Every once in a while you find a song you haven’t heard before and as you crawl out from under the big rock you’ve been under it’s like a renewal of your faith in great music. God bless you Levon.
The lyrics to this are timeless. “I got a job and I put my money away, but I’ve got the kind of debt that no honest man can pay.” How some things never change.
@@i.am.mazzamus The Boss (Springsteen) writes songs that are so relatable. Dylan's been recognized as being a poet (incredible lyricist), which he shld be, but I'd put Bruce right up there, for his brilliant lyrical contributions 😎 #AtlanticCity
@@defy9ordinary honestly I think Springsteen was born to write this song, but The Band was born to play it. This cover is just so superior to the original in my opinion.
This is a great cover and awesome track , but the lyrics are why I prefer the Bruce version. When combined with his haunting, barren vocals and the general vibe and themes of “Nebraska.”, there is a certain profound effect on the listener. The resigned, unfathomably deep pain conveyed in Bruce’s voice, with the starkly isolated, desolate, overwhelmingly solitary nature of the basement recording make this a top track of all time. It’s certainly one of the most emotionally affecting/poignant/ meaningful tracks I’ve enjoyed. while the bands cover is a nice tune, to me , it’s no where near the vast depth of pure poignant, world tilting, emotional FEELING Bruce invokes on the listener, and most importantly leads us to a place of acceptance and catharsis. It’s tough accepting reality, that everything dies, and that’s a fact. But it’s nice thinking maybe everything that dies, someday comes back? #bosstalk
My brother and I loved this song. We were roomies for a while before he got married and we used to listen to this driving around at night. Lost him this year, but this song reminds me of some of the best times with him.
My brother Logan told me about this song a couple of months before he passed, I never got around to listening to it. He passed away in June. I listened to this song , and man, I can see why he loved it so much. I love you bro, I miss you, I’ll see you in Atlantic City. :)
+sakuthegreat I loved them from the first time I heard "Big Pink", and yet, still appreciate them more and more, as other bands I loved then become less and less interesting.
Something about hearing “everything dies” and “maybe everything that dies someday someday back” makes everything seem okay. Is as if for a moment I am so content with not being worried about how I’m not the one behind the wheel and I can finally enjoy the view
And also, "put your make up on, put your pretty a pretty" kinda symbolizes that you have to keep pushing on no matter what happens. I just love this song so much.
My buddy that was in the same vehicle as me when we invaded Iraq in 03 introduced me to this song today..I’ve had it on repeat the whole day..thanks again Smitty for making me smile for the millionth time..I could’ve made it through it with my sanity if not for you my friend..thanks once again
The beauty of this masterpiece is that some days I feel the joy in this song and other days I feel its pain. It all comes back to the beauty that’s a rare song like this, it helps me express emotion I might not normally feel
husband saw me write that - said "oh, you're definitely gonna outlive my ass".. this song is how we met in a bar.. didn't recognize it but recognized levon.. he played it.. asked him if it was the band
"But, I talked to a man last night gonna do a little favor for him" I absolutely love how Levon delivers that line. It captures the tone of the character's descent perfectly .
As a 64 year old living in the deep forests of connecticut, I can't help but think of the good old days when I got drunk and pulled my 4 year old daughter downstairs and sang this song until she passed out. Now I adopted a few more kids, but they all keep passing out. I think it's because how good my vocals are.
I took several upper level English classes in college in which my professor constantly compared 18th century poets to Bruce. I have to say I agree. The universality of this song is undeniable. The fact that it works played by a different band, with different instruments, in a different key, with the lyrics slightly altered just resonates the fact that the song is just good, period. Everyone in the world can relate to this song, and it will be good forever.
The song depicts a young couple's escape to Atlantic City, New Jersey, but it also wrestles with rebirth and the inevitability of death as the man in the relationship intends to take a job in organized crime upon arriving in the city, partially due to desperation caused by his “debts.” The opening lines of "Atlantic City" refer to the then-recent Mafia violence in nearby Philadelphia, with Springsteen singing: "Well, they blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night/Now they blew up his house too." This refers to Philadelphia crime family boss Phil "the Chicken Man" Testa, who was killed by a rival gangster who planted a nail bomb in his Philadelphia rowhouse in March 1981.[5] While Atlantic City is considered the turf of the Philadelphia crime family, there was considerable in-fighting at the time among the Italian-American Mafia for dominance of the organized crime rackets in the city following the city's proposed legalization of gambling in 1976. By the 1970s and early 80s, Atlantic City had experienced a significant decline from its heyday as a prominent resort town in the early 20th century, and the introduction of legal gambling was proposed as a potential means of reviving the economically struggling city. The song evokes the widespread uncertainty regarding legalized gambling during its early years in Atlantic City and its promises to resurrect the city, as well as the young man's uncertainty about taking the less-than-savory job: "Everything dies, baby, that's a fact, but maybe everything that dies someday comes back."
One of the first songs I learned on mandoline which I bought in Austin , Texas. Met Levon a few weeks later in Winston, Salem where he signed my hat. He was unable to sing because of cancer, but still drumming the hell out of the joint. I still wear the hat now and then while playing this song.
I said it someplace...maybe here about 200 comments back? Bruce wrote a great song, but Levon and the Band do it as if it was written just for them. The mandolin intro...always makes me smile. And Garth Hudson's keyboards on the fadeout: perfect. Bruce is serious, moving, a powerful statement about Atlantic City in New Jersey. The Band make it a universal song, an ironic one: "everything dies, baby that's a fact / maybe everything that dies some day comes back". Rick Danko and Levon Helm have died since this was recorded, and Richard Manuel before them, but all of their music just keeps coming back. "Some day" is this day and tomorrow and the next and the next. Thanks, Bruce, and thanks, Levon and Garth!
I'm a HUGE Bruce fan, but this is the best version of Atlantic City. As soon as I heard The Band do this many years ago it became my favorite song by them. Yes, it does make you smile...and tap your feet...and dance perhaps alone in the kitchen. Peace.
I love this song, and The Band does a phenomenal job. I think I'm still partial to Bruce's version, but i'm not certain. They are not mutually exclusive, however. Both can exist as equally great. This definitely gives me an even greater appreciation for how talented The Band was.
Probably the greatest voice to sing lyrics in what's called Americana nowadays. Geez The Band had 3 great vocalists. Richard Manuel and Rick Danko also. RIP all. Levon's "False Hearted Lover" a great one too. Was lucky to catch them on one of the first Day's on The Green in Oakland in 1974. The Band, Crosby Stills and Nash, Joe Walsh and Jesse Colin Young. Them's was shining times! This is the best version!
Thanks for repping my homeland bro Tennessee is beautiful and a wonder to be in especially White County we just need more opportunities here the nature and culture is what I like
God i love Tennessee I'm from PA and roadtripped the almost the whole way to Georgia in one then back up through Tennessee and such. And that was by far my favorite state of the trip
The band is truly mystique. I heard em on the radio one day and their songs just grew on me. I ask people if they ever heard of "the Band" and they always say "which band". Too bad I missed em on tour...over 20 years before I was born. As long as they keep playing their songs on the radio I'll keep listening.
God Bless both of you. My father fought in Vietnam, earning 2 purple hearts and a silver star. Never treated him right when he came home. But somebody sees. Thank yall.
This is such a good version. I love Garth's accordion, and Levon's singing always gets to the heart of the lyric. Rick's harmonies are just perfect, too. Great song.
Was just looking for something to do before dinner and came across this. I forgot how much I loved the music of Levon Helms and the Band. Think I'll dust off the turn table, pull out my LP,s pour a bourbon and listen to some music from my day.
Im only 20 but I was raised on this music. This is when it was good still and not so polluted. Here is to raising my kids on this. Having them know that this is real music.
I've know the band for years, play and sing the weight for the longest time. I just came across this song so it's fresh for me. On repeat all day, what a tune!
"everything dies baby that's a fact, maybe everything that dies someday comes back." Levon, you were back as soon as this song started. Thanks for the music.
this is just fantastic, Levon was a freaking fantastic musician and hearing this makes me want to live and play more music and I can never be more thankful
I get teary hearing our Jewel Levon Helm; 2012 was Hell of a couple of weeks getting over him passing I happen to lose My Cooper too! So yeah; This song was on Repeat for a while.
First song I remember when coming back from being overseas for 18 months deployment in the military. Always thought it was a Band song until a couple of years ago. Thanks for the memories.
The good ole' Band.... I dig when the boys would switch up the instruments, Manuel on the kit, Levon on the mando and of course Garth on the accordion. He could really rip on that thing. Thanks for the post.
You bet! Unfortunately Richard M. died in 1986 and all but one track of Jericho was recorded in 1993 so this is Levon doing double duty... Richard did play keyboards and sing lead on the tune, "Country Boy," which was recorded in 1985.
Reading RR's "Testimony"...they were such talented guy...mixing it up on different instruments, as you say. Robbie didn't sing much, but did 90% of the writing. It's just sad (and many would say unfair) how Rick, Richard and Levon tore themselves up with drugs and booze, and only RR ended up with any money.
Luckily, those 3 had some heavy hitters on this LP. Richard Bell, for instance was in Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band, (he was her bandleader also) before this gig. Randy Ciarlante was an old friend, and very good drummer. The Band were such great musicians themselves, they attracted the creme de la creme!
I hope all of you smile big today, present and future listeners. Laugh with your mom, kick your dad awake and tell them you’re happy to be their child. Your grandparents, talk to them. just say hello, you have no idea how much it happiness it brings them to see their grandchildren living and happy. Its their legacy. Your S.O. is missing the days you all hung out outside, drank and sang till the sun came up. Tell them you love them and think of them daily. Now you, take the time to look up. Look at the universe, you dont see it but you’re looking to a place with no end. And maybe, just maybe something is looking right back into you. Will you ever know? Probably not, but maybe everything that dies some day will come back and who knows what happens in that inbetween time. So Remember, its maybe. Not never, you are doing everything you were meant to do and you can do more. Remember to smile!
My Grandpa listened to this song every time he turns on his speaker or does something and sometimes I want to cry for him because my step Grandma died a few months ago and they would go out to parties and since she had arthritis she didn't do it as often and this song made them two dance once but he listened to this song today and it makes me cry knowing he is missing his favorite gal. Rest in peace Grandma we all miss you. It just makes me happy knowing he would do anything to have her in his arms again. ❤
I saw the Band live at Roosevelt Stadium in 1973. It was one of the greatest live show Ive ever been at. These 5 guys could play 14 instruments between them. They were moving around from instrument to Instrument all night long. I was at the Love For Levon tribute concert at the Izod Ctr in East Rutherford,N.J. on Oct.3 2012. Levon Helm Band,Joe Walsh, Grace Potter, Roger Waters< My Morning Jacket, Garth Hudson ,and a lot of others played their own take of almost all of the old Band songs
Such a great interpretation of a great song.Love the Boss, love The Band.It really all comes down to a matter of taste.One's not better than the other.Everything dies baby thats a fact,R.I.P. Levon,Rick & and Richard,You guy's left your mark,that's for sure.One of the truly great bands of all time!
7 days after posting this. My brother in law OD. RIP Robert Edward Rawson. Didnt think when I said this song would help during hard time. Didnt know it would be so soon. Think this song are words his soul says to my sister. Very Sad
This was our wedding song. I was on house arrest for a Cannabis Charge, we were fighting in legislature for new laws (that passed)... but at the time, my wife walked down the aisle to this song. I listen to it daily. 💗
This version of Atlantic City finds new dimensions that I'll bet Bruce when he composed the song could never have envisaged. It is so reminiscent of what Jimi did to Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, which is to say turned it into a masterpiece. Thanks for posting.
jbljedi I hate to be pedandtic but as Bob Dillon seems wrong so does Jimi Hendricks, try Hendrix instead -it even looks better. Still prefer Jimi's version to Bob's
And Bruce's live version has a pace more similar to this than the Nebraska album. I wonder if he did that after hearing this version, like dylan did after hearing jimi's watchtower.
thex127 Your observations are telling. That is the beauty of music, as the creative spark takes hold it's up to true students of music to run with it and find new possibilities. Hence Manfred Mann's Earthband gave Bruce's Blinded by the Light new dimensions.
Yup grew up in Jersey in the 50s- to late 70s. Always enjoyed The Band, moved to the Midwest in the late 70s early 80s( Thank Goodness). First time time I listened to this song and the poetry of words. Many memories!
Loved The Band since 1970. And I think the the Dirt Farmer album Levon did a few years back was some of his best music. Sorry he's gone, but thankful for all the good music he left us to enjoy. God Bless Him real good!
I remember the day after my dog died I wanted to go for a ride in the mustang I had been saving for the last few years of his life. I had always cleared my mind with music in that car but when I put on my playlist this was the first song that played. I almost rear ended someone that day cause I couldn’t see due to the tears in my eyes
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Every once in a while you find a song you haven’t heard before and as you crawl out from under the big rock you’ve been under it’s like a renewal of your faith in great music. God bless you Levon.
Got so busy living, I was only madly in love with "the weight". Just cracked open their other stuff this year, so glad I did too.
Welcome.
I just learned of this version today!
I feel this comment on a personal level
Check out the Springsteen version. He wrote this song
The lyrics to this are timeless. “I got a job and I put my money away, but I’ve got the kind of debt that no honest man can pay.” How some things never change.
Bro, you have no idea how many times I've hit repeat after that lyric lol
@@i.am.mazzamus The Boss (Springsteen) writes songs that are so relatable. Dylan's been recognized as being a poet (incredible lyricist), which he shld be, but I'd put Bruce right up there, for his brilliant lyrical contributions 😎 #AtlanticCity
@@defy9ordinary honestly I think Springsteen was born to write this song, but The Band was born to play it. This cover is just so superior to the original in my opinion.
Yessir
This is a great cover and awesome track , but the lyrics are why I prefer the Bruce version. When combined with his haunting, barren vocals and the general vibe and themes of “Nebraska.”, there is a certain profound effect on the listener. The resigned, unfathomably deep pain conveyed in Bruce’s voice, with the starkly isolated, desolate, overwhelmingly solitary nature of the basement recording make this a top track of all time. It’s certainly one of the most emotionally affecting/poignant/ meaningful tracks I’ve enjoyed. while the bands cover is a nice tune, to me , it’s no where near the vast depth of pure poignant, world tilting, emotional FEELING Bruce invokes on the listener, and most importantly leads us to a place of acceptance and catharsis. It’s tough accepting reality, that everything dies, and that’s a fact. But it’s nice thinking maybe everything that dies, someday comes back? #bosstalk
My brother and I loved this song. We were roomies for a while before he got married and we used to listen to this driving around at night. Lost him this year, but this song reminds me of some of the best times with him.
I’m sorry, brother. May he be forever more with the lord
We have memories of the loved ones we have lost to make us feel like a part of them is with us, especially a memory like the one you just shared.
Respect the song and your bro. Rip
@@PatrickHenry-pz1pd just
Not sure how I would handle losing my brother.
My brother Logan told me about this song a couple of months before he passed, I never got around to listening to it. He passed away in June. I listened to this song , and man, I can see why he loved it so much. I love you bro, I miss you, I’ll see you in Atlantic City. :)
I can smell the ocean air as you drive into Atlantic city
@@MichaelStarrantino ❤️
Bruce Springsteen song from his Nebraska album. Great cover by The Band. Bruce is a big fan of The Band.
The older I get, the more I appreciate The Band.
sakuthegreat Me too, The Band is tight!
+sakuthegreat So weird that you say that... I was just about to post that exact same sentiment on Facebook
+sakuthegreat Amen. I'm going back to the classics more and more!
+sakuthegreat I loved them from the first time I heard "Big Pink", and yet, still appreciate them more and more, as other bands I loved then become less and less interesting.
I totally agree with you I do as well.
im only 23 but still can appreciate the pure talent of THE BAND. Spectactular tune!
Very nice to hear from a young person!
I can relate, My dad bought me The Bands greatest hits when I was about 21, was my introduction. I’m 40 now and showing my kid
You’re listening to the right stuff buddy.
Never too young or too old
They're brilliant and timeless.
I'm 32 been listening to this since high school love it
Something about hearing “everything dies” and “maybe everything that dies someday someday back” makes everything seem okay. Is as if for a moment I am so content with not being worried about how I’m not the one behind the wheel and I can finally enjoy the view
LTCAproductions did you just read my mind?
And also, "put your make up on, put your pretty a pretty" kinda symbolizes that you have to keep pushing on no matter what happens. I just love this song so much.
Isn't the refrain supposed to be the narrator rationalizing his decision to commit a murder for the mob?
Funny, I was thinking how it sounds like it should be the soundtrack for an X-Files episode!
Jesus died for our sins so that we could be forgiven for sinning against Him. There is no greater comfort.
My buddy that was in the same vehicle as me when we invaded Iraq in 03 introduced me to this song today..I’ve had it on repeat the whole day..thanks again Smitty for making me smile for the millionth time..I could’ve made it through it with my sanity if not for you my friend..thanks once again
Thank you for your service buddy.
thank you for your service to our country.
True team mates and battle buddies are their own special breed. OIF 03
Thank you for your service and bravery to our great country. Smitty and you are a heroes to me.
@@kwilliams582 Amen KW
Almost all of The Band's music makes me cry like a baby
For me as well.
I can't stop loving them
Me too
Your not alone. It touches the soul.
This is like digging a garden in your back yard and finding a mason jar filled with gold coins.
I don't know about all that
@@IntelligentElephant I do.
Let's see pictures of them gold coins you done dug up then.
Or whiskey
Tens and fours
My son and his wife danced to this song at their wedding. Priceless
The beauty of this masterpiece is that some days I feel the joy in this song and other days I feel its pain. It all comes back to the beauty that’s a rare song like this, it helps me express emotion I might not normally feel
Well put brother
No one mentioned feelings Jesus C
I sang this to my wife until she passed. I love you Jessi.
Beautiful
this came on today, I was driving home from taking care of my Mom who is dying from cancer......spoke to me on a whole other level. Blessings.....
ibgreaser 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
that's amazing, hope i'm as lucky as her..
husband saw me write that - said "oh, you're definitely gonna outlive my ass".. this song is how we met in a bar.. didn't recognize it but recognized levon.. he played it.. asked him if it was the band
"But, I talked to a man last night gonna do a little favor for him"
I absolutely love how Levon delivers that line. It captures the tone of the character's descent perfectly .
Fantastic delivery of life on the streets.
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As a 64 year old living in the deep forests of connecticut, I can't help but think of the good old days when I got drunk and pulled my 4 year old daughter downstairs and sang this song until she passed out. Now I adopted a few more kids, but they all keep passing out. I think it's because how good my vocals are.
@Barry Obama Many
@Barry Obama that’s okay! now you know c:
I took several upper level English classes in college in which my professor constantly compared 18th century poets to Bruce. I have to say I agree. The universality of this song is undeniable. The fact that it works played by a different band, with different instruments, in a different key, with the lyrics slightly altered just resonates the fact that the song is just good, period. Everyone in the world can relate to this song, and it will be good forever.
Absolutely. Byron would have LOVED it. Yeats, Keats, and both Shelly’s as well. 🦊🖤🐾☕️🚬
The song depicts a young couple's escape to Atlantic City, New Jersey, but it also wrestles with rebirth and the inevitability of death as the man in the relationship intends to take a job in organized crime upon arriving in the city, partially due to desperation caused by his “debts.” The opening lines of "Atlantic City" refer to the then-recent Mafia violence in nearby Philadelphia, with Springsteen singing: "Well, they blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night/Now they blew up his house too." This refers to Philadelphia crime family boss Phil "the Chicken Man" Testa, who was killed by a rival gangster who planted a nail bomb in his Philadelphia rowhouse in March 1981.[5] While Atlantic City is considered the turf of the Philadelphia crime family, there was considerable in-fighting at the time among the Italian-American Mafia for dominance of the organized crime rackets in the city following the city's proposed legalization of gambling in 1976. By the 1970s and early 80s, Atlantic City had experienced a significant decline from its heyday as a prominent resort town in the early 20th century, and the introduction of legal gambling was proposed as a potential means of reviving the economically struggling city. The song evokes the widespread uncertainty regarding legalized gambling during its early years in Atlantic City and its promises to resurrect the city, as well as the young man's uncertainty about taking the less-than-savory job: "Everything dies, baby, that's a fact, but maybe everything that dies someday comes back."
Only 26 some say I'm a old soul. Am a 3rd generation hippy. With the love of great music. The Band is one of the top groups that are just unbeatable
the world aint the same without you, levon. RIP
No it ain't. And he played a few damn good roles in a few of my favorite movies.
Seems like it was only 3-4 years ago that he left us. Tempus fugit.
This was our wedding song. And I love it more every time I listen to it
One of the first songs I learned on mandoline which I bought in Austin , Texas. Met Levon a few weeks later in Winston, Salem where he signed my hat. He was unable to sing because of cancer, but still drumming the hell out of the joint. I still wear the hat now and then while playing this song.
I said it someplace...maybe here about 200 comments back? Bruce wrote a great song, but Levon and the Band do it as if it was written just for them. The mandolin intro...always makes me smile. And Garth Hudson's keyboards on the fadeout: perfect. Bruce is serious, moving, a powerful statement about Atlantic City in New Jersey. The Band make it a universal song, an ironic one: "everything dies, baby that's a fact / maybe everything that dies some day comes back". Rick Danko and Levon Helm have died since this was recorded, and Richard Manuel before them, but all of their music just keeps coming back. "Some day" is this day and tomorrow and the next and the next. Thanks, Bruce, and thanks, Levon and Garth!
I'm a HUGE Bruce fan, but this is the best version of Atlantic City. As soon as I heard The Band do this many years ago it became my favorite song by them. Yes, it does make you smile...and tap your feet...and dance perhaps alone in the kitchen. Peace.
Beautiful!
Great songs never die
I love this song, and The Band does a phenomenal job. I think I'm still partial to Bruce's version, but i'm not certain. They are not mutually exclusive, however. Both can exist as equally great. This definitely gives me an even greater appreciation for how talented The Band was.
The band does,a,amazing job,with this song,Levin,was pretty soulful to the least
I am so old school. I cannnot tell you how happy this music makes me.
Sitting here right now, hit my bowl twice, put this on an the memories and good tears are rollin ".
Man I'm so glad I discovered this one.
Good old hippie music never disappoints
In contention for one of the most magical songs I've ever heard. It just has that despair + optimism combo that is crushing.
Probably the greatest voice to sing lyrics in what's called Americana nowadays. Geez The Band had 3 great vocalists. Richard Manuel and Rick Danko also. RIP all. Levon's "False Hearted Lover" a great one too. Was lucky to catch them on one of the first Day's on The Green in Oakland in 1974. The Band, Crosby Stills and Nash, Joe Walsh and Jesse Colin Young. Them's was shining times! This is the best version!
I first heard this song deep in the mountains of Tennessee, played on a flat top guitar and a washtub bass. oh what memories.
Ethan Lamb first heard this song driving on a coastal road in Hawaii on Oahu. Life changing 🤙🏼
Thanks for repping my homeland bro Tennessee is beautiful and a wonder to be in especially White County we just need more opportunities here the nature and culture is what I like
Nice memory. Around what year?
Jay Fra almost exactly a year ago
God i love Tennessee I'm from PA and roadtripped the almost the whole way to Georgia in one then back up through Tennessee and such. And that was by far my favorite state of the trip
This is a song, this is a BAND, these are musicians, lil bit hippie, lots of everything else.. miss u
Makes me think of My Boy, Jacob, who passed away last year. I know he's listening. I love you, Bubee, and Mama will see you again!!!
The band is truly mystique. I heard em on the radio one day and their songs just grew on me. I ask people if they ever heard of "the Band" and they always say "which band". Too bad I missed em on tour...over 20 years before I was born. As long as they keep playing their songs on the radio I'll keep listening.
Have you heard of The Band?
The Who?
No, The Band
The Who?
No, The ... You know what, never mind
last song my husband heard before I had have him removed from life support me him loved this song rip..my Vietnam Vet..Bo Martin
Phineas Gage true
God Bless both of you. My father fought in Vietnam, earning 2 purple hearts and a silver star. Never treated him right when he came home. But somebody sees. Thank yall.
Rip ♥️🙏🙁
I just saw this ten months later and it brought a tear to my eye. Rest In Peace bo Martin! You deserve it sir.
Sweet sweet Stephanie
Soon you ll meet your man
In Atlantic City
This is such a good version. I love Garth's accordion, and Levon's singing always gets to the heart of the lyric. Rick's harmonies are just perfect, too. Great song.
Was just looking for something to do before dinner and came across this. I forgot how much I loved the music of Levon Helms and the Band. Think I'll dust off the turn table, pull out my LP,s pour a bourbon and listen to some music from my day.
The more I appreciate The Band, the older I get.
The song is so so real.
First time I have ever heard this song. Where have I been not to have heard this great song before? Love it!!
Im only 20 but I was raised on this music. This is when it was good still and not so polluted. Here is to raising my kids on this. Having them know that this is real music.
Cheers, 23 here and daydreaming of the future
You are wise beyond your years.
Just found this. Was told by a UA-cam friend about this song 🎵 and he was spot on ❤
I've know the band for years, play and sing the weight for the longest time. I just came across this song so it's fresh for me. On repeat all day, what a tune!
"everything dies baby that's a fact, maybe everything that dies someday comes back." Levon, you were back as soon as this song started. Thanks for the music.
I watched levon do this song at his house in woodstock one snowy night.He was a good man always had a smile on his face.I miss you man
Never ever gets old.... this'll be my go to jam forever
this is just fantastic, Levon was a freaking fantastic musician and hearing this makes me want to live and play more music and I can never be more thankful
RIP Levon. Rich. Thanks so much to ALL of The Band for all the tunes over the years.
Garth was kind of an unsung hero, though his musicianship was well acclaimed. His accordion on this just ties it all together. GREAT cover!
I just love Levon's soulful melancholy country tinged voice
My buddy John Taylor Olive introduced me to this song and it's history. Miss ya John. Rest In Peace.
I was introduced to The Band by a friend about 15 years ago--I was blown away, and I so appreciate Levon and the boys
1:11 Garth Hudson kicks in on the ol squeez box producing those magnificent sounds to the song the band has been long known for
The accordian adds so much to this song!😊
Sitting on the porch listing to one of the most talented bands of all time
I get teary hearing our Jewel Levon Helm; 2012 was Hell of a couple of weeks getting over him passing I happen to lose My Cooper too! So yeah; This song was on Repeat for a while.
Brings me back to driving the dirt roads to get to high school. Life is good.
You are good looking and like The Band.... hot
My son's lacrosse team has this as one of their warm up songs. So glad I accidentally discovered it.
I saw this song on a vhs tape of Woodstock '94 . when the accordion first comes in it blew me away . l watched it over and over
First song I remember when coming back from being overseas for 18 months deployment in the military. Always thought it was a Band song until a couple of years ago. Thanks for the memories.
One of my favorite covers .... The Band reaches into New Jersey and takes a Bruce song back to Arkansas ... gotta love Levon.
I’m only 13 and I am going to remember this song forever
Fuck off.
@@Gingenuity Jesus - what's wrong with you?
A D Robinson You first
Don't listen to that other guy. This is a great classic band. Great music👊
Arrrrrrrr changing the comment after people have replied to it classic 13 year old.
The good ole' Band.... I dig when the boys would switch up the instruments, Manuel on the kit, Levon on the mando and of course Garth on the accordion. He could really rip on that thing.
Thanks for the post.
Ole Levon could pass a joint pretty good too.....RIP brother. WooooPIGS
You bet! Unfortunately Richard M. died in 1986 and all but one track of Jericho was recorded in 1993 so this is Levon doing double duty... Richard did play keyboards and sing lead on the tune, "Country Boy," which was recorded in 1985.
WPS
Reading RR's "Testimony"...they were such talented guy...mixing it up on different instruments, as you say. Robbie didn't sing much, but did 90% of the writing. It's just sad (and many would say unfair) how Rick, Richard and Levon tore themselves up with drugs and booze, and only RR ended up with any money.
Luckily, those 3 had some heavy hitters on this LP. Richard Bell, for instance was in Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band, (he was her bandleader also) before this gig. Randy Ciarlante was an old friend, and very good drummer. The Band were such great musicians themselves, they attracted the creme de la creme!
I hope all of you smile big today, present and future listeners.
Laugh with your mom, kick your dad awake and tell them you’re happy to be their child.
Your grandparents, talk to them. just say hello, you have no idea how much it happiness it brings them to see their grandchildren living and happy. Its their legacy.
Your S.O. is missing the days you all hung out outside, drank and sang till the sun came up. Tell them you love them and think of them daily.
Now you, take the time to look up. Look at the universe, you dont see it but you’re looking to a place with no end. And maybe, just maybe something is looking right back into you. Will you ever know? Probably not, but maybe everything that dies some day will come back and who knows what happens in that inbetween time.
So Remember, its maybe. Not never, you are doing everything you were meant to do and you can do more.
Remember to smile!
Love it. Have always enjoyed The Band since I was a kid. It was the end of an era when Robbie and the rest split.
My Grandpa listened to this song every time he turns on his speaker or does something and sometimes I want to cry for him because my step Grandma died a few months ago and they would go out to parties and since she had arthritis she didn't do it as often and this song made them two dance once but he listened to this song today and it makes me cry knowing he is missing his favorite gal. Rest in peace Grandma we all miss you.
It just makes me happy knowing he would do anything to have her in his arms again. ❤
Big Bruce fan and just discovered this cover, awesome! Levon and the Band make it their own.
If you dont know checkout Monkey Man by the wilburys. If your a Bruce fan you will enjoy it.
I just heard this song last night and it broke my heart. I can’t stop listening. It’s honestly one of the best jams I’ve ever heard. Thank you. R.G.
I like the Band version, its Levon's voice and the mandolin that does it.
Hi John
Don't forget Garth's accordian.
The mandolin
I saw the Band live at Roosevelt Stadium in 1973. It was one of the greatest live show Ive ever been at. These 5 guys could play 14 instruments between them. They were moving around from instrument to Instrument all night long. I was at the Love For Levon tribute concert at the Izod Ctr in East Rutherford,N.J. on Oct.3 2012. Levon Helm Band,Joe Walsh, Grace Potter, Roger Waters< My Morning Jacket, Garth Hudson ,and a lot of others played their own take of almost all of the old Band songs
Such a great interpretation of a great song.Love the Boss, love The Band.It really all comes down to a matter of taste.One's not better than the other.Everything dies baby thats a fact,R.I.P. Levon,Rick & and Richard,You guy's left your mark,that's for sure.One of the truly great bands of all time!
I like it as seen through the original story tellers eyes. Bruce knows Jersey and no one can sing about it quite like him. I'm with you Boss
This song gonna help me through some hard times. I just know it. Thank The Band
7 days after posting this. My brother in law OD. RIP Robert Edward Rawson. Didnt think when I said this song would help during hard time. Didnt know it would be so soon. Think this song are words his soul says to my sister. Very Sad
Garth Hudson...what you add to a song is just incredible.
This was our wedding song. I was on house arrest for a Cannabis Charge, we were fighting in legislature for new laws (that passed)... but at the time, my wife walked down the aisle to this song. I listen to it daily. 💗
That's the greatest thing I've ever heard.
This song always made me think of my gram on the lake
This version of Atlantic City finds new dimensions that I'll bet Bruce when he composed the song could never have envisaged. It is so reminiscent of what Jimi did to Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, which is to say turned it into a masterpiece. Thanks for posting.
sorry, dylan's watchtower on john wesley harding is the masterpiece; hendricks' version is just a cover :)
jbljedi
I hate to be pedandtic but as Bob Dillon seems wrong so does Jimi Hendricks, try Hendrix instead -it even looks better. Still prefer Jimi's version to Bob's
Stephen Griffin Bob preferred Jimi's version as well. At least that's what I read in some guitar magazine.
And Bruce's live version has a pace more similar to this than the Nebraska album. I wonder if he did that after hearing this version, like dylan did after hearing jimi's watchtower.
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Your observations are telling. That is the beauty of music, as the creative spark takes hold it's up to true students of music to run with it and find new possibilities. Hence Manfred Mann's Earthband gave Bruce's Blinded by the Light new dimensions.
Yep so much soul, life, depth and Levon putting it all together. The Band. Never before or since. Comfort music. thanks for posting.
This is a classic that just can't get enough of. God dam it's been a long ride.
Cant quit listening to this version, just great!
Same here, im gonna learn to play it
"everything dies baby that's a fact, but maybe every someday comes back" - 28 year old here in 2022 good music is good music
Love and miss my great friend, Bradley Gordan " OUTLAW" James! Will never forget who turned me on to this band, THE BAND! RIP BROTHER!
Chris - Go to UA-cam Swinging Steaks - Southside of the Sky
Something special for you. You'll love it, GUARANTEED!!!
I'm a woman of few words but this song is absolutely yyyummmy performed by The Band.
This song calms me down, but it also wants me to cry.
It's why i always come back from time to time so i can find relief.
We played all of the Bands albums at my fathers wake. He loved these Canadians!
this is how you do a cover... you make the song yours, you turn it into something original, but still taking into account the true meaning of the song
This cover of this song is so good that I will never not be satisfied by it.
One hell of a rendition of a great song. Enough here to take a bite of. thanks to all. It would be less than it is without each of you.
Yup grew up in Jersey in the 50s- to late 70s. Always enjoyed The Band, moved to the Midwest in the late 70s early 80s( Thank Goodness). First time time I listened to this song and the poetry of words. Many memories!
Tragically beautiful and hauntingly romantic.
I got introduced to the band at 14 by my friends dad... these guys are defo the royals of the industry. God bless the Hawk.
Loved The Band since 1970.
And I think the the Dirt Farmer album Levon did a few years back was some of his best music.
Sorry he's gone, but thankful for all the good music he left us to enjoy. God Bless Him real good!
They are The Band...... there has never been any others like THE BAND........ THANK YOU!
Wow!!! Just a Beautiful Cover of a Beautiful Song!!! Just discovered this and am flabbergasted!!!
the band wrote this not that other guy
All i can say is thank Pandora for bringing me here. Discovered this song months ago and it's still as good as i remember.
Didn't know this version existed. The Band doing Bruce...can't think of anything better.
This may be a Bruce tune, but hey, its still the Band. American roots music. I miss the Band a lot. Thanx for posting this.
Levon on lead and Rick on back up vocals is my favorite pairing of all time
Aww, yeah ;)
Heard this on the radio recently and had to listen to it again. Levon rocks!
On the radio?
Wow the stations here play crap.
God I love this. It's transcendant. More a celebration than Bruce's more somber take. Both good just diff. Levon had a great voice.
Love this song!! Brings back memories of this 65 year old 😃
What a perfect song to close out 2020.
I remember the day after my dog died I wanted to go for a ride in the mustang I had been saving for the last few years of his life. I had always cleared my mind with music in that car but when I put on my playlist this was the first song that played. I almost rear ended someone that day cause I couldn’t see due to the tears in my eyes
You have admit it , Bruce brings the “Jersey” out in his version!
just sent this to my niece Olivia...
love you kid
Man this cover is just phenomenal