Karen Dalton - Something On Your Mind 

She was such a great musician, and a really cool lady too... She was our roommate for a few years when I was a kid back in the early 80s (my mother and I that is). She played one of her songs for me on her guitar one time, gave me one of her old albums, and I remember loving it and begging her to play for me all the time after that. She had a big gray tabby she named 'Bugs' who was one of the meanest cats I ever met in my life.

If this song is played at my funeral, don't be alarmed as I would surely sit up and listen, clap, and then lay back down.

I can't believe I've lived this long without hearing this. So, so damn good.

The more I listen to this song, the more amazed I am at its brilliance. The sound - and style - was perfect.

this song is so sweet and melancholy that I feel like I've been stabbed in my heart everytime I listen to it. I love it so much.

She was a lesser-known folkie of Omaha Indigenous origin, and part of the 1960s Village folk scene. Dylan recalls her in Chronicle, and The Band’s “Katie’s been gone” is supposedly about her. She has a cult following. Her 1971 LP, In my own time, has “Something on your mind,” composed by Dino Valenti, as first track. Dalton enters a shockingly no-shit intimate grief and longing with her scratchy, plaintive voice. The song, ancient-sounding, seems to come from a long way back in the self. Karen was likely singing to herself about her (known) drug abuse: saw you turn your days into nighttime… you can’t make it without ever even trying… Pedal steel and piercing fiddle (Bill Keith and Bobby Notkoff) echo grief and regret. She doesn’t altogether give up on hope: maybe some day, you’ll want to feel another way… Ms. Dalton reportedly struggled with powerful self-consciousness. Friends who attended an early 70s show said she came on stage and departed quickly. People who were in the studio say substances were a problem. Karen became a drug-addicted street person, who died of HIV and AIDS in 1993. For me this simple song, about being torn up with oneself, has a dark, shining beauty, and hasn’t lost impact in 45 years. I wanted to vouch for this exceptionally resonant bulletin from the conscience.

Her voice is a razor for my heart. Amazing and terrible.

I was listening to Bod Dylan Ballad of a Thin Mind; Dylan was asked who his favorite singer is. He said Karen Dalton. I know so much music but somehow missed her. Glad I found her

If anyone is wondering who playing the incredible violin part on this, its Bobby Notkoff who did a lot of studio work on the east coast in the '70s. Crazy dude but very talented.

Her voice had qualities of all of legendary greats.

R.I.P. Karen Dalton. She's been gone since 1993 but has a timeless voice.

OMG this is beautiful! I had never heard it. What a beautiful haunting voice!

FILM IN BACKGROUND IS FROM "IN THE SUBURBS" a 1957 film made for REDBOOK MAGAZINE by TRACY WARD of ON FILM, INC. PRINCETON, NJ.

What a passionate singer. Great song .Unique voice.

I heard this song first time today, played out towards the end of this Netflix movie Something from Tiffany's. I got locked, searched for the song, kept it on replay. Heaven is blessed to have her.

She is amazing. Good to see her work finally getting notice. She would have made the best source material for the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis." I never heard her live but went to a Santana concert where she was booked to open but never showed. Her manager. Mark Lang should never have plunked her into arenas: absurd. Nice video, Phil. Thank you.

One day,netflix led me here,awesome song , brilliant lyrics

Wow,wow seems timeless,in two hundred years this will still make folks cry,then smile.

I've never heard of her but this song played out at the end of 5th episode of BBC series The Serpent. I had to find out what it was which led me hear. Loved it. So melancholy.

Nice film to go with the song.

Just heard this on "Mayans". Incredible, just ordered the album. Very unique sound!

The violin just kills me every time...it's so beautiful. Crank it.

Her voice is so beautiful.

The best way to enjoy this song and video is to imagine yourself watching it through your rearview mirror as you drive through an empty desert highway to nowhere with very little money and gas after experiencing the greatest heartbreak of your life. Very, very impressive.

I am absolutely devastated to finally look into this awesome woman, I want this at my wake and people can go WhoTF is this.

Gosh ...her vocals gives me chills...what a unique quality she has to sound.

This ladys voice just breaks my heart

when I listen to Karen Dalton I feel the edges of the ocean tugging at the rocks of the land, I hear every broken heart bleeding into the sea and all the hope of the world crying for a fortune that it can never find, Karen all that time poured into the blue veins of your longing stayed forever for someone., and we are all still here at the shoreline of desire. Alan

Absolutely beautiful song. You'd definitely know Joni Mitchell was inspired off Karen's music. Both influential, amazing folk songwriters.

this song is just so beautiful.

I just heard this song at the end of the closing credits from the movie "Rumble." It featured Karen in it as well as other musicians. What breaks my heart is that she has already passed and I never even knew of her or heard of her (though, I know many have). It just hits hard when such a beautiful song is still here, but the artist is gone, and I've just learned of them. Such a beautiful song.

thats the sweetest violin ive ever heard

Wow !!! Amazing voice. This song can make me cry with a smile on my face.

Here b/c I heard this on Gunpowder Milkshake,and loved it..🥰❤️

Had Her LP In My Own Time Upon It's Initial Release (70-71). A Friend Asked Me To Get Him A Copy Of It. We Were Both Shocked At The Vocals Then. Upon Re - listening Now It's Awesome.

I heard this at the end of the movie Birthmarked. It really grabbed me. Hauntingly beautiful! I'm a child of the 60s and I had never heard of her either.

We will be watching you , Nadine.

The most perfect synthesis between video and song on RU-vid for the most perfect song. A snapshot of a lost and poignantly brief world of plenty and hope, vanished in 50 years, and Karen Dalton's voice....................

It's when that violin kicks in. It touches something nothing else can.

Just beautiful and unique. Doesn't even seem dated like some songs become

Bless you forever, Karen...

Who is here because of Mayans MC ? I found this song in one of the scenes and had to know who sang it. After reading the comments below from Jesse Finnerty I was even more into the artist.

This song always calls to mind helpless, resigned crying for me. The loud, heavy kind that makes your ribs sore and leaves you feel hollowed out afterwards.

The video brought tears to my eyes. Long gone childhood.

Only a wonderful soul can sing like this.

A sultry, soothing,rare voice. How on earth I haven't heard of her before now. Thanks Bob Dylan, you rock!

Her voice touches the deepest parts of my soul!

I came across this song on an episode of Amazon's Transparent. I love her voice and I really love the song. The instrumentation would be worth listening to by itself. The song is very appropriate for the scene that it was used in. It's a little haunting, though.

Thanks Shantaram for introducing me to this!!!

Mayans brought me here.. Love this track!!

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Breton Fiddler, Paddy Le Mercier, with the band Baka Beyond, is truly reminiscent of Bobby Notkoff extraordinary violin on this track ...sublime and exquisite ..... really worth listening to

She was SO good

Thank You Bob Dylan for letting the world know of this sacred treasure

One of my favorite tracks of all time. Just one of those songs.

What a nostalgic feeling 😵

Mmmmmmmm.Good music.

I’ll love this song eternally

I only wish if I bought her music today it would have made her life better while she lived... Karen you made aching that special kinda art.

Her voice is adorable but so filled with trouble. I can relate to this song a lot.

song makes me cry

I've been a Karen Dalton fan for many years now. Most people have never heard of her. So imagine my shock when I am watching the episode of The Umbrella Academy where Luther and Klaus walk into a bar and Something On Your Mind is playing on the jukebox in the background. Thought I'd die.

Here because of The Serpent 👏🏼

this is just so damn good

Dalton's great singing goes without saying but what a cool video!!!!!

This is pure natural talent, sometimes I think nothing can touch me these days, but "Something On Your Mind" sure did.

came here because of 'I am not okay with this', stayed because her music is just perfect.

..would see her around the village in the 60's..appreciate her more now...voice has a bit of lady day in it...honesty..

This made me nostalgic for a time i wasn't even around to see

Whoever made this video is a genius. It just so beautifully captures the pathos of the song -- that our decay is most painfully apparent at our peak of strength and beauty. This is the "American high" of the early 1960s, when Karen Dalton sang. Like John Keats reminded by his nightingale: "That beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes / Nor new love pine at them beyond tomorrow."

Way, way, way, way, way before her time. I feel her time is coming, she has a movie about her life coming out soon, and like searching for sugar man, I feel it is going to bring her music back and be appreciated like it should.

I was put on to this song last year after listening to kenny island discs with the brilliant Michael head. couldn't stop playing it and delved in to the history and her back catalogue.. beautiful stuff....... that violin! .. gets me every time. Rip karen x

Gone in the night brought me here❤

Superbe chanson ! J'avais acheté le SP début des 70's. Beau souvenir...

omg i am 60 and got here from suze rotlo's book and i am so glad i left it so long to find such a gem and such a stupid pity she had such a bad time. this is not just a peach it is a master peach. the violin sounds a bit van morrison

This song bleeds autumn.

Wow. Just found this gem

La voz de Karen entra directamente en todos las células de cuerpo. La canción ya preciosista la hace magistral.¡ Dioses por que me habéis castigado en tardar tanta parte de mi vida en disfrutar del color y el calor de esa voz !

brilliant

God is this song beautiful

Unusual song and performance, just heard it over the end credits on The Serpent. Cracking.

real nice video, real nice

I adore her voice and music she sings.

Just a fantastic track. Great job St. Vinny for covering it

For some reason I listened to Katie Cruel a thousand times, yet I missed this gem... terrific song

this video&song touched some part of my long ago childhood heart; part of my *sniff* sniffing* for our america, where we all live... boomer america

Who is this woman?! I just heard her song in a movie and stopped the movie to find the song and the artist! Wow! I don't know much but I do know true music and this song is pure! Wow! Where have I been to not know this person's music!!!

Yet another unsung hero of mine and many tens of thousands of others. We will see you soon my dear we will see you soon my dear Karen

Dylan's favorite Greenwich Village artist in the early 60s and I completely understand now.

First heard this song during end credits of documentary “Rumble: the Indians who rocked the world”

what a great song. i keep wanting to hear it again and again, love the video

Love love love this! My car song for many years now. Never gets old.

The song was used in Gunpowder Milkshake which premiered today on Netflix.

On my playlist. Love this song.

Just incredible

goosebumbs all over!

I can't believe that I, a child of the 70s, have never heard this song before!!

Stunning

God, this song and video is just beautiful. I’ll just be watching this and realize I have tears rolling down my face

Masterpiece.