Bob Dylan - Joey (Official Audio) 

My very favourite album. So much about my life. My brother died last night and this album tied us together over decades. Go well Rob, I am heartbroken.

Desire and Blood on the tracks ... two masterpieces in a same year by the legendary Robert Allen Zimmermann . nobody can be compared to the Minnesota born genuis .

"What time is it?” said the judge to Joey when they met “Five to ten,” said Joey. The judge says, “That’s exactly what you get” I love this part of the song

This song is Dylan's "Tribute To A Bad Man" one of the most colorful gangsters of all time. He died the way he lived, on his own terms. R.I.P. Crazy Joe.

For me is the Best Song of the Best Album of Bob Dylan.

I bought this LP 46 years ago and still have it.

Been following dylan for 60 years. Saw him 35 times since 1965. Met him by chance in cleveland I July 1991 by chance. Shook my hand. I got tickets to see him in Akron ohio on October 21 of this year 2023. Might be his last tour. Noone can write like that. A genius.

I saw him at the isle of Wight in 69. My first gig I was 15. They had to bring us back by hovercraft because there were so many people. Who only did 40 mins, but it was the best 40mins of my life. He's like John Lennon a rare artist and preacher

how can one man create so many masterpieces

Love sparking up my morning joint to this tune. Desire is such a beautiful Dylan record.

a pure Dylan legendary masterpiece with the magnificent and lovely Emmylou Harris ❤ . Desire will ever be the ultimate Bob Dylan masterpiece .

A rock and metal fan and guitar player, this album has long been on my Desert Island Disc list. Having grown up in NJ just a short drive from NYC, the "Hurricane" Carter story was known to all of us in our late teens and early adult years. But it was the mournful playing of the violin throughout this album that to this day keeps it as one of my favorite listening albums of all time.

The art of storytelling !!! 💎💎💎💎

Excellent song as was much of this album and Blood on the Tracks. He certainly can sing when he wants to, or at least he could.

The momentum this song subtly builds throughout leading to the scene when Joey dies is amazing and drives me to tears every time!

This is the first album I ever really noticed how the base and the drums could control the flow of the song, the base really changes the time for an average human to contemplate.

Tears in my eyes and heart.

A criminally underrated classic from my favourite album from Mr. Dylan!

Blows me away every time i hear it and I've heard it a googleplex times and one!!!! If I'd only written Desire and Blood on the Tracks I'd die a more than happy guy but Dylan wrote just so much more and I'm asking......How? Where did this brilliance come from? Just astonishing, Bob we bloody adore u man!!!

Saw Dylan in the 60's in the W. Village playing with David Peele. I was a teenager and I've been following Bobby (Zimmy) ever since.

wonder why this wasn't uploaded earlier. one of my favorite songs ever

Dylan with strings! Amazing! I heard him do this in San Jose with Joni Mitchell and he rocked the house with it. I never heard him rock out that hard and it was on this same song that he does the most pop version of a song I've ever heard him do. Surprises never cease!

What made them want to come n blow you away!!! I love you bob... thank you for making many lonesome days seem not too so long as they may have been somedays without yer music...you've helped us all...peace..

I ate in that clam bar in NY , was like a dream sitting there with Bob’s voice in my ears . Umberto’s on Mulberry (has moved a few doors since Joey’s slaying however)..

I think Dylan is the greatest story teller of our time. I wonder where all those marvelous songs flow from? He is unequalled in his great ability to create music and lyrics. Just phenomenal!

This would be an epic movie

Yes always seemed to be caught between the mob and the men in blue! I've missed this song since the 1980's in North America and it's more pertinent for me than ever!

Bob and Emmylou so great!! Greatings from Köln

This song always reminds of the great ballad Billy, from the Sam Peckinpah movie with Kris kristofferson, James Coburn and Dylan himself. Great film and hugely overlooked western. The soundtrack is great too. Look it up. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. You won't regret it.

Dylan & The Dead album Absolutely a live version Never to be matched!! Joey!!

Well this is my first time hearing this wow the show the Offer made me look up Joey never knew he had a song written by Dylan crazy

the best tune of bob dylans best album

got blown away on his birthday R.I.P. Joe Gallo

When I was in NY I had clam’s linguine at 2am in little Italy 🇮🇹 to honour this song 😂 I always sit with my back to the wall in a restaurant also lol you know, Just in case

This album makes me cry …. Those were the days 😢

Springsteen owes Dylan big time

Oh man .... Joey !!! opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordian.~

Musical Genius so many around back then

What a ride bob.thank you for being a part of my life, your music guided me

So marvellous song, one of his highest peak.

Masterpiece, then all of your songs are.

Favourite for years since living with a theatre actress in Canada thanks Bob!

Such a beautiful tune! Just a beginner here, and I've been pushing my Bob Dylan journey (for the 3rd time in my life; I feel like I've finally reached maturity for his sophistication) for the past 2mth. This tune sounds better the 15th time I hear it compared to the 14th...with plenty of growth to come. He certainly hit the depths of art, humanity, and spirituality that many "comparable" greats failed to even come close to.

Joey and Sara; His two best.

So cool.to see there is HELLA love for this tune!! I mean from the accordion to the violin...jeeZ

Awesome just love him

Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the year of who knows when Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion Always on the outside of whatever side there was When they asked him why it had to be that way, well, he answered, just because Larry was the oldest, Joey was next to last They called Joe Crazy, the baby they called Kid Blast Some say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away 🎵🎶🎵🎶 There was talk they killed their rivals, but the truth was far from that No one ever knew for sure where they were really at When they tried to strangle Larry, Joey almost got hit the roof He went out that night to seek revenge, thinkin' he was bulletproof Then, the war broke out at the break of dawn, it emptied out the streets Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats Till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners They stashed them away in a basement, called them amateurs The hostages were tremblin' when they heard a man exclaim Let's blow this place to kingdom come, let come Edison take the blame But Joey stepped up, he raised his hand, said, we're not those kind of men It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away 🎵🎶🎵🎶 The police department hounded him, they called him Mr. Smith They got him on conspiracy, they were never sure who with What time is it? said the judge to Joey when they met Five to ten, said Joey, the judge says, that's exactly what you get He did ten years in Attica, reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich They threw him in the hole one time for tryin' to stop a strike His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand They let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great He tried to find the way back into the life he left behind To the boss he said, I have returned and now I want what's mine Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away 🎵🎶🎵🎶 It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun I'm around too many children, he'd say, they should never know of one Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe Emptied out the register, said, tell 'em it was Crazy Joe One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York He could see it comin' through the door as he lifted up his fork He pushed the table over to protect his family Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away 🎵🎶🎵🎶 Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep I heard his best friend Frankie say, he ain't dead, he's just asleep Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born And someday if God's in heaven overlookin' His preserve I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away

He ain't dead he just asleep ❤️‍🩹

Bob is The man

Had to hit Like before the first note hit back... That good!

Lyrics: Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the year of who knows when Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion Always on the outside of whatever side there was When they asked him why it had to be that way, well, he answered, just because Larry was the oldest, Joey was next to last They called Joe Crazy, the baby they called Kid Blast Some say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away There was talk they killed their rivals, but the truth was far from that No one ever knew for sure where they were really at When they tried to strangle Larry, Joey almost got hit the roof He went out that night to seek revenge, thinkin' he was bulletproof Then, the war broke out at the break of dawn, it emptied out the streets Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats Till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners They stashed them away in a basement, called them amateurs The hostages were tremblin' when they heard a man exclaim Let's blow this place to kingdom come, let Con Edison take the blame But Joey stepped up, he raised his hand, said, we're not those kind of men It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away The police department hounded him, they called him Mr. Smith They got him on conspiracy, they were never sure who with What time is it? said the judge to Joey when they met Five to ten, said Joey, the judge says, that's exactly what you get He did ten years in Attica, reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich They threw him in the hole one time for tryin' to stop a strike His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand They let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great He tried to find the way back into the life he left behind To the boss he said, I have returned and now I want what's mine Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun I'm around too many children, he'd say, they should never know of one Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe Emptied out the register, said, tell 'em it was Crazy Joe One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York He could see it comin' through the door as he lifted up his fork He pushed the table over to protect his family Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep I heard his best friend Frankie say, he ain't dead, he's just asleep Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born And someday if God's in heaven overlookin' His preserve I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve Joey, Joey King of the streets, child of clay Joey, Joey What made them want to come and blow you away

Youre a good man Joey

I remember my mum. Great lady.

A legend to not to be matched

I love the version he did with the Dead too

Love getting blown away, Farout

#Cantor, poeta, roteirista, desenhista e escritor. O Bob dylan é simplesmente o melhor.

I love this song

Genius.

In 1996 Dylan performed Joey at the Bronco Bowl in Oak Cliff. This is the Dallas neighborhood where Stevie Ray Vaughan grew up and where Lee Harvey Oswald fled after the events described in Murder Most Foul. It was built in the 50's as a combination bowling alley, indoor putt putt and small concert venue by the son of H.L. Hunt (the REAL Jed Clampett) who probably funded the John Birch Society back in the day. Funny how all these threads of Americana blend to weave this Great American Tapestry. The next day I asked the owner of the small store I worked at if he liked the concert? He said it was okay... I wish he had played more of his old songs...who wants to pay to hear him sing JOEY?

I love this!

Awesome song.

Loved it

Un dei capolavori di Dylan

Wonderful song.

Vitor Ramil made a beautiful version, Joquim! It's about a Brazilian genious, called Joaquim!

Yup, someone reminded me of his collaboration with the Grateful Dead ...what a great show !!! Jerry Garcia paid attention 100%....

..still have the vinyl...Savin A Seat #Calabogie 70th August 2023

From "JOEY" by Bob Dylan: Some say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too. It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue.

It wasn't Joey who stopped the killing the hostages it was Larry. He actually slapped the shit outta Joey.

This song is to me a lament to Joey Gallo's story. An his family too

he called them amateurs.... jooooooooooeyyyy

Uncle joey RIP....love you Goombahdeil

Genieten!

Was named after this song x

"he ain't dead; he's just asleep. People have been saying that about me all my life.

Exactly

Love the Jimmy Cagney reference ay 6:00...

Awesome

Watching the series about the making of The Godfather - Joey shows up in the 3rd episode. Looking forward to the next installment.

I believe that's Emmylou Harris singing harmony vocals.

Tenía 16 años y mi hermano me invitó a escuchar a este fenómeno defensor de los derechos humanos,pero cuando vi la película de Hurricane me di cuenta de que todo en esta vida tiene un precio,.Bob Dyland dejo de defender a Urricane cuando su mánager le dijo que perdía seguidores por no verse claro la inocencia de Urricane.Bob Dyland le escribió esta gran canción.

Oh yeah awesome 😎

Greatest balladeer of all time. Ĺove Black Diamond Bay, Lillie RoseMarie and the Jack of Hearts

His tribute to NY infamous colorful gangster .. Joey Crazy Joe Gallo. What a song.

one ob dylans best albums "sara"...

Dylan was so naive to beatify Joey Gallo. He was not a hero of the working man. He was a violent and vicious gangster. That's it. Now it's cool to write a ballad about his bizarre life, but not to sing that the man was a hero. He was a monster. Having set the record straight, it is a terrific song. It's just that Hurricane Carter was a violent man but actually a real hero, doing time for a crime he did not commit. Joey was not innocent.

Genius

The best

even bob dylan bought the hype

He did amazing job speaking in behalf of my grandfather❤

"It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again"

Grande poeta! amo muito

Emmylou was the perfect partner on that entire album In this song, about a real person Joe Gallo. She made it truly sound like a tragic opera. Beautiful song, Bob Dylan once again shows his genius for Lyrics. God Bless You Bob, I'm a fan for 56 Years!!! All those years his and all the songs, His Lyrics are pure Genius. I'm still trying to Interpret "Desolation Row" 50 Freakin years and I still can't interpret it. Love the melody & guitar work in that song. The Lrics?, Well as I said Bob Dylan is a GENIUS

Sun turned cold over Presidents street and the town of brook left n mourned

What time is it ? .....five to ten.. .That's exactly what you'll get

Because he admits selling his soul 😮

I absolutely hate the way Joey gets disparaged by critics. I maintain that Joey is one of Dylan’s greatest middle fingers to music critics. It’s as if he’s calling attention to the hypocrisy of saying it’s okay to glorify cowboy gangsters from the 19th century in folk songs but not contemporary 20th century ones

U guys no who the songs about? An infamous or famous Mafia capo who shot the Columbo boss Joe Columbo at a rally on June 28th 1971 but I'm actually not sure whether they proved it was Joe Gallo? Great album one of my favourite esp the third song side two, i just don't remember while this is playing but isis what a fantastic lyrically orgasmic song!!! Where does that come from i mean it's just perfection and don't ask about Blood on the Tracks, done the year after, two albums of total total perfection!!!

American Poet Legend