I have this lp from the 60's. This song really affected me in a way that whenever I would get depressed, I would play this song and somehow it got me out of feeling sorry for myself and however bad I felt, it was better than dying. I still feel that way at 75.
Incredible version. Love this. Led Zeppelin covered it over a decade later also. The original having been written by Blind Willie Johnson in the 1920's.
@@andrewstoner2139 That's because Blind Willie Johnson DIDN'T write the original. The lyrics were around long before him, and it was recorded by dozens of other artists at the same time Johnson recorded his version. It's basically a traditional song, with no known writer. And Zeppelin's version is SO different from every single other version, they absolutely can credit it to themselves.
@@johngeiger3770 That's because Plant worshipped the blues, and played it as an homage to the old bluesmen of the 40's and 50's. He did it out of respect, and in hundreds of live bootlegs you hear him mention them by name.
Well, in my time of dyin' Don't want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do is Take my body home Well, well, well So I can die easy Well, well, well Well, well, well So I can die easy Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed 🎵🎶🎵🎶 Well, meet me, Jesus, meet me Meet me in the middle of the air If these wings should fail me, Lord Won't you meet me with another pair? Well, well, well So I can die easy Well, well, well Well, well, well So I can die easy Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed 🎵🎶🎵🎶 Lord, in my time of dyin' Don't want nobody to cry All I want you to do is Take me when I die Well, well, well So I can die easy Well, well, well Well, well, well So I can die easy Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed
Love him or hate him. There was only one Bob Dylan. I remember listening to him 60 years ago on the way to school with my mom. Thank you God for the privilege. .
Absolutely classic Dylan. Beautiful . Really lifts the soul. Even though it's an old song from 1927 it could have been recorded today as its just so relevant to everyone.
Hilarious ... 50 years later I just by chance stumbled on this and I am a devoted fan. Just listened to Zeppelin version and this popped up. Must be an old blues standard. I thought Zep wrote it.
Bob Dylan is a consummate lyricist/songwriter/performer, whether when playing folk/blues in the 60s or after he went electric. His unique voice complements his playing is expressive though not as powerful as that of Robert Plant, nor is his guitar playing as virtuosic as thata of Jimmy Page. But there's a reason Dylan won the Nobel Prize for literature and Led Zeppelin didn't. Both performances of this song are moving for different reasons. Dylan's more directly derives from, but alters, the original song by Blind Willie Johnson while retaining its acoustic character.. Led Zeppelin's version is a more ambitious reinterpretation and reinvention of the song, giving it a more powerful theatrical quality. Having begun loving popular music in the 60s I find reasons to think highly of both Dylan and LZ.
"Profane artists" composing and singing a text/melody like this one are not common. You can count them on one of your hands thumb. "Meet me, Jesus, meet me, meet me in the middle of the air.."
Led Zeppelins version is really good, but Dylan made it more serious and engaging, to listen. Which to me, it suits better with those dramatised lyrics.
Well, in my time of dyin' Don't want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do is Take my body home Well, well, well So I can die easy Well, well, well Well, well, well So I can die easy Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed Well, meet me, Jesus, meet me Meet me in the middle of the air If these wings should fail me, Lord Won't you meet me with another pair? Well, well, well So I can die easy Well, well, well Well, well, well So I can die easy Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed Lord, in my time of dyin' Don't want nobody to cry All I want you to do is Take me when I die Well, well, well So I can die easy Well, well, well Well, well, well So I can die easy Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed
I hate when people said Zeppelin covered such and such a song. Most of their music is indeed original, its just Plant that copied or "borrowed" lyrics. Hey, it worked.
I recently played the Zep Version for my Wife and she was taken by the "Cough...." at the end too. It adds a human quality to the recording, like some older Country Songs that have the Band talking before during and after the take or Count-Ins on Songs. The pre-take Harmonizing on "30 Days In The Hole" comes to mind.
Led Zep were good. Just not as good as they say they were. Dazed and Confused was stolen, words, tune and title and the writer wasn't even given a co-writer credit. Shameful.
@@Neearm Dylan gave no credit to Blind Willie Johnson when he put this on his first Album either. Note: I love Bob Dylan's Music, but he also leans heavily on the Old Blues Artists and Woodie Guthrie. While many of his Lyrics were original, little of his Music was. All Music is built of earlier Music. I doubt you could find anything after 1960 that does not have an obvious predecessor.
I just discussed this song with my Palliative Care Nurse (End of Life Discussions, as I have Cancer) and I told her that I love the Zep Version. I listen to and sing this song often. But, I do appreciate the Dylan and the Blind Willie Johnson versions. The stripped down version sometimes carry as much emotion as the Epic Versions. The Zep version while superior in every Sonic way, has the same meaning as the others, so I accept and enjoy then too.
This is my favorite Dylan. It's rootsy, blues and country.
Blues
@@christianrice4163 and country.
I have this lp from the 60's. This song really affected me in a way that whenever I would get depressed, I would play this song and somehow it got me out of feeling sorry for myself and however bad I felt, it was better than dying. I still feel that way at 75.
73 feeling the same
You should check out The Be Good Tanyas' version... very uplifting!
@@tatertots70 They do a good cover, I like their version of Lakes of Ponchartrain.
Incredible version. Love this. Led Zeppelin covered it over a decade later also. The original having been written by Blind Willie Johnson in the 1920's.
Funny, Page & Plant still credit their version to themselves. Sad.
@@andrewstoner2139 really!? Just saw the video on YT where LZ (Plant) gave all the credits to these blues masters at Earl's Court.
@@andrewstoner2139 That's because Blind Willie Johnson DIDN'T write the original. The lyrics were around long before him, and it was recorded by dozens of other artists at the same time Johnson recorded his version. It's basically a traditional song, with no known writer. And Zeppelin's version is SO different from every single other version, they absolutely can credit it to themselves.
@@johngeiger3770 That's because Plant worshipped the blues, and played it as an homage to the old bluesmen of the 40's and 50's. He did it out of respect, and in hundreds of live bootlegs you hear him mention them by name.
@@andrewstoner2139 as they should have because this is no where close to Zep version 🤣
Seeing him live was best thing i ever did, he is a legend
Well, in my time of dyin'
Don't want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is
Take my body home
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Well, well, well
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed
🎵🎶🎵🎶
Well, meet me, Jesus, meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
If these wings should fail me, Lord
Won't you meet me with another pair?
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Well, well, well
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed
🎵🎶🎵🎶
Lord, in my time of dyin'
Don't want nobody to cry
All I want you to do is
Take me when I die
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Well, well, well
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed
Love him or hate him. There was only one Bob Dylan. I remember listening to him 60 years ago on the way to school with my mom. Thank you God for the privilege.
.
this song was recorded 31 years before i was born, yet I found it and play it as if it released last week.
Music doesn't have an expiration date.
I find myself singing this chorus lately..! Love you, Bob
Absolutely classic Dylan. Beautiful . Really lifts the soul. Even though it's an old song from 1927 it could have been recorded today as its just so relevant to everyone.
No se' ingles, pero si Bob ha rechazado el Nobel debe decir verdades, Me gusta su musica. Julian , desde Andalucia❤❤❤
This version is ASTOUNDING.
True believer and what a great performance!!
At my time not a word I forgot from the others that died before me, wich keeps me still alive!
I love this version I’ve never heard it. I love this version.
Was ist das denn ganz außerordentlich besonders und exquisit. Danke dafür
Imagine writing and singing this wonderful music at the age of 16! Absolutely pure brilliance,
I guess he didn't write tho.
@@Beevaldi And he was 21
So young… aw
Hilarious ... 50 years later I just by chance stumbled on this and I am a devoted fan. Just listened to Zeppelin version and this popped up. Must be an old blues standard. I thought Zep wrote it.
I might add unique in that I think that is Bob messing with a slide.
He was never afraid of the light ✨️, since his first album he has invoked the Lord...
Wow--best thing I ever heard Dylan do. Is he playing a bottleneck guitar here? In around 1962?
getting crushed by a flu right now , listening to this - magnific
Hope you well, flu wont kill ya if you aren't like 100
Get well
this was my best friend's favorite dylan song.
she committed suicide a few days ago.
i hope jesus met you with another pair of wings, amanda.
Rest in peace
HI this is good
Bob Dylan is a consummate lyricist/songwriter/performer, whether when playing folk/blues in the 60s or after he went electric. His unique voice complements his playing is expressive though not as powerful as that of Robert Plant, nor is his guitar playing as virtuosic as thata of Jimmy Page. But there's a reason Dylan won the Nobel Prize for literature and Led Zeppelin didn't. Both performances of this song are moving for different reasons. Dylan's more directly derives from, but alters, the original song by Blind Willie Johnson while retaining its acoustic character.. Led Zeppelin's version is a more ambitious reinterpretation and reinvention of the song, giving it a more powerful theatrical quality. Having begun loving popular music in the 60s I find reasons to think highly of both Dylan and LZ.
This is the BESt VERSIONS EVA
A la vena y de acuerdo al mensaje
💗♾️💫🌞😘
"Profane artists" composing and
singing a text/melody like this one
are not common. You can count
them on one of your hands thumb.
"Meet me, Jesus, meet me,
meet me in the middle of the air.."
Led Zeppelins version is really good, but Dylan made it more serious and engaging, to listen. Which to me, it suits better with those dramatised lyrics.
try Doyle Bramhall 2 version..I think its amazing
Well, in my time of dyin'
Don't want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is
Take my body home
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Well, well, well
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed
Well, meet me, Jesus, meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
If these wings should fail me, Lord
Won't you meet me with another pair?
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Well, well, well
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed
Lord, in my time of dyin'
Don't want nobody to cry
All I want you to do is
Take me when I die
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Well, well, well
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed
1987, all I want to do is get stoned
I like John Mellencamp's version better, but this is cool.
Está desafinada la viola, Bobby!! jajaja
I hate when people said Zeppelin covered such and such a song. Most of their music is indeed original, its just Plant that copied or "borrowed" lyrics. Hey, it worked.
Zeppelin’s version is epic
who cames from Led Zepellin?
Cough
m.ua-cam.com/video/fzZNWqUJuA4/v-deo.html
Coooouuuuugh.
That's gonna be the one ain't it??
@@jasonkeith9317 come have a one more listen for me then.
I recently played the Zep Version for my Wife and she was taken by the "Cough...." at the end too. It adds a human quality to the recording, like some older Country Songs that have the Band talking before during and after the take or Count-Ins on Songs. The pre-take Harmonizing on "30 Days In The Hole" comes to mind.
BuuuuuhRILLIANT
In my time of dying I will stand for Ukraine🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
I like the much improved version from "Dead Like Me." Dylan was a great songwriter but not much of a singer.
Or guitar player
Your wrong
It worked for him
Lead zeppelin is crap Dylan is a mountain ⛰️ 😎
Led Zep were good. Just not as good as they say they were. Dazed and Confused was stolen, words, tune and title and the writer wasn't even given a co-writer credit. Shameful.
Nah both are awesome.
Zeppelin version completely rocks! they are both completely different interpretations.
This version is shitty
@@Neearm Dylan gave no credit to Blind Willie Johnson when he put this on his first Album either. Note: I love Bob Dylan's Music, but he also leans heavily on the Old Blues Artists and Woodie Guthrie. While many of his Lyrics were original, little of his Music was. All Music is built of earlier Music. I doubt you could find anything after 1960 that does not have an obvious predecessor.
Led Zepplin only one worth listening too.
nope
Taken to an esoteric level...
@@voland6846 yep.
I just discussed this song with my Palliative Care Nurse (End of Life Discussions, as I have Cancer) and I told her that I love the Zep Version. I listen to and sing this song often. But, I do appreciate the Dylan and the Blind Willie Johnson versions. The stripped down version sometimes carry as much emotion as the Epic Versions. The Zep version while superior in every Sonic way, has the same meaning as the others, so I accept and enjoy then too.
It’s really not
Still can't stand his nasally voice
Seems to strain his voice
I love this version I’ve never heard it. I love this version.