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Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan Born Robert Allen Zimmerman On May 24 1941 In Duluth Minnesota United States Is An American Singer-Songwriter. Often Regarded As One Of The Greatest Songwriters Of All Time Dylan Has Been A Major Figure In Popular Culture During A Career Spanning More Than 60 Years.
Dylan Started His Musical Odyssey In 1959 When He Began Playing In Dinkytown Minneapolis While Attending The University Of Minnesota. Shortly After Starting To Play He Changed His Stage Name To Bob Dylan After Being Influenced By The Poetry Of Dylan Thomas Before Legally Changing His Name In 1962. Much Of His Best Known Work Is From The 1960s When He Became An Informal Documentarian And Reluctant Figurehead Of American Unrest Promoted By Joan Baez. Some Of His Songs Such As "Blowin' In The Wind" And "The Times They Are A-Changin'" Became Anthems Of The Anti-War And Civil Rights Movements With Joan Baez And Dylan Singing Together At The March On Washington In 1963. However He Later Became Disenchanted With The Civil Liberty Protest Scene Feeling That He Had Been Used By Them. His Album Bringing It All Back Home Marked A Move Away From The Folk Scene And A Move Towards Rock And Roll And Dylan Began To Consciously Distance Himself From His Early Association With Civil Rights. He Also Started To Become Irritated When Being Interviewed Often Given Facetious Or Irreverent Answers To Questions. Bringing It All Back Home Was A Controversial Album As It The First On Which He Played Electric Guitar. This Was Seen By Some Of His Fans As A Betrayal Of This Folk Roots With Some Saying That It Obscured His Meaningful And Poetic Lyrics. The Second Half Of The 1960s Was Marked By A String Of Well Received Releases With His Song "Like A Rolling Stone" Released In July Of 1965 Later Being Named "The Greatest Song Of All Time" By Rolling Stone Magazine In 2004 Placing #1 In A List Of 500 Titles. It Also Marked The Formation Of Dylan's Backing Band The Hawks Who Would Later Call Themselves Simply The Band . Dylan Embarked On A World Tour Of Australia And Europe In 1966 During Which He Seemed To Be Under A Lot Of Strain And Pressure By Both His Fans The Music Press And His Own Promoters. Dylan Himself Admitted That He Began Taking Drugs Seriously Whilst On This Tour And Found It Immensely Hard Work. On Returning To New York He Crashed His Motorbike Sustaining Serious Injuries In The Process And Went Into A Period Of Withdrawal While He Recuperated. During The Late 1960s Dylan Again Changed Stylistic Tradition Moving Away From The Psychedelic Culture Of The Time. It Was Then That He Recorded All Along The Watchtower Perhaps More Famously Recorded By Jimi Hendrix. The 1970s Were A Period During Which Dylan Was More Sporadic In His Output Releasing Some Poorly Received LPs. He Rarely Appeared In Person Until 1974 When He Began Touring Again With His Backing Band The Band. He Also Wrote One Of His Most Extensively Covered Songs Knockin' On Heaven's Door As Well As What Is Now Recognised As One Of His Best Albums Blood On The Tracks. Towards The End Of The 1970s Dylan Discovered Christ And Released Some Albums Of Gospel Music. He Started To Talk To The Crowd About His Faith During His Performances And Wouldn't Play Any Of His Early Work Which Alienated Some Of His Previous Fans. Dylan Today Still Remains An Influential And Popular Artist Despite A Period Of Little Note Between 1980-2000 His 2006 Album Modern Times Reached The US Chart At #1 As Did His 2009 Album Together Through Life In The US Britain France And Several Other Countries. His 2012 Album Tempest Was Also Critically Acclaimed. Since 1988 Dylan Has Been On The So-Called Never Ending Tour During Which His Performances Have Provoked Controversy With Some Critics Claiming That His Lyrics Have Become Incomprehensible An Experience Which Is Not Helped By His Tendency To Change His Set-List And Vocals Almost Every Performance. Bob Dylan's Strong Influence Over The Past Few Years Is Becoming Even More Prominent Amongst A Growing Group Of Younger Emerging Artists Such As George Ellias And Devendra Banhart. Dylan's Early Lyrics Incorporated Politics Social Commentary Philosophy And Literary Influences Defying Existing Pop Music Conventions And Appealing Widely To The Counterculture Of The Time. While Expanding And Personalizing Musical Styles Dylan Has Shown Steadfast Devotion To Traditions Of American Song From Folk And Country/blues To Rock And Roll And Rockabilly To Gaelic Balladry Even Jazz Swing And Broadway. Dylan Performs With The Guitar Keyboard And Harmonica. Backed By A Changing Lineup Of Musicians He Has Toured Steadily Since The Late 1980s. He Has Also Recently Performed Alongside Other Iconic Artists Such As Paul Simon Joni Mitchell Tom Petty And Eric Clapton. Although His Contributions As A Performer And Recording Artist Have Been Central To His Career His Songwriting Is Generally Held As His Highest Accomplishment. Nobel Prize For Literature 2016 - On October 13 2016 Dylan Was Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature For “for Having Created New Poetic Expressions Within The Great American Song Tradition”. The Prestigious Award Has Been Given Annually Since 1901 And Previous Nobel Laureates For Literature Include Harold Pinter And Samuel Beckett. Here Is The Speech Written By Dylan Although Unable To Attend Http //www.Nytimes.Com/2016/12/10/arts/bob-Dylan-Nobel-Prize-Acceptance-Speech.Html?_R 0
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob-Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
"Mr. Tambourine Man" Is A Song Written And Performed By Bob Dylan And Featured On His 1965 Album Bringing It All Back Home Produced By Tom Wilson. After Dylan Wrote It He Produced A Demo In December 1964 Which The Byrds' Version Is Based On. Dylan's Recording Of The Song Is Placed At #106 On Rolling Stone's List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. 1 Due To The Byrds' Version Of The Song Also Making The List At #79 It Is One Of Three Songs To Place Twice Along With "Walk This Way" By Both Aerosmith And Run-DMC With Perry And Tyler And "Blue Suede Shoes" By Both Carl Perkins And Elvis Presley. 2 Two Earlier Recordings By Dylan Of The Song One Live At New York's Philharmonic Hall Dating From October 31 1964 And One Recorded With Ramblin' Jack Elliott On Backing Vocals During Sessions For Another Side Of Bob Dylan Also 1964 Have Recently Been Given Official Releases They Are Available On The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 Bob Dylan Live 1964 Concert At Philharmonic Hall 2004 And The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 No Direction Home 2005 Respectively. Videos Of This Song With Bob Dylan Singing And Playing It At The Newport Folk Festival Of 1964 Can Be Seen On No Direction Home A Documentary Film By Martin Scorsese And Murray Lerner's The Other Side Of The Mirror. Structurally The Song Is Notable For The Fact That It Begins With An Iteration Of The Chorus Rather Than Following The Conventional Pop Song Structure Which Typically Employs A Brief Instrumental Introduction That Leads Into The First Verse. The Song In Its Complete Version Has Invoked Many Theories About Its Meaning And Theme. Due To The High Rating And Placement In The Top 10 Billboard Top Pop Albums Chart It Could Be Considered One Of Dylan's Most Evocative And Poetic Songs. Bruce Langhorne The Greenwich Village Folk Guitarist May Well Have Been An Inspiration For The Song By Way Of The Giant Turkish Tambourine-Like Frame Drum He Was Often Known To Play In The Time Leading Up To The Song's Composition 3 4 He Also Recorded Using The Instrument With Richard And Mimi Fariña. The Electric Guitar Accompaniment On The Album Version Of "Mr. Tambourine Man" Is Among Langhorne's Numerous Credits On Bob Dylan's Recordings. There Are Also Other Influences On The Song. Dylan Himself Has Cited Federico Fellini's Movie La Strada And The Words "in The Jingle Jangle Morning I'll Come Following You" Are Taken From A Lord Buckley Recording. 5 On The Master Recording Dylan Is Playing An Acoustic Guitar In Dropped D Tuning Capoed At The Third Fret. An Electric Guitar Plays A Counter Melody To Back Up Dylan's Vocals. Dylan's Master Recording Clocks At 5' 28" And Consists Of Four Verses While The Byrds' Version Used Only The Second Verse And Was Two-And-A-Half Minutes Long. * Judy Collins Covered The Song On Her Fifth Album 1965 . * Chad And Jeremy Covered The Song On Their Fifth Album I Don't Want To Lose You Baby 1965 . * Kenny Rankin Covered The Song On His Mind-Dusters Album 1967 . * Melanie Safka Covered The Song On Her 1969 Album Born To Be Aka My First Album . * Gene Clark Covered The Song On His Firebyrd Album 1984 . * Gonzo Journalist Hunter S. Thompson Requested The Song Be Played At His Funeral While His Ashes Were Shot Out Of A Cannon And Also Dedicated Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas To Dylan Because Of The Song. * Neil Aspinall The Beatles' Road Manager And Personal Assistant Also Had This Song Played By Pete Townshend At His Funeral. * William Shatner Covered The Song In A Spoken-Word Recitation On His 1968 Album The Transformed Man. * Les Fradkin Covered The Song On His CD "12" And As Part Of The "Timeless Flyte" Tribute Series. * Former American Idol Contestant Jason Castro Covered This Song On The Show In 2008 Forgetting One Line Of The Lyrics. He Later Mentioned In An Interview That "Someone Told Me I Shot The Tambourine Man " A Reference To Him Also Singing "I Shot The Sheriff" By Bob Marley That Same Week. * The Song Was Translated And Sung In Russian By Olga Arefieva As Mister Beliy Grib. * Genki Sudo Translated The Song Along With ACIDMAN And Performed The Song On His CD Single Love And Everything While Keeping 'Hey Mr. Tambourine Man Play A Song For Me' In English. * Müslüm Gürses Has Covered The Song With Different Lyrics Written In Turkish. The Turkish Version Of The Song Was Called Hayat Berbat Life Is Awful . * Mr Tambourine Man Is Used In The Closing Credits Of The Christmas Special Episode Of The British TV Comedy Series One Foot In The Grave Called 'Starbound'. * They Might Be Giants Wrote Their Rare Song "Weep Day" After Seeing This Song's Title Overlapping The End Of A Line Inspiring The Song About Two Characters Named Mr. Tambo And Urine Man. The Band Has Also Been Known To Cover The Song Live At Concerts. * In Tom Wolfe's Non-Fiction Novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Mr. Tambourine Man Is Mentioned Numerous Times About Dylan's "raunching And Rheuming". * Many Indie Bands Have Also Covered This Song Notably The Cincinnati Experimental Group Nevada Smith. The Minneapolis Band Cloud Cult Has Also Covered The Song. * It Is One Of Several Dylan Songs Studied By The Students In Dangerous Minds Where It Is Suggested That The Title Character Is A Drug Dealer. * It Was Translated Into Romanian By Florian Pittiş And Sung By Pasărea Colibri On Their 1995 Album "În Căutarea Cuibului Pierdut". * In Stephen King's Book Carrie The Song Is Mentioned Amongst Others As The Entretainment Portion Of The Famous Prom Scene Alongside 500 Miles Cabaret And Lemon Tree * A Famous Scene From BBC Sitcom One Foot In The Grave Sees Lead Character Victor Meldrew Played By Richard Wilson Riding A Motorised Lawn Mower Whilst Unknowingly Under The Influence Of Drugs Singing Hey Mr Tambourine Man. He Proceeds To Drive Into His Employers Dining Room Where His Employer Is In The Middle Of A Meeting With Several People Including His Former Neighbour Patrick. He Manages To Give The Carpet A Good Trim And Then Drives Straight Into His Employers Summer House. * In The October 1992 Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Tribute Concert At Madison Square Garden Mr. Tambourine Man Was Performed By The Byrds' Founder Roger McGuinn Backed By Tom Petty Mike Campbell And Benmont Tench Among Others. The Tribute Used An Arrangement Similar To The Byrds' 1965 Recording With One Additional Verse. * Bob Sinclar Covered The Song On His 2009 Album Titled Born In 69 * The Barbarians # ^ "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time #101 Through #200". RollingStone.Com. Http //www.Rollingstone.Com/news/story/11028260/the_Rs_500_Greatest_Songs_Of_All_Time/2. Retrieved On 2007-06-02. # ^ A B "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time #1 Through #100". RollingStone.Com. Http //www.Rollingstone.Com/news/story/11028260/the_Rs_500_Greatest_Songs_Of_All_Time/1. Retrieved On 2007-06-02. # ^ "Richie Unterberger Interviews Bruce Langhorne Part 2". Richie Unterberger. Http //www.Richieunterberger.Com/langhorne2.Html. Retrieved On 2009-07-13. # ^ "Richie Unterberger Interviews Bruce Langhorne Part 1". Richie Unterberger. Http //www.Richieunterberger.Com/langhorne.Html. Retrieved On 2009-07-13. # ^ Sounes Howard 2001 . Down The Highway The Life Of Bob Dylan. Doubleday. P. 182. ISBN 0-552-99929-6. # ^ Eder Bruce 1990 . The Byrds 1990 CD Box Set Liner Notes # ^ "Billboard Hot 100 Mr. Tambourine Man". Billboard. Http //www.Billboard.Com/bbcom/esearch/chart_Display.Jsp?cfi 379&cfgn Singles&cfn The Billboard Hot 100&ci 3070319&cdi 8813307&cid 06/26/1965. Retrieved On 2009-07-13. # ^ Brown Tony 2000 . The Complete Book Of The British Charts. Omnibus Press.
# ^ A B C D E Rogan Johnny 1998 . The Byrds Timeless Flight Revisited. Rogan House.ISBN 0-95295-401-X
# ^ A B "The Byrds Biography". Allmusic. Http //www.Allmusic.Com/cg/amg.Dll?p Amg&searchlink THE. Retrieved On 2009-07-13.
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Bob Dylan Born Robert Allen Zimmerman On May 24 1941 In Duluth Minnesota United States Is An American Singer-Songwriter. Often Regarded As One Of The Greatest Songwriters Of All Time Dylan Has Been A Major Figure In Popular Culture During A Career Spanning More Than 60 Years.
Dylan Started His Musical Odyssey In 1959 When He Began Playing In Dinkytown Minneapolis While Attending The University Of Minnesota. Shortly After Starting To Play He Changed His Stage Name To Bob Dylan After Being Influenced By The Poetry Of Dylan Thomas Before Legally Changing His Name In 1962. Much Of His Best Known Work Is From The 1960s When He Became An Informal Documentarian And Reluctant Figurehead Of American Unrest Promoted By Joan Baez. Some Of His Songs Such As "Blowin' In The Wind" And "The Times They Are A-Changin'" Became Anthems Of The Anti-War And Civil Rights Movements With Joan Baez And Dylan Singing Together At The March On Washington In 1963. However He Later Became Disenchanted With The Civil Liberty Protest Scene Feeling That He Had Been Used By Them. His Album Bringing It All Back Home Marked A Move Away From The Folk Scene And A Move Towards Rock And Roll And Dylan Began To Consciously Distance Himself From His Early Association With Civil Rights. He Also Started To Become Irritated When Being Interviewed Often Given Facetious Or Irreverent Answers To Questions. Bringing It All Back Home Was A Controversial Album As It The First On Which He Played Electric Guitar. This Was Seen By Some Of His Fans As A Betrayal Of This Folk Roots With Some Saying That It Obscured His Meaningful And Poetic Lyrics. The Second Half Of The 1960s Was Marked By A String Of Well Received Releases With His Song "Like A Rolling Stone" Released In July Of 1965 Later Being Named "The Greatest Song Of All Time" By Rolling Stone Magazine In 2004 Placing #1 In A List Of 500 Titles. It Also Marked The Formation Of Dylan's Backing Band The Hawks Who Would Later Call Themselves Simply The Band . Dylan Embarked On A World Tour Of Australia And Europe In 1966 During Which He Seemed To Be Under A Lot Of Strain And Pressure By Both His Fans The Music Press And His Own Promoters. Dylan Himself Admitted That He Began Taking Drugs Seriously Whilst On This Tour And Found It Immensely Hard Work. On Returning To New York He Crashed His Motorbike Sustaining Serious Injuries In The Process And Went Into A Period Of Withdrawal While He Recuperated. During The Late 1960s Dylan Again Changed Stylistic Tradition Moving Away From The Psychedelic Culture Of The Time. It Was Then That He Recorded All Along The Watchtower Perhaps More Famously Recorded By Jimi Hendrix. The 1970s Were A Period During Which Dylan Was More Sporadic In His Output Releasing Some Poorly Received LPs. He Rarely Appeared In Person Until 1974 When He Began Touring Again With His Backing Band The Band. He Also Wrote One Of His Most Extensively Covered Songs Knockin' On Heaven's Door As Well As What Is Now Recognised As One Of His Best Albums Blood On The Tracks. Towards The End Of The 1970s Dylan Discovered Christ And Released Some Albums Of Gospel Music. He Started To Talk To The Crowd About His Faith During His Performances And Wouldn't Play Any Of His Early Work Which Alienated Some Of His Previous Fans. Dylan Today Still Remains An Influential And Popular Artist Despite A Period Of Little Note Between 1980-2000 His 2006 Album Modern Times Reached The US Chart At #1 As Did His 2009 Album Together Through Life In The US Britain France And Several Other Countries. His 2012 Album Tempest Was Also Critically Acclaimed. Since 1988 Dylan Has Been On The So-Called Never Ending Tour During Which His Performances Have Provoked Controversy With Some Critics Claiming That His Lyrics Have Become Incomprehensible An Experience Which Is Not Helped By His Tendency To Change His Set-List And Vocals Almost Every Performance. Bob Dylan's Strong Influence Over The Past Few Years Is Becoming Even More Prominent Amongst A Growing Group Of Younger Emerging Artists Such As George Ellias And Devendra Banhart. Dylan's Early Lyrics Incorporated Politics Social Commentary Philosophy And Literary Influences Defying Existing Pop Music Conventions And Appealing Widely To The Counterculture Of The Time. While Expanding And Personalizing Musical Styles Dylan Has Shown Steadfast Devotion To Traditions Of American Song From Folk And Country/blues To Rock And Roll And Rockabilly To Gaelic Balladry Even Jazz Swing And Broadway. Dylan Performs With The Guitar Keyboard And Harmonica. Backed By A Changing Lineup Of Musicians He Has Toured Steadily Since The Late 1980s. He Has Also Recently Performed Alongside Other Iconic Artists Such As Paul Simon Joni Mitchell Tom Petty And Eric Clapton. Although His Contributions As A Performer And Recording Artist Have Been Central To His Career His Songwriting Is Generally Held As His Highest Accomplishment. Nobel Prize For Literature 2016 - On October 13 2016 Dylan Was Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature For “for Having Created New Poetic Expressions Within The Great American Song Tradition”. The Prestigious Award Has Been Given Annually Since 1901 And Previous Nobel Laureates For Literature Include Harold Pinter And Samuel Beckett. Here Is The Speech Written By Dylan Although Unable To Attend Http //www.Nytimes.Com/2016/12/10/arts/bob-Dylan-Nobel-Prize-Acceptance-Speech.Html?_R 0 read less
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Dylan Started His Musical Odyssey In 1959 When He Began Playing In Dinkytown Minneapolis While Attending The University Of Minnesota. Shortly After Starting To Play He Changed His Stage Name To Bob Dylan After Being Influenced By The Poetry Of Dylan Thomas Before Legally Changing His Name In 1962. Much Of His Best Known Work Is From The 1960s When He Became An Informal Documentarian And Reluctant Figurehead Of American Unrest Promoted By Joan Baez. Some Of His Songs Such As "Blowin' In The Wind" And "The Times They Are A-Changin'" Became Anthems Of The Anti-War And Civil Rights Movements With Joan Baez And Dylan Singing Together At The March On Washington In 1963. However He Later Became Disenchanted With The Civil Liberty Protest Scene Feeling That He Had Been Used By Them. His Album Bringing It All Back Home Marked A Move Away From The Folk Scene And A Move Towards Rock And Roll And Dylan Began To Consciously Distance Himself From His Early Association With Civil Rights. He Also Started To Become Irritated When Being Interviewed Often Given Facetious Or Irreverent Answers To Questions. Bringing It All Back Home Was A Controversial Album As It The First On Which He Played Electric Guitar. This Was Seen By Some Of His Fans As A Betrayal Of This Folk Roots With Some Saying That It Obscured His Meaningful And Poetic Lyrics. The Second Half Of The 1960s Was Marked By A String Of Well Received Releases With His Song "Like A Rolling Stone" Released In July Of 1965 Later Being Named "The Greatest Song Of All Time" By Rolling Stone Magazine In 2004 Placing #1 In A List Of 500 Titles. It Also Marked The Formation Of Dylan's Backing Band The Hawks Who Would Later Call Themselves Simply The Band . Dylan Embarked On A World Tour Of Australia And Europe In 1966 During Which He Seemed To Be Under A Lot Of Strain And Pressure By Both His Fans The Music Press And His Own Promoters. Dylan Himself Admitted That He Began Taking Drugs Seriously Whilst On This Tour And Found It Immensely Hard Work. On Returning To New York He Crashed His Motorbike Sustaining Serious Injuries In The Process And Went Into A Period Of Withdrawal While He Recuperated. During The Late 1960s Dylan Again Changed Stylistic Tradition Moving Away From The Psychedelic Culture Of The Time. It Was Then That He Recorded All Along The Watchtower Perhaps More Famously Recorded By Jimi Hendrix. The 1970s Were A Period During Which Dylan Was More Sporadic In His Output Releasing Some Poorly Received LPs. He Rarely Appeared In Person Until 1974 When He Began Touring Again With His Backing Band The Band. He Also Wrote One Of His Most Extensively Covered Songs Knockin' On Heaven's Door As Well As What Is Now Recognised As One Of His Best Albums Blood On The Tracks. Towards The End Of The 1970s Dylan Discovered Christ And Released Some Albums Of Gospel Music. He Started To Talk To The Crowd About His Faith During His Performances And Wouldn't Play Any Of His Early Work Which Alienated Some Of His Previous Fans. Dylan Today Still Remains An Influential And Popular Artist Despite A Period Of Little Note Between 1980-2000 His 2006 Album Modern Times Reached The US Chart At #1 As Did His 2009 Album Together Through Life In The US Britain France And Several Other Countries. His 2012 Album Tempest Was Also Critically Acclaimed. Since 1988 Dylan Has Been On The So-Called Never Ending Tour During Which His Performances Have Provoked Controversy With Some Critics Claiming That His Lyrics Have Become Incomprehensible An Experience Which Is Not Helped By His Tendency To Change His Set-List And Vocals Almost Every Performance. Bob Dylan's Strong Influence Over The Past Few Years Is Becoming Even More Prominent Amongst A Growing Group Of Younger Emerging Artists Such As George Ellias And Devendra Banhart. Dylan's Early Lyrics Incorporated Politics Social Commentary Philosophy And Literary Influences Defying Existing Pop Music Conventions And Appealing Widely To The Counterculture Of The Time. While Expanding And Personalizing Musical Styles Dylan Has Shown Steadfast Devotion To Traditions Of American Song From Folk And Country/blues To Rock And Roll And Rockabilly To Gaelic Balladry Even Jazz Swing And Broadway. Dylan Performs With The Guitar Keyboard And Harmonica. Backed By A Changing Lineup Of Musicians He Has Toured Steadily Since The Late 1980s. He Has Also Recently Performed Alongside Other Iconic Artists Such As Paul Simon Joni Mitchell Tom Petty And Eric Clapton. Although His Contributions As A Performer And Recording Artist Have Been Central To His Career His Songwriting Is Generally Held As His Highest Accomplishment. Nobel Prize For Literature 2016 - On October 13 2016 Dylan Was Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature For “for Having Created New Poetic Expressions Within The Great American Song Tradition”. The Prestigious Award Has Been Given Annually Since 1901 And Previous Nobel Laureates For Literature Include Harold Pinter And Samuel Beckett. Here Is The Speech Written By Dylan Although Unable To Attend Http //www.Nytimes.Com/2016/12/10/arts/bob-Dylan-Nobel-Prize-Acceptance-Speech.Html?_R 0 read less
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"Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home, produced by Tom Wilson. After Dylan wrote it, he produced a demo in December 1964, which The Byrds' version is based on. Dylan's recording of the song is placed at #106 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[1] Due to The Byrds' version of the song also making the list at #79, it is one of three songs to place twice, along with "Walk This Way" by both Aerosmith and Run-DMC with Perry and Tyler, and "Blue Suede Shoes" by both Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley.[2]
Two earlier recordings by Dylan of the song, one live at New York's Philharmonic Hall dating from October 31, 1964, and one recorded with Ramblin' Jack Elliott on backing vocals during sessions for Another Side of Bob Dylan (also 1964), have recently been given official releases; they are available on The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (2004) and The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home (2005) respectively. Videos of this song with Bob Dylan singing and playing it at the Newport Folk Festival of 1964 can be seen on No Direction Home, a documentary film by Martin Scorsese, and Murray Lerner's The Other Side Of The Mirror.
Structurally, the song is notable for the fact that it begins with an iteration of the chorus, rather than following the conventional pop song structure, which typically employs a brief instrumental introduction that leads into the first verse.
The song (in its complete version) has invoked many theories about its meaning and theme. Due to the high rating and placement in the top 10 Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, it could be considered one of Dylan's most evocative and poetic songs.
Bruce Langhorne, the Greenwich Village folk guitarist, may well have been an inspiration for the song by way of the giant Turkish tambourine-like frame drum he was often known to play in the time leading up to the song's composition;[3][4] he also recorded using the instrument with Richard and Mimi Fariña. The electric guitar accompaniment on the album version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" is among Langhorne's numerous credits on Bob Dylan's recordings. There are also other influences on the song. Dylan himself has cited Federico Fellini's movie La strada and the words "in the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you" are taken from a Lord Buckley recording.[5]
On the master recording, Dylan is playing an acoustic guitar in dropped D tuning, capoed at the third fret. An electric guitar plays a counter melody to back up Dylan's vocals.
Dylan's master recording clocks at 5' 28" and consists of four verses, while The Byrds' version used only the second verse and was two-and-a-half minutes long.
* Judy Collins covered the song on her Fifth Album (1965).
* Chad and Jeremy covered the song on their fifth album I Don't Want To Lose You Baby (1965).
* Kenny Rankin covered the song on his Mind-Dusters album (1967).
* Melanie Safka covered the song on her 1969 album Born to Be (aka My First Album).
* Gene Clark covered the song on his Firebyrd album (1984).
* Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson requested the song be played at his funeral while his ashes were shot out of a cannon and also dedicated Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to Dylan because of the song.
* Neil Aspinall, The Beatles' road manager and personal assistant, also had this song played by Pete Townshend at his funeral.
* William Shatner covered the song in a spoken-word recitation on his 1968 album, The Transformed Man.
* Les Fradkin covered the song on his CD "12" and as part of the "Timeless Flyte" tribute series.
* Former American Idol contestant Jason Castro covered this song on the show in 2008, forgetting one line of the lyrics. He later mentioned in an interview that, "Someone told me I Shot the Tambourine Man;" a reference to him also singing "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley that same week.
* The song was translated and sung in Russian by Olga Arefieva as Mister Beliy Grib.
* Genki Sudo translated the song along with ACIDMAN and performed the song on his CD Single, Love and Everything, while keeping 'Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me' in English.
* Müslüm Gürses has covered the song with different lyrics written in Turkish. The Turkish version of the song was called Hayat Berbat (Life is Awful).
* Mr Tambourine Man is used in the closing credits of the Christmas Special episode of the British TV comedy series One Foot in the Grave called 'Starbound'.
* They Might Be Giants wrote their rare song "Weep Day" after seeing this song's title overlapping the end of a line, inspiring the song about two characters named Mr. Tambo and Urine Man. The band has also been known to cover the song live at concerts.
* In Tom Wolfe's non-fiction novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Mr. Tambourine Man is mentioned numerous times about Dylan's "raunching and rheuming".
* Many indie bands have also covered this song, notably the Cincinnati experimental group Nevada Smith. The Minneapolis band Cloud Cult has also covered the song.
* It is one of several Dylan songs studied by the students in Dangerous Minds, where it is suggested that the title character is a drug dealer.
* It was translated into Romanian by Florian Pittiş and sung by Pasărea Colibri on their 1995 album "În căutarea cuibului pierdut".
* In Stephen King's book Carrie the song is mentioned amongst others as the Entretainment portion of the famous Prom Scene alongside 500 Miles, Cabaret and Lemon Tree
* A famous scene from BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave sees lead character Victor Meldrew played by Richard Wilson riding a motorised lawn mower whilst [unknowingly] under the influence of drugs singing Hey Mr Tambourine Man. He proceeds to drive into his employers dining room where his employer is in the middle of a meeting with several people including his former neighbour Patrick. He manages to give the carpet a good trim and then drives straight into his employers summer house.
* In the October, 1992 Bob Dylan 30th anniversary tribute concert at Madison Square Garden, Mr. Tambourine Man was performed by The Byrds' founder Roger McGuinn, backed by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, among others. The tribute used an arrangement similar to The Byrds' 1965 recording, with one additional verse.
* Bob Sinclar covered the song on his 2009 album titled Born In 69
* The Barbarians
# ^ "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time #101 through #200". RollingStone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11028260/the_rs_500_greatest_songs_of_all_time/2. Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
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