"Up To Me"

[kvalois]

Hi, all:

This is my first post here. Does anyone know what this classic Dylan song is all about?

[triangular!]

I think I'll wait before it's up to me to say hello & welcome!

[Garilia]

Hi, all:

This is my first post here. Does anyone know what this classic Dylan song is all about?

Well, let's see, it's about 7 minutes long for starters.

It is an outtake from Blood on the Tracks (so it can hardly be called a classic, as it was only released on Biograph). I also have it on a bootleg called Blood on the Tapes. The lyrics are NOT available on bobdylan.com

But I will make them available here

I'm not very big on lyric analysis, but it definitely fits in well with the themes on Blood on the Tracks, and I think it would have been the perfect ending song, the coda to Tangled Up In Blue.

Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing,
Death kept followin', trackin' us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing.
Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy,
I know you're long gone,
I guess it must be up to me.

If I'd thought about it I never would've done it, I guess I would've let it slide,
If I'd lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died.
I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity,
Someone had to reach for the risin' star,
I guess it was up to me.

Oh, the Union Central is pullin' out and the orchids are in bloom,
I've only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume.
In fourteen months I've only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously,
Somebody's got to find your trail,
I guess it must be up to me.

It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch,
I'd just about convinced myself that nothin' had changed that much.
The old Rounder in the iron mask slipped me the master key,
Somebody had to unlock your heart,
He said it was up to me.

Well, I watched you slowly disappear down into the officers' club,
I would've followed you in the door but I didn't have a ticket stub.
So I waited all night 'til the break of day, hopin' one of us could get free,
When the dawn came over the river bridge,
I knew it was up to me.

Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk
Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work.
Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity?
You looked a little burned out, my friend,
I thought it might be up to me.

Well, I met somebody face to face and I had to remove my hat,
She's everything I need and love but I can't be swayed by that.
It frightens me, the awful truth of how sweet life can be,
But she ain't a-gonna make me move,
I guess it must be up to me.

We heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex,
It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects.
When you bite off more than you can chew you pay the penalty,
Somebody's got to tell the tale,
I guess it must be up to me.

Well, Dupree came in pimpin' tonight to the Thunderbird Cafe,
Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way.
Well, I just can't rest without you, love, I need your company,
But you ain't a-gonna cross the line,
I guess it must be up to me.

There's a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle,
She's the one you been wond'rin' about, but there's really nothin' much to tell.
We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history,
Somebody's got to cry some tears,
I guess it must be up to me.

So go on, boys, and play your hands, life is a pantomime,
The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time.
And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property,
One of us has got to hit the road,
I guess it must be up to me.

And if we never meet again, baby, remember me,
How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody.
And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free,
No one else could play that tune,
You know it was up to me.








http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU7ztQsd9fY

[Garilia]

I think I'll wait before it's up to me to say hello & welcome!

yer funny ;-)

[thin man]

Hi, all:

This is my first post here. Does anyone know what this classic Dylan song is all about?


well good gracious me it's .. kvalois

and you are so welcome here .. where are you from, tell us a bit about you

you can ask anything you like here.. I'm just a member like everyone else.

*NOT counting . ( .see below )



I can assure you .. it's not .. "Up To Me"



*The Higher Council For MBP


Luna .. Universal power
MoonShiner .. OVERSEER
GARILIA .. in charge of everything and nothing

[Garilia]

well good gracious me it's .. kvalois

and you are so welcome here .. where are you from, tell us a bit about you

you can ask anything you like here.. I'm just a member like everyone else.

*NOT counting . ( .see below )



I can assure you .. it's not .. "Up To Me"



*The Higher Council For MBP


Luna .. Universal power
MoonShiner .. OVERSEER
GARILIA .. in charge of everything and nothing
well done thin G

We might have to make you the MBP official greeter

[Kent Allard]

The lyrics are NOT available on bobdylan.com

Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing,
Death kept followin', trackin' us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing.
Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy,
I know you're long gone,
I guess it must be up to me.


Actually...lyrics are on bd.com (I just looked em up)

Verse one is an introduction to the human condition, and Dylan's relation to it (IMO...hehe). The bluebird may be a reference to the scene in 'Sleeping Beauty' where Aurora sings in the woods prior to meeting Prince Philip.

Must go and check my blood sugar. That was quite a pizza I ate tonite.

[thin man]

well done thin G

We might have to make you the MBP official greeter
Is there a medal ? .. .. a uniform?

thin man MBP OMG

My Back Pages Official Member Greeter


I prefer it to Wicked Messenger ..

[Garilia]

Actually...lyrics are on bd.com (I just looked em up)

Verse one is an introduction to the human condition, and Dylan's relation to it (IMO...hehe). The bluebird may be a reference to the scene in 'Sleeping Beauty' where Aurora sings in the woods prior to meeting Prince Philip.

Must go and check my blood sugar. That was quite a pizza I ate tonite.

I looked on bd.com several times, but whenever I clicked on the song title, it kept returning me to the song title menu.

[Garilia]

Is there a medal ? .. .. a uniform?

thin man MBP OMG

My Back Pages Official Member Greeter


I prefer it to Wicked Messenger ..

I have to try and figure out how to override the post count titles and give you a custom one. I tried to mess with yours the other day but wasn't successful.

[LazySlut]

he'll be like the walmart greeters. we'll get him a little vest.

[Sandrine]

I like "Well, I met somebody face to face and I had to remove my hat",

I like Biograph.

[Garilia]

The bluebird may be a reference to the scene in 'Sleeping Beauty' where Aurora sings in the woods prior to meeting Prince Philip.

lol

[Garilia]

"The Last Word of a Bluebird" by Robert Frost

As I went out a Crow
In a low voice said, "Oh,
I was looking for you.
How do you do?
I just came to tell you
To tell Lesley (will you?)
That her little Bluebird
Wanted me to bring word
That the north wind last night
That made the stars bright
And made ice on the trough
Almost made him cough
His tail feathers off.
He just had to fly!
But he sent her Good-by,
And said to be good,
And wear her red hood,
And look for the skunk tracks
In the snow with an ax-
And do everything!
And perhaps in the spring
He would come back and sing."

[Sandrine]

http://thatotherpaper.com/files/thunderbirdsign-1.jpg

..

[Kent Allard]

Another Bobby D. for you...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAx4kUDR2s&feature=related

[Garilia]

Does anyone think kvalois will be back to see th work we've put into his question?

[thin man]

Does anyone think kvalois will be back to see th work we've put into his question?

that's not up to me, to say.

if something was up to me , I wouldn't upgrade a Lurker for just the one post tho'

[Garilia]

that's not up to me, to say.

if something was up to me , I wouldn't upgrade a Lurker for just the one post tho'

bullshit

If he posted, he didn't lurk.

[Sandrine]

Does anyone think kvalois will be back to see th work we've put into his question?

Maybe, but he can't proove it.

[Sandrine]

"Now somebody's got to show their hand"

Why ?
The hand of who ?
To show to who ?

[thin man]

time is an enemy

[Sandrine]

Not always

[thin man]

it is here

[Isis]

time is an enemy

1. Make a Timeframe

2.Frame that enemy

[Sandrine]

I associate (often) time with the white rabbit of Alice.

[Isis]

Time just moves forward like a wave on the ocean...

[thin man]

well... "Up To Me"

'The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time'.

[thin man]

and.. "Up To Me"

'How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody.'

[Isis]

You can borrow some time from me if you need?

[Sandrine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rGWTriiQmo..

[triangular!]

time is an enemy

Time is an enemy inside of us all.

[Isis]

Not if you are in the recycling business?

[thin man]

hmmm.. same link twice...?

[Garilia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rGWTriiQmo..
I put this video in Post #3 of this thread, with the lyrics.

[Sandrine]

Yes..but me, I put the video without lyrics.

Biograph is a great album.

[thin man]

'Everything went from bad to worse'

[thin man]

bullshit

If he posted, he didn't lurk.

strikes me, you know more about HIM.. than I do °°°just guessin, so that's that why you asked


http://www.my-back-pages.com/forums/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Garilia
Does anyone think kvalois will be back to see the work we've put into his question?
..) .. so who am I to argue.. and my Lurking skills are nowhere near as good as yours and I would n't argue that there are different levels of Lurkerhood.. and confess to having done a little Lurkering on the odd occasion myself!


My Humble Opinion.. 'once a Lurker.. always a Lurker'

:cheese:

[thin man]

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if that's not Lurkin' .. :rolleyes:

[Isis]

Yeah Thinny but we live in a free country or so they say so if he wants to do the lurk thing can't he be free to do that? No lurker bothering me?

[thin man]

....."So go on, boys, and play your hands, life is a pantomime,
The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time.
And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property,".....

[Isis]

Is it up to who?

Are you talkin' to me?
Are you talking to me?
I wasn't talkin'

It's not my table.

[Garilia]

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if that's not Lurkin' .. :rolleyes:

you are a spy in the house of love

[Garilia]

We should confine Lurkers to the Nothing Thread, because that is the place to go when you have nothing to say!

[thin man]

hahaha Hmmm ...spy in the house of love

cheeky.. according to the Book of Landy it's lerve

[Garilia]

hahaha Hmmm ...spy in the house of love

cheeky.. according to the Book of Landy it's lerve

I can't do it here, but look up Spy in the house of love on Youtube by Was (Not Was)

[thin man]

I can't do it here, but look up Spy in the house of love on Youtube by Was (Not Was)


I'm on it .. Boss

[thin man]

there are more , here's one to be going on with


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2T6i3kBTpU&feature=related

[Isis]

Shouldn't this video be taken to the nothing thread?

[Garilia]

Shouldn't this video be taken to the nothing thread?

but it was response to something in this thread.

If it goes anywhere, it should go to the nonsense thread.

Or it could go in Other Music, or we could start an Under the Red Sky thread and put it there (Don Was is the producer for Under the Red Sky).

[Isis]

I think we should put it under a Red sky, but then we have to wait cus the sky isn't red yet?:doh:

[thin man]

woffle and more woffle ... makes nonsense to me

[Garilia]

Or it can just stay here if it's Up to Me.

[Isis]

Or it can just stay here if it's Up to Me.

It sure takes a MAN to make up the mind for the rest of us suckers ha ha. Oh that's a burden off my chest. Donno how to thank you Garilia, but I think maybe LS can?

[Garilia]

It sure takes a MAN to make up the mind for the rest of us suckers ha ha. Oh that's a burden off my chest. Donno how to thank you Garilia, but I think maybe LS can?

Hmmm, I know yer takin' French lessons from Sandrine.

[Isis]

Hmmm, I know yer takin' French lessons from Sandrine.

Yeah but they're on the nothing thread so they don't count for nothin' and therefore totally uselss and invalid and can not be used as any form of service for gratitude unfortunately?

It's the same old dilemma all the time.

[triangular!]

I'm lost.

[thin man]

Forgetful heart
Lost your power of recall
Every little detail
You don't remember at all
The times we knew
Who would remember better then you

[triangular!]

He unleashed His power at an unknown hour that no one knew.

[Kent Allard]

I think K Valois must be waiting to get some sensible replies to his question on Up to Me . And seriously folks, I think we need to work a bit harder on this.

The line that stands out to me is the Old Rounder with the Iron Mask and the Master Key.

Definitions of 'rounder' (wiktionary)

1)A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
2) A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
3) A person whose earns a living by playing cards.
4) A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué

Two highlighted are the most likely, IMO

Dylan has a preoccupation with keys. Do I know why? Not really, but his keys seem to relate to some hidden knowledge. Masks also appear a lot in Dylan's work; hidden or deceiving identities, for a start.

But in that verse, Dylan is the one with the power to unlock that person's heart. And so through the song, all the great challenges are up to him to deal with. Most of them seem to relate to close friends or girl-friends who have come to depend on him

1) Up to him to show his hand

2) Up to him to reach for the risin' star

3) Up to him to find your trail

4) Up to him to unlock your heart

5) Up to him to get free

6 )Up to him to protect your identity

7) Up to him to make the move

8) Up to him to tell the tale after biting off more than he can chew

9) Cross the line

10) Cry some tears

11) Hit the road,

12) Playing that tune

[thin man]

It's a game of cards..Stud Poker maybe

it's his bid..

[Garilia]

I think K Valois must be waiting to get some sensible replies to his question on Up to Me . And seriously folks, I think we need to work a bit harder on this.

The line that stands out to me is the Old Rounder with the Iron Mask and the Master Key.

Definitions of 'rounder' (wiktionary)

1)A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
2) A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
3) A person whose earns a living by playing cards.
4) A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué

Two highlighted are the most likely, IMO

Dylan has a preoccupation with keys. Do I know why? Not really, but his keys seem to relate to some hidden knowledge. Masks also appear a lot in Dylan's work; hidden or deceiving identities, for a start.

But in that verse, Dylan is the one with the power to unlock that person's heart. And so through the song, all the great challenges are up to him to deal with. Most of them seem to relate to close friends or girl-friends who have come to depend on him

1) Up to him to show his hand

2) Up to him to reach for the risin' star

3) Up to him to find your trail

4) Up to him to unlock your heart

5) Up to him to get free

6 )Up to him to protect your identity

7) Up to him to make the move

8) Up to him to tell the tale after biting off more than he can chew

9) Cross the line

10) Cry some tears

11) Hit the road,

12) Playing that tune

I'm going with the professional card player, in the beginning of the song he mentions that someone's going to have to show their hand. "Now somebody's got to show their hand"

Playing the hand you're dealt figure prominently in a lot of Bob's songs. I do not see a preacher in this song at all.

[thin man]

Bluffing and bluff strategy..


guess it must be ...
"Up To Me"

[Kent Allard]

Dylan is an interesting card player. If I remember right there is a great photo on the inner sleeve of of Tell-Tale Signs (?) in which he is blatantly taking a peak at another player's hand (Garnier). This gave triangular! and myself a big laugh when we first saw it.

Yes..cards figure greatly in Dylan songs..perhaps in Series of Deams most of all

The repeated lines:

And the cards are no good that you're holding
Unless they come from another world

[Isis]

I've got all the wildcards from another dimenstion so so I worry?





Na I don't think so? ..........King Queen Ace... I beat that anytime with my wildcard ha ha ha ha ha

[triangular!]

I only play cards in the 6th dimension.

[Isis]

That's interesting........

[triangular!]

a 0-dimensional point equates to all possible timelines in all possible universes, that's interesting

[Isis]

a 0-dimensional point equates to all possible timelines in all possible universes, that's interesting

Yes it is but I don't think we can explore that until next dimention unfortunately?

[Isis]

My nephew is studing space science.........here in the US.

[triangular!]

Is it up to us now?

[Isis]

Is it up to us now?

You know I wish I know what it was all about? I can't tell you what is up to who until I know what it's about?

[triangular!]

I'm terribly sorry!

[Garilia]

Dylan is an interesting card player. If I remember right there is a great photo on the inner sleeve of of Tell-Tale Signs (?) in which he is blatantly taking a peak at another player's hand (Garnier). This gave triangular! and myself a big laugh when we first saw it.

Yes..cards figure greatly in Dylan songs..perhaps in Series of Deams most of all

The repeated lines:

And the cards are no good that you're holding
Unless they come from another world

More card metaphors than Huck's Tune?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6QDpJ0XlQ8

[Kent Allard]

Here come the nurse,
with money in her purse,
here come the ladies and men.
You push it all in,
and you've no chance to win,
you play 'em on down to the end.

The game's gotten old,
the deck's gone cold.

Looks like Dylan is playing the game of life...seeing the whole thing as some gamble..for everyone. Even the nurse with a little amount in her purse has to play. Maybe it's all gone on a little too long?

[thin man]

just to remind you
"HUCK'S TUNE", released in April 2007, was recorded for the soundtrack album of of the motion picture "Lucky You"s

[Garilia]

just to remind you
"HUCK'S TUNE", released in April 2007, was recorded for the soundtrack album of of the motion picture "Lucky You"s

Yeah, and you can't find the original on Youtube now, Sony's pulled it, so I had to go with the above cover version.

[thin man]

Lucky You

A hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.

[Garilia]

Lucky You

A hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.
I've seen it. It was okay, not that great. Starred Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore and Robert Duvall.

[thin man]

Yeah, the song was written appropriately for the sound track, hence it's not surprising it associates with a game of cards... is it?

[Garilia]

But isn't the movie and the song truly about a postmodern man trying to deal with the struggles of life in a neoclassical world where a cold, unfeeling God has dealt him a losing hand, and he is rebelling against his destiny by trying to defeat his Father?

[Isis]

Could you explain neoclassical to me Gar? No need I googled it.

[thin man]

But isn't the movie and the song truly about a postmodern man trying to deal with the struggles of life in a neoclassical world where a cold, unfeeling God has dealt him a losing hand, and he is rebelling against his destiny by trying to defeat his Father?

yes .. of 'cos .. that's exactly what I mean!

[Isis]

.............

[thin man]

No need I googled it.:flogged:


oh

[thin man]

Could you explain neoclassical to me Gar? No need I googled it.



and this is called post-edit

[Isis]

I found your discussion extremely interesting..I am so sorry if I interrupted. It wasn't my intention at all to break off your conversation?

[Kent Allard]

But in the song Up to Me, we have the sense that Dylan is the only one that's truly in charge. I'm not aware of any of his 'card-playing songs' where he sees himself as a loser...far from it. In fact, in Things Have Changed, we have a picture of a man standing back from the game, someone who's 'out of range'.

[Sandrine]

In "Tweedle Dee And Tweedle Dum", Bob Dylan is playing cards too.

[Garilia]

Could you explain neoclassical to me Gar? No need I googled it.

It hurt my brain just to come up with that mumbo-jumbo.

[Kent Allard]

Nothing need mangle one's brain these days...it's all available at the touch of a button. Did I read somewhere that Dylan warned his kids about the perils of computers?

[Sandrine]

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[Sandrine]

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[thin man]

well M/F? Kvalois you look in from time to time... eh?


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[Garilia]

well M/F? Kvalois you look in from time to time... eh?


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we're actually having a backchannel discussion. I think he's a little shy, and not sure what to make of our playfulness. I'm encouraging him to join in the fun publicly.

[thin man]

oh .. he really should, I 'm curious to know his thoughts on it.


I don't like to think folk are frightened off by our 'playfulness'.. I'm going to be V. serious from now on *winks*

[Isis]

Not too serious I hope because I'm over here now...ha ha ha wink wink*

[Kent Allard]

Got to work on our Up to Me ideas....

[kvalois]

Hi, again:

I never thought that I would get nearly 100 replies!!!!! And, I must admit that many members here employ a great sense of humor and wit! I assure you that I will join in on the fun and nonsense from time to time.

I have re-discovered Bob Dylan in the last week or two. I have purchased about a dozen of his remastered CDs and I'm learning to play many of his songs. Yes. I sing and play guitar,too. HOW many other members play guitar??? In time, I would love to pick your brains concerning chords, keys, etc.

In the meantime, if anyone knows ANYTHING about "Up to Me," I would appreciate your insights!!!!!!!!

Karl

[Kent Allard]

Hi Karl

What do you think UTM is about.....?

[kvalois]

Hi, Kent:


I honestly do not have a clue!!!!! From what I've read, "Up to Me" was recorded during the "Blood on the Tracks" sessions. But, for whatever reason(s), it was left off the album. I believe that Dylan was undergoing a stressful time with the dissolution of his marriage-- an unfortunate but great source for creativity!!!!

So, and this is only a stab in the dark, was Dylan referring to Sara???

Karl

[thin man]

hi Karl, and welcome

good to see you here..

how did you find us? .. just my curiosity gettin' the better of me.


what chords are you after?

[Garilia]

Hi, Kent:


I honestly do not have a clue!!!!!

Karl
You are absolutely in the same boat as all of us. Many purported Dylan scholars don't really have a clue, but they've made a lot of money in Bob's name pretending that they do. While Dylan has steadfastly maintained that the album is not about Sara and him, Jakob has said that he can't listen to the album because it sounds like his parents talking to each other. In his denial that the songs are autobiographical, Dylan says that they were inspired by the poems of Anton Chekhov. Now of course, this is coming from a man who in his early days as a musician, used to go on radio shows and tell the host that he had dropped out of high school and run away to join a carnival, and that he learned to play music and write songs from the carnies. I don't know where you can read about Dylan doing this (other than right here, right now), but I heard him do it when listening to a a bootleg called Folksinger's Choice, which is a recording of the Cynthia Gooding show from February or March of 1962. Here's a link to more info about this recording: http://bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-f14.html

So we know Dylan is able to lie with easy facility, he is after all the Joker AND the Thief.

A few years ago when told of the enduring popularity of Blood on the Tracks he told Mary Travers: "A lot of people tell me they enjoy that album. It's hard for me to relate to that. I mean it, you know, people enjoying that type of pain, you know?" What pain Bob? Aren't they just riffs on Chekhov poems set to music???

So can Up to Me be about Sara? Certainly. Can it be about Chekhov? Hmmm.

[Garilia]

Hi, again:

I never thought that I would get nearly 100 replies!!!!! And, I must admit that many members here employ a great sense of humor and wit! I assure you that I will join in on the fun and nonsense from time to time.

I have re-discovered Bob Dylan in the last week or two. I have purchased about a dozen of his remastered CDs and I'm learning to play many of his songs. Yes. I sing and play guitar,too. HOW many other members play guitar??? In time, I would love to pick your brains concerning chords, keys, etc.

In the meantime, if anyone knows ANYTHING about "Up to Me," I would appreciate your insights!!!!!!!!

Karl

Hey, congratulations on rediscovering Dylan recently. How old are you? Tell us more about your Dylan fetish (down Lazy Slut)

Sorry, I digressed.

I became a Dylan fan fairly seriously when I was about 14-15 years old in 1975 or so. I kind of came to him through like The Beatles a lot at that time, and reading stuff about them, and finding a connection with Bob Dylan. So I had liked him for quite a long time, and then in February 2002, I went to see him at a concert, and there was something about that show that really got to me, and this show was the 4th time I had seen him in concert since 1978. I came home from that show and started looking for bootlegs. In my search for boots, I also started becoming active on the official Sony Bob Dylan discussion board. I started getting bootlegs and I don't think I listened to anything but Dylan for over a year. Eventually I got so many bootlegs I didn't even have time to listen to them all, or catalog them. And as they've become easier to obtain by downloading, I have many that I've only listened to snippets of on my computer, or not at all.

What I like about this thread is that Up to Me is a song I heard years ago, but it never jumped out at me for some reason. When you started this thread, it made me seek it out and pay attention to it. It's a great song. I always wonder why Bob leaves great songs in the vault. Mississippi, Blind Willie McTell and Series of Dreams are other examples. Although in the case of Mississippi, when he first wrote it (for Time Out of Mind), he did not like the sound that Lanois was getting, and he actually had a more specific sound in mind, and saved it for his next album, which he planned to produce.

[Sandrine]

I say welcome too.

And me, what I like about this thread is that you (you general) make me envy to go deeper in the song of Bob Dylan.

[triangular!]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BGyMGqEAh-I/SooreC-CleI/AAAAAAAABPY/Q35N5pHXxTs/s400/karl+who+1.JPG

Hi there Karl & welcome!
Can't help you with any guitar chords but I'm able to climper the clum some keys together.

[kvalois]

I am 58 years old and I first fell in love with Dylan's music in 1965. I heard the Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and it knocked me out. I had just bought my first 45 single-- Donovan's "Catch the Wind." So, I guess I've always had a thing for folk or folk-rock. Then, I began to love Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone," "Positively 4th Street," etc. I was hooked on his stuff-- loving Dylan's voice, even though many of my friends did not!!!

Although I always kept up with Dylan and his work throughout the decades, I played his CDs somewhat sporadically and listened to others-- Beatles, Stones, Moody Blues, etc. However, about two weeks ago suddenly I caught "Dylanmania" again!!!! Now, in the car or at home, I'm listening to all his great songs and playing them at "open mics" and to my students. I teach high school and college-- and my students are a "captive audience" for me!!!!!

I really like the website, "Dylanchords.com." But, sometimes I wonder how accurate the tabs are there. That's why I asked about Forum members here, if any played guitar.

Karl

[thin man]

That's why I asked about Forum members here, if any played guitar.


I reckon
MeanMrKetchup does

... this is a shot of his guitar, http://i.ebayimg.com/21/%21BmpzvkgBmk%7E$%28KGrHqMH-DMEtq%21jRYc1BLgYoD%28%298g%7E%7E_14.JPG

[thin man]

Landys ghost... how could I have forgotton :blush:, he's brilliant on the guitars ( he's got more than one) and he can sing too!

[thin man]

Okay .. boys and girls.. looks like "Up To Me" is on hold.. over to you Karl.. post on

[thin man]

Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing,
Death kept followin', trackin' us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing.
Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy,
I know you're long gone,
I guess it must be up to me.

If I'd thought about it I never would've done it, I guess I would've let it slide,
If I'd lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died.
I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity,
Someone had to reach for the risin' star,
I guess it was up to me.

Oh, the Union Central is pullin' out and the orchids are in bloom,
I've only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume.
In fourteen months I've only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously,
Somebody's got to find your trail,
I guess it must be up to me.

It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch,
I'd just about convinced myself that nothin' had changed that much.
The old Rounder in the iron mask slipped me the master key,
Somebody had to unlock your heart,
He said it was up to me.

Well, I watched you slowly disappear down into the officers' club,
I would've followed you in the door but I didn't have a ticket stub.
So I waited all night 'til the break of day, hopin' one of us could get free,
When the dawn came over the river bridge,
I knew it was up to me.

Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk
Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work.
Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity?
You looked a little burned out, my friend,
I thought it might be up to me.

Well, I met somebody face to face and I had to remove my hat,
She's everything I need and love but I can't be swayed by that.
It frightens me, the awful truth of how sweet life can be,
But she ain't a-gonna make me move,
I guess it must be up to me.

We heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex,
It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects.
When you bite off more than you can chew you pay the penalty,
Somebody's got to tell the tale,
I guess it must be up to me.

Well, Dupree came in pimpin' tonight to the Thunderbird Cafe,
Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way.
Well, I just can't rest without you, love, I need your company,
But you ain't a-gonna cross the line,
I guess it must be up to me.

There's a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle,
She's the one you been wond'rin' about, but there's really nothin' much to tell.
We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history,
Somebody's got to cry some tears,
I guess it must be up to me.

So go on, boys, and play your hands, life is a pantomime,
The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time.
And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property,
One of us has got to hit the road,
I guess it must be up to me.

And if we never meet again, baby, remember me,
How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody.
And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free,
No one else could play that tune,
You know it was up to me.


Roger McGuinn




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-42Z-fpK_A

[kvalois]

Thin Man:

There's even a better version by McGuinn of "Up to Me." It's on his 1976 LP, Cardiff Rose. And, although I love the BYRDS, I think that Dylan's version on Biograph is superior!

[Garilia]

Thin Man:

There's even a better version by McGuinn of "Up to Me." It's on his 1976 LP, Cardiff Rose. And, although I love the BYRDS, I think that Dylan's version on Biograph is superior!

I think almost every Dylan version is better than the cover versions!

[Isis]

It is up to each one of us to do our best of what we have to deal with.