I agree. Everything about this album is the best!!
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 05:05 (five years ago) link
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 steelWith a big bouquetOf roses hanging downFrom the heavens to the ground
They had some Rimbaud connection or something figured out...
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 05:12 (five years ago) link
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 tunesomething 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 thisforever 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 mamahazelforever young fastyou angel you
bottom-dirge, i find this borderline unlistenable-wedding song, who has time for this really
― marcos, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
one thing i always find a little mystifying about Planet Waves is the general lack of backing vocals from The Band
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
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
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
-wedding song, who has time for this really
voted Wedding Song― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, May 1, 2018 11:27 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, May 1, 2018 11:27 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― hair-grabbing ear-grabbing fetishist squaredance caller (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
Dylan's first #1 album in America on pre-sales alone; after those sales, though, it fell rather quickly.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
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
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
yeah, those are great — "Back to the starting point!"
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
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".
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
here's a pretty cool bootleg comp of planet waves-related odds-n-sods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7bzNkV4Kg8
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
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!
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Oh my Lord that Thousand Highways site ...... Holy cow. Thank you for posting that man!
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 01:26 (five years ago) link
This is a cool take on 'Tough Mama' by the JGB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ryfj8Vp2QI
― earlnash, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 01:41 (five years ago) link
I love "Tough Mama," "Tell Me, Momma"... all the "mama" songs.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 10 May 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Yay Tough Mama won! Nice job people.
all the "mama" songs.
I could do without Mama You've Been On My Mind
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 10 May 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
That one’s OK but I agree it’s not a jam
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 10 May 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
Does It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) count as a Mama song?
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 10 May 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
The court rules — no
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 10 May 2018 04:02 (five years ago) link
Tuff mama!
― calstars, Thursday, 10 June 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
MEAT SHAKIN' ON YR BONES
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Thursday, 10 June 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
a-hotter than a crotch
― birdistheword, Thursday, 10 June 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
Good album. I love when he plays piano on shit like "Dirge."
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 02:27 (three months ago) link
very enjoyable album, always appreciated Robertson's stabby guitar
― corrs unplugged, Saturday, 30 December 2023 21:28 (three months ago) link
I've gained some recognitionBut I lost my appetite
― In my Ram’s Horn era (morrisp), Saturday, 30 December 2023 21:47 (three months ago) link
(bizarrely, the "Tough Mama" lyrics as they appear on bobdylan.com are very different from the actual lyrics on the album)
― In my Ram’s Horn era (morrisp), Saturday, 30 December 2023 21:49 (three months ago) link