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Bonnie Raitt — It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Album: Steal This Movie (Soundtrack)
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Total ratings: 1980









Released: 2000
Length: 5:20
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You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last

But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast

Yonder stands your orphan with his gun

Crying like a fire in the sun

Look out the saints are comin’ through

And it’s all over now, Baby Blue



The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense

Take what you have gathered from coincidence

The empty-handed painter from your streets

Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets

This sky, too, is folding under you

And it’s all over now, Baby Blue



All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home

All your reindeer armies, are all going home

The lover who just walked out your door

Has taken all his blankets from the floor

The carpet, too, is moving under you

And it’s all over now, Baby Blue



Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you

Forget the dead you’ve left, they will not follow you

The vagabond who’s rapping at your door

Is standing in the clothes that you once wore

Strike another match, go start anew

And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
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somebody must have talked her into doing this song. Not like her to do such a bad rendition of a song. One of my least favorite Dylan covers. Even her slide guitar can’t save it. 
Posted 5 days ago by alvivino    [ Reply ]
 alvivino wrote:

I love, love, love Bonnie. But this is one of the worst covers of a Dylan song I know of. Sounds really forced. Sorry Bonnie. I still love you. 



Wow isn't it incredible how differently people can hear things, I think it sounds so effortless and breezy.  I love it!
Posted 2 months ago by SurfDoc    [ Reply ]
I love, love, love Bonnie. But this is one of the worst covers of a Dylan song I know of. Sounds really forced. Sorry Bonnie. I still love you. 
Posted 6 months ago by alvivino    [ Reply ]
Bonnie Raitt and those who followed in her footsteps....  pure cliche. 
Posted 7 months ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
one of the top worst Dylan covers. I’m a life long Bonnie fan but this rendition just doesn’t capture the zen of this song. 
Posted 8 months ago by alvivino    [ Reply ]
 reallylost wrote:

Bonnie - just the loveliest and most American voice. A national treasure as many have said. 



Don't know what an "American" voice is, but it is certainly lovely. BR can move from pure to scratchy and back effortlessly and always pitch perfect.
Posted 9 months ago by EffjayUK    [ Reply ]
I LOVE Bonnie. But this is the second worst Dylan cover ever. It doesn’t connect with the theme of the song. 
Posted 9 months ago by alvivino    [ Reply ]
 Aaronosteo wrote:

BR - an American treasure - that's for sure




  
Posted 9 months ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
Never heard this version before.  Really beautiful!
Posted 9 months ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing


Ugh.    One of your "weakest" posts ever, and that's saying a lot.
Posted 11 months ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 bam23 wrote:


Fake voice? How does she accomplish this? Have you become infected by the "fake news and everything else you can think of" syndrome? Is this really a synthesizer that is programmed to sound like Bonnie Raitt? Enlighten please.

Bonnie Raitt is great; thiscover rates an eight!
Sadly, fake news is real, even when orange man says it.
LLRP all the same!
Posted 1 year ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Surely, Shirley, Bonnie
should get at least a three
or better, maybe 
an eight
out straight?
Posted 1 year ago by cantdowoU    [ Reply ]
Love her love her love her voice!  I've been following her career since 1975 when a friend introduced me to her music.  I bought a lot of her LP's, CD's and seen her perform with Jackson Browne... she just keeps on getting better!
Love this rendition of Dylans.
Posted 1 year ago by trish.nabarro    [ Reply ]
The Animals play this much better.
Posted 1 year ago by Moaner    [ Reply ]
Never been a big BR fan but really love this cover of Dylan’s song. More depth and emotion.
Posted 3 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

a fake voice and a weak cover. just contrast this to Joan Baez's Dylan covers. No comparison



Fake voice? How does she accomplish this? Have you become infected by the "fake news and everything else you can think of" syndrome? Is this really a synthesizer that is programmed to sound like Bonnie Raitt? Enlighten please.
Posted 3 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
her slide guitar is so beautifully haunting
Posted 3 years ago by Jdingman    [ Reply ]
A good cover, really captures the feel of the song, I love the guitar in the background. Well done
Posted 3 years ago by Oxen1morale    [ Reply ]
a fake voice and a weak cover. just contrast this to Joan Baez's Dylan covers. No comparison
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Bonnie - just the loveliest and most American voice. A national treasure as many have said. 
Posted 3 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
BR - an American treasure - that's for sure
Posted 3 years ago by Aaronosteo    [ Reply ]
The cockatoo is moving under you? Get up then before you kill it.
Posted 3 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
It's a great song. Also, I can't help noticing the similarities with "All Wash Out" from Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. I wonder how a mash-up would sound.
Posted 3 years ago by CougarAT    [ Reply ]
Just great!!!
Posted 3 years ago by PeterMcClelland    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
 
Says rp's antagonist-in-chief.  It's as if this "wiseking" person just waits for cheap and easy openings. "So tired" indeed.
Posted 3 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:

STFU asswipe

Wait! She's not  posing! That's the beauty part! Love me some Bonnie!


Posted 3 years ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
Almost as good as Jerry's cover(s) RIP
Posted 4 years ago by mjbaumann    [ Reply ]
Still in love with Bonnie after all these years. She's the only woman with Big Hair that I've ever found attractive. 
Posted 4 years ago by willjay    [ Reply ]
 jamesat43 wrote:

Bonnie's voice is the perfect antidote for all the auto-tuned artificially amped dance crap I hear at the gym when I forget to bring my iPod.  Her note bending has such a beautiful natural curve I feel she is caressing the melody.
 
 

Agreed -  Now that is a compliment, nice work Jamesat43
Posted 4 years ago by OMGegan    [ Reply ]

 jp33442 wrote:

thewiseking wrote:

a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing

STFU asswipe
 

Say what you really mean.
Posted 4 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Bonnie and Bob.  Love it.
Posted 4 years ago by WilliDoc    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Woooo hooo!

Dylan just announced  tour dates.  A  bunch of them in the midwest!   Highway 61 lives!

We're talking road tripping in the fall for Dylan shows.  

We are now blessed. 
 
The never-ending tour's gotta be the temporarily paused never-ending tour, eh?  

This is one of my fave BD tunes, and this BR cover is nice, gonna +1 to an 8 today.  Long Live RP and Bobby Dylan tunes performed by great artists!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Woooo hooo!

Dylan just announced  tour dates.  A  bunch of them in the midwest!   Highway 61 lives!

We're talking road tripping in the fall for Dylan shows.  

We are now blessed. 
Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
 
STFU asswipe
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Bonnie was on Stephen Colbert recently, doing another sweet cover. 
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
Bonnie Raitt is awesome, this song and the subject of Abbie Hoffman are so vital to American history, so excellent having my brain activated while she's singing
Thank you! 

 

Agreed!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Bonnie Raitt is awesome, this song and the subject of Abbie Hoffman are so vital to American history, so excellent having my brain activated while she's singing
Thank you! 
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]

Bonnie's voice is the perfect antidote for all the auto-tuned artificially amped dance crap I hear at the gym when I forget to bring my iPod.  Her note bending has such a beautiful natural curve I feel she is caressing the melody.
 
Posted 12 years ago by jamesat43    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:


The 13th Floor Elevators did a great variation on this song. Not for everyone, I'm sure. 
 
13th Floor Elevators? The band that formed when Muzak broke up?  :)
Posted 12 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
Not sure why I gave this a 5 originally?   It is at least an 8, like the majority of Bonnie's work.
Posted 12 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:


The 13th Floor Elevators did a great variation on this song. Not for everyone, I'm sure. 
 
i remember that! interesting, for sure.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Bonnie Raitt has never sung a song badly. If you disagree you are just wrong. :-)
Posted 12 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
Sorry folks, but this is a great version of this tune - mature Bonnie rivals even Joan B. when she's imitating Baaaaaaab, even.
Posted 12 years ago by zillah    [ Reply ]
Not so bad, like it.
Posted 13 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
So baaddd!! Sorry Bonnie. Where is the original?
Posted 13 years ago by AndreasL    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
I usually like Bonnie Raitt but I like Van Morrison's  (Them) cover the best and Joan Baez's 2nd best...
 

The 13th Floor Elevators did a great variation on this song. Not for everyone, I'm sure. 
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I really like Bonnie Raitt's singing.
Everybody please request "Have A Heart" so it will get some 'net play. Thanks!

Posted 14 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
Wow, thought this was Lucinda Williams.
Posted 14 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
I usually like Bonnie Raitt but I like Van Morrison's  (Them) cover the best and Joan Baez's 2nd best...
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
I have always loved listening to this song.  This is a nice cover...
Posted 14 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Always so happy to hear Bonnie.
Posted 14 years ago by rockinmeg    [ Reply ]
1 for Bonnie + 8 for the song;  not that I don't like Bonnie Raitt, but I think that those proportions are about right.
(oh and here he is, himself, following on!  (in this sequence, future readers.)
Posted 14 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
 gobits wrote:
I like Bonnie and this is a nice version but nothing beats the original. I listen to Bonnie but keep hearing Bob's voice
 

That's funny, first want to say I am no Bob hater, anyone who has seen any of my comments regarding him knows I am a huge fan, matter of fact much more of a Dylan fan then Bonnie Raitt, but there is rich irony talking about preferring Dylans voice over Raitts in any context!{#Lol}

Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Niiiiiice!{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 upgal wrote:

just give us bob.

 
   Them with The Man,Van,that Bill played some days ago !{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 gobits wrote:
I like Bonnie and this is a nice version but nothing beats the original. I listen to Bonnie but keep hearing Bob's voice
 
just give us bob.

Posted 14 years ago by upgal    [ Reply ]
 gobits wrote:
I like Bonnie and this is a nice version but nothing beats the original. I listen to Bonnie but keep hearing Bob's voice
 

Me too.
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I like Bonnie and this is a nice version but nothing beats the original. I listen to Bonnie but keep hearing Bob's voice
Posted 15 years ago by gobits    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:
Best version...
Van the Man w/Them
 
Music from which is sampled wonderfully by Beck on Jack-Ass

Posted 15 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

Nope.
The Byrds did it better.

 
Nope-
The Animals  "before we were so rudely interrupted"

Posted 15 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Time to settle back, get laid back and enjoy the grooze. 
Posted 15 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
 Videll wrote:
Not bad. However, IMHO, I think Hole's version is far better. :D
 
Nope.
The Byrds did it better.

Posted 15 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
This is such an excellent song that almost any rendition is worth my attention. The Dead did this from time ti time and it always was a treat. Nice version here.
Posted 15 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
Lovely!
Posted 16 years ago by BGGA    [ Reply ]



excellent version and tribute to the original of this song published for the first time in 1965, for the talent Mr. Bob Dylan, of this time brought here by the talent and distinct artist Ms. Bonnie Ryat  -

 ** 9 **



Posted 16 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
She sure sucked the life out of this song
Posted 16 years ago by luca77    [ Reply ]
I normally like hearing different versions of songs. But, in this case, I don't think this interpretation is bringing anything to the song. Which is a shame as I love Dylan, and normally like Bonnie.
Posted 16 years ago by SoundChaser    [ Reply ]
Nice version, I think. Great song.
Posted 17 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
crinky wrote:
Kind of a boring cover of this song. I prefer the 13th Floor Elevators version.
yeah, it's missing that edge of aggression... kind of a pity cos I think she's totally capable of it... this is so.. defeatist.
Posted 17 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
sweet.
Posted 17 years ago by crushedvelvet    [ Reply ]
hippiechick wrote:
meh
meh X2.
Posted 17 years ago by bigB_3    [ Reply ]
Kind of a boring cover of this song. I prefer the 13th Floor Elevators version.
Posted 17 years ago by crinky    [ Reply ]
This is an amazing arrangement. Wow. Beautiful. Everything from the choice of instruments to the performance. Incredible.
Posted 17 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
OMG! She just makes my damm toes curl with this song!!
Posted 17 years ago by Phoenix4357    [ Reply ]
meh
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Yes, this is a good cover, but you just HAVE to hear "Time Has Come Today" by Sheryl Crow and Steve Earle from the Steal this Movie soundtrack CD. It is phenomenal.
Posted 17 years ago by rbigelo    [ Reply ]
boober wrote:
Wow Same comment out of a KC listener!Freaky!
Heh, no kidding.
Posted 17 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
zaknafein wrote:
A nice version, but Van still has her beat.
Wow Same comment out of a KC listener!Freaky!
Posted 17 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Wonderful guitar...Bonnie hit a home run w/ this cover.
Posted 17 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
I really like her cover of "That Song About The Midway". Awesome, would love to hear it now
Posted 17 years ago by out_to_lunch    [ Reply ]
hippie wrote:
This is a GREAT cover. If this version does not move you, you are DEAD.
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
dmax wrote:
I really really like this. (And the Dylan version, too) Life is good. :)
Life is Bob. And he's playing here in Ottawa, capital of Canda, in a few hours from now. Van the Man performed here last night, July 4, 2007. Life is very good.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Best version... Van the Man w/Them
Posted 17 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
A nice version, but Van still has her beat.
Posted 17 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
steeler wrote:
Hadn't heard this before. Way cool.
Same here, and I thought I had heard every conceivable Bonnie Raitt song....
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Take heed, Bob!
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Hadn't heard this before. Way cool.
Posted 17 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
hadn\'t heard her version before. most excellent.
Posted 21 years ago by basstooner    [ Reply ]
Warm remake of a classic. This girlfriend can put soul in any song. Way to go girl!
Posted 21 years ago by flatrock1st    [ Reply ]
I\'m not a big Bonnie Raitt fan, but this is a very nice cover of this song. Of course, I would rather hear Bob\'s version. :)
Posted 21 years ago by jrenfro    [ Reply ]
I never even liked this tune until I heard the new Bryan Ferry version; compared to that one, this version sucks...
Posted 21 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Bare bones, but nice and heart-sung. Bonnie has to get back to her roots, rediscover the blues, the ghost of Lowell George, and the days before the synthesizer. If she wants to create, via paying homage to Dylan in this manner, so be it. :)
Posted 22 years ago by Greenman    [ Reply ]
I almost always prefer the original. In this case, Bonnie sounds like a mature women signing this great song. When Dylan did it around \'65, he was still somewhat of a kid. I like the contrast.
Posted 22 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
:oops: Clicked the wrong link. Sorry.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Not bad. However, IMHO, I think Hole\'s version is far better. :D
Posted 22 years ago by Videll    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Johray63: On his latest solo album, Brian Ferry did a very (ferry) thrilling version of this song
Of course that had to be Bryan Ferry.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
On his latest solo album, Brian Ferry did a very (ferry) thrilling version of this song, much in a way he did Hard Rain with Roxy Music in the seventies. This rendition by Bonny Raitt is surely ok as well. Probably you can hardly go wrong with a song as fine as this one.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
This is a GREAT cover. If this version does not move you, you are DEAD.
Posted 22 years ago by hippie    [ Reply ]
Sorta feels like a nice, smooth hit of morphine with a Demerol chaser. Good Stuff, Maynard!! Keep up the good selections, Phokes, RP Rules!!
Posted 22 years ago by samiyam    [ Reply ]
RadioParadise could become an addiction for me and this tune definately enables. I love Bonnie Raitt.
Posted 22 years ago by Analeptic    [ Reply ]
Can never hear enough Bonnie as far as I\'m concerned. Great music to listen to while driving long distances arcross the interstates.
Posted 22 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
Righteous (and very sweet guitars coming from the left and right).
Posted 22 years ago by rmurray248    [ Reply ]
I like it: it\'s sort of luminous.
Posted 23 years ago by everstar    [ Reply ]
Anybody else have to read \"Where are you going, where have you been?\" in school?
Posted 23 years ago by Lor    [ Reply ]
I had never heard this version of the song before tonight. Excellent cover. Go Bonnie! Go Bill!
Posted 23 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]