Sunday Video
Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 6:11PM Mr. Tambourine Man
Mr. Tambourine Man is one of my all time favorite songs. I first heard it the way a lot of people did, via the Byrds in 1965. They had an acetate of Mr. Tambourine Man, so their version of the Bob Dylan song was out before his own recorded version came out on his album, Bringing It All Back Home.
This song and in fact the whole, Bringing It All Back Home album was a conscious effort, I believe, on Dylan’s part to start moving away from the whole protest scene and into the wide open world of rock ‘n’ roll. Shortly after the Byrds got a number one out their electric, “folk rock” version of Mr. Tambourine Man, Dylan plugged in and the times really did start changing.
The third video is a press conference he had at the time in San Francisco. When asked if he considers himself a singer or a poet and he responds with the answer, “I think of myself as a song and dance man,” and everybody laughs. But I’ve always felt that’s the way he feels about himself.
Enjoy the videos! Cheers!
Reader Comments (2)
Soy Bomb!
Ha!!! to Biff's comment! I wonder what Soy Bomb Boy is doing these days? I'm surprised that he never wrote a book! I think the Byrds did a fine job on that song! Jimi did a fine job with All Along the Watchtower too! I agree Marty..........Old Bob was probably being serious.....or halfway serious when he said that! It was a great comeback though! I am still a fan of the old Zimmi..........I sometimes wonder what this world will feel like when he is gone....Yeah......his voice sounds like a shot out tire, riding on the rim but the future without him looks bleak! I guess we will have Kanye to fill the gap!