I know, what a great, deeply layered song - that no one but Bob Dylan ever could have written. “I was thinkin’ about the things that Rosie said I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie’s bed” When I heard Sheryl Crow’s what seemed to me bizarrely upbeat version, I thought, How the hell and WHY would she give it that treatment?! I knew Dylan had sent her a demo of it before his own recording of it was released on “Love and Theft” and wondered how she would have gotten from his to hers. Then Bootleg Series #17, Fragments: The TOOM Sessions came out, and on the full 5-CD set there are more different musically styled treatments of Mississippi than any other song there. Unlike others where the lyrics went through all kinds of evolutions, Mississippi’s words remained largely unchanged while Dylan tried it out in at least 4-5 completely different arrangements, styles, and tempos, including a bright, upbeat one that sounds very close to Crow’s. So I guess we know now which demo version he sent her! 😊 Amazing collection, BTW, for getting a glimpse into Dylan’s creative processes.
Been listening to Bob Dylan since I heard his first album in 1965. Got tuned in because I went to the same high school as Joan Baez. This to me is his best song. Or maybe Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, if that's the title. So many others that when just after I listen to them I also think are his best: 'Senor, Senor, can you tell me where we're headin', Lincoln County or Armageddon' that's not bad either. He's about the nearest living person I've ever known of that's next to Jesus, and I'm not even a Christian.
I second that opinion: Gorgeous! Magnificent too! I love that white Riverboat Captain coat he's wearing, it's perfect for this song. Thanks for all your hard work in bringing this to us!
Love it!!!!to write and sing that song wasn't wrong - not for a second- great rendition, and it would be unbeliveable cool if Bob give that song a new change and bring it to life again. That song got a potencial for a lifetime
Hurray,,, Mississippi.... They middle section.... always can't wait for it .... !!!! Such a great instrumental trip to go along with this story.... IM SORRY, TOO....
Is the implication that Zimmerman (who's had his picture taken at the wailing wall) had inside knowledge about that event? If so, that sounds like a pretty wild theory
the line comes directly from an old black and white movie, which Dylan has always been fond of. I can't remember exactly which one but I remember being shocked when they said it verbatim. For some reason Bogart comes to mind, but that may just be because I've seen quite a few Bogart movies that Dylan used direct lines from.
Thanks for that info, Jeremy. I wasn't aware of this particular case. But I've also stumbled onto cases where Dylan quoted lines from Bogart movies. Years ago my husband and I were watching a week-long series of Bogart movies on Turner Classic Movies, and caught one of his lesser known collaborations with Lauren Bacall - "Sirocco." We were pretty surprised over the course of the movie to discover that whole lines of "Tight Connection to My Heart" were lifted directly from their dialogue in a couple of different scenes. One thing that is well known by now is that Dylan is a huge movie fan, and is probably particularly fond of or at least knowledgeable about the old Hollywood movies he grew up watching. I don't doubt that one reason for his familiarity with so many is that his mother's family owned a slew of movie palaces in the area including perhaps as many as a half dozen in Hibbing alone. I like to imagine that Bob's uncles, grandparents', whoever, used to let him come for free in the afternoons after school or maybe in the evenings with friends to watch as many showings as he cared to. Several years ago, his youngest daughter Desiree, in a Father's Day or birthday greeting posting on Instagram mentioned that among the things her dad's house meant to her was sitting together watching TCM on TV.
@@ArturArtist that's wonderful to hear about TCM and his daughter. What actually gave me the old movie bug (I'm only 50 so didn't live through that era) was hearing Brownsville Girl in my late teens. The Gunfighter ended up becoming my favorite movie and Peck my favorite actor in general. The more I've watched old movies through the years the more I realized just how much Dylan pulled from them. There's the obvious Tight Connection Empire stuff then there's the obscure things from like L&T and various others I've forgotten but added great surprise and joy when hearing it in a movie. It's like a treasure hunt lol
@@JMDarkeyez Gregory Peck has always been one of my very favorite actors. He has that quiet, dignified moral authority. I can’t imagine Atticus Finch being different in any way. He was obviously one of Dylan’s favorite actors. I’m so glad it was arranged for him to present Bob with his Kennrdy Center honor. I read an article about and interview with Lauren Bacall later, who met Dylan at the reception afterwards that night. (or Dylan met her!) The interviewer asked what it was like meeting him - I think the question was posed in a way that referenced Dylan’s reputation for being aloof, standoffish, unfriendly, hard to talk to. Bacall’s answer, “Oh, he’s adorable!” I can just hear her saying it in her signature Bacall voice. Dylan of course can be surprisingly friendly at times, standoffish, silent, even rude at others. But I’m sure that meeting Bacall he was a bit of a starstruck teenager with a crush, delighted to see her there, and therefore charming and super-cute. 😃
@@JMDarkeyez I want to ask if you recall - I think you may have bought some Dylan items from me on eBay several years ago, and I may have sent you a copy of the DVD video sampler my late husband had put together with a half dozen clips from the footage I shot. Was that you, or am I confusing you with someome else? --Carol
Just a comment on the question asked in the title (Really?). This is Henry Rollins in various works (thanks to Scott Warmuth): "(1) Yes your days are numbered / No you’ll never escape; (2) I have nothing for you / I don’t even have a self for myself anymore; (3) It should start getting interesting right about now; (4) You can’t come back. Smoke slowly rises from the burnt villages I left back there. You can’t come back, not all the way. Never." End of quotes. Boy, can the man sing - Rollins should feel honoured and probably does. Cheers.
Thanks for your comment. Glad to hear you’re enjoying the video. Yes! That is “Bob Dylan” inlaid on the fretboard. I never noticed it before, at concerts or when looking at my videos from this tour, until I got some AI software that lets you upscale the resolution, eliminate video noise, and sharpen the picture, which made it visible for the first time. Someone else identified the model as a Fender Stratocaster but wanted to know more. Does anyone else out there have any more info?
Thank you, SuperFM! I feel humbled, but also mainly grateful and happy knowing you and others derive so much enjoyment from these videos. Bob Dylan has meant so much to me for more than 50 years now. It means a lot to me to be able to share some of that “wonderfulness” I get from him with other people who appreciate Dylan so much, too. 🥲
@@ArturArtist Well Carol, you were certainly blessed to be able to have the goods to share, for sure! Far as I know it, when we can come together in a shared love, as happens here....well...the world is as it should be. Sincere thanks like a never ending hug for the gifts you bring! Peace, love and tranquility, Dear Lady.
Bobby SO BEAUTIFUL ❤ & NOBLE SOUL. HE'S ALWAYS SO R E A L NO MATTER WAT. TRUE ARTISTRY & A SWEET, HUMBLE MASTER OF THE HUMAN HEART & EVEN HIDDEN SOUL WITHIN
Similar to the Eagles' line in Hotel California: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. When you "think" about them they don't make any sense; but then, again, you "know" they are true.
Interesting observation. My son recently told me something he read about Hotel California, and I think he may be right. There was a terribly abusive “troubled teen” boarding school named Elan in Poland, Maine for many years where Glen Frey’s brother may have been sent. It was run by essentially a thug named Joe Ricci who had protection from state officials which for years kept investigations of its horrible practices from going anywhere. It was finally shut down about a decade ago. Many kids who went there were scarred for life. Not a few later committed suicide. Some particular words in the song are the same as terms that were specifically used at Elan. Having known the song since it came out when I was in college I had my own impressions of what it was about for years, and was pretty incredulous of the connection to Elan. I also knew about the school from Ben who’d been reading and telling me about it with horrified fascination for years. After we went through the lyrics line by line and talked about how they related to the school, though, I’m convinced the theory is correct. It makes perfect sense out out of lines and imagery that seem disconnected, opaque, or otherwise not fitting with interpretations of other parts as they’re generally interpreted. I’m 99.9% sure now the song is primarily about Elan, disguised a bit with the California theme to make it more pop-friendly and also maybe intentionally hide the connection because that guy Ricci was “connected” as they say - he was known as a guy who could “make people disappear” who crossed him. Here’s a link to one of many, many articles about Elan and personal testimonies you can find online from people who had the ill fate of getting sent there. wjbq.com/elan/
@@ArturArtist Thanks for the details and the reflections. Seems to me that the mistreatment of humans by other humans brings tale after tale to our histories. Nowadays, I am looking at Bangladesh and the downfall of the iron lady's one-party-rule: how cruel they treated their own folks. Alas, time in my pessimistic view will not show better on a large level: maybe only some individuals will be saved. By their own efforts.
Long Live Bob Dylan
my favorite line in Mississippi: "all my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime could never do you justice in reason or rhyme..."
The Mine too
got nothing but affection for this song.
I know, what a great, deeply layered song - that no one but Bob Dylan ever could have written.
“I was thinkin’ about the things that Rosie said
I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie’s bed”
When I heard Sheryl Crow’s what seemed to me bizarrely upbeat version, I thought, How the hell and WHY would she give it that treatment?! I knew Dylan had sent her a demo of it before his own recording of it was released on “Love and Theft” and wondered how she would have gotten from his to hers.
Then Bootleg Series #17, Fragments: The TOOM Sessions came out, and on the full 5-CD set there are more different musically styled treatments of Mississippi than any other song there. Unlike others where the lyrics went through all kinds of evolutions, Mississippi’s words remained largely unchanged while Dylan tried it out in at least 4-5 completely different arrangements, styles, and tempos, including a bright, upbeat one that sounds very close to Crow’s.
So I guess we know now which demo version he sent her! 😊
Amazing collection, BTW, for getting a glimpse into Dylan’s creative processes.
❤❤I 💘 this thanks for sharing 👍 love Bobby forever
I’m happy to know you’re enjoying it!
Interpretação fantastica!!!
Been listening to Bob Dylan since I heard his first album in 1965. Got tuned in because I went to the same high school as Joan Baez.
This to me is his best song. Or maybe Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, if that's the title. So many others that when just after I listen to them I also think are his best: 'Senor, Senor, can you tell me where we're headin', Lincoln County or Armageddon' that's not bad either. He's about the nearest living person I've ever known of that's next to Jesus, and I'm not even a Christian.
Simply magic! Love you Bob.
Magnificent video. Thank you for posting. Long live Bob Dylan,indeed.❤
You’re so very welcome! 😊
My favorite song! Thanks for sharing : )
Great favorite of mine too
Wonder why at times
I second that opinion: Gorgeous! Magnificent too! I love that white Riverboat Captain coat he's wearing, it's perfect for this song. Thanks for all your hard work in bringing this to us!
Love it!!!!to write and sing that song wasn't wrong - not for a second- great rendition, and it would be unbeliveable cool if Bob give that song a new change and bring it to life again. That song got a potencial for a lifetime
Fabulous, Carol,,,, as always ... you nail it !! It's like we're right there now !! Bravo ,,,,
Thanks, Janey! 🥰
thank for all your questions & insights
Hurray,,, Mississippi.... They middle section.... always can't wait for it .... !!!! Such a great instrumental trip to go along with this story.... IM SORRY, TOO....
Such a track. Love that live arrangement at the time. Sound's so good.
Gorgeous. He played it in Edmonton as well.
Another brilliant reflection on one of Dylan’s songs. This one, like so many others, just continues to grow on me. Thank you.
"Sky's on fire/pain pourin' down". From an album released on 9-11-2001.
Is the implication that Zimmerman (who's had his picture taken at the wailing wall) had inside knowledge about that event? If so, that sounds like a pretty wild theory
@@_Singularity_ No. Not at all the implication. Never entered my mind.
@@GD-rd6ig I agree with you then, that wouldn’t make any sense
@@_Singularity_ I just remember how eerie it was to hear at that time. That's all.
Люблю тебя, Дилан❤
the line comes directly from an old black and white movie, which Dylan has always been fond of. I can't remember exactly which one but I remember being shocked when they said it verbatim. For some reason Bogart comes to mind, but that may just be because I've seen quite a few Bogart movies that Dylan used direct lines from.
Thanks for that info, Jeremy. I wasn't aware of this particular case. But I've also stumbled onto cases where Dylan quoted lines from Bogart movies. Years ago my husband and I were watching a week-long series of Bogart movies on Turner Classic Movies, and caught one of his lesser known collaborations with Lauren Bacall - "Sirocco." We were pretty surprised over the course of the movie to discover that whole lines of "Tight Connection to My Heart" were lifted directly from their dialogue in a couple of different scenes.
One thing that is well known by now is that Dylan is a huge movie fan, and is probably particularly fond of or at least knowledgeable about the old Hollywood movies he grew up watching. I don't doubt that one reason for his familiarity with so many is that his mother's family owned a slew of movie palaces in the area including perhaps as many as a half dozen in Hibbing alone. I like to imagine that Bob's uncles, grandparents', whoever, used to let him come for free in the afternoons after school or maybe in the evenings with friends to watch as many showings as he cared to.
Several years ago, his youngest daughter Desiree, in a Father's Day or birthday greeting posting on Instagram mentioned that among the things her dad's house meant to her was sitting together watching TCM on TV.
@@ArturArtist that's wonderful to hear about TCM and his daughter. What actually gave me the old movie bug (I'm only 50 so didn't live through that era) was hearing Brownsville Girl in my late teens. The Gunfighter ended up becoming my favorite movie and Peck my favorite actor in general. The more I've watched old movies through the years the more I realized just how much Dylan pulled from them. There's the obvious Tight Connection Empire stuff then there's the obscure things from like L&T and various others I've forgotten but added great surprise and joy when hearing it in a movie. It's like a treasure hunt lol
@@JMDarkeyez The Gunfighter is a really good film and Gregory Peck a very fine actor.
@@JMDarkeyez Gregory Peck has always been one of my very favorite actors. He has that quiet, dignified moral authority. I can’t imagine Atticus Finch being different in any way.
He was obviously one of Dylan’s favorite actors. I’m so glad it was arranged for him to present Bob with his Kennrdy Center honor.
I read an article about and interview with Lauren Bacall later, who met Dylan at the reception afterwards that night. (or Dylan met her!)
The interviewer asked what it was like meeting him - I think the question was posed in a way that referenced Dylan’s reputation for being aloof, standoffish, unfriendly, hard to talk to.
Bacall’s answer, “Oh, he’s adorable!”
I can just hear her saying it in her signature Bacall voice.
Dylan of course can be surprisingly friendly at times, standoffish, silent, even rude at others.
But I’m sure that meeting Bacall he was a bit of a starstruck teenager with a crush, delighted to see her there, and therefore charming and super-cute. 😃
@@JMDarkeyez I want to ask if you recall - I think you may have bought some Dylan items from me on eBay several years ago, and I may have sent you a copy of the DVD video sampler my late husband had put together with a half dozen clips from the footage I shot.
Was that you, or am I confusing you with someome else?
--Carol
I've been following these, thanks...
Great to hear!
Just a comment on the question asked in the title (Really?). This is Henry Rollins in various works (thanks to Scott Warmuth): "(1) Yes your days are numbered / No you’ll never escape; (2) I have nothing for you / I don’t even have a self for myself anymore; (3) It should start getting interesting right about now; (4) You can’t come back. Smoke slowly rises from the burnt villages I left back there. You can’t come back, not all the way. Never." End of quotes. Boy, can the man sing - Rollins should feel honoured and probably does. Cheers.
Your days are numbered. So are mine.
Amo a Dylan hasta siempre
Love
❤
I wanna know know about that strat with his name on on the fretboard- Anybody got any ideas about it? Great vid amigo- Thanks for posting!
I love that line, though…
Master
Excellent video. Thank you. (Anyone recognize the guitar he is playing? Is that "Bob Dylan" written on the fretboard?)
Thanks for your comment. Glad to hear you’re enjoying the video.
Yes! That is “Bob Dylan” inlaid on the fretboard. I never noticed it before, at concerts or when looking at my videos from this tour, until I got some AI software that lets you upscale the resolution, eliminate video noise, and sharpen the picture, which made it visible for the first time.
Someone else identified the model as a Fender Stratocaster but wanted to know more.
Does anyone else out there have any more info?
Say any thing you want ,I've heard it all...one favorite song ...ring true
Bob is the Bard, but Carol is the Bees Knees!
Thank you, SuperFM! I feel humbled, but also mainly grateful and happy knowing you and others derive so much enjoyment from these videos.
Bob Dylan has meant so much to me for more than 50 years now. It means a lot to me to be able to share some of that “wonderfulness” I get from him with other people who appreciate Dylan so much, too. 🥲
@@ArturArtist Well Carol, you were certainly blessed to be able to have the goods to share, for sure! Far as I know it, when we can come together in a shared love, as happens here....well...the world is as it should be. Sincere thanks like a never ending hug for the gifts you bring! Peace, love and tranquility, Dear Lady.
❤❤❤
Yes it is true.
Bobby SO BEAUTIFUL ❤ & NOBLE SOUL. HE'S ALWAYS SO R E A L NO MATTER WAT. TRUE ARTISTRY & A SWEET, HUMBLE MASTER OF THE HUMAN HEART & EVEN HIDDEN SOUL WITHIN
🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️
❤❤ Jól látom hogy Dylan gitárján nincsenek bundok ?😊❤❤
Kitűnő dal és előadás.❤
WORTH Googling t words ( Lyrics) of BD sung with his Protojes & buddies ❤
Similar to the Eagles' line in Hotel California: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. When you "think" about them they don't make any sense; but then, again, you "know" they are true.
Interesting observation. My son recently told me something he read about Hotel California, and I think he may be right. There was a terribly abusive “troubled teen” boarding school named Elan in Poland, Maine for many years where Glen Frey’s brother may have been sent. It was run by essentially a thug named Joe Ricci who had protection from state officials which for years kept investigations of its horrible practices from going anywhere. It was finally shut down about a decade ago. Many kids who went there were scarred for life. Not a few later committed suicide. Some particular words in the song are the same as terms that were specifically used at Elan. Having known the song since it came out when I was in college I had my own impressions of what it was about for years, and was pretty incredulous of the connection to Elan. I also knew about the school from Ben who’d been reading and telling me about it with horrified fascination for years.
After we went through the lyrics line by line and talked about how they related to the school, though, I’m convinced the theory is correct. It makes perfect sense out out of lines and imagery that seem disconnected, opaque, or otherwise not fitting with interpretations of other parts as they’re generally interpreted.
I’m 99.9% sure now the song is primarily about Elan, disguised a bit with the California theme to make it more pop-friendly and also maybe intentionally hide the connection because that guy Ricci was “connected” as they say - he was known as a guy who could “make people disappear” who crossed him.
Here’s a link to one of many, many articles about Elan and personal testimonies you can find online from people who had the ill fate of getting sent there. wjbq.com/elan/
@@ArturArtist Thanks for the details and the reflections. Seems to me that the mistreatment of humans by other humans brings tale after tale to our histories. Nowadays, I am looking at Bangladesh and the downfall of the iron lady's one-party-rule: how cruel they treated their own folks. Alas, time in my pessimistic view will not show better on a large level: maybe only some individuals will be saved. By their own efforts.
Am so in love ❤️💋Sherilundberg
Robbie there...
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