Bob Dylan - Changing of the Guards (Official Audio)
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5 жыл бұрын“Changing of the Guards" by Bob Dylan
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Lyrics:
Sixteen years
Sixteen banners united over the field
Where the good shepherd grieves
Desperate men, desperate women divided
Spreading their wings 'neath falling leaves.
Fortune calls
I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
On midsummer's eve near the tower.
The cold-blooded moon
The captain waits above the celebration
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Whose ebony face is beyond communication
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.
They shaved her head
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.
I stumbled to my feet
I rode past destruction in the ditches
With the stitches still mending beneath a heart-shaped tattoo
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.
The palace of mirrors
Where dog soldiers are reflected
The endless road and the wailing of chimes
The empty rooms where her memory is protected
Where the angel's voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
She wakes him up
Forty-eight hours later the sun is breaking
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.
Gentlemen, he said I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
But Eden is burning either brace yourself for elimination
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.
Peace will come
With tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire
But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.
#BobDylan #Folk #SingerSongwriter
@MilesJordan-om8yt Жыл бұрын
This song alone is worth a Nobel Prize. I play it whenever I need relief from the madness. So soothing, so inspiring, simply brilliant.
@pauledwards8275 Жыл бұрын
A smoke and a couple of nips of vodka works well ... but I know what you mean. The chanting voice and the reply.
@timearp1229 Жыл бұрын
@@pauledwards8275 I've just reconnected with this song after many years of not being able to play my old vinyl collection. I totally agree its genius, pure genius. The lyrics are pure poetry.
@sadderthanyou7793 Жыл бұрын
@@timearp1229 Patti Smith did a surprisingly good cover of this.
@robertshapiro3733 Жыл бұрын
This superb song is a highlight of my final years in Graduate School. When Dylan performed this song soon after the album's release, its performance hadn't yet been altered being temporally close to its conception. I was working at an upscale dept. store supporting my academics and was looking forward to taking a date, Chris McK..... and as the concert approached she kept insisting that following the concert she was not going to spend the night at my apartment, and kept insisting that very mantra. The concert must have worked magic on her, however--she did indeed spend the night with me. I just had to get over a comment she made weeks earlier that troubled me but I tried to ascribe it to her most unusual sense of humor: "You know, you look like David Berkowitz." It was a fun night and she did indeed survive.
@jeffreydowell8970 Жыл бұрын
My favorite
@allanb9709 Жыл бұрын
I thought I had a favourite Dylan song, but it's not possible. One leads to the next.
@Gethsemane956 Жыл бұрын
Haha. My sentiments exactly. I jump from Tambourine Man to Like a Rolling Stone to ALL THE REST haha
@paulgreenaway-jl6ik 4 ай бұрын
So true mate as all Dylan's songs are fantastic 😊 and lyricaly he is a genius 👌
@HamiltonRb 4 ай бұрын
@@paulgreenaway-jl6ik One of my best friends is black, and hasn't heard Dylan before. I told him the story of Hurricane, and played it for him. Lot of tears were shed believe me, and Bob has a new fan.
@deeday4361 4 ай бұрын
Too true
@saskiafinnan4216 3 ай бұрын
@@HamiltonRb Dylan brings people together from all races, all walks of life, throughout all of time. He is so beautiful that way. Music heals everything.
@thinknewideas4131 Жыл бұрын
The goodness of this song is beyond communication.
@Suzisart 7 ай бұрын
Dylans tunes are ageless because they are channelled by spirit
@amaranthine4015 5 жыл бұрын
This song is criminally underrated. 💔
@bradtrimble1728 4 жыл бұрын
Underarated by who? The critics? smh...
@antonisahajiorgis4775 4 жыл бұрын
It simply is one of his best, definitely on my top ten Dylan songs
@justsaying605 4 жыл бұрын
Read Dylan's Chronicles, it's a great book. If you're waiting for this song to be rated it won't be. It was written in 1978 lol.
@nelsonx5326 4 жыл бұрын
@@justsaying605 I read that book. It was interesting, brought Dylan down to earth. I think there's a Chronicles 2. This song, I'd play it over and over.
@remorufer5754 4 жыл бұрын
the whole record street legal is underrated. that means we can listen to it on our own. because its great.
@rebeccahafferkamp322 Жыл бұрын
Once again, I am listening to and absorbing this album. It is probably my favorite. A verse I find particularly intriguing........."Gentlemen, he said. I don't need your organization. I've shined your shoes and marked your cards, but Eden is burning. Either getting ready for elimination, or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guard". It's 2022 and I continue to be amazed by his lyrical genius. I'm 68 and must have a regular dose of Dylan. My list of favorites is endless, yet he has written so much more. It's so good to see that there are so many out there who appreciate z
@DerekGiesbrecht Жыл бұрын
Just as there is impressionist painting, there is impressionist prose. No one else does it like Dylan, he's the Salvador Dali of songwriters, concerned with images, impressions
@Gethsemane956 Жыл бұрын
My sentiments exactly. I listened to street legal around 1981-82 in North Carolina stationed with the Marines. Am 64 now and have my collection of over 32 Dylan albums which I still listen to. Saw Dylan in Austin, Tx in 1986 on his True Confessions Tour with Tom Petty. Ahhh the memories!!!
@stephenhunter4886 Жыл бұрын
He does that to you doesn,t he,Sometimes you just need to stop and listen to him and ya just feel so good after listening to this legend
@Philinleshed Жыл бұрын
Idk album wise Blood on the Tracks still reigns supreme for me...but damn if this isn't one of my absolute favorite Dylan songs of all time.
@WarwickFry Жыл бұрын
It's a nice comment on the English 'scene'.
@Genjo_N_Mojave 2 жыл бұрын
Lyrics: Sixteen years Sixteen banners united over the field Where the good shepherd grieves Desperate men, desperate women divided Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves Fortune calls I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born On midsummer's eve, near the tower The cold-blooded moon The captain waits above the celebration Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid Whose ebony face is beyond communication The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid They shaved her head She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo A messenger arrived with a black nightingale I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil I stumbled to my feet I rode past destruction in the ditches With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo Renegade priests and treacherous young witches Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you The palace of mirrors Where dog soldiers are reflected The endless road and the wailing of chimes The empty rooms where her memory is protected Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times She wakes him up Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks Gentlemen, he said I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes I've moved your mountains and marked your cards But Eden is burning, either getting ready for elimination Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards Peace will come With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire But will offer no reward when her false idols fall And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating Between the King and the Queen of Swords (If you've read this far, to the end, then you realize what a Masterpiece of poetry Dylan has painted. What all it means is up to you, allegory or otherwise.)
@lenafay6641 2 жыл бұрын
You
@lenafay6641 2 жыл бұрын
Classic
@davidyoung Жыл бұрын
It's "but will offer no reward". Otherwise, good work. It's a fantastic piece of song-writing, isn't it?
@Genjo_N_Mojave Жыл бұрын
@@davidyoung *Thanks for the correction! I have edited the line, and appreciate your help.*
@jasonsenator6144 Жыл бұрын
Like every things good Dylan did all in one
@jeffparker8913 4 жыл бұрын
I have to agree with all who say this is his most underrated album. In 1978 I was studying for my 'A' levels, the exams that would decide whether or not I got into university, when Dylan came to play six nights in London, right in the middle of my exams. I queued for 27 hours to get the maximum four tickets, took two of my exams on three hours sleep. Never regretted it.
@mauricewalshe8234 4 жыл бұрын
I rember playing this in my 6th form class room
@robertblenkinsop2483 4 жыл бұрын
Saw him 4 times in uk 👍👍👍
@44zaydin 4 жыл бұрын
I was in that queue too. All night in Hanover Square.
@jeffparker8913 4 жыл бұрын
@@44zaydin Night of the FA Cup final I seem to recall. Lots of somewhat bemused football fans wandering about.
@oooo8493 4 жыл бұрын
Rock n roll ✌️
@jeffclement2468 5 ай бұрын
"I've worked with a couple of the greats...but Dylan takes the cake."- G.Harrison 🌹
@GrantAnderson-p6v 5 күн бұрын
You were one of the lucky ones in more ways than you ....all the greatest you had the privilege to work with ....not to mention ...they had the privilege to work with you ....another one of the GREATEST
@GrantAnderson-p6v 5 күн бұрын
I would have GIVEN you my girlfriend just for the opportunity to hang around in your shadow
@GrantAnderson-p6v 5 күн бұрын
I hope you know I'm talking to George...not you Jeff
@MellowMutts270 Жыл бұрын
One thing I love about Dylan is the undertones of rebelliousness. His music just speaks to my soul in a way no other artist could.
@fredlibby8518 Жыл бұрын
Yes, he speaks universally like no other.
@dvdortiz9031 Жыл бұрын
@fredlibby8518 folks, try "Van Morrison" Dylan's closest pal, named Van the Man!!!
@dvdortiz9031 Жыл бұрын
Genius
@constantwireless3290 Жыл бұрын
Not rebellious a discipel of truth. He can not help himself. He must do it. A true member of the priesthood.
@beverlykasahara8485 2 жыл бұрын
I've been with him on his journey and I cannot get enough. I'm 70 now.
@gregnormal5101 2 жыл бұрын
Hello!!! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan!....Stay safe!!!
@nancykargl4708 Жыл бұрын
Me too
@gregnormal5101 Жыл бұрын
@@nancykargl4708 Hey! That’s very good to know, I just can’t stop from listening to this song anytime am alone, if I may ask which of all his songs is your favorite? Have a great day… Stay Safe
@angusmount3913 Жыл бұрын
Bob was born to tell the future
@anthonyscott5612 4 ай бұрын
Me too, I'm 69. I enjoy his music, but there are occasions that he's terrible live. The honest truth. He's a musical God. March 18, 2024
@roscoefoofoo 4 жыл бұрын
"But Eden is burning! Either get ready for elimination or your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards." When Bob is right, he's very, very right.
@space8387 3 жыл бұрын
Wow you made me think of Covid. Eden is burning it eliminating the past, need courage!!!!
@georgecoventry8441 3 жыл бұрын
"Peace will come, with tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire, but will offer no rewards when the false idols fall, and cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating between the King and the Queen of Swords." One of the greatest songs of all time, sung as only Bob can sing it!
@hodathunkit8572 3 жыл бұрын
@@georgecoventry8441 Trumps pandemic
@jacksonk.fozzbodie213 3 жыл бұрын
@@hodathunkit8572 Fuck you.
@sas6561 3 жыл бұрын
@@jacksonk.fozzbodie213 ... Stephen Miller / Marjorie Taylor Green ticket in 2024 for you???
@mfrmorrobay Жыл бұрын
Dylan acknowledged the lyrical ambiguity of this song in a 1978 interview, commenting: "It means something different every time I sing it. 'Changing of the Guards' is a thousand years old' - at another time he said 'What does it matter what a song means if it sounds good?'
@peterfangiullo2064 Жыл бұрын
I listen to this, My Back Pages, and Stuck Inside of Mobile.... about 20 minutes of music that have confounded and changing meanings for the past 40 years to me
@alancarlton8380 11 ай бұрын
If Bob said that in front of me I'd reply; of course it's important what it's about, otherwise I'd think a song was about a woman and after hearing & singing several times with enthusiasm someone might think I'm weird enjoying a song about Mugabe or the Atomic bomb🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@gudlisner501 11 ай бұрын
Refer to that press conference when he said “Some are about 3, some are about 4 etc minutes long”
@clintressel359 11 ай бұрын
My favorite Dylan song and there are MANY!❤
@KnutHoiby 10 ай бұрын
But it does matter
@loudeedee 4 ай бұрын
How many have been moved by this Genius? He Inspired a generation to open their minds. Thank you Bob Dylan
@paulgreenaway-jl6ik Ай бұрын
For my good friend and fellow Bob Dylan fan Davy who died suddenly today 30th may 2024 on holiday 😢I will always remember you mate and never forget you 😢😢 "At peace"🙏
@divalivingston1664 Ай бұрын
Sorry to hear of the passing of your friend, Davy. I’m a female and my nickname as a child was Davie. A good song to remember him by. Blessings to you and to the good memories of friends.
@cobaltblueviolet 23 күн бұрын
❤Hats off to Davy for having such a friend as you 💜💜💜
@avebehrendt2300 12 күн бұрын
Sorry for the loss of your friend❤
@jamesfallon9265 7 күн бұрын
Sorry for your loss.... He had fine taste in music
@NaomiNay-ei4jv 3 күн бұрын
Made me Cry, sorry ❤
@Exclusifs 3 жыл бұрын
Easily his best song.
@grahamedwards7658 2 жыл бұрын
His influence ,on the music ,is immeasurable .Not just in 60's and 70's 80's and 90's . Even today .He IS a genuine American legend . Not just in u.s.a ,but around the world
@gerardclarke1664 2 жыл бұрын
And so say all of us dear friend !!!!
@brianhiggins8603 2 жыл бұрын
Dylan is god
@sh230968 2 жыл бұрын
Very special phenomenon for 60s and 70s. Unique lyrics and huge cultural importance. But an annoying and complex person. Cannot take away his greatness from him though. Not that I am trying to.
@natestricker 2 жыл бұрын
Dylan inspired the Beatles. That’s pretty much all that needs to be said.
@cesarreyes8150 Жыл бұрын
You better believe it,,!!!! I'm from Peru....
@caroleking4095 Жыл бұрын
Lifelong Dylan fan, now aged 71, never ever tire of his amazing lyrics, absolute genius. Street Legal is one of my favourites. His early songs are just as relevant now. Blowing in the Wind and Times They Are A Changing, were prophetic. An amazing songwriter.
@ecyt4237 Жыл бұрын
My favourite are the witmark demos
@THEJR-of5tf 2 жыл бұрын
I have been a Dylan fan since 1963. I have every album he made. Changing of the guard is better than people realise.
@clay408 10 ай бұрын
I can't understand the music critics at all, who gave this album a lukewarm evaluation.
@stevenhanson6057 6 ай бұрын
Had it all going on
@milesjolly6173 3 ай бұрын
Who cares what critics think? It’s only opinions. If you like it, that’s fine. If you don’t, that’s also fine.
@pasisalomaki6402 2 жыл бұрын
It is so fascinating how almost every sentence of this song paints a picture that one must stand in awe studying, yet still keeping the mystery of it all. I never ever get enough of it.
@jennynoone Жыл бұрын
You are right. I never thought of it.
@paddybpaddyb9940 2 ай бұрын
This ain't a song, just like Desolation Row......It's cinema.
@mikechirrick 4 жыл бұрын
One of Bobs best Albums but for some reason people dont seem to get it. Too bad! Ive been listening to Street Legal for 40 years....Love it...
@TheJazz61 4 жыл бұрын
Me too .i still have the cassette on stereo 7...!,
@johansterk354 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheJazz61 I also have the cassette, the minidisc, the 8-track and many copies of the album on vinyl, the 7' as well, that's how much I love this song. Greetings.
@senadbajrami6910 4 жыл бұрын
It's his best album. Period Who cares what people think? ✌️
@almirpaixaofreitasmachado1476 4 жыл бұрын
Brasil.
@MrThermostatic 3 жыл бұрын
Street Legal has been called underrated for so many years now, that I no longer think it qualifies as "underrated" anymore.
@brendanmorey4308 4 жыл бұрын
One of the most underrated songs of ALL TIME
@user-jt2zc8hi9d 4 ай бұрын
My dad is the man who introduced me to Bob dylan he played guitar I remember this song fuckn brilliant 👏 my early memory was blood on the tracks buckets of rain and the jack of hearts greetings from Liverpool England 🇬🇧 keep chillin with dylan folks
@ElnaCopper 3 жыл бұрын
" your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards."
@robd4278 5 жыл бұрын
Im addicted to this song 🎸🎷🥁
@mattgiles5328 4 жыл бұрын
Me, too! (Johanna)
@Mark-ix4zt 4 жыл бұрын
SAME
@lepolepo7178 4 жыл бұрын
So do I....
@georgittesingbiel219 4 жыл бұрын
Play it a few times a day. New meaning each time!
@Cap1Salvador 4 жыл бұрын
It's really Nice. I met Bob with this song
@IrisGalaxis 3 жыл бұрын
You know it's a masterpiece when the lyrics move you without you comprehending them
@Mrpachuko13 3 жыл бұрын
16 years!
@franceleeparis37 2 жыл бұрын
You have to have lived in the time this was written…to understand the imagery 🙂
@AA-sn9lz 2 жыл бұрын
@@franceleeparis37 can you help?
@franceleeparis37 2 жыл бұрын
@@AA-sn9lz well, here’s my take: The song is about a change in the world order, of the Cold War, Vietnam , the black civil rights movement, End of colonialism… it was the best of times and the worst of times, The first verse is about the number of different nations that fought over Vietnam. The falling leaves refer to Agent Orange that desperate Americans sprayed across the jungles to de-leaf the hiding places of the Vietcong Verse 2 & 5 is about all the guys going about their normal life not really caring about the changing world Verse 3 is about some leader who is in love with his black maid, but he doesn’t join the celebrations because he know he will lose her with the civil rights movement Verse 4 is obscure but I think it about the French collaborators during the war who had their head shaved. The woman probably stopped believing God, but in the end went ahead with a traditional church wedding Verse 6 is about the French Revolution when the king was overthrown and the people took over (Palace of mirror= Versailles). The first real change in world order. Verse 7 is about the the hippies who are just living in a stupor during the tumultuous change.. Verse 8 is about the civil rights movement where the blacks have become emancipated and no longer have to do menial jobs The last verse is the coming of the messiah and Ezekiel vision of the angel of God coming in a wheel of fire to bring everlasting peace since everybody in the sixties believed that the end of the world was near
@milesjolly6173 2 жыл бұрын
I usually try to comprehend the lyrics of songs but with Bob I think it’s beyond my mental ability to figure out, so I just let his words wash over me and enjoy the melody and lyrics. The guy is the Shakespeare of our times. Respect.
@jorgejohnson451 3 жыл бұрын
This song and “Jokerman” are two underrated masterpieces.
@tjjordan9715 3 жыл бұрын
Took me the longest time to understand Jokerman. This one is still a mystery to me. Lots of Tarot in there. It matches an incident my life so closely it kinda freaked me out.
@jorgejohnson451 3 жыл бұрын
@@tjjordan9715 Question for Bob: “‘Changing of the Guards’: What’s that all about?”
@bandaigod5736 3 жыл бұрын
I also think that "Abandoned Love" is very underrated
@sas6561 3 жыл бұрын
Ah, but "Pretty Saro"???
@jualinesadler1886 3 жыл бұрын
Changing of the guards has to do with politicians. And Goverment . But this song hard to figure out ..
@plbeckman Жыл бұрын
Such a classic. Glad to see the comments.
@stefanoparoni1098 4 жыл бұрын
supernatural song. Dylan said: "It means something different every time I sing it. 'Changing of the Guards' is a thousand years old'".
@larrylinn8589 4 жыл бұрын
great songs have many facets.
@michellefinch6177 4 жыл бұрын
My mother in law of 82 spoke those words to me. “Changing of the guards, “she said. “Take care of Bryson. “ He just turned 4. Her father, and my grandson, her great grandson were born on the same day 100 years apart. 3/7/16 Coolest woman ever!!
@joelkavanagh1464 4 жыл бұрын
readin shakespears jcesar listenig to IT ... the empty rooms ... ive shined your shoes ....
@jacksnowflake 4 жыл бұрын
What is the general consensus at to this song’s meaning? I’ve always loved it but cannot think of any historic events. Allegory?
@edited7382 4 жыл бұрын
They remixed and remastered this in the 90's after the first CD release. Sounded 100% better and you could here the lyrics perfectly and great longer instrumentals, but of course they used the original shitty version here.
@pufmama 4 жыл бұрын
One of the worlds best songs. No one ever wrote such lyrics. Incredible masterpiece.
@jeffmilner8740 4 жыл бұрын
Tarot influence ?
@jeffmilner8740 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, brilliant song
@stuartparker3923 4 жыл бұрын
Street legal is an amazing album.
@F0LTRAN 4 жыл бұрын
♥️🎼🎶
@hernanyamaha 4 жыл бұрын
Sure !!!
@nancyromero7965 3 жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan is one of the most amazing persons in my lifetime which spans two centuries... dob 1951. Thanks again Bob Dylan.... thousands of Thanks 🙏
@andrewft31 2 жыл бұрын
He was born in 1941 not 1951.
@nancyromero7965 2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewft31 I was born in 1951.
@nancyromero7965 2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewft31 first time I heard him was at 12 or 13 in Concert Miami Beach.
@nancyromero7965 2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewft31 I’m pretty old.... please cut me some slack if I’m off on the dates. I have always known Dylan was 10 years older than me.
@williamsullivan4994 3 жыл бұрын
One of Dylan's best songs both lyrically and musically. Thank you eternally Bob.
@henkhoed9635 2 жыл бұрын
bedankt Bob dylan
@inverterville 4 жыл бұрын
that opening line SIXTEEN YEARS so simple and yet so powerful, even now after all these years I keep finding stuff in this song, a masterpiece
@adamchagoya6922 4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of four score and twenty years ago
@adamchagoya6922 4 жыл бұрын
I meant seven years ago
@MichaelSmith-tp1pj 3 жыл бұрын
underrated song
@richardgenz7406 2 жыл бұрын
yeah it does hit hard "Guards" was released sixteen years after his first album
@raybosman204 2 жыл бұрын
Poet Maybe??
@paulburrows202 Жыл бұрын
Possibly my favourite song ever. I love this absolutely amazing 👏
@paddybpaddyb9940 2 жыл бұрын
I am speechless even now after hearing this in the 70s. More power to you Bob.
@AdamAndersonMusica Жыл бұрын
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I couldn't tell you what these lyrics mean, but they make me feel things beyond communication. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@sadeyedlady Жыл бұрын
💯. Good way to word it. I've kinda made up my own meaning. I've done that with a few other Dylan songs
@morganluvsluxury 4 жыл бұрын
I can't go a day without listening to this song! Todays music just doesn't come close to Bob Dylan:)
@WallyVanRiper1 4 жыл бұрын
You need help.
@morganluvsluxury 4 жыл бұрын
@@WallyVanRiper1 I'm actually fine, Thanks. :)
@danielkokal8819 4 жыл бұрын
what is this song about ?
@morganluvsluxury 4 жыл бұрын
@@danielkokal8819 several commentators have shared their ideas on the depth and meaning in this song's lyrics. Michael Gray, author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, commented that "Changing of the Guards" is a thorough description of Bob Dylan's personal journey, from the beginning of his musical career, about sixteen years prior (the opening line is "Sixteen years"), through his marriage to and divorce from Sara Dylan, up to his conversion to Christianity, which was announced soon after this song was released. Much religious and biblical imagery is found in this work, especially apocalyptic imagery. Bob once commented: "It means something different every time I sing it. 'Changing of the Guards' is a thousand years old'". The seemingly deliberate ambiguity of the lyrics marked Street-Legal's effective abandonment of the narrative approach that dominated Dylan's previous album Desire. Like many of Bob Dylan’s songs the meaning is unclear. And there very well might not have been any meaning at all to this song when he wrote it. The meaning is for the listener to decide, but not take to seriously.
@danielkokal8819 4 жыл бұрын
@@morganluvsluxury understood. I'm 61, been a Dylan fan since forever, got to see him live once. I normally dont analyze his lyrics, I usually just go with it. Lyrically, I've never encountered his equal. The only one who comes close IMO is Leonard Cohen. who was another lyrical beast.
@javiergilvidal1558 5 жыл бұрын
Perpetual motion exists: this song could last forever and you would never tire of listening to the endless stanzas, all equal, all different....
@MBCthunderstruck 5 жыл бұрын
Javier Gil Vidal perpetual motion in music is one of my absolute favourite techniques
@itsmeagain8604 5 жыл бұрын
Beautifully put. thanks
@zb_ych Жыл бұрын
Masterpiece. This song could go on forever , just like "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands".
@clay408 10 ай бұрын
I especially like it at the end when it is just the instruments playing and the background singers do their thing.
@jeffmccoy1700 10 ай бұрын
I think a few of Dylan's songs do go on forever - the recording means and the irritable limitations of time just sometimes get in the way.
@nancykargl4708 Жыл бұрын
I can’t describe how awesome the words to this song are?
@Carlossantanamusicinc Жыл бұрын
Hello Dear, it’s nice meeting you on here
@trumsolon 9 ай бұрын
This is one of the best songs I have ever heard. The lyrics take you on a journey, and the relentless repetition of the music becomes an actor in itself, immersing you in the colourful imagery. Love it!
@tizfrreecharm Жыл бұрын
"Renegade priests and treacherous young witches" - been a favorite lyric since I first heard it.
@kenbellchambers4577 2 күн бұрын
My God, how true - stunning. This guy is a genius.
@AntlersOfMist 19 күн бұрын
Finest songwriter and musician I know. Bob Dylan!
@williampatrick2971 14 күн бұрын
He’s the best. I own Desire and Rolling Thunder Revue. Great music
@brianpack2683 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely terrific song, up there with his best. Great arrangement.
@jaddison1112 4 жыл бұрын
Oh my this Dylan song is genius !!! ...This is my first time I've ever heard it !! .... I LOVE IT !!!
@susiebevacqua2555 3 жыл бұрын
Enjoy !
@MonotoneCreeper 5 жыл бұрын
SIXTEEN YEARS!
@roalziroalzi 5 жыл бұрын
SIXTEEN YEARS IN MUSIC BOB DYLAN 1962 AND PRESENT.... STREET LEGAL MADE IN 1978
@Steexis938 Жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan is a legend... I love your songs!
@Modforhd Жыл бұрын
Dylan writes to release the beautiful explosions in his mind. In a rock song, we get lines like "..renegade priests and treacherous young witches were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you." And ".. the empty rooms where her memory is protected, where the angels voices whisper to the souls of previous times."
@jacksondemarre8057 5 жыл бұрын
“Street Legal” seems to be Bob’s most overlooked album. Why? It’s so fantastic!
@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689 5 жыл бұрын
's'funny, I had most of his albums(vinyl, then CD) and for years overlooked this one for unknown reasons. Finally got it 'bout a year ago, 'tis great!
@oliveeisner8964 5 жыл бұрын
It really is. Fantastic. perhaps it wasn't promoted as much as BOTT or Desire, post Rolling Thunder tour. who knows. He was in fine form as always!
@viviandarkbloom100 5 жыл бұрын
Truth? So much of the U.S. was coked up in Discos in '78 to bother.
@Hev61277 5 жыл бұрын
Still play it.
@gluce 5 жыл бұрын
It got some bad reviews but I always thought it was because so many critics like to take an artist up for awhile, then drop them for some new thing. Or maybe it's that they had him pegged and thought this album didn't match their expectations. In any case, I too think it's a fine record and indeed seriously underrated.
@joining23 5 жыл бұрын
Dylan is timeless
@tany5924 3 жыл бұрын
Truly
@ErnieCoco 3 жыл бұрын
That opening fade in just gets me so excited every time
@BackToTheBlues Жыл бұрын
One of the many things I love about this track is the way the backing singers don't always match their timing on the response vocals. It's like a musical double punch, and it really pleases my ear!
@bagua8 9 ай бұрын
I was just thinking the exact same thing!
@SuperLuis1314 8 ай бұрын
I knoow I also noticed! It's like done "wrong" in some way but It makes it so much greater.
@sandrawadsworth5173 4 ай бұрын
Love the song except the background singing is off.
@bennymalone 4 жыл бұрын
Seems like an eternal melody and we just hear a section that fades in and fades out.
@Blondie101010100 3 жыл бұрын
Wow! That's the best few words I've ever read about Dylan!
@sgolston11 3 жыл бұрын
I've always felt this song was just a snippet of a great revue that is ever ongoing.....Every listen to it yields the same yearning, for the poet to carry on and on.....
@BibleLifeMaui 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful melody. Wonderful chord progressions. Great production balance. Tight background vocals. Horns. Excellent lyrics (a bit cryptic though). All in all another American classic. No one writes like this. Thank you Bob.
@sh230968 2 жыл бұрын
Not that I disagree with you but this song with the lyrics quality it has could have been better done without pop sounding backing vocals where the singers just repeat part of what Dylan sings. Maybe an acoustic guitar riff (like It's All Right Ma) IMHO. I am coming from my love for folk music where instrument accompaniment and chorus are not important.
@kerrybindon940 Жыл бұрын
lyrics not cryptic clear as a bell
@nancyromero7965 3 жыл бұрын
..... and say thanks for this great song.....we need a changing of the guards more now than ever...
@amyrachakorn 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 🥰Once someone listened to this song together, thank you from the bottom of my heart.🌹😍💓
@thomaswschaller 3 жыл бұрын
Of all the great Dylan songs, this is the one I always come back to. The lyrics are beyond belief and are just as fresh and revelatory every time.
@Staylogical 3 жыл бұрын
Dylan has the most under-rated songs of pretty much anybody.He'll make the big time some day.
@williamedilbertomarrufodia3292 5 ай бұрын
BEST SONG OF BOB DYLAN
@MarquisSmith 3 ай бұрын
Imagine how good your regular stuff has to be to have songs like this in your back pocket.
@mamoon7049 5 жыл бұрын
One of the best dylan songs,thank you so much
@chrisbowen9043 5 жыл бұрын
Really? Which Bob Dylan songs have you NEVER listened to?
@jesuscarrenogonzalez6824 5 жыл бұрын
BoB Me dices. Muchas cosas en tu música y GRACIAS
@janetwilhelm4435 4 жыл бұрын
It is one of the best Dylan songs because it isnt rammed down our throats.
@MrThermostatic 4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe what I just heard! This song used to fade out on the album. It's longer and actually comes to an end here. This is fantastic!
@mattgiles5328 4 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@timphelan7543 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Dylan songs!
@gregnormal5101 2 жыл бұрын
Hello!!! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan!....Stay safe!!!
@gigliolaschenardi8086 3 жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan è sempre Bob Dylan!!!!!
@numbat0072 3 жыл бұрын
masterpiece ! i have ABSOLUTELY no idea what the lyrics are about but it's a joy to read the poetry anyway .
@ArchilochusOfParos 3 жыл бұрын
I'm with you, I have no idea what he's talking about but I still love this song
@ArchilochusOfParos 3 жыл бұрын
I'm with you, I have no idea what he's talking about but I still love this song
@ArchilochusOfParos 3 жыл бұрын
@@imsocuteimsorich4952 Well.....not quite. This song is more a Rorschach Test than it is a clear description, heavily subject to projections from the listener as much as the ideas of Dylan. If you Google what the lyrics to this song mean, you'll quickly find that people have MANY different interpretations, so unless Dylan himself says what this song means, there may not be a singular meaning. Interpretations range from Dylan's personal journey, to the life of Christ, to slavery: The first hit says "Changing of the Guards is a thorough description of Dylan's personal journey, from the beginning of his musical career, about sixteen years prior (the opening line is "Sixteen years"), through his marriage to and divorce from Sara Dylan." The next says "The song covers the life of Christ, from before his birth to after the resurrection. Its primary concern is Christ's institution of a new order..." The next says "The song is about slavery , the slave who shined the shoes and moved the mountain yet still got lashed and the marks are still on his back."
@imsocuteimsorich4952 3 жыл бұрын
@@ArchilochusOfParos I see you did your homework 👍 to be honest I was confused about the song and read the words to it but it confused me to the point of 😱😬😦😕😭,what u said has helped me 😰😁😇🙌👌✌️thank you 👋🇮🇪
@tinetannies4637 3 жыл бұрын
@@imsocuteimsorich4952 Ha ha well...yes....I was curious. Thanks!
@matiascalero 4 жыл бұрын
This song is amazing.
@itsmeagain8604 5 жыл бұрын
My life is crap if I don`t have a Dylan singalong at least once a month. So many songs I dig.
@ivansorola1997 5 жыл бұрын
I can relate to that ...
@itsmeagain8604 4 жыл бұрын
@David Ortiz Yes always loved the main man. my 1st Van album was Wavelength. Natalia is a beautiful love song. wow that album was released in 1978. great music never gets old.
@mogwailarusso1232 4 жыл бұрын
2day has been my Dylan non stop day
@itsmeagain8604 4 жыл бұрын
@@mogwailarusso1232 where are you ? early, mid or later Dylan. or a mix of all ?
@itsmeagain8604 4 жыл бұрын
@@ivansorola1997 ahh mate, hope you enjoy it for always. Dylan`s accuracy of language is amazing, he always delivers his words with exaggerated clarity which really delivers his story. Amazing. The only other guy that has this total command of words is the late great comedian George Carlin.
@shaunlowthian4234 2 жыл бұрын
My favourite Dylan track of all time and I have everything he's ever made
@sh230968 2 жыл бұрын
I have pretty much everything of Dylan in 60s and 70s. My top track would probably be Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.
@grahammcbean6362 Жыл бұрын
It still blows me away how human kind can create such sublimely beautiful works of art.
@StephenS-2024 5 жыл бұрын
Every Dylan song has a comment proclaiming it to be the most underrated Dylan song ever....
@StephenS-2024 5 жыл бұрын
@flownet07 😁
@hokkitt 4 жыл бұрын
@flownet07 Overrated...
@thevalente8358 4 жыл бұрын
I still haven't found this comment in Blowing in the wind, true for every other Song of him
@StephenS-2024 4 жыл бұрын
@@thevalente8358 agreed.
@claudiavanderwoodsen2674 4 жыл бұрын
that's exactly what i was thinking! they never get tired of banality
@rickwagner3797 4 жыл бұрын
Its probably clear to everyone but Dylan's real power is the ability to tell a story and for the listener to really feel true emotion from it. You can just feel the soul in this song and a good test is always, "can an uptempo song bring you to tears?" and this one passes.
@st3ppin_gh0st 8 ай бұрын
Well put. Tolstoy says art is "the expression of reasonable and conscious life", and Changing of the Guards 100% fits the bill.
@oscarmarrero6596 2 жыл бұрын
Bob is the religion. He's a God!! So many, many good songs, wonderful lyrics, different life.
@miss.ailtoncardozo8940 20 күн бұрын
Dilan é simplesmente um ser humano quê do pó veio, para o pó voltará! Está ficando velho como eu e você. Deus é eterno! Quê antes da fundação do mundo já sabia quê dilan iria existir através do seu grande poder. Tudo passa, mas, o grande Deus existe de eternidade há eternidade. Glórias ao grande Deus e não ao pequeno e destrutivo dilan.
@jamesdonovan2468 2 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this song 10 times in a row
@johnnorth6004 2 жыл бұрын
I have !!
@davidmarshall9263 3 жыл бұрын
First time in my life that I saw Bob live was at Earls Court, London and they opened with this. I still tremble every time I hear it.
@gordoncampbell8067 4 жыл бұрын
Just listened to this during " lockdown" this is America's greatest poet.
@hodathunkit8572 3 жыл бұрын
Hear hear
@donnacollis3824 3 жыл бұрын
America and the world ... the greatest on earth x
@deborahlauterbach6156 3 жыл бұрын
.One of a kind AMAZING Artist. So grateful to be a part of this lifetime.
@gregnormal5101 2 жыл бұрын
Hello!!! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan!....Stay safe!!
@mohamedabdelkrim5007 3 жыл бұрын
The best song of Bob Dylan, i'm sixteen years and I still love this song.
@natalliaf6387 2 жыл бұрын
wow....since when?
@AA-sn9lz 2 жыл бұрын
@@natalliaf6387 since he was a sperm in his dad's ballsack
@loghilman5429 2 жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan worships Satan. Many famous people worship Satan.
@AA-sn9lz 2 жыл бұрын
@@loghilman5429 and why not?! Satan is so cool! Hail Satan!!
@loghilman5429 2 жыл бұрын
@@AA-sn9lz satan hates everything good that God created. So your joke doesn't really make sense. The devil is not cool. God is cool.
@aminekoob2109 4 жыл бұрын
I was in my mother's belly when i first heard this song and still notice something new in his songs now and then❤ Dylan is a genius!
@shannonnonnahs6943 2 жыл бұрын
Poetry and a bit of prophesy meshed together. Timeless .
@sbindoctor6414 Жыл бұрын
I kid you not this song was stuck in my head for years without knowing what song it was. Finally I heard it again one day and a light bulb went off in my head. I'll never forget it now.
@BruceEldridge 3 ай бұрын
My story is almost the same but deeper
@michaelsteinhemingway727 Жыл бұрын
Excellent song!
@victorbanuelos8139 5 жыл бұрын
Many years ago still he has the power of the poet laureate to move me to a place where I can find the truth
@Scotsgrey13 5 жыл бұрын
One of the top Dylan songs (including "Desolation Row", "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands", "Tom Thumb's Blues", "Like A Rolling Stone", "Shelter From the Storm", "If You See Her, Say Hello") Then there a million more great songs from this master.
@pabloperez4063 4 жыл бұрын
Plus "dont think 2"
@chrischasteen2720 3 жыл бұрын
Where dark soldiers are reflected the endllesroad
@tottifrancaisco6421 2 жыл бұрын
i wonder how come people like me in Morocco for example arab muslim country far from the west and they all know and love all dylan's songs? the answer is that's what we call real art for artsake.art has no nationality and location. i ve been listening to dylan me and my familly from his first beginnings during the 60s dylan is a great man of art.hello from casablanca Morocco
@sidneibarcelos9242 Жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan the best forever
@shcxatter2 4 ай бұрын
Seriously, does anybody come even close to this lyrical profundity? If someone knows other artists like these, please share!
@mcfrans11 6 ай бұрын
This is the best song ever written
@josejavierramos7402 3 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful.
@gregnormal5101 2 жыл бұрын
Hello!!! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan!....Stay safe!!
@JorgeAndresPaezQ 5 жыл бұрын
The best song of all Time!!
@samwgdavis 3 жыл бұрын
Agree, until he wrote "Murder Most foul"
@jamestaylor3460 3 жыл бұрын
Now Whooooaaaa !
@marapg3830 3 жыл бұрын
👏👏🎸🎶🎵🎺YEEESSS!!!🎵🎶🎸🎶🎵🎺
@chrissandoval1294 5 жыл бұрын
Easily one of Dylan's best works
@nanosongs7196 Жыл бұрын
A masterpiece…to write like this, to compose like this …and to make it all work…truly singing melodic poetry…
@dietmarrosenboom7523 2 ай бұрын
Masterpiece!
@alexandrealbertoni1840 4 жыл бұрын
_Street-Legal_ is one of my favorite albums.
@Mark-ix4zt 4 жыл бұрын
In my top 5. Masterpiece without question
@omaritcovici6205 4 жыл бұрын
"mountain laurel and rolling rocks"... pure poetry... even how the "R"s and "L"s flow within that verse... pure poetry...
@Mr.Jtea3 8 ай бұрын
I feel like my dad liked bob Dylan this is the type of music he listened to. I’ll never know. Miss you everyday my best friend. He was my number one fan and I miss that so much. Life is a great thing
@matthijsschutter7031 3 жыл бұрын
Street legal was my first Dylan record, I have the vinyl and later bought it on cd, still my favorite Dylan record, very underrated.
@fvdp4710 4 жыл бұрын
His first album was in 1962, this one in 1978. 16 years later. And now almost 60 years later his Rough and Rowdy Ways is a great album. Lol
@johansterk354 5 жыл бұрын
'She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born on mid-summer's eve, near the tower'. Imaginative lyrics which lesser singer-songwriters would sacrifice their right arm for to be able to jot down. Underrated is an understatement, I feel.
@teijoniemisto4472 5 жыл бұрын
Well, he got the Nobel prize!
@federicoalfaro7991 5 жыл бұрын
Great way to describe his boundless imagination,been a fervent follower of his writings and interpretations.
@rolandl4782 4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful words.. I can almost smell her just by listening to the song!
@mars88812 3 жыл бұрын
Marie invited a bum on a Vancouver public beach by the ocean (tower) to a sing-a-long at the park. He showed up at the end of the show, she was more or less born, Minerva 77!
@Rocketman10057 3 жыл бұрын
My favourite Dylan song changes everyday ,but this sure has had a day or two
@josephsanangelo 3 жыл бұрын
Street Legal is a fantastic album. This song still enters this brain with a silken hint of times that are now upon us all. Heal Earth, love one another as we all are family, and lift all life back to its own halos and crowns. Best wishes to this planet's poet laureate.
@bobdylan1561 3 жыл бұрын
Hello Thanks for your nice comments and support on my post, it's means a lot to me, your comments and constant support has brought me this far. I want you to send me a direct message via hangouts using my personal mail that will be indicated below. Also endeavor to add your name to the text so I can know you are the one texting because I don't reply unnecessary messages. Hangout Mail: bobdylan1753@gmail.com
@josephsanangelo 2 жыл бұрын
@@bobdylan1561 thank you but not sure it's you BD, as I've had others use different email and message contacts and they never want to chat c2c so I give up.
@pablobeltran3028 3 жыл бұрын
All these 'recently' uploaded AUDIO tracks of Dylan are garnering MILLIONS of viewers (?)... that's great news for me -- who at 54 still listens to Dylan's songs whenever i could... :)
@jacquelinewindle4382 2 жыл бұрын
I’m 75 and just love him since I first heard him at 15
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