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"Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" is an epic narrative ballad by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan released as the seventh song (or the second track on Side Two of the vinyl) on his 1975 album Blood on the Tracks. It is known for its complex plot and nearly nine-minute running time.
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; [3] born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career.
According to Dylan's official website, he has performed the song live only nine times. [4] A live version of the song was included on the limited edition version of The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 (2000) and on a Japanese edition of the "Things Have Changed" single. The recording came from a performance in the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa ...
The Byrds decided to cover the song after Bob Dylan played the band his newly recorded Nashville Skyline album at band leader Roger McGuinn's house. [44] The Byrds recorded "Lay Lady Lay" on March 27, 1969, but producer Bob Johnston overdubbed a female choir on to the recording on April 18, 1969, without the Byrds' consent. [ 45 ]
Screen capture from the official lyric video for "False Prophet" Although the entirety of Rough and Rowdy Ways was released online for free via Bob Dylan's official YouTube channel, "False Prophet" was the only song for which an official music video was made. This "lyric video", which features minimalist animation and typography based on the ...
Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 978-1579129859. Mellers, Wilfrid (1985). A Darker Shade of Pale: A Backdrop to Bob Dylan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-571-13345-1. Nogowski, John (2008). Bob Dylan: A Descriptive, Critical Discography and Filmography, 1961–2007 (2nd ed.).
In an essay on Rough and Rowdy Ways in his book Outtakes on Bob Dylan, Michael Gray also named "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You" as his favorite song on the album. He credits Dylan's vocal for the way it "holds so wide a range of feeling across the song" and the lyrics for "such sweet, acute, specific touches" as the way Dylan ...
In their book Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track, authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon cite the Gospel of Matthew as Dylan's main source of inspiration in writing the lyrics: "The bells ring to announce the celestial reign of God, who sent his son Jesus Christ to fulfill his divine will on earth and put the 'lost sheep' back on the right track.