And you're thinking of me, But you know you could be wrong. Inspired by Murder Most Foul: ‘Marilyn Monroe – Endless Night’, Tombstone Blues (1965) part VI: Under the Yellow Angel, Yet more on the train of pain and “Justine”, 1973: prepare for the journey from hell to heaven, Untold Dylan: “I’ll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours”. Lift me, won't you lift me above the old routine; Make . 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, Vol. What on earth are we to make of this? (Actually having made the joke about the bass line several times I found myself required to play bass guitar while working in a pit band in the theatre, and I must admit by the third night of the show I was plodding along with the E B E B stuff. He plays one note on each beat of the bar, plod plod plod plod, reflecting the chords exactly. A perfectly reasonable chord to use in this key, but very unusual for rock. [2] One such performance was included later that year as the first track on the resulting live album, Before the Flood. Check out You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine by Carole King on Amazon Music. A Night This Side Of Dying. For tellin’ stories Dylan released the song as a single twice during his career, once in 1974, charting at #66 in the US, and again in 2007, charting at #51 in the UK. But here we have a song that is clear and straightforward in its meaning, and then suddenly a judge and stilts??? Oh, it's your life, so make it shine You go your way, I'll go mine. Here Dylan is probably originally playing in G but problems with keeping the speed of an analogue tape dead true means it sounds now like a slightly low A flat. Oh, there's no need for false amending Things get so confusinf when you do When love's become a loss, we spend our nights defending I feel so damn defeated when we're through. “Temporary Like Achilles” The meaning of the music and the lyrics, http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/421/Most-Likely-You-Go-Your-Way-and-I'll-Go-Mine, Tombstone Blues part VII: Found someone, you have, I would say, New owners of Bob’s songs announce their position on political correctness, Bob’s 1974 return to touring – listen to the concert, as the fans demand “Tell it like it was”, Untold Showcase. "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" gained significant visibility when it was frequently the concert opening and encore song on the Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Tour. When you go your way and I go mine It starts on on A flat and works down in a classic Dylan way. And to make it even more curious we’re then back to the song we’ve known. Time and again in songs of this era Dylan uses the descending bass to perfection – and often to make it sum up all that has gone before, in the chorus. If we do come up with anything it is going to be a guess. And as I noted in the review of Sweet Marie this is a side of the album in which Dylan plays with unexpected chords. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall, Vol. I even went and looked the song up in Heylin, in the vague hope that he might offer something, but he doesn’t even recognise that the middle 8 is odd, either musically or lyrically – but then he would not, would he? "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" is written and recorded by Bob Dylan for his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. Now I have argued before that images – especially the images of the curious odd folk that litter Dylan songs from this era – don’t have to represent a reality. My Lovin' Eyes. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1974 Vinyl release of Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) on Discogs. But what is not unique – what is pure Dylan – is the descending bass line for the chorus, Then time will tell just who fell Submit lyrics correction → 55k Like. And who’s been left behind From Song Album. Then the bass guitarist would be asked what he did to liven things up and he’d say “E B E B E B E B” – the classic unimaginative bass line. Here it is – the original review continues below…. One, The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991, Vol. [citation needed], Mark Ronson reworked and remixed the song in promotion for Dylan's 2007 compilation Dylan. Great song, very much of its time. When you go your way and I go mine. In 2007, Mark Ronson reworked the classic Bob Dylan track 'Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)' from the 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine Lyrics by Carole King. Watch out he don’t fall on you. This link is included in The Bob Dylan Project at: http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/421/Most-Likely-You-Go-Your-Way-and-I'll-Go-Mine (Additional Information). Your email address will not be published. But then, but then, but then…  That really odd middle 8. Your email address will not be published. Wrap Around Joy Tracklist. But Dylan starts on B flat minor. You go your way and I'll go mine Publication Date 1915 Holding Location University of South Florida Resource Identifier A65-00043 (usfldc doi) a65.43 (usfldc handle) Language English Creator Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond Publisher J.W. Listening to this line on the original vinyl the plodding of the bass guitar is very clear – and for once it seems dead right. Casting down the wrath of God upon women is a theme ‘judge’ Dylan continues fom the Biblical story about Eve conniving with Satan. Now normally you would start such a song on notes built around A flat. You and I We ought to try to face the fact The. But there is still one more surprise for us in the middle 8 – we’re off to another chord – F minor. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. Well, all right, you go your way, I'll go mine I'll get over you in time There's nothing here to hold you now We left those dreams so far behind You go your way, I'll go mine. Maybe Dylan asked for that, but I doubt it. If not then what? He released the song as a single twice during his career, once in 1974, which reached number 66 on the US chart, and again in 2007, appearing at number 51 on the UK chart. It starts on on A flat and works down in a classic Dylan way. I'm gonna let you pass. When you go your way and I go mine. In the world of pop and rock, at least when I played in bands, there was the joke about how those of us on lead guitar, keyboards or percussion could talk about what we were doing – the attempts to try and go a bit further, explore new possibilities, do something different but within the context of the song. What’s more strange is that after alternating between B flat minor and A flat in the first group of three lines he then goes off to C minor – again a perfectly reasonable cord to use in the key, but unusual for rock, and a chord sequence unique in a Dylan song. to attempt to seek power in her own right. Released as a single, it reached number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. Wrap Around Joy by Carole King. Despite not appearing on the album, this version was released as an online single. There is an element of blues feeling in this, but that is achieved by the use of the flattened 7th at various points in the verses. Watch the video for You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine from Carole King's Wrap Around Joy for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Listen free to Ainslie Wills – You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine (Mary, Lemon Japan and more). 12 tracks (50:23). In this case starting on what classical musicians would call the supertonic. If you’ve got a digital re-issue you might hear stuff I can’t hear. [citation needed], "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine", Learn how and when to remove this template message, Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances, Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings, Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. It could have been so much more. Bob Dylan originally recorded Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine written by Bob Dylan and Bob Dylan released it on the album Blonde on Blonde in 1966. You say you disturb me And you don't deserve me But you know sometimes you lie You say you're shakin' And you're always achin' But you know how hard you try Sometimes it gets so hard to care It can't be this way ev'rywhere And I'm gonna let you pass Yes, and I'll go last Then time will tell who has fell And its not something he does in any other song I can think of. Recording. Time and again in songs of this era Dylan uses the descending bass to perfection – and often to make it sum up all that has gone before, in the chorus. This is a decent soundboard recording of an excellent concert recorded at Madison Square Garden, New York City, on January 31, 1974, with The Band. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. But really there is no blues here. You say you told me. Check out You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine by Carole King on Amazon Music. So I do not find this verse in any way out of context with the song as a whole..it’s just done in the fragmented style of Modernist poets like TS Eliot. From Newport to the Ancient Empty Street in L.A. / "We Better Talk This Over", "Union Sundown" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground", "I and I" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground", "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" / "Emotionally Yours", This page was last edited on 23 November 2020, at 05:41. He’s gonna call on you Required fields are marked *, The meaning behind the music and words of Bob Dylan. A dream? Dylan’s not going to tell us, and maybe he doesn’t know, can’t remember or never knew. There is one other point of particular interesting in verse one. "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" is the first track of the second disc of the 1966 album Blonde on Blonde, the seventh album from singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. And you don’t deserve me I have no doubt that in these songs Dylan was thinking in chord sequences – but that later in his career he stopped doing this, and so we lose the more unusual twists and turns of the music. The judge, he holds a grudge Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. Jazzman. "You say you love me. Add Comment. It remains one of the most curious out of context sections in any Dylan song. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2007 CD release of Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) Re-Version on Discogs. But he’s badly built And he walks on stilts 11: The Basement Tapes Complete, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of The Band, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Most_Likely_You_Go_Your_Way_and_I%27ll_Go_Mine&oldid=990172031, Articles needing additional references from October 2010, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Something There Is About You" / "Tough Mama", "Is Your Love In Vain?" Check Out. God, the high judge in Heaven, really holds a grudge because Eve disobeyed His orders not But as before there is the falling back down – in this time from F minor back to E flat, just as in the verses it is B flat minor to A flat – in each case we are falling the same distance. As for the lyrics it is mostly straightforward – he’s fed up with her and her ever changing feelings. You say you’re sorry But you know sometimes you lie, No babe, you don’t disturb me, you haven’t got the power. Since writing this review in 2014 I have found a new recording of the song which really does take it in a different direction. That is a real Dylan metaphor – the man walking down the long lonesome road. But you know you could be wrong. That you wanna hold me But you know you're not that strong I just can't do what I done before I just can't beg you any more I'm gonna let your pass And I'll go last Then time will tell just who has fell And who's been left behind When you go your way and I go mine. Wiki says that “Prevalent on the recording are trombone, piano, guitar, harmonica, bass guitar, drums and electronic organ.”  I’m blowed if I can hear a trombone playing the vinyl with quality modern amp and speakers. “Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)” is the first track of the second disc of Blonde on Blonde, and for this review I’m listening to the original vinyl recording. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The Bootleg Series Vol. Is “judge” the nickname of the new lover? Dylan’s solution is the same here as it is all the way through his songwriting life – just move on. Select Your Cookie Preferences. In essence you can build all sorts of chords on any note. A high judge(on stilts)in a court of law, also having been subjected to the ways of women(holds a grudge)is likely going to do the same(fall on you). This version also charted at number 51 in the UK. I've tried to justify your thinking I've given in and been denied Like a hundred times before, you take and ask for more The only thing you leave is compromise . Change In Mind, Change Of Heart. Approved third parties also use these tools … You may only use this It’s a bouncy rock song. The construction of the verses is unusual – the easiest way to write them is as a set of three line sections: You say you love me She says she doesn’t deserve him (implying that she is so sorry for behaving so badly and asking for his forgiveness yet again), but he’s increasingly had enough. I remember one young sister with rainbows in her eyes Standing. However what is not at all unusual – what is in fact rather prosaic – is the bass guitar. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue, Vol. I just can't do what I done before, I just can't beg you anymore. #-----PLEASE NOTE-----# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. It was also covered by The Sonic, The Nighthawks, Rita Coolidge, Sue Foley and other artists. Sherbet music video from 1975. And I'll go … Recorded at Columbia Music Row Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 9, 1966,[1] the instrumental track features members of the A-Team of studio musicians, including Charlie McCoy on trumpet, Kenny Buttrey on drums, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Jerry Kennedy, Joe South, and Wayne Moss on guitar, Bill Aikins on organ, and Henry Strzelecki on bass, along with guitarist Robbie Robertson. Well, all right, you go your way, I'll go mine I'll get over you in time There's nothing here to hold you now. That you know I believe are true. You say you disturb me And you don't deserve me But you know sometimes you lie Listen online to Carole King - You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine and find out more about its history, critical reception, and meaning. There ain’t too much worse you can say to your lover. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006, Vol. That you wanna hold me, But you know you're not that strong. A music video of the song is available on Dylan's official website. The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963–1965, Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan, Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met), It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine, The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine, Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine), Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again, Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love), The Bootleg Series Vol. Walking down the long lonesome road song I can think of 5 Bob... 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