Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh...
Highway 61 Revisited
(1965)

Buy CD
Buy MP3
148 comments:lyrics:add your comment
shellbella
Apr 23, 2013 - 17:12
Nice!!


Lazarus
Mar 07, 2013 - 17:00

Everybody in my church loves this song...



coloradojohn
Feb 19, 2013 - 19:34
Yup — if there be such a thing as poetry sung as breath intended, this is it...and sounds amazing musically, too. MASTERPIECE!
—————
kcar wrote:

Bears repeating.

I know a lot of you hate this song—and there are parts where many dogs will howl along in unison—but for me this is one of Bob's goddamned best. So if you hate this song, just move along and find another tune.





kcar
Jan 04, 2013 - 01:14
scmerriam wrote:
Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby
Can't buy a thrill
Well, I've been up all night, baby
Leanin' on the windowsill
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don't make it
You know my baby will

Don't the moon look good, mama
Shinin' through the trees?
Don't the brakeman look good, mama
Flagging down the "Double E?"
Don't the sun look good
Goin' down over the sea?
Don't my gal look fine
When she's comin' after me?

Now the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But I could not get across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost


Bears repeating.

I know a lot of you hate this song—and there are parts where many dogs will howl along in unison—but for me this is one of Bob's goddamned best. So if you hate this song, just move along and find another tune.


(former member)
Oct 01, 2012 - 22:24

Love this classic song...

Bob Dylan has a brand new album out called Tempest that is absolutely fantastic... for information about his new album, look here...



joelbb
Sep 15, 2012 - 20:22
mbolch30307 wrote:
Oh dear God, NOOOOOOOOO!

f*ck you, sonny.


mbolch30307
Aug 31, 2012 - 09:30
Oh dear God, NOOOOOOOOO!


ziakut
Aug 15, 2012 - 08:57
A solid "2" to a respectable "3"...because I put the earbuds in at about 20 seconds til the end of the tune! ...guess I'm in a good mood. Way to work your way up Mr. Dylan.


johnjconn
Aug 15, 2012 - 08:55
It takes a lot to listen to this


On_The_Beach
Jul 14, 2012 - 23:53
That_SOB wrote:

tkosh wrote : "Some Dylan covers are nice, some even great (Watchtower) // "

While I agree with any and all accolades given the Great Mr. Bob (Zimmerman) Dylan, "
"Watchtower" was not a cover. "All Along the Watchtower " is a song written and recorded by the
exceptionally talented singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Dylan covered few songs, as he wrote over 500+.
(However, Dylan did cover two songs by the Mississippi Sheiks )


I assume tkosh was referring to the Hendrix cover of Watchtower(?).


That_SOB
Feb 23, 2012 - 12:50

tkosh wrote : "Some Dylan covers are nice, some even great (Watchtower) // "

While I agree with any and all accolades given the Great Mr. Bob (Zimmerman) Dylan, "
"Watchtower" was not a cover. "All Along the Watchtower " is a song written and recorded by the
exceptionally talented singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Dylan covered few songs, as he wrote over 500+.
(However, Dylan did cover two songs by the Mississippi Sheiks )




johnjconn
Feb 23, 2012 - 12:20
Ba Ba boo-wee


TJS
Feb 23, 2012 - 12:18

aaaaaaaaand Mute!




lemmoth
Jan 06, 2012 - 15:26
sirdroseph wrote:
Masterpiece song off of a masterpiece album!

Twice in an hour in massive agreement with sirdroseph. This is actually quite a good thing.

I'll make a Pearl Jam fan out of him yet. {#Cool}



lemmoth
Jan 06, 2012 - 15:24
tkosh wrote:


Wow...sorry, but just couldn't disagree more (except for the last comment). The thing about Dylan is that he's the package. It's all of it. He sings very little that he hasn't lived through-and-through——whether he wrote it or not (of course he wrote most). Some Dylan covers are nice, some even great (Watchtower), but for the most part only Dylan can do Dylan with what he brings. And so many have also lived much of it through-and-through, and that's a connection. Finger on the pulse—whatever you want to call it...at least that's why Dylan gripped me for so many years.
Amen brother (or sister)



DaveInVA
Jan 06, 2012 - 15:23
There is a really nice cover of this on the Super Sessions album but it got insta-sorried when I uploaded it to the LRC...Love this original version though...


lemmoth
Jan 06, 2012 - 15:23
Gerbear wrote:
He may be an icon but I never did like him. This just hurts my ears.


Someday you will grow up.


Gerbear
Dec 05, 2011 - 20:04
He may be an icon but I never did like him. This just hurts my ears.


Canlistener
Nov 20, 2011 - 07:29
Trying to use terms such as 'poetry' etc. simply doesn't mask the fact that his singing is garbage.


tkosh
Oct 03, 2011 - 15:42
Randomax wrote:
for the millionth time....it's the POETRY...........not the voice, not the harmonica, nothin' but what is said.....the voice, etc. makes you listen.........that's my 2 cents!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This song wouldn't be the same without the horrible harmonica!!!!!


Wow...sorry, but just couldn't disagree more (except for the last comment). The thing about Dylan is that he's the package. It's all of it. He sings very little that he hasn't lived through-and-through——whether he wrote it or not (of course he wrote most). Some Dylan covers are nice, some even great (Watchtower), but for the most part only Dylan can do Dylan with what he brings. And so many have also lived much of it through-and-through, and that's a connection. Finger on the pulse—whatever you want to call it...at least that's why Dylan gripped me for so many years.


View this page on our desktop website