That's whats so frustrating as a fan, isn't it? His vocal performances are so amazing. If Bob just never sang his songs, but wrote the sheet music and the melody, they wouldn't sound remotely as good when people covered them too. His vocal style is so beautiful. Have there been bad years? Yes. Absolutely. But there's always some new amazing stuff to hear from him. Over and over. I mean when you heard Sign On The Window and think that's not a soulful singer, then I got no clue what people are seeing.
@@hughmanatee7657 Erm, yeah. I've heard of Sinatra. Songs For Young Lovers and Watertown are two of my favourite albums. I also like the version of Restless Farewell that Dylan performed at Sinatra's 80th Birthday celebration, at the request of Sinatra himself. For what it's worth, I'm not equating Dylan with Sinatra. Two entirely different voices.
+Keith Fitzsimons Too many people then say he is being distant and wont engage with others.aloof. . didnt want to disrespect Letterman. her thought he would get through the song..was a bit more than he thought. Lights were already turned way down..any light causes blurry vision for him.
Wow. I've listened to the CD a bunch of times. Each time, I appreciate it more. Dylan is our greatest songwriter of the last, oh, whenever. He's also one of our greatest vocalists ever. Yup. Dylan. Great fuckin' vocalist. The man's a genius.
Its 2020, I'm quarantined due to the pandemic and the pending depression. Thank God For Bob Dylan and Neil Young for helping me through these long sad days.
I saw this live on Dave Letterman last show and it was so fitting and Bob Dylan performance was beautiful it was real pure art no Hollywood straight to the Heart who feels it knows it
I LOVE YOU BOB DYLAN 💖, YOUR IN MY HEART ❤️ DARLING AND I LOVE YOUR MUSIC 🎵🎶🎵🎶 MY GREATEST MUSICIAN ARTIST POET AND MY LOVE EVER, NO ON CAN REPLACE YOU, EVER 🙏, NOT IN MY HEART, NO ONE ELSE. GOD BLESS YOU, ELIZABETH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS I LOVE YOU
sounds really good here.have to say i am surprised.i saw him in san berdu in '93? or so . unbearable. no voice at all. horrible band too, no arrangements. no dynamics.just garage band level noise. saw him in '80 on the "serve somebody" tour. his voice was really strong with a rehearsed, strong band. all that great material. oh well. would have liked to have seen him in his folk and early rock days. his voice was unbelievable, focussed and piercing like a horn. even on old tapes standing next to Joan Baez, the strength of his expression is amazing.
This second to last show felt like a funeral in the best way. It had a really sad feeling in the background and this performance fit perfectly. Thankfully the last show was more upbeat.
awesome...man that is touching....i love sinatra...i love bobby...bob was at franks funeral...when frank turned 80 he is a littloe bummed out...so franks wife asked bob and bruce springsteen to come to the house to cheer frank up....and they did....man i would love to have been a fly on the wall ...frank bobby and bruce...bet they threw back a few tumblers of jack daniels and laughed and swapped war stories
Bob Dylan's dalliance with songs from the Great American Songbook didn't find universal favour with his fans, but I love what he did with them. The recordings Dylan released over three studio albums ('Shadows In The Night' 'Fallen Angels', 'Triplicate'), show what a great vocalist Dylan is. By finding his own way to perform songs he clearly loves Dylan delivers, in place of mere copies or pale imitations, something original and interesting. Whilst the recordings came new to us, the songs themselves did - do - not to him. They are part of his life journey and have always been with him. Now and again down the years, especially from the concert stage, Dylan has shown us this, but you had to be paying attention!
+Shane O'Neal WRONG. The song deals with A VERY REAL REALITY, ... and it is (actually) an unavoidable reality. CHOOSE ye this day Wwhom you will serve. most choose (foolishly) "to be their own little tin-'god'."
+Len Hummel Bob Dylan wisdom."Everyody must get stoned" "Everybody's gonna dose" "And when I was through, I filled up my shoe and brought it to you" "I’m a good ol’ boy, But I’ve been sniffin’ too many eggs, Talkin’ to too many people, Drinkin’ too many kegs" " I can drink like a fish, I can crawl like a snake, I can bite like a turkey I can slam like a drake" "Don't crowd me lady or I'll fill up your shoe"
Esto me mata, vuelvo en momentos altos y en momentos bajos y en momentos... en todo momento, diablos. Esta presentación, estos minutos de Dylan los guardo como soporte de eternidad para mí y para todos, siempre.
Lately Bob Dylan has been singing and recording Frank SINATRA/Barbra STREISAND songs from THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK by the great Composers GEORGE GERSHWIN, RODGERS AND HART, COLE PORTER, IRVING BERLIN JEROME KERN RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN. This song must be from that LP.
They introduce him as the greatest songwriter of modern times and then he proceeds to perform a cover of an old-ass standard. Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Dylan.
Michael McLoughlin I saw this show, I think it was Lettermans' final show.I liked the song & the CD "Shadows in the night "..He didn't write any of the songs on the CD. I read somewhere that all of the songs had been done by Frank Sinatra. That's probably true, I know he recorded some of them (He didn't write the songs either) It is A good CD, something different for Bob Dylan. My mom's second husband was a big Sinatra fan. Every time he started drinking he'd blast Sinatra from the stereo. Thar was when he seemed the happiest.
Bob can change his voice to soft rhythm romantic ; perhaps he just wants to prove it, a Dylan trait . Never underestimate the Bard ! I am sure Bob didn’t have cataracts or glaucoma in his vintage years ; I rather think like an old flash bulb , the constant spotlights blinds the subject. Many other singers on stage don’t endure that torture.
Introduced as "...the greatest songwriter of modern times..." and then he sings a cover of an old jazz standard. Fine performance, just thought it was funny.
'Tell that old time blues, Bob Dylan, he can play his guitar there, if he's will'in, tell that atom bomb butt Cloreese, she'd better lay off that god damn pizza. we gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long, all night long, all night long, we gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long..."
He's looking old. He's looking lost and befuddled. A shuffling old pensioner but I love this track and the performance and I think everything I described at the beginning is exactly that.
Not a bad performance of Matt Dennis & Tom Adair's classic 1941 song. But what a jerk Dylan is when Letterman introduces him as "the greatest songwriter of modern times" and then he neglects to mention that the song he's going to sing was written by somebody else.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Dylan: the greatest living artist on Earth.
But far below his prime. Sad.
David Ayre You know all the singers of the world ?
Paul McCartney is still alive actually
David Ayres *ever
Karatrifun K nah. That’s part of his charm
How does he do it? How on earth does he make lyrics burn so brightly? It's the rarest of rare gifts. He's not just a poet; he's a singer without peer.
That's whats so frustrating as a fan, isn't it? His vocal performances are so amazing. If Bob just never sang his songs, but wrote the sheet music and the melody, they wouldn't sound remotely as good when people covered them too. His vocal style is so beautiful.
Have there been bad years? Yes. Absolutely. But there's always some new amazing stuff to hear from him. Over and over. I mean when you heard Sign On The Window and think that's not a soulful singer, then I got no clue what people are seeing.
I guess you never heard of Frank Sinatra. Dylan did.
@@hughmanatee7657 Erm, yeah. I've heard of Sinatra. Songs For Young Lovers and Watertown are two of my favourite albums. I also like the version of Restless Farewell that Dylan performed at Sinatra's 80th Birthday celebration, at the request of Sinatra himself. For what it's worth, I'm not equating Dylan with Sinatra. Two entirely different voices.
He made it a different song.
You like or not .
He always looks like he doesn't give a shit...i like that.
Indeed!
+Jazz Cat Looks like a hostage.
+kaptainbastard he really didnt want to go on.. Pau lShaffer somehow talked him into it. The studio lights drove him crazy so he looks miserable...
+Piggy-Pike Why didn't he wear shades?
+Keith Fitzsimons Too many people then say he is being distant and wont engage with others.aloof. . didnt want to disrespect Letterman. her thought he would get through the song..was a bit more than he thought. Lights were already turned way down..any light causes blurry vision for him.
Wow. I've listened to the CD a bunch of times. Each time, I appreciate it more. Dylan is our greatest songwriter of the last, oh, whenever. He's also one of our greatest vocalists ever.
Yup. Dylan. Great fuckin' vocalist. The man's a genius.
His voice has character......I'll give him that....and sometimes character outperforms perfection.
I'm totally mesmerized by this. WOW.
They say one of the most beautiful sand paper voices that roughens your heart and your mind......
the best.
Bob Dylan on David Letterman's last show.
Beautifully done 👏🖒
Was this Letterman's last show? The same that Norm Macdonald was on - and he couldn't make the joke because started cryin'?
Its 2020, I'm quarantined due to the pandemic and the pending depression. Thank God For Bob Dylan and Neil Young for helping me through these long sad days.
Still depressed?
@@clydenolet736 I wasnt depressed. I was talking about an economic deoression but i'm still listening to Bob and Neil.
Yeah, I could watch this a zillion times and I would never grow tired of it. I think I will as time allows.
Thank you for sharing this video of Bob Dylan. The GREATEST, poet, musician and artist of all time!
I saw this live on Dave Letterman last show and it was so fitting and Bob Dylan performance was beautiful it was real pure art no Hollywood straight to the Heart who feels it knows it
Next to last show
damn he knocks this out of the park
WTF are you trying to say? Some kind of redknack expression?
+Karatrifun K If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
baseball
@@mikerucker5167 I'm sure you are using a Beerfest reference there haha
@@karatrifunk70 "Redknack"? Hilarious.
I love that bit at the end when Bob gave Dave the dead fish.
Bob,you are awesome! what magic! enjoyed this!
Marisa Mckenzie Thank you (Merci)
+Marisa Mckenzie my ass it was terrible
+kaptainbastard f...y..s...i.t..a..y..m......c... & t...e..y...r.....b....
+Marisa Mckenzie thank you for your comment
What a great comment, Marisa! Much better then the song. Not to mention voice!!!
I can’t stop watching this... and the video of this song w him is very film noir
fabulous! and what a great sounding band!
I LOVE YOU BOB DYLAN 💖, YOUR IN MY HEART ❤️ DARLING AND I LOVE YOUR MUSIC 🎵🎶🎵🎶 MY GREATEST MUSICIAN ARTIST POET AND MY LOVE EVER, NO ON CAN REPLACE YOU, EVER 🙏, NOT IN MY HEART, NO ONE ELSE. GOD BLESS YOU, ELIZABETH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS I LOVE YOU
The band , the mood , Dylan sings this standard just right .
very fitting song title for the last episode ever
Bob is just perfect.
So beautiful ~ wow ~ to come up w/this at this point in his life ~ wow
The famous "dead fish" handshake on full display!
A touching song - and more touching when Bob Dylan sings it.
Been a fan forever. A once in a lifetime artist.
Dylan on Letterman. Like it or not; two of the most imposing icons of our time.
I like it
great álbum shadows in the night live legend bob thank you since tlahuac mexico
Nobody uses phrasing like him, he’s great.
his voice seems so much better then it got at one time. great
sounds really good here.have to say i am surprised.i saw him in san berdu in '93? or so . unbearable. no voice at all. horrible band too, no arrangements. no dynamics.just garage band level noise. saw him in '80 on the "serve somebody" tour. his voice was really strong with a rehearsed, strong band.
all that great material. oh well. would have liked to have seen him in his folk and early rock days. his voice was unbelievable, focussed and piercing like a horn. even on old tapes standing next to Joan Baez, the strength of his expression is amazing.
Very strange ideas of a good voice, I have to admit.
This is incredible, Dylan don't always perform for live television but for letterman sure
This second to last show felt like a funeral in the best way. It had a really sad feeling in the background and this performance fit perfectly. Thankfully the last show was more upbeat.
awesome...man that is touching....i love sinatra...i love bobby...bob was at franks funeral...when frank turned 80 he is a littloe bummed out...so franks wife asked bob and bruce springsteen to come to the house to cheer frank up....and they did....man i would love to have been a fly on the wall ...frank bobby and bruce...bet they threw back a few tumblers of jack daniels and laughed and swapped war stories
Dean Martin Deano is that you?
Bob Dylan's dalliance with songs from the Great American Songbook didn't find universal favour with his fans, but I love what he did with them.
The recordings Dylan released over three studio albums ('Shadows In The Night' 'Fallen Angels', 'Triplicate'), show what a great vocalist Dylan is. By finding his own way to perform songs he clearly loves Dylan delivers, in place of mere copies or pale imitations, something original and interesting.
Whilst the recordings came new to us, the songs themselves did - do - not to him. They are part of his life journey and have always been with him. Now and again down the years, especially from the concert stage, Dylan has shown us this, but you had to be paying attention!
YOU'VE GOTTa SERVE SOMEBODY. the world's glitter doesn't matter in the long run.
+Len Hummel Like a flower that fades bro. Amen! Still love the Bobby. bless him God. Hold him close to you...
+Len Hummel Bleh. Glad Dylan got over his "Christian period". Never liked that song or its implications.
+Shane O'Neal WRONG. The song deals with A VERY REAL REALITY, ... and it is (actually) an unavoidable reality.
CHOOSE ye this day Wwhom you will serve.
most choose (foolishly) "to be their own little tin-'god'."
+Len Hummel Bob Dylan wisdom."Everyody must get stoned" "Everybody's gonna dose" "And when I was through, I filled up my shoe and brought it to you" "I’m a good ol’ boy, But I’ve been sniffin’ too many eggs, Talkin’ to too many people, Drinkin’ too many kegs"
" I can drink like a fish, I can crawl like a snake, I can bite like a turkey
I can slam like a drake"
"Don't crowd me lady or I'll fill up your shoe"
"The Night We Called It a Day" is a popular song and jazz standard. The music was written by Matt Dennis, the lyrics by Tom Adair
ok
Thanx for the info … >< exactly what I was wondering …
1:00 >< 0:01
"all brushes..."
Boy do I miss Dave.
I thought that was a weird thing to say.
He said “on brushes” as a compliment meaning guy on brushes excellent job.
@@duffharris9295 he used to ask drummers if their drums were rented.🤣
Living Genius
I like how at the end he walked out so David Letterman could have the spot light.
thanks for the upload
Perfection.
beautiful.
Bob Dylan begleitet mich seit Jahrzehnten.
Oh I get it. It's Dave's last show and Bob offer's this cover as a farewell tribute
If Bob would do a gesture
I don't know but comes across that way.
Esto me mata, vuelvo en momentos altos y en momentos bajos y en momentos... en todo momento, diablos. Esta presentación, estos minutos de Dylan los guardo como soporte de eternidad para mí y para todos, siempre.
Smokey hills winding through smokey bars brings only smokey tears . Peter behind my Judy .
PERFECT!
He's the greatest
This song makes me cry
totally the great Bob dylan!
I love when Dave shakes Bob's hand, looks over at the drummer and says, "All brushes" then gives him the OK sign.
Freemason handshake
@@olekblochin7177 LOL no apron though..or maybe its on the goat outback
Beautiful
Oh Bobby, I love ya ❤️
Bob is the best
I like it without the station identification stamp in the bottom corner of the screen. The way television used to be.
Would love to hear Tom Waits sing this.
Lately Bob Dylan has been singing and recording Frank SINATRA/Barbra STREISAND songs from THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK by the great Composers GEORGE GERSHWIN, RODGERS AND HART, COLE PORTER, IRVING BERLIN JEROME KERN RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN. This song must be from that LP.
Merveilleux Monsieur Dylan
Tribute to Sinatra. If Dylan is the greatest song writer, Sinatra is the greatest singer
The Neumann U-48: "I'm just happy to be here. Thank you, and goodnight."
Bob knows a good song.
Just too much for my emotional health
Albert Cooper you are a weakeling
jimmy page I must be ! though not ashamed to show my emotions !
Albert Cooper a real man!!
They introduce him as the greatest songwriter of modern times and then he proceeds to perform a cover of an old-ass standard. Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Dylan.
Alejo Paredes ahaha
This was the album he was on the road with. He was promoting it.
You either get it or you don't
#coolest
Hahaha
A true man.
Did CBS delete the entire Letterman channel? What a shame.
Yeah, the Letterman channel is private now :(
+Mike Bass hopefully enough videos survived on other channels like this one.
damn it i missed this on tv - Kicks my self - sing it bob :)
Michael McLoughlin
I saw this show, I think it was Lettermans' final show.I liked the song
& the CD "Shadows in the night "..He didn't write any of the songs
on the CD. I read somewhere that all of the songs had been done
by Frank Sinatra. That's probably true, I know he recorded some
of them (He didn't write the songs either)
It is A good CD, something different for Bob Dylan.
My mom's second husband was a big Sinatra fan.
Every time he started drinking he'd blast Sinatra from the stereo.
Thar was when he seemed the happiest.
Appearing at Letterman's is almost as important as Nobel prize winning. The point is that it doesn't matter much in r'n'. But quite the opposite.
Yeah, I guess Letterman made Bob laugh so he always do his show.
A+
Not an original but never the less great performance. The god of songwriting
God Dylan.
Bob can change his voice to soft rhythm romantic ; perhaps he just wants to prove it, a Dylan trait . Never underestimate the Bard ! I am sure Bob didn’t have cataracts or glaucoma in his vintage years ; I rather think like an old flash bulb , the constant spotlights blinds the subject. Many other singers on stage don’t endure that torture.
BRAVO
Introduced as "...the greatest songwriter of modern times..." and then he sings a cover of an old jazz standard.
Fine performance, just thought it was funny.
Its good
Awsom
'Tell that old time blues, Bob Dylan, he can play his guitar there, if he's will'in, tell that atom bomb butt Cloreese, she'd better lay off that god damn pizza. we gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long, all night long, all night long, we gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long..."
yeah bob
Lang Lebe Bob Dylan !!!
"No bluer was he than I" not "No bluer than he was I" ...but still a great performance.
I like Bob's version.
I’d have liked to hear Mark E. Smith sing it 🌝🙏
YES I LOVE YOU NO DOUBT
Why the second microphone? Maybe to pick up some of the room tone?
Has to be uncomfortable for him not having a guitar around him.
Stranger the second time I watched it.
I'm weak, you send me!
„all brushes“
😎😎😎
IS YET TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME
after that introduction...he comes out and does not sing one of his songs....but i like it...
i wANNA DANCE WITH YOU WIENNA WALTZ
yeah
Yet he didn’t write that song. It was written by Matt Dennis and Tom Adair, 1941. No one sings it like Frank Sinatra. This is Dylan’s tribute to them.
Dylan didn't write this, it is really good though.
Dylan has no peers. I suspect he got a Standing O
i cant say i spend alot of time driving around with his son, eric....
Some soft shoe taps woulda really set this off.
Looks a bit like Phil Spector now.
For Gino
How do I not know about his? maybe because it's not that that's great.
He's looking old. He's looking lost and befuddled. A shuffling old pensioner but I love this track and the performance and I think everything I described at the beginning is exactly that.
looks can be deceiving because his voice and attention to detail are still sharp af
My grannie after 3 advocats and lemonade.
Not a bad performance of Matt Dennis & Tom Adair's classic 1941 song. But what a jerk Dylan is when Letterman introduces him as "the greatest songwriter of modern times" and then he neglects to mention that the song he's going to sing was written by somebody else.