I was at the Cardiff show May 11th 66',,,,it was amazing, Bob by himself first half, then with the Hawks ( later the BAND),,Garth Hudson' organ playing here is amazing,,in fact the whole band were amazing.
The "thin, WILD mercury sound" I think you mean, is associated with the Nashville musicians that Bob assembled for Blonde on Blonde, not with the Band....
Certainly when it came to music they did. However, (and I'm of that generation) there were also the Vietnam war, the political assassinations of our hero's JFK, MLK and RFK. Bobby Kennedy probably hurt the most, because he was seen at the last hope, and he understood how to speak so everyone listened. As Tom Hayden said "we became a generation of what might have been".
The band that Dylan's playing with is literally The Band and although someone edited that clip of Dylan and Lennon, the person playing bass and singing in One Too Many Mornings here is Rick Danko from The Band.
Danko and Robertson and either Garth or Manual, plus a couple of other guys whose name I forget, is what I read on another video from that tour. Certainly a unique sound on that tour, I really like it. Having said that it does have a kind of speed-reefer or speed-heroin or cocaine-heroin mix to the sound and look to these shows. The media scrutiny and crowd stuff had to be a bit much judging from the Pennebaker footage that's out there. I don't think Dylan gets enough credit for the risks he ventured in inviting the degree of access to what went on between shows that he gave that film crew. When folk comment on Lennon being more guarded than Bob in the back seat conversation videos that this short clip begins with a brief snippet from, it strikes me that Bob knew it was part of his deal (not contract per se, tho that too, but the spirit of the commitment he and Pennebaker made to each other beforehand) that Bob could veto use of anything he chose to afterwards. The Beatles in the car didn't have that option, and didn't have the same contrary to norms image Dylan did. Yet.
Check out the version on "The Basement Tapes: Complete" - it's scrappy but it's a very charming rendition and a fair bit better quality than this one at least. Couple nice sounding live versions of this arrangement on Spotify as well :) As much as I love the fingerpicked original recording, I do like this arrangement quite a bit too
Dylan was so out of it, that's heroine for you. He's cleaned up his act since the sixties and I still love him and his music. Been a fan since 1964!! We're so lucky to still have him. Christine Palmer, The Gold Coast, Australia.
Timeless footage of both legends. Bob fighting his heroin addiction at the time all while touring sick as shit. Lennon tried to be a good friend to him around that time but both had demons to fight.
the 66 tour was so awful for bob, he was obviously fighting a heroin addiction and was so out of his mind at this time and so burnt out from touring and he was so sick in this video clip with John because of the heroin. it's been denied but it's the truth and the motorcycle accident shortly after this tour in England was for Bob to clean himself up and it took years to do that.......
I never believed there was real serious motorcycle accident. There may have been a minor one. I think Dylan used it as an excuse to go into hiding, get clean and kick his drug addiction.
@@howlinwolf73 I read Robbie's book "Testimony", and according to his book, Bob did have a motorcycle accident and had to be in a neck brace for some time. Also according to Robbie, Dylan was doing a lot of pills, uppers, etc. barely ate, however there is no mention of doing heroin. Robbie goes into details about his own drug use, and the heroin addictions of Levon, Richard and Rick, Robbie and Garth did not do heroin.
Wow. The diction is mesmeric and perfect. Question is how? How did he do this? And the shots with Robbie and Rick. Too much prettiness in one picture. X
When I watch the longer clip with Lennon and Dylan I get this heavy feeling like Bob wanted to confide in John as a friend, but John rejected it and just kept acting silly, and it brought down Dylan even more...
Maybe when more than one famous person is together they can start noticing their fame and that puts a damper on everything. How could anyone relax thinking about their fame? It is a real vexed issue. Kurt Cobain seemed to hate it. I heard Bob Dylan in a interview talking about how the fame thing really got to him at one stage and he explained how he just let all that go one day. The persona of a famous person is not really them. They need to let that image out of their mind and be themselves. So John was showing his empathy. He was saying he understands exactly the problem because he feels exactly the same way. It is a dam rat race being a famous star But you just have to do it because it is a duty The audiences who walked out were political It was not about the music They thought they were above electric music Electricity makes the instruments loud for a bigger audience I think they just wanted to keep him to themselves He had to be big because his messages are so important for everyone. His songs had to be everywhere But hardship seems to do him good anyway He has so much inspiration.
Yes he had to be carried into the hotel. F'd up. Smacked up. It's a miracle he survived that tour what with all the speedballs and cocaine. Thank God he had that "motorcycle accident" , getting well again. He really took a bullet for the team- future modern rockers. Paved the way for artists to be original and to freaking mix up genres if they felt like it. He might have been the first music genre fusion artist. God bless Bob Dylan!
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Is performance part of this from the Ritz Cinema, Belfast, 1966... the outfit Robbie Robertson is wearing is the same as the photo I have of Dylan and he on stage there. Plus he film ends with the gates at Crumlin Road Belfast prison being closed.
I don't think that's John Lennon singing with Dylan doesn't look like him that is him in the car but it doesn't look like him or sound like him is it I'm new at all this thanks guys
Got to admit, I would have joined the " Judas " crowd at the murder of this song. Electric Dylan is OK to me , but the Organ and overplaying of an acoustic classic. No wonder the booed him.
I actually prefer the version with the Band. Robbie provides excellent backing vocals. I wouldn't bother seeing Dylan live if you think this is butchery. He never plays any of his songs the same live. They feel like new songs every time.
@@leavemealoneyoutube1707 Nitpicking, I know, but Rick sang backup. Robbie has never been a real vocalist in the same way that Rick, Richard Manuel, and Levon Helm were.
@@GeoffreyGentryMusic You are right, Robbie's voice, although nice, could not compete with Richard, Levon and Rick. They were all good, but Rick is my favorite.
