"Lay Lady Lay", I have loved this song for decades. I am 69 years old now. I actually use it as my morning alarm on my ipad for those mornings I have to go somewhere and can’t sleep in. I got to see Dylan in concert at Universal Studios Amphitheater in the late 1970s.
This was my late grandmother’s favorite song. I remember she would play it over and over. We all got used to hearing it whenever we visited her. We lost her in 2007 after a brief battle with cancer. We had it playing on repeat after the funeral as we enjoyed her favorite meal of shrimp prepared in as many ways as we could think of. I turn it up loud and play it on her birthday each year. I’ll love Lay Lady Lay forever because of her.
I've always enjoyed "Lay Lady Lay". The first time I heard it I was surprised to learn it was Bob Dylan's singing voice. It's the best I've ever heard him sound and a complete departure from his previous material.
You do such a great job of setting the hook on cool stories in the first minute. I never would have thought I wanted to listen to this story for twenty minutes until after hearing you talk for one minute. Now I want to hear all the side stories. Thanks.
Lay Lady Lay has a deep-rooted vibe that is reminiscent of the Hank Williams era of country music emerging from the dark depression landscape. It captures the essence of a lonesome soul in reverence to the beauty and comfort of a woman who brings salvation. I think Bob nailed it.
This was the first song that I noticed Dylan had a good voice. Dylan's songs are great, and his musicianship was incredible. His songs performed by Peter, Paul and Mary are great because of the song and the voices that sing it.
You’ve done a terrific job of examining this landmark song from a multitude of angles, Professor! At the same time, you’ve provided a window on Dylan’s complex personality.
Great story behind this definite classic, can you imagine just being a fly on the wall when all those artists that changed music while they just sit around playing each other some of the songs they were coming up with. I'm planning on the movie during the holidays. Great episode professor many things I did not know
I LOVE "LAY LADY LAY"! I was a 10 year-old kid when this song was a hit. I was fortunate enough to have an older sister (who passed a few months ago) who let me listen to her records when she was out (which was a lot during her late teens) and "Nashville Skyline" was among them. The entire album is incredible, and almost criminally underplayed and underrated. Dylan's voice was smooth as silk throughout the entire album, not just "LLL". And the songs sere magnificent! The lyrics were wonderful and straightforward---no deciphering required. A couple of the standout tracks are "I Threw It All Away", "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" and "Girl From The North Country" (a duet with Johnny Cash. In general, I'm not a huge fan of country music. But there are a few notable exceptions, and this album is definitely one of those exceptions.
First let me say I am sorry to hear about the passing of your sister. She sounds like a pretty cool sibling, if she shared her music with you. I was at a similar age when I was first exposed to this album. Maybe that’s why it continues to be my favorite of his. I frequently listen to it while I walk my dog, and I don’t think I ever fast forward through any of the songs. If anything, I will go back and repeat them. I agree with all that you mentioned. Most especially Girl From North Country. I love the song, and especially love that you can hear the fun they were having when they made it. I also love that even though Johnny Cash goes off key, and you can tell they were, well, I don’t want to say chuckling, or laughing, but somehow you can hear their smiles, and can tell their was some ribbing or something going on. I am looking forward to the movie, and hoping this moment is in it. Short of that, maybe The Professor of Rock can share the story of how and why this version got left in. I am so happy it did!
@ and to you. I know the “firsts” are hard. Have the best that you can. And listening to Bobby D might be nice. Or treat yourself to the new movie in honor of your sister.
Actually, he sang like that, in a soft, sweet crooning way, when he first came to New York in the early 1960s. In November 1961, he gave a performance at Carnegie Chapter Hall of the Irish song Young and Daily Growing in this exact same style. His snarly, nasal voice was, in fact, a later change, and with the Lay Lady Lay voice he changed *back*.
I say all along the watchtower & like a rolling stone are my favorites of his. But I like a lot of his stuff. I grew up with his music. My parents are flower children. They were part of the counterculture. They have a lot of his records. Some they gave to me.
Back in the mid 80s, I was so convinced that this was Mac Davis I actually called into a radio station to plead my case. The DJ kept saying, "I'm looking at the record here" and I just kept on going because I simply could not believe that it was Dylan. Man, I was such a stubborn shithead... Thanks for this, bro, and I too am looking forward to the movie. Cheers!
Funnily enough, it's usually the tunes that an artist dislikes for being different from their usual sound, which end up becoming some of their best known work.
@@ProfessorofRock I think it would have been cool if Dylan created a duo career and fictional persona around “Lay Lady Lay”. It could have been what Chris Gaines was to Garth Brookes.
67 years old. Bob Dylan was my first ever album purchase. I was addicted. Mom hated his voice, but I loved his lyrics. Nashville Skyline was on of my favorite albums for a long time. Lay Lady Lay was one of the first Dylan songs I learned to play when i started playing guitar. Still a huge Dylan fan. And loved the movie A Complete Unknown.
This album is timeless and this song is an excellent fit. I'm not usually a fan of biopics, but this Complete Unknown looks good so I'll try to give it a shot. It looks like a good holiday after the presents are open and the kids start falling asleep kind of movie. Happy holidays to the Professor, his family and crew, and all the other music fans like me that get daily inspiration and relief from this channel!
Enrico Caruso was in San Francisco for the 1906 Earthquake. He was so stunned by the destruction and the power of nature he feared he had lost his singing voice. One of the opera house or hotel staff saw him saw him bewildered and Caruso said "How can I help, what can I do?", and the staffer just said, "Sing, give your gift, the gift of music!". Caruso admitted he thought he lost it, but with the bellboy's encouragement, he found that it was *all* he could do, something to bring some joy to the immense suffering before him.
My first job washing dishes at El Chico Mexican restaurant on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth on my transistor radio I'd drive the kitchen crew crazy with my rock and roll and this song was always playing.
Being a Dylan fan who followed and appreciated his style changes from folk to electric to his Christian music (on Desire) and his vocal changes, of course I love this song.
I bought Nashville Skyline when it was released, over 50 years ago. I loved it then and it is still one of my favorite vinyls in my collection. Every song is a treasure!
Late today as usual. Love Dylan. ❤ I want to take this time to wish Everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanakkuh, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Yule or whatever you celebrate. Grateful to be here, and happy to be able to listen to the Professor.
Couldn't wait to see "A Complete Unknown",.....had to go by myself the day after Christmas, I really enjoyed it and it really was like you were watching Bob Dylan in his youth,....bravo!
Agreed but please don't forget "I Threw It All Away" - my personal all time favourite Bob Dylan song which just happens to be on what I regard as his finest album -"Nashville Skyline".
particularly the “alt” version of Tangled Up that’s on the Bootleg Vol 2 set! That’s one that the “alt” version then the original, & that’s sayin A LOT!
Takes me back to the Summer of '69, my first real job and my first real crush. Almost 66 years later - a wry smile on my face. Where have the years gone?
This song, this whole album brings back the time so vividly; the colors of the day, the quality of light, the creak of a wooden floor. It makes the past seem real and all the years since a dream. Beautiful song. Thanks, Bob.
When I was 16, I asked for and received Bob's Biograph box set for Christmas. I owned no Dylan records up to that point and was eager to discover more of his music, knowing how huge an influence he was on so many other artists I loved (The Fan Four in particular). Lay Lady Lay opened the compilation and I was so shocked by the voice that I thought the album was mislabeled. He sounded like Mac Davis.
I just saw the movie today. It is a superb film, with some great performances by Chalamet (Dylan), Ed Norton (Pete Seeger), and Monica Barbaro (Joan Baez), all performing and singing themselves, along with the rest of the cast. The music was great.
i remember a story about ray stevens playing in england in front of the queen or she was present at a show and requested he sing this song and he laughed and said that wasn't him... i don't know how true it might be i just remember hearing it in the car on the radio
Nashville skyline was the first Dylan album I brought it was on cassette in 1990 it's one of my favourite albums but I haven't got one cos I love so many it's impossible to choose one ❤😊
Lay Lady Lay and Knocking On Heaven’s Door-the voice, the guitar tone-hit me like electric voltage. It came out when I was five years old. WBCN in Boston played it (often) I froze where I was and felt paralyzed. I had no idea what he was talking about or what happened to him, but I could feel it. It scared me about the complexity of growing up while it filled me with morbid curiosity.
I was 14 in 69 , because of my folks Lay Lady Lay was kind of scary for me to appreciate fully , but eveyone loved it. I loved the album and found the song , " I Threw It All Away " my fav.
I, like many others, learned to play guitar to laid. LOL So naturally this song was an absolute must in your repertoire. You couldn't match Bob, but be sincere, get the runs and fills right, and not look them in the eye until the bridge . God what a wonderful piece.
That gathering of Dylan, Baez, Nash, et al would have not only involved passing a guitar. 😅 Man, they would've had some incredible drugs. Headed to see the movie on Thursday. We have a non-profit theatre in the next town over showing it, starting today. Ten bucks for the show, $7 for a huge popcorn and large pop, fabulous acoustics in a 1910s era theatre. I can't wait!
My first boyfriend was a huge Dylan fan and for several years played all the existing albums back to back while we were hanging out at his place. (This was the early 70s.) They all run together for me so I don't have a favorite album but this is by far my favorite single of the lot. So moody, so languorous.
Nashville Skyline is a great album. I only bought it a couple of years ago. Also love the songs Girl From The North Country, I Threw It All Away and One More Night.
Ironic: "Lay Lady Lay" and "Everybody's Talkin'" were my audition songs for the San Francisco run of the musical Hair produced by Tommy Smothers and my late Friend Ken Kragen in 1969. I still have the sheet music. I didn't get the part but they let me sing in the chorus!
Lay Lady Lay and Knocking on Heaven's Door are the Dylan sung songs that I really like. I think he is a really great song writer. His common vocal style is not my cup of tea. Reminds me of many Blue Grass styles which I don't listen too. I think he has written more great songs than anyone. Springsteen is in second place. They both have wrote song that others have covered and done well.
❤❤❤❤❤ I could have sworn that was Mac Davis' singing!!!! Never realized or heard that it was Dylan. The first time I heard it, I thought Oh, Mac Davis has a new song! LOL This is a derp-dee me moment! LOL Have an awesome day! 😊
My aunts use to beg my cousin to perform this song at every family reunion, I was more into Master of Puppets back then but learned to appreciate Dylan later in life.
I was maybe five years old, and I knew the title was about a man telling a woman he wanted to sleep with her. I knew grownups did that when they loved each other. But I didn't know why, or that is was anything more than sleeping.
Gonna have to find that Everybody’s Talkin episode. The connection here is interesting to me that while it’s associated with Nilsson, it’s written by Fred Neil, who was Dylan’s primary early New York music connection. My favorite band from the early 90’s is a very underground band Moose, who cover Everybody’s Talkin and in an interview they were asked if they were Nilsson fans and they answered they were more of Fred Neil fans.
PoR, one of the best summer songs in '69. Having mentioned The Everly Bros. I was wondering if you and the commenters know that EB had a last great '67 hit song titled "Bowling Green?"
This song was an iconic part of my childhood journey into the music business. As a producer I am very curious why it was decided to speed up his vocal; and was the track sped up as well?
I loved the new Dylan movie A Complete Unknown. There's a whole other movie to be made about Dylan surviving the motorcycle crash and then this record and then getting back on the road with the Band in the 70s. Fascinating stuff
I already bought my ticket to see "A Complete Unknown " Bob Dylan movie. I am seeing the film Dec 25th 9AM matinee. I wonder how many music fanatics are coming at this time 😊
I can listen to “Lay Lady Lay,” but it’s far from my favorite Dylan tune. My mother met Dylan in Minnesota, though at the time she had no idea he was going to become this major music player in the world of the sub-culture movement. Mother also ran into him after he released “Nashville Skyline”. Though Dylan wasn’t big into handing out his signature, he signed her album after they sat and chatted awhile about bumping into each other many years prior. After mother died ( lowercase “m” is intentional ), I procured the album from mother’s collection. The rest went to my oldest sister. However, my ex-wife destroyed the album, along with the twenty KISS albums I had. She also destroyed my Franco Harris autographed football given to me by my Bug Brother in the Big Brother and Big Sister Program. The craziest part is that after about five or six years, my ex and I have become ok friends. But I sure would have preferred that she had left my stuff alone. You know, I truly believe mother’s story about Dylan’s autograph on the album is true. I’m 57 years old and I’ve believed the story since the first day she told us when we were kids.
I'm laughing because this song is why I have the cassette. My brother was a huge Dylan fan. Owned all his records. Had a wall poster. Anyway, there came a time when he was trying to record something on his cassette player, only he had this cassette in there and not a blank cassette as he thought. He kept trying to lock it into record, and it wouldn't stick. Then he opened the player and saw what he'd done. I was laughing my ass off. Lay lady lay ended up with a bunch of recorded nothing e oum, e oum, e oum, etc. 😂 He ended up giving it to me. I loved "Girl from the North Country", so I didn't mind at all! 😂
**PROF. LAYS DOWN THE LAW ON DYLAN's "LAY LADY LADY"....WHILE RBS LAYS DOWN, DUE TO A BUSTED BACK....*** ...well, 'tis the Season for RBS to stay still (unwillingly), but I can give charts, and wish Prof. (& us Classmates) a Happy Holidays....Sept., 1969....(cont.) 10. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - "The Tiger" (aka Tom Jones) 9. Sweet Caroline - *DIAMOND* 8. Easy To Be Hard - Three Dog Night 7. ***Lay Lady Lay*** - *DYLAN* 6. Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon 5. Get Together - Youngbloods 4. Green River - CCR 3. Sugar Sugar - Archies 2. A Boy Named Sue - *CASH* 1. Honk Tonk Women - Rolling Stones ....you spend the Holidays Nice N' Easy, Prof., Thanks for the Hard Work in 2024....CLASS DISMISSED! ....but, AFTER today's POST! ...ha-HAAA! ...keep DYLAN-in'! ; )
@@LaManteca76 ....ah, this happens more for me, these Days...I'm 62! ...It just makes One feel REEEAL stupid, when it's caused by a minor thing..... Oh well, la la la.....
Poll: Who is your pick for the MOST UNIQUE singing voice of the rock era?
Bob
Ian Curtis
Tiny Tim
Bjork
Rod Stewart
Cindy Lauper
Roger Hodgson (Supertramp)
"Lay Lady Lay", I have loved this song for decades. I am 69 years old now. I actually use it as my morning alarm on my ipad for those mornings I have to go somewhere and can’t sleep in. I got to see Dylan in concert at Universal Studios Amphitheater in the late 1970s.
Awesome!
I saw him back around 2000ish with the Brian Setzer Orchestra as the opening band. Talk about a weird pairing.
I didn't see him until the 80s, but I'm really glad I got the chance.
I should set this as a ringtone too! Great idea.
I never wanted to see him until the Traveling Wilburys album. Talk about super groups! 👌
This was my late grandmother’s favorite song. I remember she would play it over and over. We all got used to hearing it whenever we visited her. We lost her in 2007 after a brief battle with cancer. We had it playing on repeat after the funeral as we enjoyed her favorite meal of shrimp prepared in as many ways as we could think of.
I turn it up loud and play it on her birthday each year. I’ll love Lay Lady Lay forever because of her.
I've always enjoyed "Lay Lady Lay". The first time I heard it I was surprised to learn it was Bob Dylan's singing voice. It's the best I've ever heard him sound and a complete departure from his previous material.
"Lay Lady Lay " amazed me. "Holy cow," I thought, "Dylan can _sing_!" Loved it from first hearing.
You do such a great job of setting the hook on cool stories in the first minute. I never would have thought I wanted to listen to this story for twenty minutes until after hearing you talk for one minute. Now I want to hear all the side stories. Thanks.
One of my VERY FAVORITE love songs of All time. ❤ INCREDIBLE
While I never listened to Dylan much when I was younger but I have learned to enjoy him as time has passed. Thanks for covering this, Prof.
Thanks Terrick!
Lay Lady Lay has a deep-rooted vibe that is reminiscent of the Hank Williams era of country music emerging from the dark depression landscape. It captures the essence of a lonesome soul in reverence to the beauty and comfort of a woman who brings salvation. I think Bob nailed it.
Lay Lady Lay was one of the first songs I ever sang and played on acoustic guitar for my Lady..Great song...Thanks Adam....Merry Christmas
This was my mom's favorite Dylan song. I love the drum beat and steel guitar combo. It's hauntingly beautiful.
Same!
Mine too. My dad only had to play it and….well, you can guess the rest.
This was the first song that I noticed Dylan had a good voice. Dylan's songs are great, and his musicianship was incredible. His songs performed by Peter, Paul and Mary are great because of the song and the voices that sing it.
Good call!
You’ve done a terrific job of examining this landmark song from a multitude of angles, Professor! At the same time, you’ve provided a window on Dylan’s complex personality.
Great story behind this definite classic, can you imagine just being a fly on the wall when all those artists that changed music while they just sit around playing each other some of the songs they were coming up with. I'm planning on the movie during the holidays. Great episode professor many things I did not know
No kidding. Thanks My Name!
I should go ahead and get tickets to see the movie too.
I LOVE "LAY LADY LAY"! I was a 10 year-old kid when this song was a hit. I was fortunate enough to have an older sister (who passed a few months ago) who let me listen to her records when she was out (which was a lot during her late teens) and "Nashville Skyline" was among them.
The entire album is incredible, and almost criminally underplayed and underrated. Dylan's voice was smooth as silk throughout the entire album, not just "LLL". And the songs sere magnificent! The lyrics were wonderful and straightforward---no deciphering required.
A couple of the standout tracks are "I Threw It All Away", "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" and "Girl From The North Country" (a duet with Johnny Cash.
In general, I'm not a huge fan of country music. But there are a few notable exceptions, and this album is definitely one of those exceptions.
First let me say I am sorry to hear about the passing of your sister. She sounds like a pretty cool sibling, if she shared her music with you. I was at a similar age when I was first exposed to this album. Maybe that’s why it continues to be my favorite of his. I frequently listen to it while I walk my dog, and I don’t think I ever fast forward through any of the songs. If anything, I will go back and repeat them.
I agree with all that you mentioned. Most especially Girl From North Country. I love the song, and especially love that you can hear the fun they were having when they made it. I also love that even though Johnny Cash goes off key, and you can tell they were, well, I don’t want to say chuckling, or laughing, but somehow you can hear their smiles, and can tell their was some ribbing or something going on. I am looking forward to the movie, and hoping this moment is in it. Short of that, maybe The Professor of Rock can share the story of how and why this version got left in. I am so happy it did!
@Nikki-l5p9y , thank you very much for your comments. I agree with everything that you've said also. Happy Holidays to you!
@ and to you. I know the “firsts” are hard. Have the best that you can. And listening to Bobby D might be nice. Or treat yourself to the new movie in honor of your sister.
Actually, he sang like that, in a soft, sweet crooning way, when he first came to New York in the early 1960s. In November 1961, he gave a performance at Carnegie Chapter Hall of the Irish song Young and Daily Growing in this exact same style. His snarly, nasal voice was, in fact, a later change, and with the Lay Lady Lay voice he changed *back*.
Lay Lady Lay is easily Dylan's best vocal performance (IMHO). It's also my favorite by him.
I think so too.
I also like his vocals on “Things Have Changed.”
I say all along the watchtower & like a rolling stone are my favorites of his. But I like a lot of his stuff. I grew up with his music. My parents are flower children. They were part of the counterculture. They have a lot of his records. Some they gave to me.
Love the song, it's beautiful. '69, I was 18,brings back memories of old friends no longer here.
Back in the mid 80s, I was so convinced that this was Mac Davis I actually called into a radio station to plead my case. The DJ kept saying, "I'm looking at the record here" and I just kept on going because I simply could not believe that it was Dylan. Man, I was such a stubborn shithead... Thanks for this, bro, and I too am looking forward to the movie. Cheers!
One of many musical greats to come out of Minnesota!!
Funnily enough, it's usually the tunes that an artist dislikes for being different from their usual sound, which end up becoming some of their best known work.
Agreed!
True!
Right?
Very true
And it isn’t different here.
There wasn't a bigger fan of Bob's than my 19 yr old self. I'm glad to see him finally comfortable being Bob Dylan
I was 15 when this song came out and there was no doubt that it was Dylan singing this song. I had a Literature teacher that was obsessed with Dylan.
Cool!
@@ProfessorofRock I think it would have been cool if Dylan created a duo career and fictional persona around “Lay Lady Lay”. It could have been what Chris Gaines was to Garth Brookes.
Dude, glad i lived long enough to subscribe... really great stuff.
I always preferred Bob’s songwriting to his voice. I was pleasantly surprised by the vocals on Lay Lady Lay.
Yes, I never cared for his voice but what a songwriter 🎶
I love his voice. It wouldn’t be Dylan without his raspy voice IMO.
67 years old. Bob Dylan was my first ever album purchase. I was addicted. Mom hated his voice, but I loved his lyrics. Nashville Skyline was on of my favorite albums for a long time. Lay Lady Lay was one of the first Dylan songs I learned to play when i started playing guitar. Still a huge Dylan fan. And loved the movie A Complete Unknown.
This album is timeless and this song is an excellent fit. I'm not usually a fan of biopics, but this Complete Unknown looks good so I'll try to give it a shot. It looks like a good holiday after the presents are open and the kids start falling asleep kind of movie. Happy holidays to the Professor, his family and crew, and all the other music fans like me that get daily inspiration and relief from this channel!
I'm excited!
Christmas will make me feel like a little kid again!
I saw Complete Unknown today. I loved it.
Enrico Caruso was in San Francisco for the 1906 Earthquake. He was so stunned by the destruction and the power of nature he feared he had lost his singing voice. One of the opera house or hotel staff saw him saw him bewildered and Caruso said "How can I help, what can I do?", and the staffer just said, "Sing, give your gift, the gift of music!". Caruso admitted he thought he lost it, but with the bellboy's encouragement, he found that it was *all* he could do, something to bring some joy to the immense suffering before him.
Cool story!
My first job washing dishes at El Chico Mexican restaurant on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth on my transistor radio I'd drive the kitchen crew crazy with my rock and roll and this song was always playing.
Being a Dylan fan who followed and appreciated his style changes from folk to electric to his Christian music (on Desire) and his vocal changes, of course I love this song.
I bought Nashville Skyline when it was released, over 50 years ago. I loved it then and it is still one of my favorite vinyls in my collection. Every song is a treasure!
Late today as usual.
Love Dylan. ❤
I want to take this time to wish Everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanakkuh, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Yule or whatever you celebrate. Grateful to be here, and happy to be able to listen to the Professor.
greetings, Roger.
Happy Holidays to you as well! 😀
I want to with you the happiest Christmas ever Roger! Grateful for you support!
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Thanks, Professor. 🎉
@@rogerdeahl9629 happy holidays to you and your pets
Couldn't wait to see "A Complete Unknown",.....had to go by myself the day after Christmas, I really enjoyed it and it really was like you were watching Bob Dylan in his youth,....bravo!
I’ll probably get excoriated for this, but this is my favorite Dylan album.
He had the same lounge lizard voice singing Knocking on Heaven's Door.
Two of my least favorite Dylan songs.
Bob Dylan did write some beautiful songs, but this would be the rare case in which he sang it beautifully as well.
My favorite from that album is, "girl from the north country" then "lay lady lay" also "tonight I'll be staying here with you" all great. So great.
Girl from the North Country is a great piece.
Agreed but please don't forget "I Threw It All Away" - my personal all time favourite Bob Dylan song which just happens to be on what I regard as his finest album -"Nashville Skyline".
Hurricane and Tangled up in Blue are stellar
particularly the “alt” version of Tangled Up that’s on the Bootleg Vol 2 set! That’s one that the “alt” version then the original, & that’s sayin A LOT!
THanks Richard!
Yes!
Great songs!
"Shelter From The Storm"
I listen to this song just for the drums. Love it.
Takes me back to the Summer of '69, my first real job and my first real crush. Almost 66 years later - a wry smile on my face. Where have the years gone?
Lay Lady Lay classic Bob, always changing, always evolving, always surprising us. Some we see coming, some not.
This song, this whole album brings back the time so vividly; the colors of the day, the quality of light, the creak of a wooden floor. It makes the past seem real and all the years since a dream. Beautiful song. Thanks, Bob.
Great post!
I can so imagine!
Thank you Professor! Happy Holidays Everyone! ❄️☃️🎄✌🏼
Lay Lady Lay is one of my favorite sounds from Bob, once again transformed. The tender voice left me, awe struck! ✌️🎶💜
Not a big Dylan Fan but Lay Lady Lay is a great song. Its on my regular play list.
Very cool!
Same here!
I've liked this song, for what seems like forever, but I just learned within the past couple of years that it was Dylan! What a mind-blow that was!
Cool!
Same here
When I was 16, I asked for and received Bob's Biograph box set for Christmas. I owned no Dylan records up to that point and was eager to discover more of his music, knowing how huge an influence he was on so many other artists I loved (The Fan Four in particular). Lay Lady Lay opened the compilation and I was so shocked by the voice that I thought the album was mislabeled. He sounded like Mac Davis.
I just saw the movie today. It is a superb film, with some great performances by Chalamet (Dylan), Ed Norton (Pete Seeger), and Monica Barbaro (Joan Baez), all performing and singing themselves, along with the rest of the cast.
The music was great.
i remember a story about ray stevens playing in england in front of the queen or she was present at a show and requested he sing this song and he laughed and said that wasn't him... i don't know how true it might be i just remember hearing it in the car on the radio
Wow, I was listening to top 40 radio when this came out! I feel even older now.
Nashville Skyline is amazing. And Lay Lady Lay just makes me melt inside.
My older cousin introduced me to Bob Dylan in 1965. I was not an immediate fan but came to be a huge fan as time went on.
Nashville skyline was the first Dylan album I brought it was on cassette in 1990 it's one of my favourite albums but I haven't got one cos I love so many it's impossible to choose one ❤😊
Lay Lady Lay and Knocking On Heaven’s Door-the voice, the guitar tone-hit me like electric voltage. It came out when I was five years old. WBCN in Boston played it (often) I froze where I was and felt paralyzed. I had no idea what he was talking about or what happened to him, but I could feel it. It scared me about the complexity of growing up while it filled me with morbid curiosity.
No words just a good episode
Love this song!💜 Went straight to my playlists to add the song. Yes!
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I bought the album when it was released. Loved it.
I was 14 in 69 , because of my folks Lay Lady Lay was kind of scary for me to appreciate fully , but eveyone loved it. I loved the album and found the song , " I Threw It All Away " my fav.
I, like many others, learned to play guitar to laid. LOL So naturally this song was an absolute must in your repertoire. You couldn't match Bob, but be sincere, get the runs and fills right, and not look them in the eye until the bridge . God what a wonderful piece.
This is my Dylan jam. I was shocked by his voice the first time I heard it.
That gathering of Dylan, Baez, Nash, et al would have not only involved passing a guitar. 😅 Man, they would've had some incredible drugs.
Headed to see the movie on Thursday. We have a non-profit theatre in the next town over showing it, starting today. Ten bucks for the show, $7 for a huge popcorn and large pop, fabulous acoustics in a 1910s era theatre. I can't wait!
My Dad loved Dylan, I guessed this one right away. it always creeped me out.
My first boyfriend was a huge Dylan fan and for several years played all the existing albums back to back while we were hanging out at his place. (This was the early 70s.) They all run together for me so I don't have a favorite album but this is by far my favorite single of the lot. So moody, so languorous.
That super clean steel guitar reminds me of George Straight All My Exes Live in Texas.
Right on!
My favorite bob Dylan song. I love this song. Thank you professor for talk about this great song. I love it. It should've been in midnight Cowboy.
Thank Wayne!
He also foresaw the play button icon on the Nashville skyline cover. ▶️
Nashville Skyline is a great album. I only bought it a couple of years ago. Also love the songs Girl From The North Country, I Threw It All Away and One More Night.
I Have Loved Bob from the Beginning❤🫶🏽❣️🥰
Probably my favorite Dylan track. I love the production on this one!
Let's hear some Roth era Van Halen history thank you
Ironic: "Lay Lady Lay" and "Everybody's Talkin'" were my audition songs for the San Francisco run of the musical Hair produced by Tommy Smothers and my late Friend Ken Kragen in 1969. I still have the sheet music. I didn't get the part but they let me sing in the chorus!
Lay Lady Lay and Knocking on Heaven's Door are the Dylan sung songs that I really like. I think he is a really great song writer. His common vocal style is not my cup of tea. Reminds me of many Blue Grass styles which I don't listen too. I think he has written more great songs than anyone. Springsteen is in second place. They both have wrote song that others have covered and done well.
Thanks!
Listeners should always be left to their own interpretation. That is the definition of art.
❤❤❤❤❤ I could have sworn that was Mac Davis' singing!!!! Never realized or heard that it was Dylan. The first time I heard it, I thought Oh, Mac Davis has a new song! LOL This is a derp-dee me moment! LOL
Have an awesome day! 😊
Thanks Dann!
My aunts use to beg my cousin to perform this song at every family reunion, I was more into Master of Puppets back then but learned to appreciate Dylan later in life.
Very cool!
Great segment
I first heard Lay Lady Lay while driving with my girlfriend in her convertible Covair. It was a warm sunny day and it fit our mood perfectly.
Very insightful and enjoyable. You're doing it right my friend
I had no idea Bob Dylan sang this. I've heard it on the radio but never knew who sung it.
I was a kid when this song came out. Totally understood the meaning. 👍👍
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I was maybe five years old, and I knew the title was about a man telling a woman he wanted to sleep with her. I knew grownups did that when they loved each other. But I didn't know why, or that is was anything more than sleeping.
I was 87 years old when "Lay Lady Lay" was released. It still sounds alright occasionally.
It is a beautiful tune and I always never believed it was Dylan either! I knew it was for decades now, though! Gorgeous song! 😋
Gonna have to find that Everybody’s Talkin episode. The connection here is interesting to me that while it’s associated with Nilsson, it’s written by Fred Neil, who was Dylan’s primary early New York music connection. My favorite band from the early 90’s is a very underground band Moose, who cover Everybody’s Talkin and in an interview they were asked if they were Nilsson fans and they answered they were more of Fred Neil fans.
Thanks!
PoR, one of the best summer songs in '69. Having mentioned The Everly Bros. I was wondering if you and the commenters know that EB had a last great '67 hit song titled "Bowling Green?"
This song was an iconic part of my childhood journey into the music business. As a producer I am very curious why it was decided to speed up his vocal; and was the track sped up as well?
No just his vocal.
I had a friend who didn't like Bob Dylan, but absolutely LOVED this album!
Didn't this gifted poet win the Nobel Prize?
I thought it was lay across funky brass bed! 🤣 And Bob comes across a big brass bed.
I loved the new Dylan movie A Complete Unknown. There's a whole other movie to be made about Dylan surviving the motorcycle crash and then this record and then getting back on the road with the Band in the 70s. Fascinating stuff
I didn’t know anything about this
Great video
I heard it was written about his dog name of “Lady”….think about that next time you give it a listen.😊
I already bought my ticket to see "A Complete Unknown " Bob Dylan movie. I am seeing the film Dec 25th 9AM matinee. I wonder how many music fanatics are coming at this time 😊
I'm def going! That night!
I know a lot of movies get released on Christmas Day but I honestly never gone. Actually surprised people go!
@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr You are going early!
@@ProfessorofRock I am not going at all. The closest theater is an hour away.
@AnnaTrail-xp8pr It's a music history lesson- Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seger, Woody Guthrie, and Johnny Cash.
Mr. Dylan touched a lot of talented hearts
I can listen to “Lay Lady Lay,” but it’s far from my favorite Dylan tune.
My mother met Dylan in Minnesota, though at the time she had no idea he was going to become this major music player in the world of the sub-culture movement. Mother also ran into him after he released “Nashville Skyline”. Though Dylan wasn’t big into handing out his signature, he signed her album after they sat and chatted awhile about bumping into each other many years prior.
After mother died ( lowercase “m” is intentional ), I procured the album from mother’s collection. The rest went to my oldest sister. However, my ex-wife destroyed the album, along with the twenty KISS albums I had. She also destroyed my Franco Harris autographed football given to me by my Bug Brother in the Big Brother and Big Sister Program. The craziest part is that after about five or six years, my ex and I have become ok friends. But I sure would have preferred that she had left my stuff alone.
You know, I truly believe mother’s story about Dylan’s autograph on the album is true. I’m 57 years old and I’ve believed the story since the first day she told us when we were kids.
I knew what song it was going to be as soon as you started doing the intro. When I first heard this song I never would have guessed it was Bob Dylan.
I'm laughing because this song is why I have the cassette. My brother was a huge Dylan fan. Owned all his records. Had a wall poster. Anyway, there came a time when he was trying to record something on his cassette player, only he had this cassette in there and not a blank cassette as he thought. He kept trying to lock it into record, and it wouldn't stick. Then he opened the player and saw what he'd done. I was laughing my ass off. Lay lady lay ended up with a bunch of recorded nothing e oum, e oum, e oum, etc. 😂 He ended up giving it to me. I loved "Girl from the North Country", so I didn't mind at all! 😂
Thanks for sharing!
I love this song. It came out the year i was born so it holds a kinda nostalgia for me i suppose.
**PROF. LAYS DOWN THE LAW ON DYLAN's "LAY LADY LADY"....WHILE RBS LAYS DOWN, DUE TO A BUSTED BACK....*** ...well, 'tis the Season for RBS to stay still (unwillingly), but I can give charts, and wish Prof. (& us Classmates) a Happy Holidays....Sept., 1969....(cont.)
10. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - "The Tiger" (aka Tom Jones)
9. Sweet Caroline - *DIAMOND*
8. Easy To Be Hard - Three Dog Night
7. ***Lay Lady Lay*** - *DYLAN*
6. Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
5. Get Together - Youngbloods
4. Green River - CCR
3. Sugar Sugar - Archies
2. A Boy Named Sue - *CASH*
1. Honk Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
....you spend the Holidays Nice N' Easy, Prof., Thanks for the Hard Work in 2024....CLASS DISMISSED! ....but, AFTER today's POST! ...ha-HAAA! ...keep DYLAN-in'! ; )
Busted back! What happened? RBS peace and prayers! Hope you get better!
@@ProfessorofRock ....I lifted A TOWEL off the Floor!! ...It's the small things that'll GET YOU, Man!🤕 ...Thanks, enjoy your Holidays! ; )
Oooh I hope you feel better. My back hurt this morning but after a few mins I was able to get up.
@@LaManteca76 ....ah, this happens more for me, these Days...I'm 62! ...It just makes One feel REEEAL stupid, when it's caused by a minor thing..... Oh well, la la la.....
A very happy Christmas and New Year to you too!
Great song. I thought it was different when I was a kid. Liked it, but didn't understand it :)
Cool!