About jokerman jokerman is a song by bob dylan that appeared as the opening track of his 1983 album infidels. Please note that our catalog only lists songs that weve set up within our system. In 1983, bob dylan released his twentysecond studio album, infidels watch the official music video of sweetheart like you now. Bob dylan lyrics jokerman standing on the water, casting your bread while the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing distant ships sailing into the mist. Jokerman by bob dylan song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position. This would appear to be a deeply religious track, from the album infidels which tells you that the devil is skilled in deception and addicted to deceit. Jokerman, the albums most powerfully sweeping ballad, invokes such. Infidels in my opinion is, like most of bob dylans work, a masterpiece. Jokerman bob dylan testo e traduzione the black snack.
The devil deploys these deceptive weapons in an ul. Blind willy mctell, foot of pride, lord protect my child, someones got a hold of my heart and tell me were officially released on the bootleg series volumes. Infidels is the 22nd studio album by american singersongwriter bob dylan, released on october 27, 1983 by columbia records. Bob dylan goes no for the simple answer as presented by orthodox. A number of critics have called jokerman a sly political protest, addressed to an antichristlike figure, a manipulator of crowds a dream twister.
Bob dylan infidels original mix albums that never were. Bob dylan is a rare artist that has managed to transcend genre to become a universally praised songwriter, performer and musician of the 20th and 21stcenturies. Standin on the waters castin your bread while the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowin distant ships sailin into the mist you. Listen to this track by mercurial singersongwriter who likes a good jam as much as the next guy, bob dylan. Intentionally or unintentionally, dylan perpetuated the confusion with the image of the joker. Jokerman is one of dylans best written songs i thinks its dismissed by a lot of fans because of it appeared on the subpar album infidels which was created in a rather creatively bankrupt time. Bob dylan jokerman lyrics meaning lyric interpretations. Jokerman is the first track from dylans 1983 album infidels.
This album is often seen as dylans return to secular music after a conversion to christianity and three gospel records. It is perhaps a culmination of all the grand themes dylan was wrestling with at the time labelled his postevangelical period by some commentators. And freedom is just around the corner has the same aphoristic power as the other, antique oneliners scattered over infidels samuel johnsons they say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings from sweetheart like you. Dd discografia bob dylan remasterizada 320 kbps mega. So swiftly the sun sets in the sky, you rise up and say goodbye to no one. Song information for jokerman bob dylan on allmusic. As the first new album that bob dylan released that i could actually play for other people as a dj on the radio, infidels holds a special place in my. I waited impatiently for the thud of the cassette and when it found itself at the beginning i.
Discussion in music corner started by onlyconnect, nov 6, 2017. Bob dylans jokerman page 10 steve hoffman music forums. Download bob dylan rough cuts infidels studio sessions. Bob dylan with the plugz play jokerman on letterman. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune bird fly high by the light of the moon oh, oh, oh, jokerman. By tony attwood numerous reference books suggest that jokerman is one of dylans masterpieces. Standing on the waters casting your bread while the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing.
For what its worth, im not sure the song is fully realized, despite how affecting and interesting the thing is as we have it. Bob dylan mingles exhilaration and misanthropy the. Introduction the album infidels of which jokerman is the opening song is usually not regarded as part of dylans legacy of specific hristian albums. A beautiful, comprehensive volume of dylan s lyrics, from the beginning of his career through the present daywith the songwriters edits to dozens of songs, appearing here for the first time. Infidels outtakes rough cuts october 5, 2014 egil 9 comments for the first time in his career, dylan books a month of sessions to record an album. Produced by mark knopfler and dylan himself, infidels is seen as his return to secular music, following a conversion to christianity, three evangelical, gospel records. A great poetic adventure that encapsulates everyone and everything from ode to a nightingale by john. The whole infidels album is such a kaleidoscopic jumble of apocalyptic judeochristian fundamentalism and interpersonal politics.
Verse 1 standing on the waters casting your bread while the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing distant ships sailing into the mist. Jokerman by bob dylan story by scott howey stereo stories. Its jokerman a cut that is featured on his 1983 record infidels. Coming off a trilogy of nonsecular music that is frankly offputting and of little inventive substance, bob dylan returned to the studio in 1983 with dire straits mastermind mark knopfler as producer to mark dylans comeback album to secular music. It isnt a sermon or a pop song but a real creation, a work you can wander inside, explore, breathe in, pass through, wrap around you. Prince, tom petty, steve winwood, jeff lynne and others while my guitar gently weeps duration. If you cant explain why the jokerman is dancing to the nightingale tune, you cant explain the song. Highlights for me are jokerman, a sweetheart like you, neighborhood bully and license to kill. Coming off a trilogy of nonsecular music that is frankly offputting and of little inventive substance, bob dylan returned to the studio in 1983 with dire straits mastermind mark knopfler as producer to mark dylan s comeback album to secular music.
Bob dylan infidels full album free music streaming. Jokerman by bob dylan on infidels from the current. I leant in close to the cassette and pressed rewind. Distant ships sailing into the mist, you were born with a snake in both of your fists. Infidels is the 22nd studio album by american singersongwriter bob dylan, released on. Listening to it now, theres so much power and depth to the lyrics. November 19, 2015 cover version of the 1983 bob dylan song. Jokerman bob dylan testo, traduzione, video, immagine con citazione.
Bob dylan with the band planet waves 1974 mfsl 2015 320 cd. Many of dylans most devoted fans were alienated by the preachiness of. Recorded on april 14, 1983, it was released as a single on june 1, 1984, featuring a live version of isis from the film renaldo and clara as its bside. In the late 70searly 80s, bob dylan was spending a good time at a house and a boat he owned in the caribbean, soaking up some of the local culture, and it is evident on the 1983 lp infidels. The tunes are pretty solid, with jokerman and a sweetheart like you putting dylan back on rock radio. When the song finished, i reached out to take the cassette cover off my brother. Gloriously produced with mark knofler from dire straits at the desk, it has a few divine moments of sheer grace. Why link the jokerman to the nightingale and repeat it over an over.
Bob dylan is not a big fan of this song, or the infidels album in general. Bob dylans infidels columbia qc 38819 is a disturbing artistic. On that album, the song is presented in a tasteful reggaeseasoned arrangement. If you combined the four good songs jokerman, sweetheart like you, man of peace, i and i on infidels with the five songs on bsv3 and released it it would have been not just the bob dylan album of the 1980s, but one of the best albums of that decade, full stop. Produced by bob dylan for wreck of the old 97 productions and mark knopfler for chariscourt, ltd. Some of the tracks from the infidels recording sessions were not released on the infidels album but ended later on other official releases of bob dylan. Columbia and walking eye design are registered trademarks of sony music entertainment. In the key of bb major on the album, but played in a live, which is much more comfortable.