Long Ago, Far Away
Odetta brings the haunting refrain of one of Bob Dylan's most radical songs about war, inequality and oppression: Things like that don't happen / No more, nowadays.
Friday Nite Videos -- March 18, 2016
Masters of War
Bob Dylan's prophetic protest, with contemporary video.
Tracy Chapman - The Times They Are A Changin'
From the Bob Dylan 30th anniversary celebration, held at Madison Square Garden.
Odetta: Long Ago, Far Away
The singer, songwriter, guitarist and civil rights activist Odetta gives a haunting performance of Dylan's 'Long Ago, Far Away.' 'One man lived just like a king/The other man begged on the street/Things like that don’t happen/No more, nowadays.'
Bob Dylan -- Desolation Row
Released just 50 years ago this month as the last track on Highway 61 Revisited, Desolation Row is a complex and enigmatic meditation on the cultural chaos of the times. It is also a cultural break point in its own right, a nostalgic goodbye, as Dylan's sole acoustic riff on an album that transitions to electronic rock.
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