Bob Dylan Planet Waves

Ha! It's true, there are too many slow ones. My favorite version of Forever Young is the demo on Biograph, maybe because it's the first one I heard, but maybe because the informal feel suits the song best.

Tough Mama

I like this record a lot, for a long time the only Dylan I owned was this and Greatest Hits Vol. 2. Initial reaction is "Something There Is About You," but I need to relisten.

Going Going Gone is great, but i'm leaning towards the fast version of Forever Young.

The album was originally set to be titled Ceremonies of the Horsemen; the release was delayed two weeks when Dylan decided to change the title at the last minute. Another, earlier working title was Wedding Song.

Planet Waves is a cool title but i don't think it really fits the album, but these other two contenders are worse

voted Wedding Song

I'm a cornball, I still get broken up by "Forever Young", especially the first one.

i've always loved "never say goodbye" — don't think he's ever played it live, feels like it was conjured up on the spot.

My favourite Dylan albums are New Morning and this one. There's a lot on here which I adore. Forever Young and Wedding Song are likely choices, but ultimately my vote went to Dirge.

not quite sure I understand the distinction between Basement Tapes and Planet Waves?

On PW you can hear Dylan's shirt buttons hitting the neck of his guitar; on the other, not.

Dirge Dirge Dirge, though You Angel You and the fast Forever Young are fun

You Angel You has that half-spoken, behind the beat thing he does

The way he sings "Rainy days on the Great Lakes / Walkin' the hills of old Duluth" is just the best

I agree. Everything about this album is the best!!

There was a drugged-out gal in my freshman dorm who, along with her equally druggie bf, was obsessed with the lyric:

My dreams are made of iron and steel
With a big bouquet
Of roses hanging down
From the heavens to the ground

They had some Rimbaud connection or something figured out...

i love this album

top:
going going gone - robbie robertson's lead guitar is one of the best things about PW and he kills it especially in this tune
something there is about you - daily growing otm i love "rainy days on the great lakes" lyric so much, so much minnesota nostalgia on this album. i love danko's bass on this
forever young slow - might be worn out a little but i still find it powerful especially as song from a parent to a child
never say goodbye - more youthful minnesota reminiscing, "twilight on the frozen lake, a north wind about to break"

mid:
on a night like this
tough mama
hazel
forever young fast
you angel you

bottom
-dirge, i find this borderline unlistenable
-wedding song, who has time for this really

one thing i always find a little mystifying about Planet Waves is the general lack of backing vocals from The Band

Yeah love this record, I was actually just thinking about it the other day

Raise yr hand if the first time you heard "Going Going Gone" was on Hell's Destiny Street

-wedding song, who has time for this really

voted Wedding Song

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lol

Dylan's first #1 album in America on pre-sales alone; after those sales, though, it fell rather quickly.

It's worth linking to a transcription of the text written on the rear cover (I used to sit reading it as I listened to the LP in high school): http://theband.hiof.no/albums/ln_planet_waves.html

yeah, those are great — "Back to the starting point!"

I really have never loved this record as much as I thought I would when I first heard it. My favorite song from the sessions this was taken from - Nobody 'Cept You - didn't even make the cut! Really it's the slow plodding vibe of so much of the material that makes it feel like a slog. In fact, that would've been an even better title for "Dirge".

here's a pretty cool bootleg comp of planet waves-related odds-n-sods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7bzNkV4Kg8

Cool - thanks for posting that!

Really it's the slow plodding vibe of so much of the material that makes it feel like a slog.

For real(!?!) The playing is so sprightly and elastic! Even the slower songs crackle with energy!

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Oh my Lord that Thousand Highways site ...... Holy cow. Thank you for posting that man!

This is a cool take on 'Tough Mama' by the JGB.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ryfj8Vp2QI

I love "Tough Mama," "Tell Me, Momma"... all the "mama" songs.

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Yay Tough Mama won! Nice job people.

all the "mama" songs.

I could do without Mama You've Been On My Mind

That one’s OK but I agree it’s not a jam

Does It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) count as a Mama song?

The court rules — no

Tuff mama!

MEAT SHAKIN' ON YR BONES

a-hotter than a crotch

Good album. I love when he plays piano on shit like "Dirge."

very enjoyable album, always appreciated Robertson's stabby guitar

I've gained some recognition
But I lost my appetite

(bizarrely, the "Tough Mama" lyrics as they appear on bobdylan.com are very different from the actual lyrics on the album)