1964

Newport Folk Festival 1964

One quick verse of Mr. Tambourine Man from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. He must have forgotten his harmonica.

Feb 1964

London1965

March 1963

Most of the comments I get on YouTube are encouraging, informative and friendly, as are the few I get on LiveVideo. This song is about the other ones.

Some people seem to get pleasure out of insulting,   more...criticising and even threatening those who contribute videos. More often than not they have nothing to offer themselves. Personally, if I don't enjoy somebody's video, I go and watch something else, rather than writing derogatory comments or giving a one-star rating, and I'm sure most of the YouTube community feel the same.

Constructive criticism is another matter. If my guitar is out of tune, it's probably fair enough to point it out, but wanting to strangle me with the strings could be carrying it a bit too far.

There may be some exaggeration in this song, but it's not exaggeratedly exaggerated. Almost everything in the song is adapted from actual comments I've had.

I hope you enjoy it.

Lyrics:

I wake up in the morning
And on my computer screen
Lots of YouTube comments
Are waiting to be seen,
From those who love or hate my songs
And others in between,
And there's usually a few that sound
So negative and mean.

...YouTube comments -
...I see them every day
...And I get a lot of pleasure
...Reading what they say.
...You can scrutinise and criticise
...Cut me down to size, but hey!
...I don't care. I like to share.
...My songs won't go away.

"You've got an English accent
So don't sing an Irish song."
"You're an ignorant American."
"Your songs are far too long."
"You're a traitor to the USA,
For in freedom's name we fight."
"You insult the holy Q'uran,
'Cause you didn't spell it right."

The comments on my gospel songs
Get cluttered up with spam.
"Come and see me in the nude
In front of my Webcam."
"YouTube's no good for nakedness.
Come to my Website."
"Have fun at FLINGS4FREEdotCOM."
Well yes, perhaps I might!

"You're a sadist!" "You're a racist
And you don't deserve your life."
"You're a nigger-loving gay guy"
And "I bet you beat your wife."
"You can't sing, you can't play."
"You've got the chords all wrong"
"The Pogues do that one better
So you shouldn't sing that song."

"You're the worst singer on YouTube.
Please don't ever sing again."
"You're a dirty little hippie
And the drugs have wrecked your brain."
"Please don't sing 'Blowing in the Wind'
Or 'Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall'.
You don't sound like Bob Dylan
So you shouldn't sing at all."

"You sound just like a hound dog
That's baying at the moon."
"You can't play, you can't sing
And your guitar's out of tune."
"You shouldn't sing Waxie's Dargle,
Finnegan's Wake or Lanigan's Ball.
You don't sing like Luke Kelly
So you shouldn't sing at all."

...YouTube comments -
...I see them every day
...And most of them encourage me.
..."I like your songs," they say.
...If one or two appreciate
...What I'm doing here, then hey!
...I don't care. I like to share.
...So my songs are here to stay.
...My songs won't go away.
...My songs are here to stay.  less

An old Dylan love song, from his early folk phase.
This is, sort of, in response to Kitty’s several Dylan covers over the last few days. I can’t keep up.

Bob was , as he was to many, and inspration to me and I love his music, I last saw him in Concert in 2001 in Orlando, Fl.. Only went to about 15 of his concert, Some of them the same concert in different   more...cities. lol Enjoy.....  less

Bob Dylan released his first self-titled album "Bob Dylan" in 1962. In his first album is the song "Pretty Peggy-O," a variation of the Scottish folk song "The Bonnie Lass o'   more...Fyvie."

Bob Dylan's first album sold around 5,000 copies the first year, just breaking even. Some in Columbia Records wanted to drop Bob Dylan, but due to support from the likes of Johnny Cash he stayed.

Bob Dylan rarely performed songs from his first album and as such I was unable to find a live version of the song on video. So I put a together a collection of photographs and lyrics.

Due to the faith of those who knew him in his early days, Bob Dylan has become a legend and will always be remembered in history as an important figure in music whose influence spans five decades.  less

Beautiful! I appreciate your takin' the time to wathch my time-lapse video of my handpainted portrait of Bob Dylan on a worn vinyl "Greatest Hits", backed by "The Times They Are A-Changin'".   more...I'm so lucky to get to paint these, and now I've figured out how to show you how it develops!


See more - http://www.vinylart.info
Read more - http://vinylart.blogspot.com  less

"A Hard Rain's a-gonna Fall" - The Great Music Experience in Japan, 1994. The song was first released in 1962 in the album, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan."

Bob Dylan is a legend in music,   more...I love his music.  less

1st interview in 20 years, discussing his memoirs being published, etc.

My latest Music Video thing for you guys. Please give me some hits.

http://www.myspace.com/ricvaccaro

Official introduction to “Inside Bob Dylan’s Jesus Years: Busy Being Born…Again!” on DVD October 28th. The film explores how a Jewish folk singer from the Midwest came to Jesus, and offers an insider’s   more...view of Bob Dylan’s “Born Again” transformation and its effect on his life and music. Exclusive photos, video and pre-orders are available at the official site – www.bobdylanjesus.com . Become a fan at the official Facebook fan page here for exclusive content and giveaways: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Inside-Bob-Dylans-Jesus-Years-Busy-Being-BornAgain/41081147912  less

Official trailer for “Inside Bob Dylan’s Jesus Years: Busy Being Born…Again!” on DVD October 28th. The film explores how a Jewish folk singer from the Midwest came to Jesus, and offers an insider’s view   more...of Bob Dylan’s “Born Again” transformation and its effect on his life and music. Exclusive photos, video and pre-orders are available at the official site – www.bobdylanjesus.com . Become a fan at the official Facebook fan page here: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Inside-Bob-Dylans-Jesus-Years-Busy-Being-BornAgain/41081147912  less

Recorded at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday July 25, 1965. This was the night when Dylan "went electric". "Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by American songwriter Bob Dylan. One   more...of his best-known and most influential works, it had its origin as a short story Dylan had written before developing it as a song and recording it in 1965.
The basis of "Like a Rolling Stone" was a twenty-page story written by Dylan. It was, according to him, "just a rhythm thing on paper all about my steady hatred, directed at some point that was honest." From the story, Dylan wrote four verses and one chorus in Woodstock, New York. The song was written on an upright piano in the key of G sharp; it was changed to C on the guitar while recording. The song was originally written in 3/4 (waltz) time, and with a length of 1:36, was much shorter than the released 4/4 version.  less

All time classic.

KNOCKING ON HEAVENS DOOR

bob dylan.

THE TRAVELING WILBURYS

THE TRAVELING WILBURYS

Bob Dylan

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