One of the great Dylan songs of this period that changed the art of songwriting forever. The influence of Dylan on contemporary music cannot be overstated.
I was there that night. I guess I was too far back to here any boos. I thought it was a beautiful performance, especially "It's All Over Now Baby Blue". It did feel like there was something powerful in the air,- a big change and I, at 17 was ready for it. I was lucky to have been there.
al kooper said they were only booing because he only did a 15 minute set and the fans waited for hours. it had nothing to do with the “electric” sound.
@@drinkingpoolwater During the early afternoon when they did the sound check, as soon as the opening notes of Like A Rolling Stone hit the air, everybody outside, across the street from the field, or wherever they were, rushed to look over the fence to catch a glimpse of Bob. Didn't matter if it was electric or not...it was Dylan !! I agree with Kooper, and Bob did return to the stage that night to do some acoustic stuff. That whole "Dylan Goes Electric" was another media thing. It worked I guess !!
1965 was the year I was born and I grew up on his music. Each decade this song takes on a new meaning, but I feel so sad when I hear this song now, because it reminds me of how much of our humanity we have lost.
This was the song that made me a huge Dylan fan. I cried when I first heard it. Thank you for being a artist Bob. And thank you RUclips for allowing this video. I lost my DVD of this performance a couple years back. Lol
I’ve always thought their was a very sarcastic quality to his harp playing that goes so well with Bob’s personality. Like a child throwing a tantrum. Which he could do back then at times.
The kiss-off was with the song "Maggie's Farm": "They say sing while you slave/And I just get bored". The Leftist folkies -- especially Pete Seeger -- had thought they owned him. It wasn't about him playing electric -- that afternoon "Paul Butterfield Blues Band" had played an hour set, and no one complained. This perfornance was Dylan as THE star -- but he was only allowed fifteen minutes. It was because he was leaving protest -- "finger pointin'" -- songs behind.
@@jnagarya519 I don't think the point was to leave finger pointing behind, it was to turn the finger on the other side (and later in his career, toward himself). He was very popular in the folk scene and it surely was important to him, but as time went on he could probably see a lot of the hipocrisy and elitism that comes with "picking a side", and he chose to expose that hipocrisy in the most iconic way; sing the lyrics you've always been singing but with a band behind you. Some folkies famously considered him a traitor of course, proving that they never listened to what he had to say. Of course all of this ramped up and eventually became prophetic with the explosion and prevalence of hippie culture, to the point where the movement's original intentions, however noble they started out as, were tainted with hate and now baseless claims of moral superiority. I believe his mid 60s attitude and creative output served as a wakeup call to the people who were convinced they were fighting "evil", telling them that they're really no different than the people they despise so much.
Thanks so much for posting - his blues harp is out of this world. His voice has more emotion than on the official audio - love this early performance at Newport and envy the lucky people who saw him perform in person.
🤷♂️I simply CANNOT fathom how on earth the audio quality is so good on this song! I have seen the video for the accompanying gig and he’s moving all over the place with a guitar with no pick up and there is no change in volume or tone -it’s so consistent! Genuinely, if anyone can give me any hints as to how on earth this was done I’d love to hear it because there are only two microphones visible🤯
The night Dylan launched his electric career -- playing a Fender Stratocaster -- is the same date that I, much earlier, lost my 1954 Stratocaster out the back of my brother's '61 Ford Station wagon on the Jacksonville expressway.
Yeah, I saw the video of that moment. All I could think of was, “That many people carried harmonicas with them??”, and, “I wonder if they got their harps back after the show.” Lol.
I remember seeing him singing this he was stunned by the boos and for probably the first and last time there were tears in his eyes.Unlike Lenard Cohen Bob was always in control of the audience.
Thx SP for posting. Just truly magnificent. 💕 the man, his voice, his face. Btw, go give yourself a laugh in these trying times and read The Poor Mouth by Flann O’Brien. For anyone interested in pigs, surrealism, laughing out loud. A lovely little masterpiece. Originally written in Irish. Not just Irish, but Flann’s own unique take on the language. He also published under the name Myles na gCopaleen in The Irish Times. His real name was Brian O’Nolan. One of the wittiest writers Ireland ever produced. And again, thx for this rare Bob It’s all over now, bb. X
@@SwinginPig I LOVE SO MUCH bOBY ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CHOICE BUT MY FAV BOB SONG IT S VISIONS OF JOHANNA THANKS AGAIN I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL GOD BLESS YOU ♥♥♥
If Seeger had his way the world would be w/o 61 Revisited, Bringing it all back Home & Blonde on Blonde - so that i think that says it all about Pete Seeger.
@@viviandarkbloom100 I have to agree . Roger McGuinn's voice could easily carry a tune in the presence f electrical instruments without having to push his voice. "My Back Pages', Mr Tambourine Man', "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"...
Yonder stands your oarsman looking stunned. Branded like a brier on the run. The sties too are gunking up with goo. And it's all over now Bobby Blue...
Yes, on that one. In fact he played Maggie's farm, Rolling Stone and Phantom Engineer with an electric band, left the stage and then came back with an acoustic guitar for the two last songs (Tambourine Man and Baby blue). Watch the whole set, it's a piece of history :)
I presume you are the same people who put out all the bootlegs years ago as you use the same “trade mark” including The infamous “Royal Albert Concert” yep as put on the cover he was and still is GWW.
Many folk songs HAVE no chorus. They just have a series of verses, and that was the case for hundreds of years. You don't need a "chorus" or a "bridge" to have a great song. You just need great lyrics, great music, and a great performance.
Bob saying goodbye to the communist/fascist folkies who wanted to use him as a propaganda tool. He went off to Woodstock with his boys that later became the Band and made great music. Pete Seeger never recovered.
I have a huge bare wall for your album covers
One of the great Dylan songs of this period that changed the art of songwriting forever. The influence of Dylan on contemporary music cannot be overstated.
Right on point, period (.)
@@jonglaubitz4021 CORRECT!!!!
What a devastating song of love, anger, desperation, pain, and longing.
I was there that night. I guess I was too far back to here any boos. I thought it was a beautiful performance, especially "It's All Over Now Baby Blue". It did feel like there was something powerful in the air,- a big change and I, at 17 was ready for it. I was lucky to have been there.
Loving this. I, at 17, was in the rafters hearing Bob Dylan, soaring, just soaring. Big change...always.
How I wish I could have witnessed this performance... Lol
al kooper said they were only booing because he only did a 15 minute set and the fans waited for hours. it had nothing to do with the “electric” sound.
Can’t imagine what it must’ve been like to be in that room
@@drinkingpoolwater During the early afternoon when they did the sound check, as soon as the opening notes of Like A Rolling Stone hit the air, everybody outside, across the street from the field, or wherever they were, rushed to look over the fence to catch a glimpse of Bob. Didn't matter if it was electric or not...it was Dylan !! I agree with Kooper, and Bob did return to the stage that night to do some acoustic stuff. That whole "Dylan Goes Electric" was another media thing.
It worked I guess !!
The audio is incredibly clear. The performance is fabulous
Bob Dylan is the best singer I have ever heard.
1965 was the year I was born and I grew up on his music. Each decade this song takes on a new meaning, but I feel so sad when I hear this song now, because it reminds me of how much of our humanity we have lost.
This was the song that made me a huge Dylan fan. I cried when I first heard it. Thank you for being a artist Bob. And thank you RUclips for allowing this video. I lost my DVD of this performance a couple years back. Lol
What made you cry
@@hillelknobel8241 Just the whole song. Losing people in my life...
@@caseylewis8768 go listen to my back pages, he’s talking about infinite life. Very enlightening
I love this song since it was released... Bob and me were young...💖 Thanks for sharing, SP!🙏🙏
I learned, over a long time, to just LOVE his harmonica. At first I thought it was awful. Then I played harp for 30 years, and now... well.. Genius
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Yep, you can always tell when Dylan is playing the harp, very distinct.
Seriously. Listening to trane shepp and other jazz giants of the time I get it.
I’ve always thought their was a very sarcastic quality to his harp playing that goes so well with Bob’s personality. Like a child throwing a tantrum. Which he could do back then at times.
American Genius `````musically .thanks Bob loved the journey
He chose the appropriate song to bid adieu to the Folkies.
Looking back on it, this whole setlist seemed meticulously thought out. What a freakin' genius he was (still is)!
strike another match and go start anew
The kiss-off was with the song "Maggie's Farm": "They say sing while you slave/And I just get bored". The Leftist folkies -- especially Pete Seeger -- had thought they owned him.
It wasn't about him playing electric -- that afternoon "Paul Butterfield Blues Band" had played an hour set, and no one complained. This perfornance was Dylan as THE star -- but he was only allowed fifteen minutes. It was because he was leaving protest -- "finger pointin'" -- songs behind.
@@jnagarya519 I don't think the point was to leave finger pointing behind, it was to turn the finger on the other side (and later in his career, toward himself). He was very popular in the folk scene and it surely was important to him, but as time went on he could probably see a lot of the hipocrisy and elitism that comes with "picking a side", and he chose to expose that hipocrisy in the most iconic way; sing the lyrics you've always been singing but with a band behind you. Some folkies famously considered him a traitor of course, proving that they never listened to what he had to say.
Of course all of this ramped up and eventually became prophetic with the explosion and prevalence of hippie culture, to the point where the movement's original intentions, however noble they started out as, were tainted with hate and now baseless claims of moral superiority.
I believe his mid 60s attitude and creative output served as a wakeup call to the people who were convinced they were fighting "evil", telling them that they're really no different than the people they despise so much.
@@SpTh2 He told it quite clearly: "Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than there now"
Thanks so much for posting - his blues harp is out of this world. His voice has more emotion than on the official audio - love this early performance at Newport and envy the lucky people who saw him perform in person.
🤷♂️I simply CANNOT fathom how on earth the audio quality is so good on this song! I have seen the video for the accompanying gig and he’s moving all over the place with a guitar with no pick up and there is no change in volume or tone -it’s so consistent!
Genuinely, if anyone can give me any hints as to how on earth this was done I’d love to hear it because there are only two microphones visible🤯
Probably recorded right from the stage monitor set up.
What a powerful voice he has
The night Dylan launched his electric career -- playing a Fender Stratocaster -- is the same date that I, much earlier, lost my 1954 Stratocaster out the back of my brother's '61 Ford Station wagon on the Jacksonville expressway.
Makes you think hey😁
Oh man that sucks !
I always wanted to hear an album of just harmonica music. He made some creatively mean music. Great channel thank you.
One of my fav Dylan song
I think this might be bobs best live singing in these early days
Any old Dylan that you can post, is great for me!! Thanks so much this, and for all of 'em!!!
Cindy Bradley will do! Thanks for listening! :)
Me too
When he asked if anyone had an E harp.. they came flying towards the stage I had to duck... I was 10 ft from Bob ... true story
How did he look?
I remember it like it was yesterday...must've been a dozen of them that hit the stage !! Great times........
Lol !
Yeah, I saw the video of that moment. All I could think of was, “That many people carried harmonicas with them??”, and, “I wonder if they got their harps back after the show.” Lol.
Love too sitting and hear your voice bob thank you ❤️
I remember seeing him singing this he was stunned by the boos and for probably the first and last time there were tears in his eyes.Unlike Lenard Cohen Bob was always in control of the audience.
Thx SP for posting. Just truly magnificent. 💕 the man, his voice, his face. Btw, go give yourself a laugh in these trying times and read The Poor Mouth by Flann O’Brien. For anyone interested in pigs, surrealism, laughing out loud. A lovely little masterpiece. Originally written in Irish. Not just Irish, but Flann’s own unique take on the language. He also published under the name Myles na gCopaleen in The Irish Times. His real name was Brian O’Nolan. One of the wittiest writers Ireland ever produced. And again, thx for this rare Bob It’s all over now, bb. X
The sound on this is really good.
Iconic Dylan with trademark plaintive harp. Thanks so much Swingin' Pig.
freevue it’s a great version. Let me know if you wanna hear something specific! Thanks for listening :)
@@SwinginPig Wow, will do. Thanks a lot !
Thanks so much Swingin' this is so good!
We are only beginning
thanks again and again i love your posts ♥♥♥
Thanks for listening! Let me know if you have any requests :)
@@SwinginPig I LOVE SO MUCH bOBY ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CHOICE BUT MY FAV BOB SONG IT S VISIONS OF JOHANNA THANKS AGAIN I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL GOD BLESS YOU ♥♥♥
targarosko you got it! I haven’t posted as many “Visions” as I should. Will do, cheers!
@@SwinginPig yes they are in my play list thanks again ♥♥♥
The moment it appears on RUclips, it is no longer rare I guess 😇
My song for us today...
yeah i wonder what Dylan thinks of this "pandemic"?
💙💙💙
Guten Morgen, mein geliebter Bobby!
The older the better Mr trapeze man eternal
And with that, he did not return for 37 years, after these people grew up and opened their steel-trap minds.
I was there
Swinging Pig is a true man of the people.
Great bob, the mam
Meanwhile Pete Seeger was crying in a car and wouldn't come out. Wonder if he heard this one.
If Seeger had his way the world would be w/o 61 Revisited, Bringing it all back Home & Blonde on Blonde - so that i think that says it all about Pete Seeger.
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Bobbylein, ich schufte schon die ganze Zeit und lasse mich NICHT drängen, mich zu beeilen!
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I’d like to second some live performances of another side. Any 60s performances of Spanish Harlem?
Louis Riv I’ll see what I can do!
Actually he did this song before Mr Tambourine Man
Have you made a song from my poems I emailed to you???
I'm not the first to say this, and I certainly won't be the last, but when Joan Baez sings songs penned by Dylan she gives them wings.
That's true, she does them great. And he also gives them wings, but in a different manner. When the two of them sing together, it's magical.
So did the The Byrds. Really gave them wings :) Chimes of Freedom is one of the FEW Dylan songs I prefer hearing the Cover to the original.
@@viviandarkbloom100 I have to agree . Roger McGuinn's voice could easily carry a tune in the presence f electrical instruments without having to push his voice. "My Back Pages', Mr Tambourine Man', "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"...
yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Do you have the recording of his performance when he came back in 2002?
I do not, unfortunately. I’ll do some digging tho!
Yonder stands your oarsman looking stunned. Branded like a brier on the run. The sties too are gunking up with goo. And it's all over now Bobby Blue...
He’s playing acoustic?
Yes, on that one. In fact he played Maggie's farm, Rolling Stone and Phantom Engineer with an electric band, left the stage and then came back with an acoustic guitar for the two last songs (Tambourine Man and Baby blue). Watch the whole set, it's a piece of history :)
Theodore Bikel told him to go back
Walking on cooling coals,
I presume you are the same people who put out all the bootlegs years ago as you use the same “trade mark” including The infamous “Royal Albert Concert” yep as put on the cover he was and still is GWW.
Ain't no chorus?
Many folk songs HAVE no chorus. They just have a series of verses, and that was the case for hundreds of years. You don't need a "chorus" or a "bridge" to have a great song. You just need great lyrics, great music, and a great performance.
Bob saying goodbye to the communist/fascist folkies who wanted to use him as a propaganda tool. He went off to Woodstock with his boys that later became the Band and made great music. Pete Seeger never recovered.
Love seeing Pete Seeger's head exploding as Bob sings Tamborine Man at Newport.
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