17-year-old Bob Dylan Sings His Songs [The Kangas Tape - 1959]
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- This was recorded sometime in May 1959 at the home of Ric Kangas in Hibbing, Minnesota. Kangas was one of Dylan's friends at the time and fellow singer-songwriter.
The full tape is believed to include four songs:
1. When I Got Troubles [officially released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7, so blocked from UA-cam for copyright]
2. I Wish I Knew [written by Ric Kangas]
3. Teen Love Serenade [first song in this video]
4. The Frog Song [second song in this video]
With the exception of the second track, which is not in circulation, all the songs were written by Dylan himself, making this one of the earliest recordings of Dylan's original material and subsequently a very important document of his history. The melodies and lyrics are reminiscent of 1950s pop music, reflecting Dylan's earliest influences: Little Richard, Johnny Ace, Buddy Holly, etc. In "The Frog Song", for instance, Dylan is clearly channeling Clarence "Frogman" Henry. In the next year, he finds inspiration in Woodie Guthrie and other folk artists and leaves behind Little Richard for a while. Dylan was into rock 'n roll far before the "Newport massacre", and this tape shows where that spark of electricity came from.
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He was so much older then, he's younger than that now.
Yet another proof that Bob could have sung in his smooth Nashville Skyline voice from the beginning of his career had he wanted to.
I really agree with you! 僕もあなたの意見に賛成です。
@@小野信也-s8v 😂
His frog voice is proof of that :o)
Unless it is a hoax, there is a recording from 1959, "The Bus Song," which I've heard once. If it isn't a hoax, it's obvious that it is this recording Dylan got that "middle Bob", sneering voice from. Does anyone know anything about this?
First hes sounding like Elvis and the other voice is imitating Clarence Frogman Henry. check out "ain't got home".
Can't wait til we discover "Bootlegs From The Womb."
Keep rockin SP👍
Lol, I bet he'd still sound like Bob somehow
@@keepitwitmine XD Not a single doubt in my mind.
😂
That's funny. Lol. The womb tapes.
Bob has been Bob all his life
Once he found his voice and the reflections of his lyrics within his chosen chord concepts and song forms, he was on his way to being the complete individual artist we have come to know him to be..He went from mimicry to originality in just a few years and knew he was on to something with the amount of content he had manifested.
So, Bob starts with the Nashville Skyline Voice, fascinating. Thanks, SP
Sounds like the son of country period Bob
Yeah, I immediately thought of his voice on Little Sadie on the Another Self Portrait
This young kid, was put on this earth because this kid was extra extra special, God bless Bob.
ohh please
Which God would bless Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan)? The last thing Dylan wanted others to uncover is that he was Jewish. Only decades after he exhausted all his other B.S. stories did Dylan offer a recounting of his bar mitzvah. So, I'll ask you again; which God? Is it the God that made his net worth an estimated $200 million?
God did put this young man on the earth to change the world and how we think about the world. And Dylan has done Him proud.
@tarotai what’s the matter somethin wrong with you?
That funny croak foreshadows the late Dylan
Haha. Like he had it all planned out by that time.
letsif ‘The Frog has come and his croak is loud’❤️ As Jango Edwards sung at ‘Festival Of Fools’ in the ‘80’s Amsterdam
Bobbie clearly singing to get girls attention around that time.
Wait a minute?? Bob Dylan hasn't hit puberty even in 17???
He sounds like a prepubescent kid here.
He should have re-recorded this for Self Portrait.
Poet Laureate Bob Dylan at 17 writing and singing about love. It is most assuredly Dylan. The poetic phrasing is there, the melody is there, even his guitar style is there, all of them ready to explode into the phenomenon that he became. Crimson flames tied through my ears...but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.
This almost sounds like he hadn't heard Guthrie yet.
he hadn't im pretty sure he got into Guthrie in college
He got into Guthrie while travelling for the first time
In his book he mentioned it
I can’t remember where though
Like all of us,Bob had two sides he could be at will....my take,or multi-faceted.
@@flapjack489 Nope..He certainly had met him and visited him regularly. and sat and played songs for him.With Dylan...the timeline really doesn’t matter.An artist creates...tells stories..some real,some fantasy;but always to make a point.Embellishment is key.Songs happen.
Sure sounds like a young Bob to me ! Thank you for sharing this with us !!!!
Thank you so much Swingin’𓃟
Bob the sweetest and smartest and the most comical too! 🤗
You always hit the nail right in the head Swingin’ it’s uncanny is what it is! Lol 🥰
Very Elvis influenced, yet so Bob.
Yes
He always manages to make me smile when really all I want to do is frown these days
Just magic, already with the vocal gymnastics.
I wonder if he remembers recording this..
It would be great in a timeline box set, one for the ages ✨☄️💫
Love 17 year-old Bob on that knucklehead Harley. I think he still owns it.
Reminds me of 17 year-old me - 120 lbs, first bike - 1940 Indian Chief, 1962.
Not the only similarity, Bob greatly influenced my life.
Thought I noticed a little bit of Buddy Holly influence!!.
Not only a bit, I think. 😉
No shit.
@@JimmyFranceable Thanks James....I thought I was right!!
Thank you, dear Swingin', for letting us time travel - very enjoyable! Sweet pictures too. 💓 Maybe Bob always sings from his belly, we just didn't notice?
He a cricket i gotta bay bay she still in her teen
Good that this is posted.
BUT... "The Frog Song" - hardly a song at all though I know the collectors list it as one PLUS..... Sounds like probably Kangas not Dylan to these ears- croaking into his own tape machine.
Very deft inflections in his voice
Thank's a lot from France !
Swingin' 🐷 what would we do without you?❤️❤️❤️
Well I gotta baby she still in ‘er teen i live my bay beh you know what i meeaan
Amazing how mature his singing, and lyrics were even then. He's not changed much. Forever HOT!
"Got a baby she's still in her teens, you know what I mean". Did the Beatles get an advanced copy of this?
He was just seventeen, You know what I mean
Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan) poursuivi pour l’agression sexuelle présumée d’une mineure en 1965
I can hear Dylan in there...how did this hoax thing take over the discussion. Was that you DIY REVIEWER? Shame
So far a lot hear the Caruso voice becoming clear, even if it took years to perfect. But perfect it he did. He still sings like Caruso to me, plays every kind of music he wants to, records it for posterity, writes a good book when he can, does some narratives behind the mike on the radio, makes a movie now and then and still has the energy to play a couple hundred concerts every year or so. That "little Bobby Dylan" is a pretty big man. He's an artist and he don't look back.
well put🤠
Ain't Nooo Goin Back !!
She says, "You can't repeat the past, " I say, "You can't?
What do you mean, you can't, of course you can!"
Don't forget Bob's incredible paintings and his iron gates 💘💘💘
Great post, but the most curious part is that Bob's Jewish family in Minnesota had an Xmas tree in the 1950's.
He was always creepy.
The ending. lol
He croaks he has ‘A baby She still in her teen...’ while was himself 17 yrs young.. Lol GRAND🌹👌🎶 Sweet Song❣️Thanks SP💥👌Thanks Dylan🌺🌞❤️
Amazing this is.! But is it really Dylan ?
Yes. He wasn't still in the folk vibe, but in the rock 'n roll, pretty fascinating and wonderful (this sounds pretty Elvis to me, which is one of his heroes).
Yes, this is young Bob :)
So prime time Bob seemed
just like all the rest
but something happened and he didn't know what it is ....
Very high, higher than most Nashville skyline tunes. To me it sounds more like "i can't leave her behind" with robbie in the hotel room from 66.
Or "Two Sisters" recorded in '61, I think. So lovely.
Shane Cook Yes. and there is a very beautifully sung little clip of a bridge part to “I Can’t Leave Her Behind” about 30 minutes into the “Once Were Brothers” film about the Band.
This sounds just like Nashville Skyline. So cool. Cheers!
... ' was ein haeckchen werden moecht kruemt sich beizeiten " germanic folk proverb ...
Surprisingly, a lot of Jewish families had Christmas trees with presents under them.
The second song he starts singing is "I Got a Baby," which was released by Gene Vincent a year earlier in 1958. ua-cam.com/video/c4N-ndOxioU/v-deo.html
wait, was that ric kangas humming in the back or just simply some noises caused by aging tape?
Wow! This is... Something XD
I love my baby
I heard a rumor years ago that he punched a horse.Have not listened to him since. Please tell me I’m wrong
This is Bob Dylan B.C. (before cigarettes)
Ha. You can hear a bit of Buddy Holly. Great. Ty.
WOW WOW WOW children present very early ==== i have always known this this
and now i am 75
I don't believe that's Dylan on the motorcycle.
I love my baby you know what I mean.
Super rare - wow . I thought i had heard most everything .
thxs for sharing, better stay in school...
when will i stop liking bob dylan this is getting annoying like its not even a conscious choice anymore
That’s ain’t Dylan, it’s Elvis...
That last bit is a good impression of Marilyn Manson
I was thinking what this video needs is the photo of The Gutter Boys and BOOM! there it was.
cousin?
You're the best. The voice on the ending theme is amazing!
That's the lay lady lay voice! Cool
Does anyone knows if Mr.Kangas had/has Finnish roots?
-name is finnish, so it seems. There was many finnish immigrants living there, one of Bob's early girlfriend was a immigrant's daughter.
Bobby Zimmerman... Oi....
That boy can sing, maybe he has a future.
Is this on film about him called Highway 61 i have heard jt somewhere before but not sure wbere
Some of this reminds me of Primus
I wonder whatever happened to him?
OK...I will buy it...at what age did
I wake up and thank the powers that be for Dylan and your channel.
so he’s human
after all 🙊
i always thought he’s from 🪐
As human as can be, in every way, mario! 🥰
For a moment I thought it was the early Elvis
Singing all his life it seems
No proof this is him
Tonal acuity...at 17! Serious and ironic delivery...at 17. Strumming with an intentionality and flurries of spontaneity...at 17. Here we have a clear youthful instance of Mr. Zimmerman's artful proclivity. Yeah...or a hoax that sucked me in and gave my mealy mouth a hardy laugh! 😊
I hear Elvis
He can't sing
this is his lay lady lay voice hahah
For now, let's put aside any discussion about Bob Dylan's (still) Never-Ending Tour, which started in 1988. This post is full proof of his Never-Ending Career.
Grandiose Swingin’!!!🌹👌 Images too❣️
Unique recordings❣️ Love ‘Teen Love Serenate’❣️And Especially the Frog song..
Swingin’ : From where you got the ventricolist doll and the Xmastree photo with Bob?
Swingin’ did you see my question?
You can mail me about that too:
‘Frog song’ by Dylan: very special❣️👌
Like Jango Edwards sung at his ‘Festival of Fools’, ‘80’s, Amsterdam: ‘The Frog has come and his Croak is Loud’❤️🌞🎶🌹👌 Crrrrrrrroak
Jonnie King and his ventriloquist dummy Christmas 1950?
April Fools jokette!
facebook.com/groups/edlis.cafe/permalink/1749229291782262/
1 April 2018 at the EDLIS Café. Bob Dylan fans knew it was a joke, but sadly it surfaces as if it was Bob Dylan!
Pig is just pulling legs...
www.amazon.com/dp/109178289X/
www.edlis.org/cafe
>From where you got the ventricolist doll and the Xmastree photo with Bob?
Ray Gooch Swingin’ Pig can you react?
Ray Gooch From where do you know so sure it ws a joke and it wasn’t Dylan on that photo?
he was awesome at 17..thanks for sharing
Amazing!
Can definitely hear the Buddy Holly influence. And his future Nashville Skyline voice. Who'd have thought it was there all along?
wtf
Lyrics please 😥😥
I hear some Elvis in there
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I'm wondering just how much talent, and what kind of recording equipment a 16 yo boy in northern Minnesota was expected to have in 1959?? The recording's great considering the year and conditions. The song is very good and has mature complexities that show a big talent being developed.
First song sounds like the Lay Lady Lay voice and the second one sounds like elder crusty throat Bob! I knew it - all those voices are put-ons. I'll bet he could to the Nashville voice now if he wanted.
This is soooo adorable! 😊
Surprised to see a Christmas Tree in a Jewish household but then again you often see one in mixed marriages. Doesn't seem like a hoax to me. Been listening to Dylan a lot since the late 60's and it seems all good to me.
how did you find this !
truth is, hank williams sr was his biggest early influence. he listened to him blasted out of shreveport & nashville up to north minn in the late 40's and early 50's
Funny 😄
it says May 1959 when he was 17. He turned 18 that month, just saying. thanks for posting.
Real music history
What kind of brainiac clicks on this only to give it a thumbs down... ??
@@nanchanger What kind of a person writes "What kind of brainiac clicks on this only to give it a thumbs down... ??"
@@Anthony-hu3rj the kind who knows anyone with any sense would’ve had an idea of what to expect; therefore, shouldn’t have been here in the first place, but hey I’m sorry if it was you and hurt your feelings...
At 1:00 I bet that guy in the back wishes he hadn't pulled a silly face. He's stuck like that forever now.
lmao at the end
His Masters Voice and the dog next to the trumpet speaker must have had a influence on Bob's voice
Maybe there’s hope for me yet