Bonnie Raitt — It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
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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
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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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.
Bonnie Raitt and those who followed in her footsteps.... pure cliche.
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.
reallylost wrote:
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.
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.
I LOVE Bonnie. But this is the second worst Dylan cover ever. It doesn’t connect with the theme of the song.
Aaronosteo wrote:
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BR - an American treasure - that's for sure
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Never heard this version before. Really beautiful!
thewiseking wrote:
Ugh.
One of your "weakest" posts ever, and that's saying a lot.
a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
Ugh.
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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!
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!
Surely, Shirley, Bonnie
should get at least a three
or better, maybe
an eight
out straight?
should get at least a three
or better, maybe
an eight
out straight?
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.
Love this rendition of Dylans.
The Animals play this much better.
Never been a big BR fan but really love this cover of Dylan’s song. More depth and emotion.
thewiseking 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.
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.
her slide guitar is so beautifully haunting
A good cover, really captures the feel of the song, I love the guitar in the background. Well done
a fake voice and a weak cover. just contrast this to Joan Baez's Dylan covers. No comparison
Bonnie - just the loveliest and most American voice. A national treasure as many have said.
BR - an American treasure - that's for sure
The cockatoo is moving under you? Get up then before you kill it.
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.
Just great!!!
thewiseking wrote:
Says rp's antagonist-in-chief. It's as if this "wiseking" person just waits for cheap and easy openings. "So tired" indeed.
a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
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.
jp33442 wrote:
STFU asswipe
Wait! She's not posing! That's the beauty part! Love me some Bonnie!
STFU asswipe
Wait! She's not posing! That's the beauty part! Love me some Bonnie!
Almost as good as Jerry's cover(s) RIP
Still in love with Bonnie after all these years. She's the only woman with Big Hair that I've ever found attractive. ![heart kiss](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_heartkiss.gif)
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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
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
jp33442 wrote:
thewiseking wrote:
a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
STFU asswipe
Say what you really mean.
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Bonnie and Bob.
Love it.
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idiot_wind wrote:
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!!
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.
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!!
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.
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.
thewiseking wrote:
STFU asswipe
a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
STFU asswipe
Bonnie was on Stephen Colbert recently, doing another sweet cover.
a weak cover. adds nothing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
so tired of her White Trash Chick posing
hayduke2 wrote:
Agreed!
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!
Thank you!
Agreed!
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!
Thank you!
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.
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? :)
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? :)
Not sure why I gave this a 5 originally? It is at least an 8, like the majority of Bonnie's work.
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.
The 13th Floor Elevators did a great variation on this song. Not for everyone, I'm sure.
i remember that!
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Bonnie Raitt has never sung a song badly. If you disagree you are just wrong. :-)
Sorry folks, but this is a great version of this tune - mature Bonnie rivals even Joan B. when she's imitating Baaaaaaab, even.
Not so bad, like it.
So baaddd!! Sorry Bonnie. Where is the original?
DaveInVA wrote:
The 13th Floor Elevators did a great variation on this song. Not for everyone, I'm sure.
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.
I really like Bonnie Raitt's singing.
Everybody please request "Have A Heart" so it will get some 'net play. Thanks!
Everybody please request "Have A Heart" so it will get some 'net play. Thanks!
Wow, thought this was Lucinda Williams.
I usually like Bonnie Raitt but I like Van Morrison's (Them) cover the best and Joan Baez's 2nd best...
I have always loved listening to this song. This is a nice cover...
Always so happy to hear Bonnie.
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.)
(oh and here he is, himself, following on! (in this sequence, future readers.)
gobits wrote:
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} {#Lol}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_lol.gif)
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!
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Niiiiiice!![{#Clap} {#Clap}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_clap.gif)
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upgal wrote:
just give us bob.
Them with The Man,Van,that Bill played some days ago !![{#Yes} {#Yes}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_yes.gif)
just give us bob.
Them with The Man,Van,that Bill played some days ago !
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gobits wrote:
just give us bob.
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.
gobits wrote:
Me too.
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.
I like Bonnie and this is a nice version but nothing beats the original. I listen to Bonnie but keep hearing Bob's voice
boober wrote:
Music from which is sampled wonderfully by Beck on Jack-Ass
Best version...
Van the Man w/Them
Van the Man w/Them
Music from which is sampled wonderfully by Beck on Jack-Ass
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Nope.
The Byrds did it better.
Nope-
The Animals "before we were so rudely interrupted"
Nope.
The Byrds did it better.
Nope-
The Animals "before we were so rudely interrupted"
Time to settle back, get laid back and enjoy the grooze.
Videll wrote:
Nope.
The Byrds did it better.
Not bad. However, IMHO, I think Hole's version is far better. :D
Nope.
The Byrds did it better.
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.
Lovely!
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 **
She sure sucked the life out of this song
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.
Nice version, I think. Great song.
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.
sweet.
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hippiechick wrote:
meh
meh X2.
Kind of a boring cover of this song. I prefer the 13th Floor Elevators version.
This is an amazing arrangement. Wow. Beautiful. Everything from the choice of instruments to the performance. Incredible.
OMG! She just makes my damm toes curl with this song!!
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meh
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.
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boober wrote:
Wow
Same comment out of a KC listener!Freaky!
Heh, no kidding.
zaknafein wrote:
A nice version, but Van still has her beat.
Wow
Same comment out of a KC listener!Freaky!
Wonderful guitar...Bonnie hit a home run w/ this cover.
I really like her cover of "That Song About The Midway". Awesome, would love to hear it now
hippie wrote:
This is a GREAT cover. If this version does not move you, you are DEAD.
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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.
Best version...
Van the Man w/Them
A nice version, but Van still has her beat.
steeler wrote:
Hadn't heard this before.
Way cool.
Same here, and I thought I had heard every conceivable Bonnie Raitt song....
Take heed, Bob!
Hadn't heard this before.
Way cool.
hadn\'t heard her version before. most excellent.
Warm remake of a classic. This girlfriend can put soul in any song. Way to go girl!
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. :)
I never even liked this tune until I heard the new Bryan Ferry version; compared to that one, this version sucks...
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. :)
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.
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Not bad. However, IMHO, I think Hole\'s version is far better.
:D
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.
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.
This is a GREAT cover. If this version does not move you, you are DEAD.
Sorta feels like a nice, smooth hit of morphine with a Demerol chaser. Good Stuff, Maynard!!
Keep up the good selections, Phokes, RP Rules!!
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RadioParadise could become an addiction for me and this tune definately enables. I love Bonnie Raitt.
Can never hear enough Bonnie as far as I\'m concerned. Great music to listen to while driving long distances arcross the interstates.
Righteous (and very sweet guitars coming from the left and right).
I like it: it\'s sort of luminous.
Anybody else have to read \"Where are you going, where have you been?\" in school?
I had never heard this version of the song before tonight. Excellent cover. Go Bonnie! Go Bill!