing '
Great Album! Great Memories!
The Genius of Mr. Bob Dylan.
Love this song
Possibly my favourite song ever. I love this absolutely amazing 👏
¡Gracias Bob!
Still just : "Waoh " What a difference to todys lyrics in songs
Do not compare jewelry with trash!!!
Bob Dylan: the unlikely child of Willam Shakespeare and Johann Sebastian Bach.
that opening line SIXTEEN YEARS so simple and yet so powerful, even now after all these years I keep finding stuff in this song, a masterpiece
Reminds me of four score and twenty years ago
I meant seven years ago
underrated song
yeah it does hit hard
"Guards" was released sixteen years after his first album
Poet Maybe??
I’m 53 today sat with my sons listening to it , my 100000th time they’re first so beautiful
whenever I hear this song I don't know if I should be partying or crying
Adoro essa música do Bob! Adoro o Bob!
One thing I love about Dylan is the undertones of rebelliousness. His music just speaks to my soul in a way no other artist could.
Yes, he speaks universally like no other.
@fredlibby8518 folks, try "Van Morrison" Dylan's closest pal, named Van the Man!!!
Genius
Not rebellious a discipel of truth. He can not help himself. He must do it. A true member of the priesthood.
It is really difficult for me to not say that this is Bob’s finest piece of music. Any other musician/artist/wordsmith, this song would be their defining creation in life and their finest moment as a sentient being. Their personal “Stairway to Heaven” that stands head and shoulders above any other thing that they forged during their time on Earth…Then I remember “It’s Alright Ma” and “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” and “Idiot Wind” and “Buckets of Rain” and “Lay Lady Lay” and “Visions of Johanna” and “When the Ships Come In” and “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” and holy shit I haven’t even said “Like a Rolling Stone” or “All Along the Watchtower” or “Subterranean Homesick Blues” yet. Or ______ nor _______, etc, etc, ad infinitum…..Thanks for the embarrassment of riches and for setting the bar, Bob.
Album wise Blood on the Tracks would be my choice but this is one of my favorite Dylan songs hands down
+Jewfro DZ Ak: Pretty fine post there, Jewfro. You be givin' everybody a little peek of the wordsmith you just may be, eh bro? Takes one to know one. Well done, brother. God Bless us all....from jbeinarizona
Ii heard that brother.!!
my personal favorite, hard thing to say, would be Hurricane. A song that helped free a man from prison. What a talent he is. ❤
"Sweet heart like you."
" Ballad of a thin man"
This song is awesome with a particolar liric never heard before. A true masterpiece!
How many have been moved by this Genius? He Inspired a generation to open their minds. Thank you Bob Dylan
more than just one generation
I love this masterpiece. Play everyday
Oh my this Dylan song is genius !!! ...This is my first time I've ever heard it !! .... I LOVE IT !!!
Enjoy !
Imortal Bob Dylan. Este viverá eternamente em nossos corações!!!!!!
Grande Dylan, marcou muito a minha juventude
Esta é das melhores.
Marcou a minha juventude também
Lyrics remind me of a Stephen King novel. Or probably the other way round -- King's writing reminds of Dylan lyrics.The singers and the band and tune are hypnotic.
Thank You.