Bob Dylan - Visions Of Johanna (Live 1966) [HD FOOTAGE]

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  • Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
  • I'll be uploading a fifty-minute project of Dylan material this Saturday, so stay tuned! Here's an excerpt that I thought should be released on its own. I overdubbed the original audio from this footage with superior-quality soundboard recordings from "The 1966 Live Recordings." Also, this footage is from two concerts, and though I took much care to edit the tracks together precisely, you might hear a little inconsistency. Nonetheless, it's a haunting performance by Dylan. Enjoy this gem while you can!

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  • @frankswildyear
    @frankswildyear Рік тому +107

    I used to lay in the dark in my teens and listen to this song over and over. It took me to a place beyond this world.Each time, I heard a different tale

    • @80sRadDad
      @80sRadDad 7 місяців тому +3

      Same experience here

    • @jimkeating3067
      @jimkeating3067 5 місяців тому +4

      That’s one of the mysteries of bobs poetry, it’s different for each listener imo. This is one of my favourite songs of all time. I love the other live version even better than the original

    • @Moonequin
      @Moonequin 5 місяців тому +2

      Same! Good music is good music regardless

    • @mrsweettater
      @mrsweettater 4 місяці тому +4

      I think I started listening to Dylan in 7th grade. Every time I hear him, my mind starts running over his lyrics and weird delivery, with all the joy of that pudgy little 7th grader. Bob just takes your mind on some wild ass adventure every time I hear him!

    • @jimkeating3067
      @jimkeating3067 4 місяці тому +3

      @@mrsweettater too right mate. He paints a picture in my mind

  • @lucy-zh8uc
    @lucy-zh8uc 4 роки тому +346

    man....there's something about this song, his voice, his eyes, his words. I can't really explain.

  • @peterpagous8335
    @peterpagous8335 Рік тому +73

    If you are here, you are witnessing greatness

  • @rlsander1
    @rlsander1 2 місяці тому +17

    I am 64 years old and i am still discovering his music and appreciating it more

    • @nicholaspanos2602
      @nicholaspanos2602 2 місяці тому

      I'm 15 years older than you, & still discovering ,bought my first album in '63.

  • @matthewobrien4279
    @matthewobrien4279 5 років тому +343

    Absolute genius!!! Most of this crowd who were crowing for Bob to play his early folk songs didn't realize what they were witnessing!!!

    • @billlewis9899
      @billlewis9899 4 роки тому +1

      Been vivid view via chance vhv Vic chi hvhvvvivivuvvhvvvcvvvhvvgvv vbbvvbvbv

    • @matthewobrien4279
      @matthewobrien4279 4 роки тому +11

      "Dude," I was referring to his whole set, not just this one particular song in his amazing transformation as a wordsmith and songwriter. If you don't consider "Visions of Johann" as genius, I doubt, on the other hand, that you'll argue with the finale to this set, "Like A Rolling Stone" as being the real deal.

    • @bonkeydollocks1879
      @bonkeydollocks1879 4 роки тому +8

      @@matthewobrien4279 ignore him Matthew, he knows nothing, not a thing. Leave him to mediocracy

    • @aidanhenn2217
      @aidanhenn2217 4 роки тому +7

      @@matthewobrien4279 no this one particular song is genius on its own, as is the set but Visions of Johanna is a lyrical masterpiece. Don't listen to this dude.

    • @samszigeti2365
      @samszigeti2365 4 роки тому +1

      Moon Dancer you must have never been in love

  • @evancodsworth2
    @evancodsworth2 3 роки тому +351

    Nobody can sing quite like Dylan. He’s one of a kind. His voice is rough, nasally, boyish, mature and beautiful at the same time. He doesn’t get enough praise for his phrasing, pronunciations, pauzes. The mood he sets in his songs is just incredible.

    • @individuox4895
      @individuox4895 3 роки тому +21

      How can I explain? It's soOOooO hard to get on

    • @sublou6786
      @sublou6786 2 роки тому +2

      He's super sassy I reckon at times haha such a performer, alongside his poetic genius

    • @leahflower9924
      @leahflower9924 2 роки тому +4

      I like his facial expressions he seems to really feel what he sings about

    • @KingMinosxxvi
      @KingMinosxxvi 2 роки тому

      shut the fuck up...your ruing it bitch

    • @corbin100a
      @corbin100a 2 роки тому +1

      Joan Baez said it was all fake, a for effect
      ( look it up) she should know

  • @mythicsin3083
    @mythicsin3083 4 роки тому +155

    Saw him in 77, 80 and 85. All amazing. Named my daughter Johanna 😎

    • @RichardLimbert
      @RichardLimbert 4 роки тому +1

      Bob Dylan hasn't played any concert in 1977 at all.

    • @mythicsin3083
      @mythicsin3083 4 роки тому +3

      Richard Limbert 78 Portland Oregon. 1980 Salem Oregon. 1988 With Tom Petty in Portland. K?

    • @RichardLimbert
      @RichardLimbert 4 роки тому +1

      ​@@mythicsin3083 That's true. I was just confused that you wrote 1977.

    • @mythicsin3083
      @mythicsin3083 4 роки тому +4

      Richard Limbert No you’re right. So many concerts, so many years ago lol....The first time I saw him he was doing his kind of big band thing. It was fantastic. The second was in a 5000 person venue and we were maybe 15 feet from Dylan. The third was with Tom Petty, outside and was amazing as well.

    • @mythicsin3083
      @mythicsin3083 4 роки тому +3

      RNM45 You couldn’t be more clever than that??

  • @jotacalvo
    @jotacalvo 2 роки тому +577

    Despite his longevity and acclaim, I still feel his talent is underestimated. I don’t think the world will ever fully know the depth of Bob's consciousness.

    • @kennykatzgrau1997
      @kennykatzgrau1997 2 роки тому +43

      Nope, the world won't know it - but a few will. And they'll also wonder how the hell he hit that depth so young.

    • @jotacalvo
      @jotacalvo 2 роки тому +1

      @@11celtics11 your errant use of the word literally in this context relieves me of any need for making a defense lol. I’ll just add, though, that your response is kind of my point. I’m sorry that you don’t get it.

    • @donmakowichuk9905
      @donmakowichuk9905 2 роки тому +12

      Totally agree. When I speak of his music to people, even music lovers, most don't get it. I want to live for 200 years just to see if he is finally fully acknowledged.

    • @DanFernandesBenficaSaint
      @DanFernandesBenficaSaint 2 роки тому +6

      When you sell your soul to the devil how can you expect the world of gods people to understand!? Just saying. Dylan is my hero.

    • @gregsilsby6884
      @gregsilsby6884 2 роки тому +3

      You’re obviously not a fan.

  • @o_solovio
    @o_solovio 5 років тому +377

    If I could ever do a time travel, a 1966 Bob Dylan gig would my choice. I woudln't even doubt.

    • @Laurensnl
      @Laurensnl 5 років тому +6

      That and woodstock!

    • @yeetusmymeatus4008
      @yeetusmymeatus4008 4 роки тому +2

      I would hear arguments for a 1973 Led Zeppelin gig

    • @reachbk101
      @reachbk101 4 роки тому +22

      Saw him at Newport folk festival in 63,64,65

    • @johnanderson8096
      @johnanderson8096 4 роки тому +1

      @@yeetusmymeatus4008 Im a complete Dylan Head... Id listen to that argument too!!!

    • @johnanderson8096
      @johnanderson8096 4 роки тому

      @@reachbk101 WOW... Game, Set , Match... Bruce Nunes!!! AWESOME!!!!

  • @lesliescott2362
    @lesliescott2362 2 роки тому +59

    I think lyrically this is Dylan's most beautiful and poetic song. That's really hard to say as there is so much that ranks so highly. But I love this song and this film of his live performance is a joy to watch and listen to!

    • @benmeltzer
      @benmeltzer 11 місяців тому +4

      the big 7:
      A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
      Chimes Of Freedom
      Gates Of Eden
      Mr. Tambourine Man
      It's Alright Ma
      Desolation Row
      Visions Of Johanna

    • @lesliescott2362
      @lesliescott2362 11 місяців тому +1

      @@benmeltzer I'm right there with ya. That's about my list.

  • @elston3153
    @elston3153 4 місяці тому +15

    One of the greatest songs ever written by the greatest creator of songs ever,

  • @gloria7190
    @gloria7190 5 місяців тому +15

    I’m so glad UA-cam exists. Imagine missing this. I hate the transience of life. But at least this video exists

  • @jpw4795
    @jpw4795 5 років тому +318

    "the ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face."

    • @AA-sn9lz
      @AA-sn9lz 4 роки тому +2

      @J. Dallison someone special.

    • @dugbert9
      @dugbert9 4 роки тому +1

      something to do with an ex lover that was on TV?

    • @AA-sn9lz
      @AA-sn9lz 4 роки тому +6

      @@dugbert9 don't go on the face value of words my friend. Dig deeper

    • @robertnichol471
      @robertnichol471 4 роки тому +6

      My favorite Dylan lyric

    • @Bulshie
      @Bulshie 4 роки тому +1

      But you didn't hear that here, or any of the rest of that - IMO the best - verse.

  • @idiotsavant751
    @idiotsavant751 3 роки тому +198

    Very few in that audience understood what was happening before their eyes. This song captured me the first time I heard it. This performance is just extraordinary

    • @KMAK88
      @KMAK88 2 роки тому +3

      I feel the same ,but which version did you hear first ?

    • @idiotsavant751
      @idiotsavant751 2 роки тому +10

      @@KMAK88 the Blonde on Blonde version

    • @mrbungle83
      @mrbungle83 Рік тому +7

      I know this song & I can sing play it all without a sheet
      Took me weeks to learn it but it's the song of my childhood & the most beautiful song ever

    • @auramac
      @auramac Рік тому +4

      And years later, no matter what anyone anywhere says, he never came close to this again. Genius. Supernova.

    • @kenkaplan3654
      @kenkaplan3654 11 місяців тому +1

      Agreed. At his zenith. Incandescent.

  • @JamesZlotkowski-do7wi
    @JamesZlotkowski-do7wi 5 місяців тому +21

    Dear Lord, it gets better every time I listen to it.

  • @judefliegler1745
    @judefliegler1745 5 місяців тому +21

    i love all Bob’s music but this era is from another universe ❤❤❤

  • @Birdwatching754
    @Birdwatching754 6 місяців тому +21

    A legend from the beginning. Hard to imagine his vision and how he looked at the future. Long live Bob.

  • @stevefaure415
    @stevefaure415 2 роки тому +13

    Entirely in his own universe here. A lot of people can play and sing and write songs but very, very few get up in the ether like this. We're all lucky to have lived in Bob's time.

  • @lifefordummies
    @lifefordummies 3 роки тому +95

    I am always amazed at how quiet the crowd is at these old concerts. In between songs you can hear a pin drop

    • @davidtowle4172
      @davidtowle4172 3 роки тому +1

      Normal for England at that time.

    • @leedrury6372
      @leedrury6372 2 роки тому +7

      Probably spellbound

    • @C.Hawkshaw
      @C.Hawkshaw 2 роки тому +5

      This is what respect meant.

    • @robertcronin6603
      @robertcronin6603 2 роки тому +2

      Yes - especially in contrast with the Beatles during this same time - they've stated that at times they literally couldn't even hear themselves sing over the din of screaming fans...he was and is very special.

    • @bustermot
      @bustermot Рік тому +2

      Meh. He just commanded it. He was that important. People have always been the same and always will be .

  • @pickeringpick
    @pickeringpick 10 місяців тому +9

    The recording of this performance remains my single favorite Dylan moment. He was never better than this. What an absolute privilege to have been in the audience on that day in 1966.

    • @snowfiresunwind
      @snowfiresunwind 2 місяці тому

      I envy you and everyone else who witnessed Bob in the UK in 1966.

  • @JL-rt9mi
    @JL-rt9mi 4 роки тому +77

    I could watch one million consecutive hours of '66 tour footage and I'm not even remotely kidding.

  • @PeterDaltrey
    @PeterDaltrey 2 роки тому +15

    A stoned classic....and here we are in 2022 still in awe of this man`s pure genius......

  • @jenniferbeetz7335
    @jenniferbeetz7335 2 роки тому +15

    I was two years old when Blonde on Blonde came out. years later I lived in a loft that looked down on the block that the cover (of Blonde on Blonde) depicts... and, I gotta say, what with our heat pipes coughing and also the girls on the D train and all of those jewels and binoculars... and... I cannot count how many times I went charging down East Broadway with the notes of this entire album (CD) blowing through my head as I raced to reached me dealer... and so, each time I listen to this and now especially watch this... I am thrown back into a world that only exists in my throwback times. I hope I am not the only one who experiences this.

    • @jenniferbeetz7335
      @jenniferbeetz7335 2 роки тому +4

      what I mean to say is I am blown away

    • @jimcolhoun5881
      @jimcolhoun5881 2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah ,one of Dylans great Poetic compositions and I believe one of Dylans own favourite,,God bless you Bob and keep you well

  • @lesliescott2362
    @lesliescott2362 4 роки тому +81

    Some of the most beautiful lyrics he ever wrote. Seeing him sing this live is wonderful.

  • @kevanbrown7620
    @kevanbrown7620 3 роки тому +30

    One of Dylan's absolute classics, definitely in an all time top 10 of Dylan tracks, maybe top 5, which is some honour, considering the amount of classics he's written in a huge body of work. I love the '66 acoustic live version's.

  • @rs19147
    @rs19147 3 роки тому +28

    I pray they release this performance of Visions Of Johanna in full one day. It is absolutely incredible.

    • @RandomEarthCinema
      @RandomEarthCinema 3 роки тому +2

      It’s on the real live 1966 release bucko!

    • @rs19147
      @rs19147 3 роки тому +1

      @@RandomEarthCinema I got that album man. I meant in video form. Should have said that sorry. If Scorsese got a clip this clear, surely the rest of it is somewhere?

    • @RandomEarthCinema
      @RandomEarthCinema 3 роки тому +1

      @@rs19147 Of course sorry. Yeah its def in the archive. Sad to say but I think as soon as Bob passes all that stuff gonna be going out on DVD real quick

    • @arricammarques1955
      @arricammarques1955 Рік тому

      ​@@rs19147 Italian DVD bootleg from the mid-90s, if memory serves.

    • @kenkaplan3654
      @kenkaplan3654 11 місяців тому

      @@RandomEarthCinema Only in audio. Not video.

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 3 роки тому +66

    This is an almighty indescribable heartbreaking tragedy - how can this, his greatest ever performance, of one of his greatest ever songs, be INCOMPLETE! Please, someone, go back in time and catch it all.

    • @sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017
      @sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017 2 роки тому +2

      One would suppose that somehow D.A.Pennebaker did indeed capture it's entirety at some point during the '66 tour.

    • @robertcronin6603
      @robertcronin6603 2 роки тому

      @@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017 yes, there is a version from this tour that's complete here on UA-cam somewhere.

    • @waz3128
      @waz3128 Рік тому

      @@robertcronin6603 where?

    • @kenkaplan3654
      @kenkaplan3654 11 місяців тому

      @@robertcronin6603 I don't thin k so. Audio yes, Video, no.

    • @keithnaylor1981
      @keithnaylor1981 10 місяців тому +2

      No one else could do this. No one other than Bob Dylan could create this awesome style of tone and phrasing. This is supernatural!

  • @felichia808
    @felichia808 5 років тому +61

    This performance is Gold! Love this song so much, what a lovely treat to see Bob Dylan perform it live 💖💖!

    • @SwinginPig
      @SwinginPig  5 років тому +3

      So glad you enjoyed it 😊

    • @felichia808
      @felichia808 5 років тому +4

      @@SwinginPig Yes, SO very much! "Visions of Johanna" is a favorite! Love all the uploads of Dylan's early years. Thank You again 💖!

    • @mranderson8191
      @mranderson8191 5 років тому +1

      Video made my day!😁

    • @AMEER-114-
      @AMEER-114- 11 місяців тому

      ​@@SwinginPig
      Hey...
      Which 66 version is it where he goes on a long slurred discourse while having trouble tuning up...
      And says,
      "Its not a drug song...
      It's just vulgar to think so"
      Is it in Paris that happened?

  • @lewistaylor1965
    @lewistaylor1965 Рік тому +5

    Cut short....NOOOO!...Went to see Dylan on my own at Hammersmith in Feb. 1991...His mic cut out while he was on the piano and a roadie dashed on and pulled the mic off into Dylans head which knocked back during the song...We all cheered...Dylan carried on...I tried to see him at the back door after the gig to get him sign my book but he jumped into a bus and was gone...It was snowing and I missed the last coach home to Torquay...I had a long trench coat and went to try sleep in a doorway in Trafalgar Square in the snow...It was freezing so I walked to Victoria station to wait until morning...I was still freezing so with my last tenner in my pocket I searched for a room...I got one at 2am from an Indian hotelier who dropped his price just to help me out...500 miles in a coach, Cold, broke and no food until I got home...Was it worth it?...Yer damn right!

  • @bcrich07
    @bcrich07 3 роки тому +27

    The delivery of each verse is what makes this song astounding. He has always sang it different but yet eerily similar each time. Almost haunting. I get lost in these songs of dylans.as a guitar player myself its beyond this world how he came up with such beautiful poetry..keep the videos coming

    • @bcrich07
      @bcrich07 2 роки тому

      @Hot Wings hit the link and find out

  • @ollieallard808
    @ollieallard808 3 роки тому +21

    I grew up with Bob Dylan's music, know most of his songs by heart... GREAT variation in tunes, in lyrics, simply genius.

    • @davidgough4152
      @davidgough4152 2 роки тому +1

      Me too. Can't imagine not having his music in my youth. It shaped who I am.

  • @dullarddom
    @dullarddom 3 роки тому +20

    Your channel is ridiculous for the incredible things you share that still seem like they shouldn't exist. You are a true miracle worker and I hope you keep up the good work.

  • @adrianacuna7166
    @adrianacuna7166 Рік тому +12

    What do you guys think this song is about?
    I've looked a little bit into it and think the following.
    There are three characters in this song: Bob, Johanna, and Louise. Bob had a long time girlfriend and fellow musician named Joan Baez which I think is Johanna in this story. At the time he is writing this he was dating or married (not sure) his first wife Sara, which I think in this story is Louise. Now read these lyrics:
    "in't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?
    We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it"
    Dylan is trying to go through the night but his thoughts are overcoming him and being loud and he's trying to deny them.
    "Just Louise and her lover so entwined
    And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind"
    Its him and Sarah and they are together (entwined) yet thoughts of Joan Baez still enter his mind while he's with Sarah.
    The rest of the song is very poetic and beautiful but up for interoperation. But I think him trying to overcome the thoughts of what he had Joan Baez while still being with Sarah are a prominent theme in this song

  • @polcommwatcher
    @polcommwatcher 3 роки тому +21

    Epic performance.
    The acoustic sets from this tour, especially when his road-weariness is most apparent, have a haunted quality unlike any other pop artist...IMO.

  • @allenavila
    @allenavila 3 роки тому +22

    This has to be one of the best songs ever, bar none.

    • @PeterDaltrey
      @PeterDaltrey 2 роки тому

      "Louise holds a handful of rain......." I`ve died and gone to heaven. No one else but Dylan can do this..........................

  • @maxmonas7131
    @maxmonas7131 4 роки тому +51

    But Mona Lisa must've had the highway blues. You can tell by the way she smiles.

  • @trishohara5343
    @trishohara5343 3 роки тому +14

    Visions of Johanna takes my breath away - utter beauty

  • @Birdwatching754
    @Birdwatching754 6 місяців тому +3

    Bob Dylan…. So deep and meaningful. Dylan lived in a world of saying what he wanted to say. He didn’t care about his acceptance or what others thought he should say or do. I hope he lives forever.

  • @TheMarshmelloKing
    @TheMarshmelloKing Рік тому +15

    So much pain and truth embodied. He really was a spirit here

  • @alexandertraill3443
    @alexandertraill3443 4 роки тому +57

    this gives me chills, truly and utterly haunting performance

    • @jeanhansel5805
      @jeanhansel5805 2 роки тому +2

      This song, as released on the "Blonde on Blonde" double album, is just as beautiful but far more haunting with the addition of electric organ and electric guitar, reaching a crescendo at the end in which all else disappears, and he is left with only the visions of Johanna which have totally consumed him by song's end. Put on headphones and listen, in the dark, to the album version of this song, The way he is consumed by the visions reminds me of the building crescendo in The Doors' recording of "The End". I first heard Visions of Johanna when the album was released in 1966. The song's impact has not diminished over the years.

  • @johnknottenbelt2727
    @johnknottenbelt2727 3 місяці тому +2

    Takes me back to 1967, early evening & I was just feeling the gentle hellos of my trip coming on, sitting under the huge old avo trees in the backyard, with this masterpiece trying to hold conversation with me. The vibrations growing stronger by the minute before the curtains of the night were flung open & I was washed into another dimension not quite leaving the echoes of those visions behind.

  • @klaustoth6982
    @klaustoth6982 3 роки тому +7

    dylan's poetry at its peak.

  • @soumyadeepchandra4271
    @soumyadeepchandra4271 2 роки тому +8

    I don't believe that anyone can actually come up with poetry like this. It's just beyond a mortal stream of consciousness. Explain me this, how can anybody write, " In the museum, infinity goes up on trial/and voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while/ and Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues you could tell from the way she smiles"

  • @Jaguar106-sl3ls
    @Jaguar106-sl3ls 5 місяців тому +2

    Can you imagine to be in the audience during this song? OMG! So great! A true epic and legendary moment in Folk history!

  • @justix55
    @justix55 4 роки тому +7

    Pure unadorned genius.... words, music and extraordinary performance in perfect harmony. He encapsulates perfectly the idea of performance with feeling for every nuance of the song. Utterly compelling.

  • @christianlacheze3323
    @christianlacheze3323 4 роки тому +9

    He is absolutely fascinating. I had the same impression when I saw him on stage in Paris in ‘76: you just couldn’t take your eyes off him

  • @MajorTom88
    @MajorTom88 4 роки тому +130

    Lyrics aside, his intonation and the way he pronounces each word are mesmerizing.
    But maybe it's just because I'm not an english native speaker (I'm french, it's not my fault !) Do english native speakers experience the same feeling ?

    • @CHlEFFIN
      @CHlEFFIN 4 роки тому +13

      Beautifully put and I can relate. I am native spanish speaker and I feel this enhances Bob’s, as you said, pronunciation, intonation and lyrics. He is a never-ending treasure trove.✌🏽❤️

    • @ronchapman6525
      @ronchapman6525 4 роки тому +4

      I do.

    • @kenbellchambers4577
      @kenbellchambers4577 4 роки тому +14

      He uses this persona sometimes where he is mocking. He exagerates his lip movements, and tilts his head in an odd way. He is making fun of delusion, perhaps. Or maybe he is just lamenting the loss of Johanna to the madness. It is such a wonderful work of art, that is for certain. I also have visions of Johanna, but I am too old, so this must be the beginning, it can't be the end.
      BTW, my favorite uncle was a Frenchman. He was a wonderful man.
      Dylan songs cover me with goosebumps and make me cry, and give me great joy and hope.

    • @aidanhenn2217
      @aidanhenn2217 4 роки тому +7

      @@kenbellchambers4577 that is really interesting, I never thought of it as that deep of an artist choice. Kinda just thought of it as a combination of just doing something interesting/whatever the hell he wanted to do along with being under the influence of many drugs. I never thought of it as a character that reflects the song. He did this when performing Just Like a Woman but I suppose those exaggerations and characteristics of slowly slipping away could work there too (as with the majority of Blonde on Blonde now that I think about it). Wicked cool, thanks for that thought and sorry for the novel.

    • @walterpewen7903
      @walterpewen7903 4 роки тому +2

      In a sense. it has very little to do with his nationality. He does have the "advantage" of being an American, growing up speaking American English. It is the cadence of the music, it's American music. Brits can do it, but it's easier if you are like Bob, and especially if you are Bob, from Minnesota.

  • @BorderRebels
    @BorderRebels 5 років тому +21

    Thanks again, S.P. The subtle descending guitar line that tracks the ‘opp-o-site-loft’ section of each verse is utterly addictive...

  • @KimothySomehowImanage
    @KimothySomehowImanage 4 роки тому +11

    My love for this man only grows stronger with each year

  • @j_j8758
    @j_j8758 3 роки тому +9

    Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?
    We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it
    And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it
    Lights flicker from the opposite loft
    In this room the heat pipes just cough
    The country music station plays soft
    But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off
    Just Louise and her lover so entwined
    And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind
    In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman's bluff with the key chain
    And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the "D" train
    We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight
    Ask himself if it's him or them that's insane
    Louise, she's all right, she's just near
    She's delicate and seems like the mirror
    But she just makes it all too concise and too clear
    That Johanna's not here
    The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face
    Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place
    Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously
    He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously
    And when bringing her name up
    He speaks of a farewell kiss to me
    He's sure got a lotta gall to be so useless and all
    Muttering small talk at the wall while I'm in the hall
    How can I explain?
    It's so hard to get on
    And these visions of Johanna, they kept me up past the dawn
    Inside the museums, infinity goes up on trial
    Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while
    But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues
    You can tell by the way she smiles
    See the primitive wallflower freeze
    When the jelly-faced women all sneeze
    Hear the one with the mustache say, "Jeez, I can't find my knees"
    Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule
    But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel
    The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him
    Sayin', "Name me someone that's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him"
    But like Louise always says
    "Ya can't look at much, can ya man?"
    As she, herself, prepares for him
    And Madonna, she still has not showed
    We see this empty cage now corrode
    Where her cape of the stage once had flowed
    The fiddler, he now steps to the road
    He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed
    On the back of the fish truck that loads
    While my conscience explodes
    The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
    And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain

  • @mathmusic1490
    @mathmusic1490 4 роки тому +13

    Best of the live versions I've heard of this song. So much emotion in his voice. No need to watch....better to just listen, at least for me.

  • @jimcolhoun5881
    @jimcolhoun5881 2 місяці тому +2

    Remarkable, the hundreds of comments, I heard him one night on radio in N
    Y .never heard a voice like that before or indeed since

  • @MarinosSiopis
    @MarinosSiopis 3 роки тому +6

    The most influential singer songwriter of all times...

    • @Chapps1941
      @Chapps1941 Місяць тому

      The most important person in all of Rock

  • @davidparris7167
    @davidparris7167 4 роки тому +5

    Just one out of at least hundreds of reasons why Mr Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize.Love ya Bob.

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +3

    One of my very favourite Dylan songs from that era. Here he’s putting every part of his mind and soul and body into these words and making this music. It’s divine. He looks like a sweet angel boy. The street scenes are interesting to me. I like the old footage and seeing what the women wore. I think I was with the Midland Bank a long time ago but think it’s now gone. Not sure. The final shot looks like cars driving the road to Calvary. All those telegraph poles like crosses in the snow. Not sure if it ever snows in Calvary. Thx SP, this is so lovely to see and hear, especially cos I can’t sleep right now and I wish I could. These Visions of Johanna…….x

  • @DamianAlvarado13
    @DamianAlvarado13 6 місяців тому +1

    Incredibly talented. Wrote from somewhere deep most of us trouble signaling on. Time and dedication this lad had, along with the journey to leave all behind and make a name for himself. We live in way different times now, well, I would just say more distractions.
    Love to you all. ❤

  • @Whatzzzz999
    @Whatzzzz999 Місяць тому +2

    Such a great singer. I love that voice so much!

  • @skylinezAblaze
    @skylinezAblaze 5 років тому +23

    best Dylan song, amazing footage

  • @jayare2620
    @jayare2620 3 роки тому +7

    A portrait of the artist as a young man---Joyce would approve

  • @davorinklajn2704
    @davorinklajn2704 3 роки тому +6

    My God. After all these years it is so strong!

  • @mikehaughee9324
    @mikehaughee9324 Рік тому +4

    Awesome, poetic & artistically unbelievably..... greatly transcendent...

  • @nissi.k
    @nissi.k 4 роки тому +6

    Swinging P, this is my favourite rendition of this even though the song is cut short! Bob’s delivery is wonderful and the footage is really great! Thank you!🙏🏻✨🤍✨⭐️

  • @michaelturner795
    @michaelturner795 Рік тому +3

    He's given the worlds so many acoustic treasures.

  • @RumoursOfFamine
    @RumoursOfFamine Рік тому +3

    My favorite dylan era is around 2000 when he did things have changed, it's not dark yet. His voice and aproach to songs was at its greatest. The things have changed via satellite performance is one of the best.

  • @anotherjoshua
    @anotherjoshua 5 років тому +209

    what was he -- 25 when he wrote this???? how is that possible?

    • @SwinginPig
      @SwinginPig  5 років тому +56

      It’s astonishing. And only 20 when wrote Hard Rain.

    • @alias4607
      @alias4607 5 років тому +27

      Talent + times + drugs.

    • @mns8732
      @mns8732 5 років тому +5

      @@SwinginPig and 'Masters of War' as well - wheeew

    • @christophefredericrouge7264
      @christophefredericrouge7264 5 років тому +23

      Ask Rimbaud

    • @broken1394
      @broken1394 5 років тому +25

      @@SwinginPig bringing it all back home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde = 14months.

  • @steelyman08
    @steelyman08 4 роки тому +5

    Thank you for all of the good work involved in bringing us this unique Dylan stuff. It really does matter. Deeply appreciated by many (-:

  • @joelstein4657
    @joelstein4657 4 роки тому +4

    I've heard watching dylan on stage is like watching and hearing a wisp of smoke. Perfect.

  • @tomdale1313
    @tomdale1313 Рік тому +4

    decades past I was hitching across the country like so many during that period, long story short I got a ride off a very bad exit ( it was bad cuz few used it) being a long time fan of his I immediately recognize Bob behind those shades and that voice that said you wanna ride? it was a old station wagon with some camping gear no visible sign of a guitar in sight and a large dog he called "Elvis" He was still smoking cigarettes then, thank God cuz I was a heavy smoker myself and he had a carton of camels and right away gave me two packs which I thought was very cool not too long after picking me up we stop @ dinner along side the road got to talking about my direction I was heading to his surprise I said I was drifting around he then offer me a ride along east for a couple days all expenses free/ the first nite he got a couple of rooms, I'm guessing so I would shower the next nite was beneath some stars in the parking lot of a dive bar/tavern/ when he let me out on a freeway exit he gave a harmonica in the key of c, a pack of camels, he drove off/stop/ backed up / got out of his car walked up to me and said, "Elvis said to give you a couple dollars"which turn out to be more than a hundred, I waved good bye to Elvis and Bob...this seems much too unreal now as I get older which baffles me, but it did happen and I think I got the jest of it right...tanks for sharing

  • @mickcarlon8147
    @mickcarlon8147 4 місяці тому +3

    Artistic perfection.

  • @nagarakirtanadasa9334
    @nagarakirtanadasa9334 3 роки тому +23

    I've been a monk for the past ten years, meditating on the profound spiritual truths of reality, It seems that other than my spiritual practice/studies, only Dylan can even remotely satisfy my thirst for the profound

    • @davidhubbard4761
      @davidhubbard4761 3 роки тому +2

      Sit, sweep the garden and listen to Bob

    • @stoneworx09
      @stoneworx09 3 роки тому +5

      we play bob all day long in the therapeutic process of laying bricks.

    • @zachscottmusician
      @zachscottmusician 3 роки тому +2

      @@stoneworx09 i work with my dad and whenever bob comes on the radio, we stop what we’re doing and just listen together.

    • @stoneworx09
      @stoneworx09 3 роки тому +1

      @@zachscottmusician what kind of work?

    • @zachscottmusician
      @zachscottmusician 3 роки тому +1

      @@stoneworx09 landscaping

  • @StrumnTheGuitar
    @StrumnTheGuitar 5 років тому +8

    This is amazing. Thanks for all your uploads. Very much appreciated.

  • @rahuljoban
    @rahuljoban 4 роки тому +9

    I wish so badly that the entirety of this song had a video

  • @mortimerzilch2608
    @mortimerzilch2608 Рік тому +5

    this happened. hard to believe, but it did. technically incredible. he wrote it; he sang it. it happened. this video is proof it happened. incredible, but true.

  • @SheriLundberg-k7y
    @SheriLundberg-k7y 12 днів тому

    So touching and heartfelt what a beautiful song . Thank you for sharing I love

  • @mr-tu1oj
    @mr-tu1oj 12 днів тому

    Nice way to respect the legend! Great work Bob, the remastered version sound's really nice! 💯👍

  • @davidpearn2484
    @davidpearn2484 4 роки тому +6

    Million years ahead of anyone else.

  • @eekowarrior4409
    @eekowarrior4409 3 роки тому +4

    Dylan is on another planet to the rest of the world at this point (and probably still is)

  • @0otee
    @0otee 4 роки тому +1

    Beautiful❣️ Perfect❣️
    What a footage! See all those nice cars outside... in the 70’s all gone! Just the black Morris 1000 and cabs stayed..
    Thanks so much DearDylan❤️🌹👌🌞

  • @OnsenDreamscapes
    @OnsenDreamscapes 4 роки тому +6

    Here's some postmodernism for you: I used to listen to this on CD while chatting with my friends I met on AIM chatrooms as a kid late at night (when us poors could use the internet cause there was less people slowing it down). It reminded me of our conversations and hanging out virtually. I miss those days before it was so media-saturated and fractured and all your friends and family from real life were online, and you could just meet talk to people from different background honestly.

  • @madburnie
    @madburnie 4 роки тому +5

    I have a lovely friend in Scotland called Johanna, who I love and will always think about. Shame it didn’t work out, but I know you are happy with J and your lovely kids x

  • @marieholland8868
    @marieholland8868 2 роки тому +1

    This shows exactly how unique Bob Dylan was in the 60's. Gifted beyond words and using his God given many talents to touch the whole world...hes had an impact his entire life. Living legend!

  • @BenjaminMcdonald-n7c
    @BenjaminMcdonald-n7c 11 місяців тому +1

    I was born in 1965 but im a Fan of this artist at a younger age his lyrics so creative they tell true stories to me but I Mr Dylan would disagree with me ha and how anyone could anyone think of these songs and some people say he can't sing ha he's Awesome and he's Truly Magnificenty ,Marvelous and all of that tooooey !

  • @jsteed44
    @jsteed44 2 роки тому +3

    Love this footage 😍 reminds have to watch no direction home again recall John lennon muttering ,don't worry what the song is about just listen how he sings it

  • @blackcrow7049
    @blackcrow7049 5 років тому +3

    Finally SWINGIN' PIG ... My extensive collection would not make sense without the bootlegs of the Swingin' Pig Records ... versions like this one made me fall in love with the Dylanian universe when i was little more than a teenager . I hope you can keep sharing these audiovisuals gems . How you say on vinyl coverart bootlegs COLLECT 'EM ALL .

    • @SwinginPig
      @SwinginPig  5 років тому

      You’re the first person to get the reference! I got into boots a while ago and never looked back. Some of my earlier videos are from TMOQ records, including “Farewell,” and “Masters Of War (debut).” The crackle from the vinyl is beautiful.

    • @blackcrow7049
      @blackcrow7049 5 років тому +1

      How could i forget about SWINGIN' PIG RECORDS and his bootlegs . Now imagine a group of teenagers , crazy for all about the music in a small town in Spain many years ago , searching and searching through the records stores and street markets to get that LP that nobody else had . That was pure magic . There was a small music store that had all the music separated by labels rock , pop , blues , etc. and in the background it hada whole section with famous logo of the Swingin' Pig Records that caracterized it. Those vinyls were unique . Some friend still jokes with that , when Dylan started with his official bootleg series he said '' hey , look , Robert finally decided to buy a pig record '' . Today all that magic has been lost in part , internet offers everything at one click , but the real magic of sharing, searching , that has been lost . That's why today when i saw this video i was happy and suddenly i was 15 years old again . Thanks for all that .

    • @SwinginPig
      @SwinginPig  5 років тому

      Nicolas Garcia Gonzalez love hearing these stories. I wish I grew up in those days. Too young, born in wrong generation. Thank you

    • @blackcrow7049
      @blackcrow7049 5 років тому +1

      No , man there aren't wrong generations . Only wrong minds , and yours is the good direction . A sign of Trade Mark of Quality .

  • @bindig1
    @bindig1 2 роки тому +1

    Man, I wish I had been old enough to see Dylan then. I was 7 yrs old in '66

  • @Urglerbob
    @Urglerbob 3 роки тому +4

    Total Genius in the making!

  • @propagandalfx1976
    @propagandalfx1976 5 років тому +7

    Best version of the best Dylan song, flat out

  • @mathewglarum9837
    @mathewglarum9837 2 роки тому +1

    Is it a coincidence that so much of the footage of Dylan around this time is super ethereal & kind of surreal? I'm a huge music nerd so watch a ton of musicians from back in the day & none have the kind of footage the Pennebaker captured around this time. Absolutely love it

  • @spencerdrate-co3vn
    @spencerdrate-co3vn 8 місяців тому +2

    SAW DYLAN LIVE IN 1966! A FAV SONG!

  • @marieboutin9054
    @marieboutin9054 4 роки тому +2

    music of a genius ! there aren't many musicians so gifted and intelligent as BOB DYLAN

  • @rjnuzzi1648
    @rjnuzzi1648 3 роки тому +2

    So completely unique in every aspect of this musician, this man, in this period on planet earth....

  • @babyblue_-of3eb
    @babyblue_-of3eb 3 роки тому +2

    my favorite year of dylan❤️❤️❤️you gotta love this man

  • @20JjN12
    @20JjN12 5 років тому +5

    ClapClapClapClapCCCccccc
    Fantastic, Swingin Pig! Can hardly wait to see the whole project.
    💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
    ..............(thank you)

  • @stefanopogany3767
    @stefanopogany3767 4 роки тому +5

    This is truly amazing. It touches my heart!

  • @freddylubin
    @freddylubin 4 роки тому +6

    Back then kids would make Dylan quotes in many conversations. But I was so much older then.....

    • @rahuljoban
      @rahuljoban 4 роки тому +3

      We still do, we just don't realize they are Dylan quotes anymore. They've weaved their way into the public consciousness.

    • @ryanperron8309
      @ryanperron8309 4 роки тому

      Freddy Lubin yeah I hear “don’t criticize what you can’t understand” all over the place

    • @freddylubin
      @freddylubin 4 роки тому +1

      @@ryanperron8309 Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command.

    • @paranoidplane9799
      @paranoidplane9799 4 роки тому +1

      @@freddylubin to live outside the law you must be honest

  • @dylang.1822
    @dylang.1822 4 роки тому +8

    Dio volle farci un grande regalo, creò Bob, poeta cantante di grande valore, conosciuto in tutto il mondo

  • @diddywahdaddy
    @diddywahdaddy 4 місяці тому

    Not only is this brilliant as it is, you've even struck gold once again with the fabulous source material, this is incredible!

  • @fritzcat6198
    @fritzcat6198 2 роки тому

    OMG I’ve been looking for this version of this song for years. This recording made me fall hard for Dylan. Thank you for posting this. Wait, oh no! Please put the rest of this song up!!

  • @janepiepes2243
    @janepiepes2243 Рік тому +1

    What a moment in time .
    This is so beautiful and stately!

  • @ronchapman6525
    @ronchapman6525 4 роки тому +2

    Swingin' Pig that is seriously good work you did on this. Thanks!