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Boots of Spanish Leather

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited March 2007 in Other Music
This is one of my favorite Dylan tunes. Its just beautiful. Its melancholy, and powerful, its just a stunning song. It expresses that longing that I feel right now.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Probably my favorite of his beat poet songs... that is to say the songs he used the same music for over and over again. No disrespect though, I get what he was doing with it. Love the song.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • BetterManningNYGBetterManningNYG Posts: 777
    great song.

    i saw him play it live at ny city center this past november. definitely a highlight of the show.
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    very similar melody to Girl from the North Country....bob kinda ripped himself off....but both are great songs.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    long red wrote:
    very similar melody to Girl from the North Country....bob kinda ripped himself off....but both are great songs.
    He uses the same music and vocal melody in a lot of his old songs. Talkin' ww3 blues and john birch paranoid blues are the same way.

    At that point in his career I don't think the music was very important to him.. he was a beat poet. The words were what he focused on and what most people back then listened to him for. The music was just a medium to send his words through.

    I have to say I'm glad he moved away from that, but I understand and respect what he was doing in 'ripping himself off'.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



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  • honestgabehonestgabe Posts: 34
    It wasn't about being a beat poet but just being a folk singer. Folk music is all about that, reusing melodies and music to tell a story.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    BetterManningNYG wrote:
    great song.

    i saw him play it live at ny city center this past november. definitely a highlight of the show.

    I've seen Bob a few times, but haven't heard this one yet. I'd really like to hear this one live.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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