Bob Dylan 1963 - Percy's Song

[@stephensmith1150]

Who ever says the harmonica is annoying they haven't heard Bob Dylan play one gives me goosebumps so chilling

[@NamelessFacelessWhoa]

Funny, I only ever think harmonica is annoying when Bob’s the one playing it. That said I’m still a big fan haha

[@MARSBELLA1]

No one said that fool!

[@gablen23]

@@NamelessFacelessWhoa Try Neil Young, he plays it great! :)

[@rostaylor6429]

Astonishing. His voice and the atmosphere. Can't think of the words to express how Dylan makes me feel.

[@bencarpenter46]

Bob Dylan is probably the greatest singer songwriter of all time. We are very fortunate to have lived during his time. Thank you for all your amazing music Bob xxx
Love Sandy Denny's and Fairport Convention's version on the awesome Unhalfbricking album. Enjoy all 🙏😍🙏

[@giuliogrifi7739]

I agree !

[@mhad4308]

Apparently Bob Dylan liked your comment !

[@markfitzpatrick2122]

100%

[@raven_of_zoso455]

Absolutely, Sandy took this song to the next level! I have become so much in love with her after I started really digging into Fairport Convention. After all, she was even good enough for Led Zeppelin!

[@rogermurray8553]

Uh probably?? It's as sure a thhing as the rain and the wind.

[@georgelocke8268]

There are occasions when a certain song shines alone and catches your attention amid the triumph and debris of a poets bounty. Dylan is the poet and this song of his has haunted me down the years. It is simple and chilling in intensity and pierces the soul with awful candor.
I, personally, have never forgotten how I felt when I first heard "Percy's Song".

[@MARSBELLA1]

I hope Percy is at peace now. How can some people so utterly cruel? Its a difficult thing to come to terms with, but we arent on the most part a very nice species and this song only how Dylan cares - as always for the falsely persecuted. Incredible song of humanity

[@AgrippaMarcus]

I also have never forgotten how I felt when I first heard Percy's Song - I listened to the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan more times than I care to mention and to this day can't figure out how it was cut from the album- granted the picking and chords are similar to Don't Think Twice It's Alright - but it's emotional impact on the lister is extraordinary.

[@wildcampingseamus]

Bob Dylan is my idol, a genius

[@dylanmateo68]

The best harmonica sound of his career

[@capothree]

There's no bigger Dylan fan than me, but I have to say that I think his harmonica playing is dreadful. (as a harmonica player myself). Sometimes it sounds like a child who has picked one up for the first time and is just blowing in and out on it. Still, Dylan is Dylan, and as such he's allowed to do as he pleases.

[@ryanherbert2266]

David no one likes a harmonica snob

[@user-zp8qu4uk6l]

Fairport Convention’s version is the first I’d ever heard of this song with Sandy Denny’s majestic voice. Just another great Dylan song that lends itself to Terrific interpretation by others. Love it!

[@evancodsworth2]

This just might be Dylan’s saddest song.

[@WalkingRandomly1983]

Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleep
Turn, turn, turn again
Sayin' one of your friends is in trouble deep
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear
Turn, turn, turn again
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Oh what's the charge of how this came to be?
Turn, turn, turn again
Manslaughter in the highest of degrees
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
I sat down and wrote the best words I could write
Turn, turn, turn again
Explaining to the judge I'd be there on Wednesday night
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Without a reply I left by the moon
Turn, turn, turn again
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Could you tell me the facts, I said without fear
Turn, turn, turn again
That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine years
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
A crash on the highway flew the car to a field
Turn, turn, turn again
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
But I know him as good as I'm knowin' myself
Turn, turn, turn again
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
The judge he spoke out of the side of his mouth
Turn, turn, turn again
Sayin', "The witness who saw he left no doubt"
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
That may be true, he's got a sentence to serve
Turn, turn, turn again
But ninety-nine years, he just don't deserve
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Too late, too late for his case it is sealed
Turn, turn, turn again
His sentenced is passed and it cannot be repealed
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is none
Turn, turn, turn again
What happened to him could happen to anyone
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
And at that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
Turn, turn, turn again
Sayin', "Could you kindly leave my office now, please"
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
The room was funny and I stood up so slow
Turn, turn, turn again
With no other choice except for to go
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slam
Turn, turn, turn again
I walked down the courthouse stairs and I did not understand
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
And I played my guitar through the night to the day
Turn, turn, turn again
And the only tune my guitar could play
Was, "Oh the cruel rain and the wind"
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Bob Dylan

[@tqnews2]

Thank you. I'm going to paste these on my Facebook page.

[@WalkingRandomly1983]

@@tqnews2 Be well

[@gentlebunny1492]

I can't stop binge listening to both Bob's verison and Joan's version. Although Joan's beauty and heart stop soprano voice can't be touched, Bob's story telling voice is so captivating, it's like your standing there with Bob as he confronts the judge who has just sentenced his friend to life.

[@johngoguen2907]

The harp is in G to allow for all those nice “bendy” notes.

[@michaelsproule2508]

Thanks for the explanation! I’ve been wondering if Dylan changed harmonicas to get different effects. Is it that he sometimes plays a harp in the key of the piece and sometimes in the key of the IV chord?

[@billwhite9703]

And injustice still goes on. The harmonica is so expressive, in a pre punk manner.

[@jillschoenfeldwhite5534]

Thanks so much for posting - the earliest performances when Dylan was a one man folk poet/protest band are priceless as are the photos of Bob when he was teen and the young adult ages make so much more meaningful.

[@Raina430]

Heart wrenching song. Hauntingly beautiful refrain.

[@devlinmaity4758]

a must listen song , this song has deep emotions & the melody of the mouth organ gives me mellow high .
Thanks to you tube for such a wide variety of collections.

[@CO-oz1fk]

Timeless 💚

[@stevebauer459]

I styled my guitar playing after Dylan. When I play for people, they always ask where I developed such a cadence? I tell them Bob Dylan...they're amazed! Thank you for giving so much originality Mr. Dylan,!!

[@judythompson8227]

I learned to appreciate Dylan because my husband did and I had to listen to it, so I figured, I might as well like it too. Never did hear this one, and it's one of the more awkward, honest, sad songs he ever recorded...it hits me right in the middle and I have no idea why

[@bz3108]

This has become my fave Dylan song

[@jonchristeson9324]

musical genius...

[@ritacool1448]

So pure!

[@tqnews2]

My absolute favorite Dylan melody. I'm thinking of writing my own lyrics to it and making it my death song.

[@niko-hl4rv]

I think paul clayton made the melody on this one!

[@sherriemoore1725]

1963, he was 22 years old and already a serious poet

[@davidblumberg2224]

Fairport Convention has a version of this, kindly check it out

[@giuliogrifi7739]

Yes, I prefer a lot that of Fairport Convention, but...man, hats off to Dylan for writing it down !!

[@janeewalker]

You hardly ever hear Bob's version of this great song. Joan did it and Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention did a great version.

[@HarborLockRoad]

Amen to that,sandy n Fairport, she nailed it. 👍❤️

[@glennmccudden8574]

OH THE CRUEL RAIN AND THE
WIND. CHEERS

[@selfhelp9685]

Masterpiece to me.

[@coravisser3846]

Fantastic is this song,Brilliant i love it.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Thanks for those amazing photographs!!!

[@Dulcimerea]

fifty two years now. Thanks Arlo, thanks Bob. -Gib

[@silverjohnhall1657]

Almost 60 years ago now.

[@basilfomeen9995]

First picture is Bob with his childhood friend who was crippled in a car crash. Very thoughtful, uploader :-)

[@wanderinggeri8477]

Oh brother!

[@HarborLockRoad]

Another coincidence is that fairport convention did this as a cover, and their roadie fell asleep, and killed 2 people in their van, broke the guitarists hand , knocked out the rhythm guitarist...

[@ninapross3337]

I think this is my favorite. Since 1962

[@zeinasalloum8433]

Beside that the song is so damn beautiful, The thumbnail photo is gorgeous
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bradpalmer2953]

Arloe Guthrie does my favourite version of this, apart from the way he just cuts it at the end. Check him out if you aint heard it.

[@HHHAAA111222]

His was the only version I was familiar with for decades.

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH YOUNG BOB YOU ARE THE BEST

[@comet1954]

I first heard Arlo Guthrie's version on the Washington County album. Stunning...

[@samshado1744]

But I knew him as good
As I'm knowin' myself,
Turn, turn, turn again.
And he wouldn't harm a life
That belonged to someone else,
Turn, turn to the rain
And the wind.

[@esterrui8504]

Incastrata a vita!💖

[@williamrussell4399]

boy, that is really great!

[@user-vj4ol9ww1u]

Bob 🌹💞

[@markfitzpatrick2122]

Only beautiful 😍

[@ninapross3337]

Fave!!!

[@marinagentile6460]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@targarosko]

♥♥♥

[@andys149]

This one goes out to all the falsely accused rape "perpetrators" exonerated by DNA after being railroaded on the "strength" of a woman's word. My guitar continues to gently weep for each & every one of your gentle unharmful souls misplaced inside a jail.

[@AMEER-114-]

Just acknowledging your CHIMES reference
And offering contempt for attention seeking lying beaches

[@NormAppleton]

A few years ago , Mr Zimmerman hated youtube. You coudn't find anything original which was tragic and stupid. Yelled at him, the yelling and much more changed his tune. It's nice that the world can hear this now freely.

[@rljhaines]

Rogel's Song

[@patthewoodboy]

lyrics :-) thanks

[@johnbismarck3841]

This pretty basic level of empathy for men in society is lacking. Dylan demonstrates the best of what humanity can be with this. Maybe we'll get there in the far distant future. Women are astonishingly deficient in intersex empathy, only a man could ever have written this.

[@moacyrcarvalho9125]

🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@shuddupeyaface]

How awful human beings can be. How wonderful Human beings can be. They can't put that on display at the louvre.

[@shuddupeyaface]

They might try. But they try to fail. Because they ultimately don't really cate.

[@Komicklepto]

What key of harmonica is he playing in this?

[@jonncotton]

The harmonica is a diatonic in the key of G. The guitar plays in the key of C

[@edwardunderwood2884]

@@jonncotton harmonica definitely in the key of C as well

[@mountain_girl]

jezus...

[@NormAppleton]

Hey Zimmy, you just don't want people to hear your songs.

[@alvarorovirarodenas289]

Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleep
Turn, turn, turn again
Sayin' one of your friends is in trouble deep
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear
Turn, turn, turn again
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Oh what's the charge of how this came to be?
Turn, turn, turn again
Manslaughter in the highest of degrees
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
I sat down and wrote the best words I could write
Turn, turn, turn again
Explaining to the judge I'd be there on Wednesday night
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Without a reply I left by the moon
Turn, turn, turn again
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Could you tell me the facts, I said without fear
Turn, turn, turn again
That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine years
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
A crash on the highway flew the car to a field
Turn, turn, turn again
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
But I know him as good as I'm knowin' myself
Turn, turn, turn again
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
The judge he spoke out of the side of his mouth
Turn, turn, turn again
Sayin', "The witness who saw he left no doubt"
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
That may be true, he's got a sentence to serve
Turn, turn, turn again
But ninety-nine years, he just don't deserve
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
Too late, too late for his case it is sealed
Turn, turn, turn again
His sentenced is passed and it cannot be repealed
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is none
Turn, turn, turn again
What happened to him could happen to anyone
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
And at that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
Turn, turn, turn again
Sayin', "Could you kindly leave my office now, please"
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
The room was funny and I stood up so slow
Turn, turn, turn again
With no other choice except for to go
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slam
Turn, turn, turn again
I walked down the courthouse stairs and I did not understand
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
And I played my guitar through the night to the day
Turn, turn, turn again
And the only tune my guitar could play
Was, "Oh the cruel rain and the wind"