Bob Dylan live debut Crossing the Rubicon [No coincidence] - Phoenix, March 3, 2022 

*EDIT* Crossing The Rubicon with lyric changes for this performance BY: BOB DYLAN 1- I crossed the Rubicon on the 14th day of the most dangerous month of the year At the worst time at the worst place - that’s all I seem to hear I got up early, so I could greet the Goddess of the Dawn I painted my wagon - I abandoned all hope and I crossed the Rubicon 2- The Rubicon is the Red River, going gently as she flows Redder than your ruby lips and the blood that flows from the rose Three miles north of purgatory - one step from the great beyond I prayed to the cross and I kissed the girls and I crossed the Rubicon 3- What are these dark days I see in a world so badly bent How can I redeem the time - the time so idly spent How much longer can it last - how long can this go on I embraced my love put down my head and I crossed the Rubicon 4- I can feel the bones beneath my skin and they’re tremblin’ with rage I’ll make your wife a widow - you’ll never see old age new- *Sun has turned to gold and the Winter chill is gone* I pawned my watch and I paid my debts and I crossed the Rubicon 5- Put my heart upon the hill where some happiness I’ll find If I survive then let me love - let the hour be mine Take the high road - take the low, take any one that you want I poured the cup and I passed it along and I crossed the Rubicon 6- new- *Well you foxy man, you're the talk of the town you usurping of all the other younger men* *I trusted you once and that was more than enough, I never trusted in that person again* *I'll lift your bonnet, cut your head off with a crooked knife, It ain't over till it's gone* I stood between heaven and earth and I crossed the Rubicon 7- Well I feel the Holy Spirit inside and see the light that freedom gives I believe it’s within the reach of every man who lives new- *Well the lights sun was going down and the night was coming on* *I harnessed the moon took out the pits* and I crossed the Rubicon 8- Mona Baby, are you still in my mind - I truly believe that you are Couldn’t be anybody else but you who’s come with me this far The killing frost is on the ground and the *early days* are gone I lit the torch and I looked to the east and I crossed the Rubicon Copyright © 2020 by Special Rider Music Original lyrics to stanza 4 Show me one good man in sight that the sun shines down upon Original lyrics to stanza 6 You defiled the most lovely flower in all of womanhood Others can be tolerant - others can be good I’ll cut you up with a crooked knife and I’ll miss you when you’re gone Original stanza 7 is missing altogether which was: You won’t find any happiness here - no happiness or joy Go back to the gutter and try your luck - find you some nice young pretty boy Tell me how many men I need and who I can count upon I strapped my belt and buttoned my coat and I crossed the Rubicon Because the original stanza 7 is not there, stanza 8 is stanza 7 and part of the lyrics have been changed from: Keep as far away as possible - it’s darkest ‘fore the dawn

Such a wonderful concert. Bob Dylan sounding great.

Who hasn't crossed their own Rubicon? And how many times have we crossed our own Rubicon? Bless you Mr. Dylan for helping me, once more, to recognize and feel my own humanity!

It's great to be alive when Dylan is making amazing music.

Very surprised at the great quality of his voice.

Brilliant Bob Dylan’ Sound Writing Song Great Photo Good informative Clip 🌸🧡🧡🌸

❤️Love.

Sounds completely changed, seems more level-headed, somehow lifted to another level. The album version sounded like a personal doomsday scenario with all the consequences, this version is more universal, more of a war scenario, a human being involved in a bigger downfall. Caesar goes into a battle that brings no gain, it's nothing heroic, it's just doom,and he brings death to the other contributors as well. Mr. Dylan is a quick-change artist, with just a few strokes he draws sharply like Picasso, widens the view, has an effect - the ides of march are the beginning of the death of Caesar, or another unnamed dictator? Thank you for share

Timeless song and great performance ,Thanks Bob!,,,,so relevant today.

Thanks so much NeBF🌺💫 I’m astounded by what an intriguing performance Bob brings us! Thank you All Musicmen❣️🌺🎶🌹💫🌷🌞

I was lucky enough to be in Phoenix to hear this song live. Amazing show!

This feels like it would fit nice on Time Out Of Mind at this tempo. I've got a feeling if they keep playing this it will be a real highlight by the end of the tour. Tony's bass playing really keeps the song moving.

Yea heavy and a bottle of bread! Fantastic performance from the wizened warrior of wondrous words

What a revelation. Voice and lyrics are one. Work of a genie at the end...a hard rains is falling...god save us!

“They say patriotism is the last refuge, To which a scoundrel clings...” Been thinking about that one lately for sure Great tune Thanks

Time has changed again and we are all a part of it - we all have eyes and ears. The Rubicon is crossed again. Bob Dylan sings reservedly, the blues becomes quiet and dangerous - thereby losing nothing - imprints his time stamp on us.

Superb!

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YOU CROSSED THE RUBICON BOB HONEY

Bob,your voice sounds great…whatever you’re doing, keep it up!

I lit the torch and I looked to the east and I crossed the Rubicon. Prophetic…

Great. Thanks

Thank you so much!🙌 What a wonderfully presented upload of Bob’s LIVE debut! I appreciate your creativity and thoughtfulness of this! I also am grateful for the link to a blog about it. I think Bob’s LIVE performance is more approachable than his Studio recording. It really invites you into the atmosphere of what crossing the Rubicon can mean in modern terms and in these days if such great unrest. The whole idea of crossing the or a Rubicon today seems even more challenging given an increase of political device, polarization and complexities of our world. Yes much more complex in the sense that although we have all the tools and means to change things and communicate better we are often deficient in our ability to use all these tools in a positive and effective manner! We have not operated well or availed ourselves of so much opportunity. Apathy has swallowed good will and leisure the fortitude of following through. For Bob to write this song is a strong demonstration of being true to the truth in ourselves which also ties in with Shakespeare’s line in Hamlet “to thine own self be true”. The problem i see is, that in today’s society clarity of truth has been clouded by albeit well meaning ideas and political correctness. Very few people have courage to call it as they see it and even fewer will dialogue about. Hence, we spend way too much time hanging around in limbo when we could actually be doing something inspiring and transformative. As Bob says in “Every Grain Of Sand”, we are “hanging in the balance.” I know he changed the lyrics to the other half of that line from “the reality of man” to “a perfect finished plan”, but it doesn’t matter in my view because either way there are times in our lives we will face crossing of rubicons and one final one this side of “the great beyond”! I don’t really believe in the traditional idea of purgatory but if it exists, then i think we are in it right now! 🤍

Thank you NB for posting this song. Of course it is no coincidence that Bob would now sing this song. Like all other songs from RARW album this one also sounds different than the original. I would love to listen to the whole concert but I am very grateful nonetheless to be able at least to listen to the great premiere of Crossing The Rubicon. Visionaries are pushing the limits and crossing the boundaries but madmen do that too especially when they have too much power and they are deceived into thinking that their will is the law. Thank you again NB!

I gave this one a listen earlier this morning. Gotta love the instant gratification of it all. ... Happy it's upon RU-vidville 😀. Great performance & dig the lyric changes - Thanks much for uploading🤘

Great posting ! Thank you, Neverending Bobfan.

this is AMAZING. Bob Dylan is just as sharp and relevant as he was in the 60's. he sounds amazing. OMG.

I would love to hear him sing ths when HIE was 25 ...reminds me of " BLONDE ON BLONDE " legend !

Your biggest fan

Hi ¡ from one more Bobfan. We're lucky to have Bob Dylan.🍀 Que gusto poder oír lo más reciente de Bob Dylan. Saludos.

He was so much older then but he´s younger than that now!

Thanks for taking the time to post. ❤️ fascinating harmonious rendition

YEAH BOB YOU ARE THE LEGEND

When Rough & Ready dropped around June 2020, didn't listen to it, until NYE 2021...on trip...and it blew my evah lovin mind.. and knowing Bob, as the prophet, he is...I was shook, one of may shook moments since 2019 Thank You Bob!🙌🏾🙌🏾🕯💓Here tomorrow, gone today Faith fades away For idols with their feet of clay Keep your head upon your neck It's not too late for that Even though the winds of change Have blown away your hat💚🙏Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion✌🥀

Yo. Never ending Bob fan. 💖

Excellent!!!!!

Better than the studio version….

Thank you very much

Bobby sounds good!

Sounds like a great band.

The lyrics are amazing

On the run..on the road. But tell bob I'm sick as a parrot but want him to have this pic. Thru the dirty window of a cabin ship. Heaven n Earth. 💞

For those keeping score at home, this song replaced Early Roman Kings in the set (which is not really about Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tarquin the Proud etc.) who wear sharkskin suits and sound a lot more like the "Latin Kings" (GET IT??) of a bygone modern era LOL, nor is this song actually about Julius Caesar, although it represents at least the second reference to that Tyrant of old (thinking of the "What Would Julius Caesar Do (WWJCD)" reference in My Own Version of You and, funnily enough, I was AT this show in Phoenix when it debuted, in the 6th row and it took many of us by pleasant surprise. Chap next to me had been listening to the sets lying around here on YT from the Fall 2021 shows and said to me, just before this song started, the only song he didn't play (in the Fall) from the new album (R&RW) was Crossing the Rubicon (nor Murder Most Foul either, but that's hardly a jam set song). And *voilà* this song started! With this debut performance 9 of the 10 songs from the new album were covered, and it seems from the set lists in Tucson and Albuquerque that this is now a regular fixture for the time being. I think the band started off a little choppy, but definitely warmed up as the set went on, that is just my opinion. Bob stayed behind the piano the whole set (until time for a semi-bow to acknowledge the audience) and he looked frail, leaning on the mic stand for support. Throughout his time behind the piano he would sit between songs and when he stood often leaned on the piano for support, but his voice was in fine form. Seemed to be using a notebook either for music or lyrics, which is very unlike Bob, but give the guy a break, he's 81 in two months. Only a little banter before the last song introducing the band, asking if Alice Cooper (a Phoenix area retiree) or Barry Goldwater (!) was still around in Phoenix. [Good question, I thought.] And then that they [the band] stayed at a hotel which purportedly had Marilyn Monroe's *favorite* swimming pool. Yeah I dunno about that either. Weirdest part (different from October 2019 when I saw him in KC) was that some hellish half-light was trained on the auditorium for the whole set, with understandably aggressive roaming security flashing madly at every suspect with a camera or phone out. It is what it is, right? More than once first-time attendees who were likely inebriated said loudly, I just wanted to see him before he dies. That's the spirit!

Visionaries are crying tears of blood about the uncertainty of outcomes. As the "ides of March" are swiftly approaching we are witnesses to the exodus and impending doom. Faith and freedom lift souls nearer to the rapture. Spiritual comfort for the veil which blinds us from seeing the oozing wounds and silent suffering. Purity and holiness are symbolized by the blood stained white rose. Blessings.

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ain't nothin' but the blues...

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The picture of Bob and the band is from Tucson Arizona not Phoenix.

Bob still smoking cigs? Man he sounds LEAN and MEAN positively GROWLING great job! Thanks BOB!

'WOW Mom, I Wanna Live!!!!!' PLEASE Bob!!!!! The World NEEDS YOU To Cross The Rubicon And Become A Voice For All The Voiceless PreBorns Who Wish They Could Be Heard Begging That Their Lives Not Be Unnecessarily Terminated. May Your Strength Always Increase And May You Be Among Those Who Have Been Given The Potential Of The Highest Of Honors In Revealing The Messiah's Presence In This Generation. May Moshiach Please Come Speedily In All Our Days... 💥👑🚼🖖💥

Could you tell me what dani means? Is it yatom, or ...........

Crossing The Rubicon with lyric changes for this performance BY: BOB DYLAN 1- I crossed the Rubicon on the 14th day of the most dangerous month of the year At the worst time at the worst place - that’s all I seem to hear I got up early, so I could greet the Goddess of the Dawn I painted my wagon - I abandoned all hope and I crossed the Rubicon 2- The Rubicon is the Red River, going gently as she flows Redder then your ruby lips and the blood that flows from the rose Three miles north of purgatory - one step from the great beyond I prayed to the cross and I kissed the girls and I crossed the Rubicon 3- What are these dark days I see in a world so badly bent How can I redeem the time - the time so idly spent How much longer can it last - how long can this go on I embraced my love put down my head and I crossed the Rubicon 4- I can feel the bones beneath my skin and they’re tremblin’ with rage I’ll make your wife a widow - you’ll never see old age new- *Sun has turned to gold and the Winter chill has gone* I pawned my watch and I paid my debts and I crossed the Rubicon 5- Put my heart upon the hill where some happiness I’ll find If I survive then let me love - let the hour be mine Take the high road - take the low, take the one you’re on I poured the cup and I passed it along and I crossed the Rubicon 6- new- *Well you foxy man, you're the talk of the town you usurping all the younger men, I trusted you once and that was more than enough, I never trusted in that person again I'll lift your bonnet, cut your head off with a crooked knife, It ain't over till it's gone* I stood between heaven and earth and I crossed the Rubicon 7- Well I feel the Holy Spirit inside and see the light that freedom gives I believe it’s within the reach of every man who lives new- *Well the days sun was going down and the night was coming on I harnessed the moon took out the pits* and I crossed the Rubicon 8- Mona Baby, are you still in my mind - I truly believe that you are Couldn’t be anybody else but you who’s come with me this far The killing frost is on the ground and the autumn leaves are gone I lit the torch and I looked to the east and I crossed the Rubicon Copyright © 2020 by Special Rider Music Original lyrics to stanza 4 Keep as far away as possible - it’s darkest ‘fore the dawn I turned the key and I broke it off... Original lyrics to stanza 6 You defiled the most lovely flower in all of womanhood Others can be tolerant - others can be good I’ll cut you up with a crooked knife and I’ll miss you when you’re gone Original stanza 7 is missing altogether which was: You won’t find any happiness here - no happiness or joy Go back to the gutter and try your luck - find you some nice young pretty boy Tell me how many men I need and who I can count upon I strapped my belt and buttoned my coat and I crossed the Rubicon Because the original stanza 7 is not there, stanza 8 is stanza 7 and part of the lyrics have been changed from: Keep as far away as possible - it’s darkest ‘fore the dawn I turned the key and I broke it off... to what is there now

Dear Bob, Please Consider a Duet with Celine Dion of Mathew West's Song "Untold" in Order to Raise Funds to Help Pregnant Women in Financial Distress Avoid a Decision to Unnecessarily Terminate Their Pregnancy...

bob musta had vocal chords tightened up..sounds very good now...great song

Beyond the pale baby!

I can't think of better way to show your appreciation than to upload a bootleg version of a Bob Dylan performance. Too bad there's no video. Oh wait. He asked that you not record or take pictures.

Vlad looked to the west, said yep 'er/time to cross the Dnieper.

🇮🇪💔🌹⭐👠feck it technology not great in the mountains. Will try later for pic.

Lisa do you like this?

Stellar performance. But any connection to Ukraine/Russia is a stretch.

Honestly, especially with the "foxy man" lyrics, I see this song more from Zelenskyy's perspective. I know that "crossing the Rubicon" refers to Caesar's invasion, but it's also used in modern parlance for crossing the point of no return. I think of Zelenskyy being offered a ride out and saying, "Hell no." "How much longer can it last - how long can this go on," indeed. Fuck Putin. Fuck Russian imperialism. I've lived in eastern Slovakia for 17 years. I stand with Ukraine. So does God.

Too bad the written lyrics are TOTALLY out of sync with the sound............................. If you're gonna do this please do it right fer chrissake