As a 78-year-old man, I need the bittersweet reminders of what I once had and lost, to truly appreciate and cherish, the sweetness of what I will never have again. An incomparable talent on record and stage.
i was born in 42' so i guess you and i have seen many of the same - we had the best of times and as my friend said last week - be glad you are not 20. i always told my ex we will stay together for the memories - Paris in the 60s and all the great years that followed - 75' Joan on vinyl through a great audio system. Now today i listen to this with my 38 yr old and the memories we have are just as good and so many thought i would not be here to have them.
BTW: Bob Dylan said he liked this song. I think she once loved him very much, wanted to build her life with him. But Bob couldn't. He wasn't that type of man. He left her because it was getting too tight for him. He just wanted to stay freer. He was the type of man who wanted to keep things vague. (as she said) That's it. It must have been very painful for her when he left her. And this song is about the memories. Some wonderful memories (diamonds) and the rust. (Because it was so long ago, history is like old rust, it just crumbles. So it is with all old memories.) But we should know that the two of them have great respect for each other. He says very positive and nice things about her, and she says she appreciates him very much. Every now and then they hear from each other and have contact, and if only because of the music. Artists are like that. And because they know each other so well, they will never be indifferent to each other in life, i think.
It is a beautiful song. I don't think that you and I can do a speculate the details the of the relationship between them and what happened between them and why they did not last close together forever.
This song brings me back, so unwillingly, as it harkens to a time spent with a lost love. And, I mean, I LOVED her so, so much. And yes, I did in fact stay in a crummy hotel after we split just to watch her go to work. Sad. My heart skips a beat with each note of this song. So wonderfully performed, so poignant. Despite its heartbreaking tone, it is in my top ten of all-time favorites. Dylan apparently didn't know exactly what was right there in front of him.
Sir let me put something in perspective for you....remember that woman as she was... that will never fade... your youth..her youth, it will live in your heart like in those timeless love stories....if you were to live with her for years and years it may not have been so beautiful and pure....people get used to people theyre with unfortunatelly, they fight , sometimes cheat etc etc...its better to have felt what you have at least once in your life, even for a short while, rather then that the latter happened to you.....all the best, let this song take you to those great memories..
@@anaana2365 Oh, kind woman, thank you, thank you. Well stated while opening my eyes a bit larger, my head with your wisdom. You are right, so very, very right. I'll never know. What I felt back then will, as you suggested, always stay with me. And I should be grateful for that. Which I totally am. Are you a counselor or were you speaking from your own experiences?
@@jackmarin2928 I think most of us remember fondly of that "one that got away". Most of us probably blame ourselves for being selfish in the relationship at the time, or not totally appreciating what we once had. I still fondly remember my "lost love" and here, 40 years later, still love her as much today as I did then. But I don't dare contact her. For one, she's probably married, and I wouldn't want to interfere in that relationship. But also because sometimes our memories are sweeter to behold than reality, and I think I'd rather keep those memories where they are, and the way they are.
@@Beeracuda922 So well put, Bruce, so poignant, spot on. And though that lost pains me now and then, I, too, have kinda, nearly put it in the same memory bank as you have. Nice of you to reply!!
On the other hand, some people do stay together for the rest of their lives, without being very disappointed. But of course the honeymoon stage doesn’t last forever. It’s not meant to.
There's an old saying "Men choose women for what they are; women choose men for what they think they can make of them..." Bob chose her for access to the scene & all her contacts. Joan chose Bob 'cos she thought she could make him faithful - right after he had dumped Suzie Rotolo for her...
Yes she is singing her relationship with Bob Dylan. In a way she was the one gave him a platform to fame, and he dropped her like a hot potato in London. I love Bob Dylan’s talent but not his opportunist way. He is far from genuine as Joan Baez is.
Gotta remember that we aren't privy to all that went on in their relationship. Which is why I hate giving people relationship advice, because you're only hearing one side of the story instead of the complete picture. And people are always going to give you a glorified version of their story.
Dylan's performance style was indeed nostalgic, a throwback to yesteryear, though most now associate nasal singing as "Dylanesque". Dylan also had a genius for vagueness, while appearing to be specific. Don't love Dylan, he was a subversive hypocrite with a hidden agenda. Admire his propagandistic virtuosity, but don't love the dirty little troll.
What do you think his agenda is? As far as I can tell, he has gone through various phases and played with various ideas. (Is he still a Christian? Or has he moved on to something else now?) He never claimed to have the truth-and even said he didn’t like people to expect that of him. (Although he did seem to play with the public, to cultivate an air of mystery or profundity, to keep audiences interested.) He once said something to the effect that he was better than Leonard Cohen, but I think the opposite was probably true. Cohen had more genuine things to say.
I like her more recent last line- “if you’re offering me diamonds and rust… I’ll take the diamonds”!!! Haha I must have listened to this song a billion times.. I just love it ❤️
A talented musician who also helped amnesty international get started. This song is about her relationship with Bob Dylan. She is the more talented musician and her poetry is brilliant . Honestly Bob even admitted how he cannot play guitar like she can. A wonderful human rights activist. Even Steve Jobs dated her
I look at the portrait of Joan, and I do not understand, how stupid that man (Bob Dylan) could be to brake such a relationship. She's so fenomenal, great, wonderful. beautyful .....
remembering the past. I never agreed with her politics but she has a wonderful voice that will live forever and move people to feel, to remember the good times and the bad.
Joan was in love with Bob Dylan and wanted him to stay in the folk genre of music He moved on and just faded away. Somewhere around 1974 Bob called Joan on the phone to see how she was doing. She was kind of like wow you abandoned me and now what. So Joan wrote this song about her love affair with Bob Dylan. Bob should have just married her and been content Perhaps he felt guilty and that is why he called her out of the blue after almost ten years. Most men fail to understand you do not pick a woman, the woman and her mother pick you and then you either can say yes or no. Once you say yes you better well mean yes wife, babies etc.
There are some things beyond all prize, it's a damnation which is not executed. I 'm fond of you living with us, and the Holyness of a good wish may be with you. Thank you. Kind of difficult times but you know psaume 23.its uo to you too Gretings heartful Katharina scharlowski
This type of storytelling in songs makes you feel what the artist felt....no singer in the scene now will be able to do something like this....this is unrepeatable...and I think I read somewhere that she wrote the song in like a hour.....as the song says " if youre bringing me diamonds and rust then Ive already paid."...it was not hard to write as you feel I guess...
Singers and songwriters put their entire soul out there for others to hear back in those days. Today, it seems like most just slap together anything that rhymes, without much context at all. If there is a story to be told, it seems to be a very shallow and vague one, at best.
@@Beeracuda922 Why, oh why, do so many think their time was the only one that had the songs and music with meaning and importance. Here are 2 versions of one single, more recent song, that has a haunting sense of depth and poignancy that touches me deeply. Joan Baez is incomparable, there is no doubt about it. I've followed her career since her first album when I was in my teens back in the sixties. There are so many new musicians and songwriters that continue these traditions. Ryan Bingham - No Help From God: ruclips.net/video/_wIJREppiFI/видео.html Cover of the same song by Ramin Karimloo: ruclips.net/video/-BmXaFEgc4I/видео.html
De todos modos es muy triste y vaga..No me deja claro sí Bob era un canalla egoísta y presumido como todos los roqueros de su época... que van marchando silenciosos a la tumba....
What does it mean? If she is getting diamonds and rust, good with bad, she already paid and doesn't want more rust in her life? She sounds like a victim of narcissistic abuse.
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Where's the meaning of this song? It's just the lyrics. And Rob Halford sings this song better.
LOL
Dear Jon
It's about Bob Dylan and their relationship back in the '60s. It's directly from her heart. Judas Priest covered it but it's Joan's song.
When living blissfully in ignorance.😂
Halford sings the song better?!!!! Cut the dosage, bro. That's like saying you've seen a better rendition of the Mona Lisa.
As a 78-year-old man, I need the bittersweet reminders of what I once had and lost, to truly appreciate and cherish, the sweetness of what I will never have again. An incomparable talent on record and stage.
I wish u good luck
John Knox
Best post I ever read! ♥
"the sweetness of what I will never have again"...pretty much nailed it there John.
i was born in 42' so i guess you and i have seen many of the same - we had the best of times and as my friend said last week - be glad you are not 20. i always told my ex we will stay together for the memories - Paris in the 60s and all the great years that followed - 75' Joan on vinyl through a great audio system. Now today i listen to this with my 38 yr old and the memories we have are just as good and so many thought i would not be here to have them.
Beautifully said.
What a beautiful voice. "Eyes bluer than robin's eggs". I am 70, this song makes me cry.
One of her finest if not the best composition of this beautifully talented icon. Joan Báez.
BTW: Bob Dylan said he liked this song.
I think she once loved him very much, wanted to build her life with him. But Bob couldn't. He wasn't that type of man. He left her because it was getting too tight for him. He just wanted to stay freer. He was the type of man who wanted to keep things vague. (as she said) That's it. It must have been very painful for her when he left her. And this song is about the memories. Some wonderful memories (diamonds) and the rust.
(Because it was so long ago, history is like old rust, it just crumbles. So it is with all old memories.)
But we should know that the two of them have great respect for each other. He says very positive and nice things about her, and she says she appreciates him very much. Every now and then they hear from each other and have contact, and if only because of the music. Artists are like that. And because they know each other so well, they will never be indifferent to each other in life, i think.
It is a beautiful song. I don't think that you and I can do a speculate the details the of the relationship between them and what happened between them and why they did not last close together forever.
This is a great work of poetry. The imagery is a work of art.
"Speaking strictly for me we both could have died then and there..." been there. Achingly, longingly, soul crushing love and hurt.
Thanks for your love and constant supports has brought me this far. Keep Supporting me ❤️❤️❤️
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Heart breaking song. Never stop loving this.
Came across this only a few days ago. Every now and again a song hits me and this is one of those.
I love love love this song! It's been one of my favorites since I first heard it in 1975!
This song sang by Joan Baez never fails to give me goosebumps
"our breath comes out white clouds and mingles in the air" such beautiful imagery!
Brilliant... powerful.. sad... inspiring.. lonely... wow... amazing...
Bob gave Her That
“Mingles and hangs in the air”.
Brilliant... powerful.. sad... inspiring.. lonely... wow... amazing...
This song brings me back, so unwillingly, as it harkens to a time spent with a lost love. And, I mean, I LOVED her so, so much. And yes, I did in fact stay in a crummy hotel after we split just to watch her go to work. Sad. My heart skips a beat with each note of this song. So wonderfully performed, so poignant. Despite its heartbreaking tone, it is in my top ten of all-time favorites. Dylan apparently didn't know exactly what was right there in front of him.
Sir let me put something in perspective for you....remember that woman as she was... that will never fade... your youth..her youth, it will live in your heart like in those timeless love stories....if you were to live with her for years and years it may not have been so beautiful and pure....people get used to people theyre with unfortunatelly, they fight , sometimes cheat etc etc...its better to have felt what you have at least once in your life, even for a short while, rather then that the latter happened to you.....all the best, let this song take you to those great memories..
@@anaana2365 Oh, kind woman, thank you, thank you. Well stated while opening my eyes a bit larger, my head with your wisdom. You are right, so very, very right. I'll never know. What I felt back then will, as you suggested, always stay with me.
And I should be grateful for that. Which I totally am. Are you a counselor or were you speaking from your own experiences?
@@jackmarin2928 I think most of us remember fondly of that "one that got away". Most of us probably blame ourselves for being selfish in the relationship at the time, or not totally appreciating what we once had. I still fondly remember my "lost love" and here, 40 years later, still love her as much today as I did then. But I don't dare contact her. For one, she's probably married, and I wouldn't want to interfere in that relationship. But also because sometimes our memories are sweeter to behold than reality, and I think I'd rather keep those memories where they are, and the way they are.
@@Beeracuda922 So well put, Bruce, so poignant, spot on.
And though that lost pains me now and then, I, too, have kinda, nearly put it in the same memory bank as you have. Nice of you to reply!!
On the other hand, some people do stay together for the rest of their lives, without being very disappointed. But of course the honeymoon stage doesn’t last forever. It’s not meant to.
Joan helps me remember lost ladies of my past in a good way xxx
What a beautiful life-story song. Joan I wish for you, for myself and for everyone else, more diamonds and less rust in your memories. ❤️
I listened to this Song Long before i learned english, and damm i would say my Child me understood this Song completely just because of the notes!❤
Fantastic song great baez
One of the most soulful singing voices that ever sang
Everytime this song makes me cry
Beautiful song, beautiful.
what a beautiful voice
Classic... timeless ...
There's an old saying "Men choose women for what they are; women choose men for what they think they can make of them..." Bob chose her for access to the scene & all her contacts. Joan chose Bob 'cos she thought she could make him faithful - right after he had dumped Suzie Rotolo for her...
Hence the bride-to-be who was heard muttering 'Aisle alter hymn.' (I'll alter him.) :-)
She is the pride of the Latin world.
Her and Shakira.
Mourning for a love I could never have because it wasn't real. He wasn't who I thought he was. He wasn't who he tried to convince me he was.
Yes she is singing her relationship with Bob Dylan. In a way she was the one gave him a platform to fame, and he dropped her like a hot potato in London. I love Bob Dylan’s talent but not his opportunist way. He is far from genuine as Joan Baez is.
yes sure
When you judge an artist you must judge the person and their art separately
Gotta remember that we aren't privy to all that went on in their relationship. Which is why I hate giving people relationship advice, because you're only hearing one side of the story instead of the complete picture. And people are always going to give you a glorified version of their story.
Dylan's performance style was indeed nostalgic, a throwback to yesteryear, though most now associate nasal singing as "Dylanesque". Dylan also had a genius for vagueness, while appearing to be specific. Don't love Dylan, he was a subversive hypocrite with a hidden agenda. Admire his propagandistic virtuosity, but don't love the dirty little troll.
What do you think his agenda is? As far as I can tell, he has gone through various phases and played with various ideas. (Is he still a Christian? Or has he moved on to something else now?) He never claimed to have the truth-and even said he didn’t like people to expect that of him. (Although he did seem to play with the public, to cultivate an air of mystery or profundity, to keep audiences interested.)
He once said something to the effect that he was better than Leonard Cohen, but I think the opposite was probably true. Cohen had more genuine things to say.
I like her more recent last line- “if you’re offering me diamonds and rust… I’ll take the diamonds”!!! Haha
I must have listened to this song a billion times.. I just love it ❤️
The definitive song about a lost love.
A talented musician who also helped amnesty international get started. This song is about her relationship with Bob Dylan. She is the more talented musician and her poetry is brilliant . Honestly Bob even admitted how he cannot play guitar like she can. A wonderful human rights activist. Even Steve Jobs dated her
Joan I love you very much.
I look at the portrait of Joan, and I do not understand, how stupid that man (Bob Dylan) could be to brake such a relationship. She's so fenomenal, great, wonderful. beautyful .....
Well,even if she didn't appreciate the call,she got a beautiful song out of it.(probably worth more than the cufflinks).
i ove those lyrics. How well you wrote down this relationship.
remembering the past. I never agreed with her politics but she has a wonderful voice that will live forever and move people to feel, to remember the good times and the bad.
What? you mean you disagree with none violence and social justice?
It's a bastard when things don't turn out the way they should
Beautiful....
Março 2021. Brasil!
Joan was in love with Bob Dylan and wanted him to stay in the folk genre of music He moved on and just faded away. Somewhere around 1974 Bob called Joan on the phone to see how she was doing. She was kind of like wow you abandoned me and now what. So Joan wrote this song about her love affair with Bob Dylan. Bob should have just married her and been content Perhaps he felt guilty and that is why he called her out of the blue after almost ten years. Most men fail to understand you do not pick a woman, the woman and her mother pick you and then you either can say yes or no. Once you say yes you better well mean yes wife, babies etc.
We pick them😊
@@Anna-pk2ee Yes dear it is always your choice first not the man's. If you let the man pick well you are asking for fireworks.
January 2021 anyone?
March 2021!
For sho, almost may now💪🏼 and forever
January 2025 from Hong Kong
Jewel was surely inspired by her in part.
cara Joan, sei l'unica anche se possiamo sperare che ci siano altre con la tua voce
Joan brought Dylan some credibility when he was starting out. He used her in my opinion.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beutifol
What does ‘The Madonna was yours for free’ & ‘girl on the half shell’ mean?
There are some things beyond all prize, it's a damnation which is not executed.
I 'm fond of you living with us, and the Holyness of a good wish may be with you. Thank you.
Kind of difficult times but you know psaume 23.its uo to you too
Gretings heartful
Katharina scharlowski
The Nobel Prize to Bob Dylan was small before this prize that Joan Baez gave him.
This type of storytelling in songs makes you feel what the artist felt....no singer in the scene now will be able to do something like this....this is unrepeatable...and I think I read somewhere that she wrote the song in like a hour.....as the song says " if youre bringing me diamonds and rust then Ive already paid."...it was not hard to write as you feel I guess...
Singers and songwriters put their entire soul out there for others to hear back in those days. Today, it seems like most just slap together anything that rhymes, without much context at all. If there is a story to be told, it seems to be a very shallow and vague one, at best.
Dan Folgerberg: Another Auld Lang Syng
@@Beeracuda922 Why, oh why, do so many think their time was the only one that had the songs and music with meaning and importance. Here are 2 versions of one single, more recent song, that has a haunting sense of depth and poignancy that touches me deeply. Joan Baez is incomparable, there is no doubt about it. I've followed her career since her first album when I was in my teens back in the sixties. There are so many new musicians and songwriters that continue these traditions.
Ryan Bingham - No Help From God: ruclips.net/video/_wIJREppiFI/видео.html
Cover of the same song by Ramin Karimloo:
ruclips.net/video/-BmXaFEgc4I/видео.html
Here comes again ,diamond and lust 2025 ,Happy New Year 🎉🎉❤
Not a damn thing wrong with her poetry.
Dylan is a decent songwriter but Baez is a legendary singer. He was a fool.
And only 4 comments for a song poem that can only be written from a talented singer. Sad.
Brilliant... powerful.. sad... inspiring.. lonely... wow... amazing...
I love the way her voice lilts and changes. A beautiful song
Wonder if Bob hung onto the cuff links
Once burned, twice shy
What color is Bobs eyes?
Blue, of course.
As Blue as a Robin's Egg..🍳
well duhhh
What the lyrics mean ? It's so obviously about Bob Dylan.
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wrote for bob dylan i think
We all know the meaning to this.
Missed Opportunities.
Otto
It's about her relationship with Bob Dylan.
De todos modos es muy triste y vaga..No me deja claro sí Bob era un canalla egoísta y presumido como todos los roqueros de su época... que van marchando silenciosos a la tumba....
What does it mean? If she is getting diamonds and rust, good with bad, she already paid and doesn't want more rust in her life? She sounds like a victim of narcissistic abuse.
There Are some red flags in the Text you Are Right!
she knows that a light year is a measure of distance, not time, though, right?
Sure she does know a couple of years and a couple of lightyears are the same time span but lightyears also indicate miles traveled in that time
It is a fine poetic image--an appeal to imagination, not a theorem in physics. And as an image it works, because it evokes a great gulf of time.
time and distance not only distance 😳