 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) [ larger cover art ] |
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Musicbrainz DBWell, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe,
If'n you don't know by now.
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe.
It'll never do somehow.
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn,
Look out your window, and, I'll be gone.
You're the reason I'm a-travellin' on.
But don't think twice, it's all right.
And it ain't no use in a-turnin' on your light, babe,
The light I never knowed.
And it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe.
I'm on the dark side of the road.
But I wish there was something you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay;
But we never did too much talkin' anyway.
But don't think twice, it's all right.
So it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal,
Like you never done before.
And it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal.
I can't hear you anymore.
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wonderin', walkin' down the road,
I once loved a woman, a child I am told.
I give her my heart, but she wanted my soul.
But don't think twice, it's all right.
So long, honey babe. Where I'm bound, I can't tell.
And goodbye's too good a word, babe,
So I'll just say, "Fare thee well."
I ain't a-sayin' you treated me unkind.
You could've done better, but, I don't mind.
You just kind of wasted my precious time.
But don't think twice, it's all right.
| oldfart48 (boulder creek ca.) | Posted: May 26, 2013 - 02:53 his early records stand up better than his middle stuff even his late things wern't as solid . i think. however it is all great. |
| calypsus_1 (East of Eden) | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 15:20 The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 18:28 spigolli wrote: LOL - I should have said how remarkable it is that so many notes can be flubbed without diminishing the greatness of the tune. If he'd hired a studio guitarist to do the work I doubt the tune would have been as good. Maybe they were intentionally flubbed, who can question Dylan? BTW Must be time for Diamonds and Rust now. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 12:34 WonderLizard wrote: No offense, my friend, but screw Rolling Stone and its bought and sold ratings. However, I've listened to Tempest all the way through a couple of times so far. It's genius. No, his voice hasn't improved—and those of you who hate Dylan because of the sound of his voice will have a field day with Tempest—but the songwriting, arranging, indeed the absorption and rendition of multiple American musical idioms, are all stellar. Yes, even the 14 minute saga-cum-tedium title track (about the RMS Titanic) is a wonder to behold. I liken his output of the last fifteen years to Johnny Cash's American series. Time Out of Mind, Modern Times, Love and Theft, Together Through Life, and now Tempest are statements of an artist who has nothing left to prove and then goes out an reaffirms why he is perhaps the foremost American voice of the last half-century. Everybody in my church loves this old classic song and the classic album it's from, as well as Dylan's latest album, which is also truly brilliant... |
| calypsus_1 (East of Eden) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 15:01  Bob Dylan Arrives by skipgoforth Skip Goforth http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaman683/ It was 50 years ago this week that Bob Dylan first arrived in New York City. |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 20:30 WonderLizard wrote: No offense, my friend, but screw Rolling Stone and its bought and sold ratings. However, I've listened to Tempest all the way through a couple of times so far. It's genius. No, his voice hasn't improved—and those of you who hate Dylan because of the sound of his voice will have a field day with Tempest—but the songwriting, arranging, indeed the absorption and rendition of multiple American musical idioms, are all stellar. Yes, even the 14 minute saga-cum-tedium title track (about the RMS Titanic) is a wonder to behold. I liken his output of the last fifteen years to Johnny Cash's American series. Time Out of Mind, Modern Times, Love and Theft, Together Through Life, and now Tempest are statements of an artist who has nothing left to prove and then goes out an reaffirms why he is perhaps the foremost American voice of the last half-century.  Well said, W-L! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 11:09 romeotuma wrote: Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... Bob Dylan has a brand new album out called Tempest... it got a five-star review by RollingStone... if you want to see some more data about his new album, just look here... No offense, my friend, but screw Rolling Stone and its bought and sold ratings. However, I've listened to Tempest all the way through a couple of times so far. It's genius. No, his voice hasn't improved—and those of you who hate Dylan because of the sound of his voice will have a field day with Tempest—but the songwriting, arranging, indeed the absorption and rendition of multiple American musical idioms, are all stellar. Yes, even the 14 minute saga-cum-tedium title track (about the RMS Titanic) is a wonder to behold. I liken his output of the last fifteen years to Johnny Cash's American series. Time Out of Mind, Modern Times, Love and Theft, Together Through Life, and now Tempest are statements of an artist who has nothing left to prove and then goes out an reaffirms why he is perhaps the foremost American voice of the last half-century. |
| dragonlady (Pasadena, CA) | Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 10:56 Going back in song... hmmmmm  |
| spigolli (Peachtree City, GA, USA) | Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 10:48 toterola wrote: I knew a cat once who went to Woodstock. All he could talk about was how muddy it was and the fact he couldn't fid the kind of food he wanted. Not one damned good memory about the music. Not one.  LOL - I should have said how remarkable it is that so many notes can be flubbed without diminishing the greatness of the tune. If he'd hired a studio guitarist to do the work I doubt the tune would have been as good. Maybe they were intentionally flubbed, who can question Dylan? |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Sep 16, 2012 - 21:39 spigolli wrote: It's remarkable how many notes he flubs. I knew a cat once who went to Woodstock. All he could talk about was how muddy it was and the fact he couldn't fid the kind of food he wanted. Not one damned good memory about the music. Not one. |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Sep 16, 2012 - 21:35 Good, simple, elegant and historic |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 08:34 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... Bob Dylan has a brand new album out called Tempest... it got a five-star review by RollingStone... if you want to see some more data about his new album, just look here... |
| spigolli (Peachtree City, GA, USA) | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 08:41 It's remarkable how many notes he flubs. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 11:35 1963! Jay-sus. This album was "new" when I was a kid, as all of Dylan's music past and current was in the turntable and rock radio rotation. Guess it's old fart time for me. As for those of you yammering about Dylan's singing voice, same has been said of Neil Young, for one, right here. Singer-songwriters of that caliber turn it to their advantage. It clearly has worked for them. Who is more renowned or durable then they? |
| clickfaster | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 11:26 suesblues wrote: yeah, not a bob dylan fan, but in terms of a break-up song, this one is great......  I grew up thinking this was a Jerry Reed song!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUFmceGugaA |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 11:18 jberko wrote: As of October 30, there are now 7 Billion people... and I agree... any one of them can sing better than Bob Dylan. Then you haven't met Mildred Schermer. Man, is she dreadful—like a rusty gate echoing through a drainpipe. |
| tumbledad | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 11:15 What a great poet but what happened to his voice over the years? UGH! |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 16:20 midreaming wrote: you'd like to think you're amazing at it too but won't admit it. All the same, your comment stands so beautifly ignorant all on it's own I hate to touch it. I am human though, so let me underline it's stupidity - you're wrong. 10 songs fly off the top of my head right now where at his absolute shining best he elevates life, brings everyday experiences to heights not before known. Tangled Up in Blue is the most obvious one. Another, never played here so you don't know it, is Dylans Dream on this same album. There are dozens like this I'm sure. If you've never heard his stuff don't make stupid comments like that. It's obvious to those of us who do listen and misleading to others who might.  |
| suesblues (Sydney, Australia) | Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 16:16 yeah, not a bob dylan fan, but in terms of a break-up song, this one is great...... |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 06:00 Poacher wrote: Errrr. . . nearly 7 billion. . . The world population is the total number of living humans on the planet Earth, currently estimated to be 6.94 billion by the United States Census Bureau as of July 1, 2011.<1> /pedant As of October 30, there are now 7 Billion people... and I agree... any one of them can sing better than Bob Dylan. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 06:17 amb599 wrote: I'd probably love this if it was sung by any one of the other 4 billion people on the planet. Errrr. . . nearly 7 billion. . . The world population is the total number of living humans on the planet Earth, currently estimated to be 6.94 billion by the United States Census Bureau as of July 1, 2011.<1> /pedant |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 20:36 I love Dylan. I love this song. I hate the harmonica. What the hell is UP with that? Springsteen, Neil Young, Bob Dylan - why do they sabotage perfectly great songs with that idiotic harmonica break? My worst nightmare (apart from actually confronting Pennywise the killer clown) would be seeing Springsteen, Young, and Dylan up onstage, side by side, playing harmonicas to "Jokerman." (I'm not sure where Pennywise would fit, but I'm betting he'd eat them all.) |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 20:36 This song is soooo good for the ears... |
| amb599 (New York, NY) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 20:34 I'd probably love this if it was sung by any one of the other 4 billion people on the planet. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 18:08 Joan Baez - Don't think twice, it's all right, Live |
| midreaming | Posted: Jul 02, 2011 - 12:57 RobRyan wrote: Eeyup, Dylan is at his amazing best when he's putting someone down. |
| RobRyan (Canyon Country, CA) | Posted: Jul 02, 2011 - 11:11 twcarlin wrote: Released May of 1963. Still an incredible song. Eeyup, Dylan is at his amazing best when he's putting someone down. |
| twcarlin (too far, and not far enough) | Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 15:39 Released May of 1963. Still an incredible song. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 12:51 Bob's Freewheelin' muse passes away.
"Right from the start I couldn't take my eyes off her," Bob Dylan wrote in his memoir. "She was the most erotic thing I'd ever seen. She was fair skinned and golden haired, full-blood Italian. The air was suddenly filled with banana leaves. We started talking and my head started to spin. "Cupid's arrow had whistled past my ears before, but this time it hit me in the heart and the weight of it dragged me overboard." Rotolo, a Greenwich Village artist and Dylan's girlfriend and lyrical muse when he came to prominence in the early 1960s, died Friday. She was 67. Rotolo, whose relationship with the singer lasted only a few years, died of lung cancer in New York City, said her agent, Sarah Lazin. "The fact is that from early on, Suze's left-wing politics had an impact on Dylan's early writing," said Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis. "There's no question that she became both an abstract muse and a very practical one. He has said that he would run songs past her." Rotolo, who remained an activist throughout her life, can be seen walking arm in arm with the singer on the cover of the '60s classic, "The Freewheelin Bob Dylan," but DeCurtis thinks their relationship waned when she became overwhelmed by the worldwide fame that cascaded down on him as an icon of his era. "While she always maintained great respect for Dylan, I think she felt a little bit entrapped by that," he said. He noted that in later years, she used her husband's surname and seemed to revel in her non-Dylan anonymity. "I think there was a certain kind of element of obsession with Dylan that she found frightening and off-putting," he said. "It got to be a drag." Rotolo is also believed to be the subject of a number of legendary Dylan songs, including "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "Boots of Spanish Leather" and "Tomorrow Is a Long Time." A Dylan spokesman said Tuesday he was unavailable for comment. Rotolo, who was born in the New York City borough of Queens, was raised in a left-wing household. She was working for the Congress of Racial Equality when she met Dylan and is credited with teaching him about the civil rights movement. Rotolo later married film editor Enso Bartoccioli; they had a son, Luca Bartoccioli. In recent years she worked in a medium called book art, which she said was a "reinterpretation of the book as an art object." She also taught a book arts workshop at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. In 2004, she participated in a street-theater group called "Billionaires for Bush" and attended demonstrations at the Republican National Convention outside Madison Square Garden. A private memorial service will be scheduled at a later date, her agent said. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jan 01, 2011 - 22:38 Susan Tedeschi - Don't Think Twice, Live "i have become somewhat of a fan of Susan since i stumbled upon her performance on the Crossroads. She did "little by little" there and it it instantly hit me. Never heard of her before...Thanks for the music.....Jan from Holland." prismajan "She so versatile...just saw her last night with Allman Brothers at the Beacon in NYC do Derek and the Dominos' Anyday...She.defines beauty in the purist form! " DsveysNavy |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 13:05 Hello RP-Listeners! I wish all of you "MERRY CHRISTMAS", wherever you are - whoever you wanna be! Christmas is a sweet-naive tradition - not a religious event! I like it anyway! Still - I hope Bill takes the chance to rock the christmas-tree to pieces tonight! "Happy Christmas your "BAD SANTA", aka STINGRAY -from Cologne/Germany- PS Sermon of the day (promise: I'm serious): The "Three Wise Men" - Melchior, Balthasar + Caspar are buried in a golden sarcophage in"our" dome, the famous "Cologne dome" - the third highest church-building in the world - right in the very centre of town, next to the Rhine. A gothic building of extra-class! Have a look: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Koelner_Dom_bei_Nacht_1_RB.JPG&filetimestamp=20060517174554 The "grave" for the non-believers: http://www.koelner-dom.de/17450.html?&L=1 + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings |
| Old_Pat (Belgium) | Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 12:57 This pretty much sets the standard for what a '10' should be. Brilliance. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Nov 23, 2010 - 20:03 apd wrote: Hey - Bob totally ripped-off Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky for that cover photo. This changes everything...  |
| medoras (Anastasia Island) | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 11:02 Giselle62 wrote: anyone like the Susan Tedeschi version? Yup and just about everything else Susan Tedeschi does with or without The Derek Trucks Band. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 11:01 I always asssumed that before pot, the beatniks all took lots of speed. Dylan on the other hand took lots of downers. Thus this was created, a downer song, written for people to listen to while they were on speed so they could stay awake. No wonder the Beatles were so popular. |
| jablan (Belgrade, Serbia) | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 10:57 Giselle62 wrote: anyone like the Susan Tedeschi version? What about this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LepWePZpJGo  |
| katiediddler (one of the dominoes, hopefully near the back) | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 10:57 Simple brilliance. |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 10:56 The girl on the cover does it for me. The rest...not so much. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Aug 10, 2010 - 20:39 Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton - Don't Think Twice, Live "The guitar duet is perfect. " |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Aug 10, 2010 - 20:31 Chet Atkins - 'Don't Think Twice It's Alright", Live |
| (former member) | Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 11:44 the whole thing is a fabulous morsel protecting the most important line that he delivers with such powerful nonchalance "You just kinda wasted my...precious time." |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 11:43 I knowd I like this BD. Perfect. |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 11:41 Classic, from 1963. |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 15:04 Hey - Bob totally ripped-off Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky for that cover photo. This changes everything... |
| Hey_Now19 | Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 14:56 adrianblack wrote: I will be the minority here, but I'm not really a fan of his music. Song writing, yes ... but I'm not into his style I guess. You're right. He's no Nickelback. |
| adrianblack (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: May 16, 2010 - 20:06 I will be the minority here, but I'm not really a fan of his music. Song writing, yes ... but I'm not into his style I guess. |
| tkosh | Posted: May 16, 2010 - 20:04 Not bad for, what— 20 years old—when he wrote this. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 15, 2010 - 20:28 Metric - 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright' Live-acoustic (2009) |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 04, 2010 - 15:45  Bob Dylan new scan by ~Kevin329 ©2007-2010 ~Kevin329 The scanners at Kinko's are much better than at the library so I thought I'd repost a couple of my drawings. The reference photo is of Dylan in the early to mid 60's. It took about 10 hours to draw, maybe longer. |
| Giselle62 (California's Cental Coast) | Posted: Apr 15, 2010 - 19:16 anyone like the Susan Tedeschi version? |
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