Living the Blues – piosenka skomponowana przez Boba Dylana , nagrana przez niego na dwóch sesjach w kwietniu 1969 r. i wydana na albumie Self Portrait w czerwcu 1970 r.
Utwór ten został nagrany na pierwszej i drugiej sesji do albumu 24 i 26 kwietnia 1969 r. Plonem tych sesji były także: I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know , Spanish is the Loving Tongue , Take Me as I Am (or Let Me Go) , A Fool Such as I , Let It Be Me i Running . Jest to także jeden z niewielu utworów albumu, które nie uległy zmianom podczas sesji overdubbingowych w marcu i kwietniu 1970 r[1] .
Utwór ten wykazuje stylowe podobieństwa do wykonawczej maniery Jerry'ego Lee Lewisa . Dylan komponując tego bluesa posłużył się zapewne nagraniem Lewisa z 1957 r. dla firmy Sun Records – I'm Feeling Sorry . Wzorem mógł być także utwór Guya Mitchella – Singing the Blues [2] .
Living the Blues wraz z Minstrel Boy były jedynymi nowymi piosenkami Dylana, które znalazły się na Self Portrait . Living the Blues został najpewniej skomponowany w okresie nagrywania albumu Nashville Skyline , o czym świadczyłoby jego wykonanie w TV programie Johnny'ego Casha Johnny Cash Show w 1969 r.
Na tle innych nagrań albumu, wykonanie tej piosenki wyróżnia się raczej pozytywnie[3]
Sesja 1 i 2
Bob Dylan – gitara, harmonijka, wokal, pianino
Norman Blake – gitara
Fred Carter, Jr. – gitara
Pete Drake – Elektryczna gitara hawajska
Bob Moore – gitara basowa
Bill Pursell – pianino
Kenneth Buttrey – perkusja
Wykonania piosenki przez innych artystów [ edytuj | edytuj kod ]
Leon Redbone – Red to Blue (1987)
The Nashville Bluegrass Band – American Beauty (1998)
↑ Clinton Heylin.Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions . s. 78
↑ Oliver Trager. Keys to the Rain . s. 387
↑ Tamże, s. 387
Paul Williams. Bob Dylan. Performing Artist 1960-1973. The Early Years. Omnibus Press. Nowy Jork, 2004 ISBN 1-84449-095-5
Clinton Heylin. Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions . St. Martin Press. Nowy Jork, 1995 ISBN 0-312-13439-8
Oliver Trager. Keys to the Rain . Billboard Books. Nowy Jork, 2004 ISBN 0-8230-7974-0
Bob Dylan – Dyskografia
Piosenki
Bob Dylan :
You’re No Good •
Talkin' New York •
In My Time of Dyin' •
Man of Constant Sorrow •
Fixin' to Die •
Pretty Peggy-O •
Highway 51 •
Gospel Plow •
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down •
House of the Risin' Sun •
Freight Train Blues •
Song to Woody •
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean . Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan :
Blowin’ in the Wind •
Girl from the North Country •
Masters of War •
Down the Highway •
Bob Dylan’s Blues •
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall •
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right •
Bob Dylan’s Dream •
Oxford Town •
Talking World War III Blues •
Corrina, Corrina •
Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance •
I Shall Be Free . The Times They Are a-Changin’ :
The Times They Are a-Changin’ •
Ballad of Hollis Brown •
With God on Our Side •
One Too Many Mornings •
North Country Blues •
Only a Pawn in Their Game •
Boots of Spanish Leather •
When the Ship Comes In •
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll •
Restless Farewell . Another Side of Bob Dylan :
All I Really Want to Do •
Black Crow Blues •
Spanish Harlem Incident •
Chimes of Freedom •
I Shall Be Free No. 10 •
To Ramona •
Motorpsycho Nitemare •
My Back Pages •
I Don’t Believe You •
Ballad in Plain D •
It Ain’t Me Babe . Bringing It All Back Home :
Subterranean Homesick Blues •
She Belongs to Me •
Maggie's Farm •
Love Minus Zero/No Limit •
Outlaw Blues •
On the Road Again •
Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream •
Mr. Tambourine Man •
Gates of Eden •
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) •
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue . Highway 61 Revisited :
Like a Rolling Stone •
Tombstone Blues •
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry •
From a Buick 6 •
Ballad of a Thin Man •
Queen Jane Approximately •
Highway 61 Revisited •
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues •
Desolation Row . Blonde on Blonde :
Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35 •
Pledging My Time •
Visions of Johanna •
One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) •
I Want You •
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again •
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat •
Just Like a Woman •
Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine •
Temporary Like Achilles •
Absolutely Sweet Marie •
4th Time Around •
Obviously 5 Believers •
Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands . John Wesley Harding :
John Wesley Harding •
As I Went Out One Morning •
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine •
All Along the Watchtower •
The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest •
Drifter's Escape •
Dear Landlord •
I Am a Lonesome Hobo •
I Pity the Poor Immigrant •
The Wicked Messenger •
Down Along the Cove •
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight . Nashville Skyline :
Girl from the North Country •
Nashville Skyline Rag •
To Be Alone with You •
I Threw It All Away •
Peggy Day •
Lay Lady Lay •
One More Night •
Tell Me That It Isn't True •
Country Pie •
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You . Self Portrait :
All the Tired Horses •
Alberta # 1 •
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know •
Days of '49 •
Early Mornin' Rain •
In Search of Little Sadie •
Let It Be Me •
Little Sadie •
Woogie Boogie •
Belle Isle •
Living the Blues •
Like a Rolling Stone •
Copper Kettle •
Gotta Travel On •
Blue Moon •
The Boxer •
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) •
Take Me as I Am •
Take a Message to Mary •
It Hurts Me Too •
Minstrel Boy •
She Belongs to Me •
Wigwam •
Alberta # 2 . New Morning :
If Not for You •
Day of the Locusts •
Time Passes Slowly •
Went to See the Gypsy •
Winterlude •
If Dogs Run Free •
New Morning •
Sign on the Window •
One More Weekend •
The Man in Me •
Three Angels •
Father of Night . Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Vol. II :
Watching the River Flow •
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right •
Lay Lady Lay •
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again •
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight •
All I Really Want to Do •
My Back Pages •
Maggie's Farm •
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You •
She Belongs to Me •
All Along the Watchtower •
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues •
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall •
If Not for You •
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue •
Tomorrow Is a Long Time •
When I Paint My Masterpiece •
I Shall Be Released •
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere •
Down in the Flood . Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid :
Main Title Theme (Billy) •
Cantina Theme (Workin' for the Law) •
Billy 1 •
Bunkhouse Theme •
River Theme •
Turkey Chase •
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door •
Final Theme •
Billy 4 •
Billy 7 . Dylan :
Lily of the West •
Can’t Help Falling in Love •
Sarah Jane •
The Ballad of Ira Hayes •
Mr. Bojangles •
Mary Ann •
Big Yellow Taxi •
A Fool Such as I •
Spanish Is the Loving Tongue . Planet Waves :
On a Night Like This •
Going, Going, Gone •
Tough Mama •
Hazel •
Something There Is About You •
Forever Young •
Forever Young •
Dirge •
You Angel You •
Never Say Goodbye •
Wedding Song . Blood on the Tracks :
Tangled Up in Blue •
Simple Twist of Fate •
You're a Big Girl Now •
Idiot Wind •
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go •
Meet Me in the Morning •
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts •
If You See Her, Say Hello •
Shelter from the Storm •
Buckets of Rain .
The Basement Tapes :
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