That is very well said. This song has a hell of a lot more meaning than in 1989 when it came out. Mainly because since then it has been an absolute nightmare beyond words.. The Bush Years, The Clinton Years, and The Donald Years, and all their sycophant apologists have ruined any real hope.
@@corrinsclarioncall Some people got wrapped up in the nonsense about how "historic" Obama was etc (remember he got the Peace Prize for doing, er, f*ck all - in fact his administration dropped more bombs than Bush....). Basically they're all the same because they've convinced people that equality and justice for all is wrong and then the lower classes fight over nonsense while the rich laugh.
Another one of those hugely underrated Dylan tracks. When you listen carefully and pay attention to Bob's "lesser" albums you find they are packed with jewels that would comfortably not be out of place on his best. The man is a genius.
Dylan in the 60s was called the Voice Of A Generation. If 2020 has shown us anything, it's that he is more than the Voice Of A Generation--he's the Conscience Of A Generation.
"we live in a political world, love don't have any place, we're living in times where men commit crimes and crime don't have a face" so true, great song
nearly 40 years and this message is still as relevant as the day it was recorded. Also the instrumentation on this track kicks ass. Like the songs the cowboys would’ve played as they ride through on their horses. Gotta love Dylan!
Never has a song been so true than it is today! God Help Us! Happy Birthday Bob Dylan! Of all you albums this one MERCY is my favorite! Thanks for writing it!
Loved this song back when--No, I had no idea how relevant it would be today!! It's not about parties, left or right, but government today in general!! Lest we forget, it's about us too!!
First time hear! LYRICS? Grand Music choice for this harsh subject We live in a ‘Political World’ Yes! Straight and fierce Rhythm! Lets get out.. turn it round into a Caring Humane World❣️🌹🌺We Can👌🌞 Thanks DearDylan❤️
Francis Schaeffer, the Christian Philosopher and Theologian who died in the 80s, mentions this song in one of his books. He passed away in the early 80s. Os Guinness refers to this tragedy as Comodification. Everything is for sale. The things humans deeply yearn for disappear in this kind of culture. Again, everything is for sale. Guinness believes a good culture produces things that aren't for sale. But when the type of society where everything is for sale, love is the commodity that is lost, relationships, friendships, marriages.
He couldn't have. Schaeffer frequently quoted Dylan lyrics. He took the side of the counter culture against the materialism of their parents. Sorry about the faux pas.
❤um...& the painting is Bobby's too? Just as extraorinarily surprising and fresh as the song ..painting is the icing on Dylan's angel food cake. Tho Im not sure it is his, it sure could be. Gifts from that Great One.
Lyrics: We live in a political world Love don't have any place We're living in times Where men commit crimes And crime don't have any face. We live in a political world Icicles hanging down Wedding bells ring And angels sing Clouds cover up the ground. Bob Dylan is a rare artist that has managed to transcend genre to become a universally praised songwriter, performer and musician of the 20th- and 21st-centuries. Starting out as a chronicler of social issues in the 1960s, Dylan has had true staying power with thirty-two studio albums released in 53 years - the most recent of which is 2015's critically acclaimed Shadows in the Night. My heart melts MM 7 3 24
From "POLITICAL WORLD" by Bob Dylan: We live in a political world, Turning and a-thrashing about, As soon as you're awake, you're trained to take, What looks like the easy way out.
Lyrics We live in a political world Love don't have any place We're living in times Where men commit crimes And crime don't have any face We live in a political world Icicles hanging own Wedding bells ring And angels sing And clouds cover up the ground We live in a political world Wisdom is thrown in jail It rots in a cell Is misguided as hell Leaving no one to pick up the trail We live in a political world Where mercy walks the plank Life is in mirrors Death disappears Up the steps to the nearest bank We live in a political world Courage is a thing of the past Houses are haunted Children unwanted The next day could be your last We live in a political world The one we can see and feel But there's no one to check It's all a stacked deck We all know for sure that it's real We live in a political world In the cities of lonesome fear Little by little You turn in the middle But you're never sure why you're here We live in a political world Under the microscope You can travel anywhere And hang yourself there You always got more than enough rope We live in a political world Turning and trashing about As soon as you're awake You're trained to take What looks like the easy way out We live in a political world Where peace is not welcome at all It's turned away from the door To wonder some more Or put up against the wall We live in a political world Everything is hers and his Climb into the frame And shout God's name But you're never sure what it is
Again and again and again... Damn, it gives me hope. Even though we live in a political word. UFB and I can't stand the truncation of language. However; Un f'n believable. I can't be a living masterpiece, though, I can try till the day I die. This is great. Thank you!
je n'en reviens pas à la réécoute de cet album de voir de quelle manière BDylan était revenu au firmament du rock. Album insurpassable avec une production DLanoi à tomber. Sublime du début à la fin.
This political .. makes that people are contre people and love could not to realised in form prevue by God..darkness may to comme..but We are a Love variors..don't let it ..don't let..Love Yours songs Bob Dylan..when to knocking in the heavens doors it is not to late..We started on with our Love we have got ♡♥♥♥
Beautiful brilliant song. We both understand but did you live through it. Passed is change because i changed my mind set.i now knows why I here and that's enough headache for one day. Peaceful prossess is fuiled freedom not the one you find on the ground.
It was written in the 80ies but it explains what we are living right now,so well in 2022! Great Dylan!
Ditto. So true.
Many of Bob's songs hold up from decade to decade.
well these arent the kind of problems that are easily solved
Doesn't it just mean human nature never changes? Lol.
@@koko-pu5vn Because nothing has changed since 5000 B.C.
To be fair not a voice of a generation but a voice of all generations
That is very well said. This song has a hell of a lot more meaning than in 1989 when it came out. Mainly because since then it has been an absolute nightmare beyond words.. The Bush Years, The Clinton Years, and The Donald Years, and all their sycophant apologists have ruined any real hope.
@@vernpascal1531 And don't forget the Obama/ Biden years!
@@corrinsclarioncall Some people got wrapped up in the nonsense about how "historic" Obama was etc (remember he got the Peace Prize for doing, er, f*ck all - in fact his administration dropped more bombs than Bush....). Basically they're all the same because they've convinced people that equality and justice for all is wrong and then the lower classes fight over nonsense while the rich laugh.
Another one of those hugely underrated Dylan tracks. When you listen carefully and pay attention to Bob's "lesser" albums you find they are packed with jewels that would comfortably not be out of place on his best. The man is a genius.
I totally agree!
This is So SPOT ON ! LOVE THIS TUNE
another bob dylan song that confirms to me that he's the best song writer of all time.
So true
Yes he is
100%
Shakespeare then dylan...unbridled... genius
100%
Bob Dylan is another one of those musicians I will always be thankful wasn’t taken too early by the 27 club
I don't even like to imagine if that had happened. Think of all the songs we'd never have heard, and the wonderful man we'd never had known
yessssss
Yyyyyyhhyyyyyy
Yyyyyyhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I'm glad for that, too. We've had so many great songs through the years that I can't imagine not having.
"CLIMB INTO THE FLAME AND
SHOUT A~ GOD'S NAME.}
BUT YOU'RE NOT EVEN SURE
WHAT IT IS..."
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LOVE!!!:
ADONAI, ROLLING THUNDER, TOUGH MAMA, SWEETHEART LIKE ME..
❤
Fantastic
The song is so relevant today it's almost scary.
Prophecy
Dylan’s Oh Mercy album is one of my favourites of his, he went back to his poetic roots
Sometimes I think Bob Dylan found a crystal ball somewhere in his travels that he's never told anyone about.
perfectly put
Yeah, it was called norther Minnesota.
Bob Dylan was Robert Johnson incarnate.
Of course he did 💜
Touchee
Dylan in the 60s was called the Voice Of A Generation. If 2020 has shown us anything, it's that he is more than the Voice Of A Generation--he's the Conscience Of A Generation.
Conscience and integrity, truth, greatest lyrist ever, up there with Keats's, Shakespeare, Dickens. Dylan is a genius. Take care.
Thankfully. He will out live us all.. At least he had something to say.
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I love this tune!! I love the whole "Oh Mercy" album. Thanks Bob!!!!
He who keeps me sane. Through these crazy times..
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This song is timeless. This might be my favorite of his.
He was born with so many talents which makes me so jealous. A sheer genius 🤩❤🤩❤🤩❤🤩
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Quintessential Bob Dylan ...this song is testament to what he essentially represents and known for.
Everyone should listen to this song this morning...
Great song anno 2023 , still alive and kicking
I saw that in Much Music channel & i loved it
I love this song and this album. Dylan and Daniel Lanois was a match made in musical heaven.
"we live in a political world, love don't have any place, we're living in times where men commit crimes and crime don't have a face" so true, great song
+Shyra Michelle all of it is true. But it isnt just men that commit crimes.
+StuckInnerRut I think the term 'men' is meant to cover men and women.
Crime doesn't have a face/ the executioner's face is always well hidden
Paul Archer. Bingo. It's unreal how effortlessly profound he is sometimes. "look out kid, they keep it well hid"
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masterpiece. both melody and lyrics. we are fortunate to have this!
Thanks
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Dylan is and always bee relevant. This is real music, unlike a lot of what passes for music today.
nearly 40 years and this message is still as relevant as the day it was recorded. Also the instrumentation on this track kicks ass. Like the songs the cowboys would’ve played as they ride through on their horses. Gotta love Dylan!
Perfect song, perfect video to go with it
Never has a song been so true than it is today! God Help Us! Happy Birthday Bob Dylan! Of all you albums this one MERCY is my favorite! Thanks for writing it!
@voicegirl555 it's one of my favorite albums, too.
SO GREAT..... PROPHET....
Some things never change....
Although perhaps they should....
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The best kind of Rock. The real thing.
Ain't nothing new under the sun. Thanks bob for being a voice for the voiceless!!!
One the top 5 songwriters of the Age.
Happy Birthday Bob Dylan, poet,prophet, just THE BEST
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Bob you never cease to amaze me with your works. You are truly the best of all time. I love you and all you do.
Would love to be on a dance floor dancing to this. No thought just full physical, rhythmic union with the song. Amazing!
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@@Bryanadamsmusicinc I love meeting you on here too. It’s simply wonderful !
@@georginaaldridge1707 happy new year to you and your family; so have you ever been to our concerts?
wedding bells ring angels sing and clouds cover up the ground BRILLIANT SONG BRILLIANT ALBUM THANK YOU BOB AND DANIEL
the best!!
Loved this song back when--No, I had no idea how relevant it would be today!! It's not about parties, left or right, but government today in general!! Lest we forget, it's about us too!!
A year ago was nuthin'. Shit's getting real now.
Yes, so relevant with what is happening now. Find myself listening to Bob Dylan more too. Love his music, his prose.
Wow! Times are changing.
Government is political. Politics gone bad. Now scarier than ever.
There are songs can redefine your perception of an artist u have love your entire life . This is one of those songs for me .
Listening on AirPods and hearing all kinds of deeper percussive layers I never noticed before …are those SPOONS I hear?!
still so true, thank you Mr. Zimmermann. And a great tune too. Love it.
I hadn't heard of this song until I read about it in Bob's book, Chronicles volume 1. Great song.
First time hear! LYRICS? Grand Music choice for this harsh subject We live in a ‘Political World’ Yes! Straight and fierce Rhythm! Lets get out.. turn it round into a Caring Humane World❣️🌹🌺We Can👌🌞 Thanks DearDylan❤️
I love you Bob, I REALLY want to know what YOU think about this World now.
😭😭😭
Listen to Murder Most Foul
I don't know but something tells me his lyrics are more relevant than ever 30 years after it was released!
So RELEVANT today....
Stay safe everyone...🌹
Love ya Lucky and thanks for all the great music through all the years
Happy early Birthday
played this last night,,,once again Bob nails the situation unfolding 30 years before the event,,,
Bob, you nailed it for sure with this one💯💖❤️🔥💗💌💌♥️
Francis Schaeffer, the Christian Philosopher and Theologian who died in the 80s, mentions this song in one of his books. He passed away in the early 80s. Os Guinness refers to this tragedy as Comodification. Everything is for sale. The things humans deeply yearn for disappear in this kind of culture. Again, everything is for sale. Guinness believes a good culture produces things that aren't for sale. But when the type of society where everything is for sale, love is the commodity that is lost, relationships, friendships, marriages.
Well said Robert...Sad it is hard to find people nowadays who see the simple face value of what you state..God bless Brother...Jesus is Lord...
Robert West How could he have written about it if he died before the song came out?
He couldn't have. Schaeffer frequently quoted Dylan lyrics. He took the side of the counter culture against the materialism of their parents. Sorry about the faux pas.
if you are following Schaeffer your living in the past error, come out and be separate
This song was written in 1989. How could a man who died in the early 80s mention it in his book??????????
❤um...& the painting is Bobby's too? Just as extraorinarily surprising and fresh as the song ..painting is the icing on Dylan's angel food cake. Tho Im not sure it is his, it sure could be. Gifts from that Great One.
Seen him on his rough and rowdy tour favorite artist
First saw this in 89 or 90, couldn't recall name of song, been searching for Decades, finally found it! I ❤️ YT!
I love this album /I love this song and I love you bob.
he can do more with ONE CHORD than most can with .....
Esp with Landis behind him lol
He really got down on this one. 😍♥
This is the first music that intrigued me.(I sort of knew who Dylan was...) So many years ago.
Great Daniel Lanois production
Awesome but simple video. Gorgeous models starring on it. It proves that the late Eighties indeed rocked.
If you don't listen to this song a hundred times a day, there's no hope for you, kid.
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Cool stuff
You can shout God's name but you're not even sure WHAT IT IS! Brilliant and true
Just love all your music Bob Dylan happy monday everybody.
Bob dylan is a god for ever..
its so good, such drive, such energy deep meaningful ,fly free bob
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One of my top 3 favorite Dylan songs along with The Times They Are a Changin' and The Man in Me.
One of his best, but my all-time favorite is _Every Grain of Sand_
Lyrics:
We live in a political world
Love don't have any place
We're living in times
Where men commit crimes
And crime don't have any face.
We live in a political world
Icicles hanging down
Wedding bells ring
And angels sing
Clouds cover up the ground.
Bob Dylan is a rare artist that has managed to transcend genre to become a universally praised songwriter, performer and musician of the 20th- and 21st-centuries. Starting out as a chronicler of social issues in the 1960s, Dylan has had true staying power with thirty-two studio albums released in 53 years - the most recent of which is 2015's critically acclaimed Shadows in the Night. My heart melts MM 7 3 24
Because Bobby is a seer & Prophet
From "POLITICAL WORLD" by Bob Dylan:
We live in a political world,
Turning and a-thrashing about,
As soon as you're awake, you're trained to take,
What looks like the easy way out.
I just heard this cool tune for the first time while watching the Robin Williams movie "Man Of The Year"
My life's sound track...DYLAN.....(thank you for that David, sending hugs and blessings up)
❤ Beautiful choose
Lyrics
We live in a political world
Love don't have any place
We're living in times
Where men commit crimes
And crime don't have any face
We live in a political world
Icicles hanging own
Wedding bells ring
And angels sing
And clouds cover up the ground
We live in a political world
Wisdom is thrown in jail
It rots in a cell
Is misguided as hell
Leaving no one to pick up the trail
We live in a political world
Where mercy walks the plank
Life is in mirrors
Death disappears
Up the steps to the nearest bank
We live in a political world
Courage is a thing of the past
Houses are haunted
Children unwanted
The next day could be your last
We live in a political world
The one we can see and feel
But there's no one to check
It's all a stacked deck
We all know for sure that it's real
We live in a political world
In the cities of lonesome fear
Little by little
You turn in the middle
But you're never sure why you're here
We live in a political world
Under the microscope
You can travel anywhere
And hang yourself there
You always got more than enough rope
We live in a political world
Turning and trashing about
As soon as you're awake
You're trained to take
What looks like the easy way out
We live in a political world
Where peace is not welcome at all
It's turned away from the door
To wonder some more
Or put up against the wall
We live in a political world
Everything is hers and his
Climb into the frame
And shout God's name
But you're never sure what it is
Thanks so much🎶❣️
Genius
saved me doing it x
nice chord progression!
+wannabeadogyear ha
nice progression from one chord!
ha
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seriously when he played it live in 1990 - see what soloparts the great g.e.smith made out of this
LOVE YOU BROTHER!!!!!!!!!
Great song
Again and again and again... Damn, it gives me hope. Even though we live in a political word. UFB and I can't stand the truncation of language. However; Un f'n believable. I can't be a living masterpiece, though, I can try till the day I die. This is great. Thank you!
Nice to see this BACK online
What a great song!
Awsome ❤
superb
One of my personal dylan favourite
Brilliant
The Zim wanted a hit. He's got one. A song very closed to dire straits in my opinion.
I was thinking the same (about Dire Straits). Also a bit of JJ Cale (o:þ
Hey Bob, God bless you sir.
Such a compelling song.
Thank you
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He looks amazing indeed
je n'en reviens pas à la réécoute de cet album de voir de quelle manière BDylan était revenu au firmament du rock. Album insurpassable avec une production DLanoi à tomber. Sublime du début à la fin.
Love this song
This and…
“Everything Is Broken”… are like bookends (pun intended) .
Say what you want. This is the best album he ever made.
Such a brilliant song!
This political .. makes that people are contre people and love could not to realised in form prevue by God..darkness may to comme..but We are a Love variors..don't let it ..don't let..Love Yours songs Bob Dylan..when to knocking in the heavens doors it is not to late..We started on with our Love we have got ♡♥♥♥
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Bob's best song
enlightenment is a prize!
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essa vídeo ta muito legal, valeu aí.
Choose is freedom
Beautiful brilliant song. We both understand but did you live through it. Passed is change because i changed my mind set.i now knows why I here and that's enough headache for one day. Peaceful prossess is fuiled freedom not the one you find on the ground.
Powerful