And here’s a thought… if Dylan really is telling a religious tale, why is he so bloody obscure about it? We could make a difference if we acted, but in the end we’re just regular people. Was it doom laden, was it a rock n roll blast? The phrasing is terrible, the title is boring. Queen Ester Marrow, Debra Byrd, Carolyn Dennis (backing vocals). In music changing the key, the instruments, the rhythm, the ambiance in turns of the introduction into the song, fills the same functions. Though you take a short cut at the end, in the beginning your view is very valuable… there’s much more in this song, and I prefer the ugly so called disco version, there’s meaning there… and though maybe not apocalyptic, when it don’t matter who loves who, things are not so good, but that’s just the feeling the song gives me… a deep one at that… and yes, can’t put it down to one meaning…, Great live performance here: Sydney 1986 One’s conclusions would be odd, to say the least. I cherish this song, despite the loathsome eighties treatment, because of the content and the singing… and because it is Dylan experimenting, a thing Bruce seldom did, but okay that great man never convinced me, but I see why people like him. version on The Bootleg Series 1 … Take it as you want. Continue reading March 23, 1989 Bob Dylan Recorded “Series of Dreams” →. ~Bob Dylan (to Eliot Mintz – March 1991), …Dylan sings wonderfully. It’s the end of the chase and the moon is high. The Bootleg Series, Vol. Definitely a disco beat that makes you want to dance. (Casablanca), Dylan: When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky. She knows there’s no success like failure Add a video, Do you know any background info about this track? Well apart from the fact that it is hard to think of many other songs that Dylan has written in a minor key, this is something even rarer – it is a song that modulates – which is to say it changes key during the process. So it leaves open the question of whether it is joyous or uncertain. You know everything, my love. According to “Krogsgaard” & “Olof’s – Still on the Road“, this is not true, as it were mixed on that day, but recorded March 26: Continue reading Bob Dylan’s best songs: Angelina →, Composing it [When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky], yeah. Other than that I agree with everything you say! So yes, if you really want to, you can transform “If you look out across the fields, see me returning” as Satan’s warning, or indeed the announcement of the Second Coming of Christ as per the Book of Revelations. Freedom from a world which you deny. To write about stuff we don’t like is a waste of time. Captain Renault: How much easier to go back to Dylan’s own analysis that they are just words he picked up here and there. Who are you that I should have to lie? Bob Dylan - When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky on Vimeo (When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky). To say that the lyrics are apocalyptic as many have said, is to take but one vision – and for me not a very convincing one. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Lyrics 1961-2012. But you’re disappointed now in those who did not deliver. In the end he had to choose one version, so he did. Brave and stupid of me yes, but sometimes you have to stick a neck out and hope you haven’t missed something. With disaster that you somehow managed to escape. Indeed all the song is saying, “hey babe, its just life”. So yes, I am questioning the official notes but I do think that because of the ambiguity of the lyrics and the different stance of the two versions, both versions are realistic representations full of artistic merit, of the concept Dylan was exploring. Hello there Tony, thank you for posting this analysis of a song from Bob Dylan’s Music Box http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/739/When-the-Night-Comes-Falling-from-the-Sky Come and join us inside and listen to every song composed, recorded or performed by Bob Dylan, plus all the great covers streaming on YouTube, Spotify, Deezer and SoundCloud. As for the most contentious lines, “I saw thousands who could have overcome the darkness” could be the politicians who run our countries as much as anything, and the “lousy buck” could easily refer to our ability to overcome poverty (the money is there, it just isn’t spent in the way. Angelina is credited as being recorded on May 4, 1981 on “The Bootleg Series, Vol. It is a song of collected images – and no worse for that. ~Bob Dylan (to Eliot Mintz – March 1991), …Dylan sings wonderfully. By Tony Attwood. He wasn’t obscure in Serve Somebody, why be obscure this time? The Bootleg Series, Vol 1-3: Rare & Unreleased 1961-1991 (1991 - Original Release) BUY. That whirlpool of light that’s in your eye. It’s all a muddle just do your best. ~Paul Williams (Bob Dylan: Performing Artist Volume 3: Mind Out Of Time 1986 And Beyond). Empire Burlesque is the 23rd studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on June 10, 1985 on Columbia Records.Self-produced, the album peaked at No. There are no easy answers, I’m just this regular guy who never asks the impossible. This is people passing by, making comment. “We don’t write about music we don’t like, we don’t listen to music we don’t like, we don’t attend concerts we don’t like. Series of Dreams ... BOOTLEG SERIES: VOLUMES 1 -- 3. It will just be ok.”. Index to all the Bob Dylan songs reviewed on this site. @ #62 on my list of Dylan’s 200 best songs. ~Bob Dylan (to Neil Spencer – July 1981), How to comment on this extraordinary piece of writing? Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Lines overheard here and there, you know, strung together over a long period of time, resulted in that particular piece. When the night comes falling from the sky. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hardly. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Lyrics to When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky [Original Version] by Bob Dylan from the The Bootleg Series, Vols. First Played Feb 05, 1986. The song has been performed 63 times live; 55 times in 1986 & 8 times in 1987. To be precise the former is in the key of B minor, the Bootleg version is in A major. Composing it [When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky], yeah. ~Bob Dylan (to Eliot Mintz – March 1991) …Dylan sings wonderfully. Posted on October 21, 2014 by TonyAttwood. The lyrics too are much improved upon, the way he pronounces Icy Wind is just chilling, whereas the whirlwind of light has no power to convince. It don’t matter who loves who. Bob Dylan live 2010 – 2014 (videos & audio), Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour 2015 – Videos & Audio, Bob Dylan: Live 1980 – 1989 (Video & audio), Bob Dylan: 8 essential videos from the 80’s, When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky, Bob Dylan – Top 200 songs accoding to Egil | Johanna's Visions. Your email address will not be published. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Only yesterday I know that you’ve been flirting Great post…in my opinion the song really came alive on the road with TP&tHB’s in ’86. Smoke is in your eyes, you draw a smile. Indeed Dylan said in one interview that the song was made up of “Lines overheard here and there,” and that’s really all we need. I’ve walked two hundred miles, now look me over. Not even close. It was overdubbed and first released in 1991 as the final song on “The Bootleg Series 1-3”. ~from “Angelina”, …. Well, I gave to you my heart like buried treasure I’m so tired of those who use for their own pleasure What we can also read into the two versions is the fact that since Dylan changed the song so utterly between the two versions, he didn’t have a clear vision of what it was about either – and was very happy to have written an abstract piece of multiple images. Great song, but the one released on “Empire Burlesque” is really bad. Start the wiki, Look out across the fields, see me returningSmoke is in your eye, you draw a smileFrom the fireplace where my letters to you are burningYou've had…. 33 in the U.S. and No. And it is this, “official” and knowledgeable enough to be on the notes with the three volume album, that I am challenging. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. When the night comes falling from the sky. the Empire Burlesque version is nowhere near my top 200…. The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 ist eine CD-Zusammenstellung von Bob Dylan.Die Sammlung ist im Columbia Records Katalog unter der Nummer C3K 86572 erfasst. But if you don’t see that the two versions are fundamentally musically different, then you are back to arguing about producers and contemplating the strangeness of Dylan’s decision making. “I don’t care who loves who…maybe you love me and maybe I love you” is a great line of ambiguity. Some speak of the future Either you’ll love me or I’ll love you Thus “I’ve walked 200 miles” might mean “I’m trying to offer you salvation through Jesus Christ” or it might mean “It’s been a long hard road” in the way the blues (and of course Tom Petty) says it. In short, if you really want to grab the image behind this song, and its ability to be transformed with two utterly different musical settings, think back to this, In the dime stores and bus stations Listen to When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky from Bob Dylan's The Bootleg … I’d never done anything like it before. When I first heard it on Empire it didn’t even register. Where the current is strong and the monkey dances The moral is, ignore the critics, they really did a hatchet job on this record, plough your own furrow and dig what you want to dig. Leave feedback. And the band’s performance on both released versions reflect something of how Hendrix interpreted Dylan’s original “Watchtower.” And I would agree with the other posts which suggest that the song really came alive during the ’86 tour. It is two different musical approaches, giving two different sets of insights, but for me, no firm meanings at all. “Read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall”. Lines overheard here and there, you know, strung together over a long period of time, resulted in that particular piece. I think he was experimenting, exploring, not dissatisfied. The “Lyrics” will be corrected. Do what Dylan does in the LP version and rotate between B minor and E minor and it feels doom laden. So yes, Dylan might be commenting on the fact that Jesus says: “I may return at any moment now” or Dylan might be telling us a story about a returning man, or he might be taking up individual images without a story.

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