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Patti Smith - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan's Nobel 2016 Ceremony) (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2016 OP
Wow.... Pachamama Dec 2016 #1
Very moving. dhol82 Dec 2016 #2
Beautiful TheHak Dec 2016 #3
Wow, that was so great brucefan Dec 2016 #4
Very moving. Bob Dylan is a great poet. rainy Dec 2016 #5
That was amazing. longship Dec 2016 #6
She couldn't even bother to learn the words? oberliner Dec 2016 #7
Not in the least.. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #9
She didn't know the lyrics for two of the verses oberliner Dec 2016 #10
I swear, some people feel their only job is to shit on anything of beauty. ret5hd Dec 2016 #12
The ceremony was to honor the lyrics of Bob Dylan oberliner Dec 2016 #13
Here are the lyrics. Try to realize how hard it is to memorize all of them. ancianita Dec 2016 #15
of all of his many, many songs barbtries Dec 2016 #8
Picture of Dylan with Patti Smith - 1975 Jim__ Dec 2016 #11
that was truly moving! bbgrunt Dec 2016 #14
Very moving. Beautiful. Bless you, Patti Smith. japple Dec 2016 #16

longship

(40,416 posts)
6. That was amazing.
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 08:35 AM
Dec 2016

She could not get through it. The power of the event, and the power of Bob Dylan's words overwhelmed her, with the Swedish royalty looking on, and listening.

That is a performance moment that will live on.

I have to watch it again. Tears in my eyes. As there was in Patti's.




mountain grammy

(26,619 posts)
9. Not in the least..
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 10:29 AM
Dec 2016

she's quite human. No embarrassment in that. A moving and memorable performance, in my opinion.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
10. She didn't know the lyrics for two of the verses
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 10:40 AM
Dec 2016

The whole point is honoring Dylan for his lyrics and she didn't bother to learn them.

ret5hd

(20,491 posts)
12. I swear, some people feel their only job is to shit on anything of beauty.
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 12:21 PM
Dec 2016

Shit away my brown eyed son.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
13. The ceremony was to honor the lyrics of Bob Dylan
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 01:05 PM
Dec 2016

This is not some kid performing in front of an audience for the first time in her life. Patti Smith is a seasoned veteran who has been performing live for decades.

I think it would behoove the person paying tribute to make sure they know those lyrics.

ancianita

(36,023 posts)
15. Here are the lyrics. Try to realize how hard it is to memorize all of them.
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:47 PM
Dec 2016

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways
I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall

Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin’
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall


And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin’
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin’
Heard ten thousand whisperin’ and nobody listenin’
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin’
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall

Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded with hatred
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall


And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
And the executioner's face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

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