#Every Grain of Sand by Bob Dylan

[jt1674]

#bob dylan #every grain of sand #bootleg series #1981 #the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“I have gone from rags to riches In the sorrow of the night In the violence of a summer’s dream In the chill of a wintry light In the bitter dance of loneliness Fading into space In the broken mirror of innocence On each forgotten face

I hear the ancient footsteps Like the motion of the sea Sometimes I turn, there’s someone there Other times it’s only me I am hanging in the balance Of the reality of man Like every sparrow falling Like every grain of sand.”

Photo of Bob Dylan performing at Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France, by Thierry Orban (1981)

[Not Dark Yet]

#Bob Dylan #song lyrics #Every Grain of Sand #music #Thierry Orban #Not Dark yet

[richwall101]

Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan

In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed There's a dying voice within me reaching out somewhere Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair

Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake Like Cain, I behold this chain of events that I must break In the fury of the moment, I can see the master's hand In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand

Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer And the sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay

I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I always hear my name Then onward in my journey, I come to understand That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand

I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintery light In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face

I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, at times it's only me I'm hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of san

Photo by Hidenobu Suzuki

#Bob Dylan #Lryics #Verse #Every Grain of Sand

[harrisonarchive]

Onstage, Concert for Bangladesh, August 1, 1971. Photographer unnamed.

“I think his voice is great, I love that sort of madness. And as a person he’s somebody who — well, as he said, ‘Time will tell who has fell and who’s been left behind.’ Bob is still out there and whether you like him or not he’s Bob. I’ve always listened to his music. I’m thankful there’s people like that.” - George Harrison, Musician, March 1990 “I’m a huge Bob Dylan fan and I’ve got all his records and I’ve always liked him and I’ll like him and go on liking him regardless.” - George Harrison, Wanted Man: In Search of Bob Dylan (1998) “I mean, you tell me one person other than Bob Dylan who has a moral message in a tune that’s improved upon Bob’s words in his song ‘Every Grain of Sand’: ‘Don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistakes/Like Cain I now behold this chain of events that I must break/In the fury of the moment I can see the Masters hand/In every leaf that trembles/In every grain of sand/Oh the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yester-year/Like criminals they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer/…I gaze into the doorway of temptations angry flame/And every time I pass that way/I always hear my name/Then onward in my journey/I come to understand/That every grain is numbered/Like every grain of sand.’” - George Harrison, Billboard, June 19, 1999 “They had a soul connection.” - Olivia Harrison, Rolling Stone, September 15, 2011 Q: “Tell me about George Harrison.” Bob Dylan: “George got stuck with being the Beatle that had to fight to get songs on records because of Lennon and McCartney. Well, who wouldn’t get stuck? If George had had his own group and was writing his own songs back then, he’d have been probably just as big as anybody. George had an uncanny ability to just play chords that didn’t seem to be connected in any kind of way and come up with a melody and a song. I don’t know anybody else who could do that, either. What can I tell you? He was from that old line of playing where every note was a note to be counted.” Q: “You were very close, right?” BD: “Yeah.” - Rolling Stone, 3-17 May 2007 “He was a giant, a great, great soul, with all the humanity, all the wit and humor, all the wisdom, the spirituality, the common sense of a man and compassion for people. He inspired love and had the strength of a hundred men. He was like the sun, the flowers and the moon, and we will miss him enormously. The world is a profoundly emptier place without him.” - Bob Dylan, Rolling Stone, January 17, 2002

#Bob Dylan #George Harrison #quote #quotes about George #quotes by George #George and Bob Dylan #George's jukebox feature #George and Olivia #1971 #1960s #1970s #1980s #1990s #2000s #The Traveling Wilburys #fits queue like a glove

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Bob Dylan - Like The Motion Of The Sea (Bennyboy's Best Of The '24 Spring Tour)

We listened to Bob Dylan in 1965 yesterday ... now, how about Bob Dylan in 2024? Amazing. The man just wrapped up a long trip down south — and perhaps wrapped up the "Rough and Rowdy Ways Worldwide Tour" that kicked off way back in 2021. Maybe? Bob is headed out this summer with Willie Nelson, and we'll see if he unveils a new setlist and gives the R&RW tunes a well-deserved rest.

But in the meantime, let's enjoy this timely compilation of highlights from the most recent leg. Thank you, Bennyboy! Tons of wild, interesting stuff — the "Istanbul Not Constantinople" arrangement of "When I Paint My Masterpiece;" an outrageously nice vocal on "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You;" the spare, gorgeous "Every Grain of Sand" that wrapped things, up primarily just Dylan's vocal and piano, plus Bob Britt's elegant guitar. And of course, the cool covers played this time around, from Jimmy Rogers to Chuck Berry to Johnny Cash. A deep river of American song! A little Irish song, too.

For a very detailed dive into the Rough and Rowdy Ways Worldwide Tour, head over to Ray Padgett's Flagging Down The Double E's for a multi-part series that leaves virtually no rolling stone unturned. Arrangement switch-ups, covers, vocals, piano playing, hats, band members ... Ray covers it all. As always, his work is worth supporting!

Photo by Duncan Hume

#bob dylan

[columbosunday]

quite possibly bobs best writing? lets discuss...

#Spotify

[rodeoromeo]

stream every grain of sand from shot of love bob dylan

#okay? okay #op

[oldmanpeace]

what are your thoughts on bob dylan's run of christian albums?

His 80's era is weird.

I think Saved (1980) is an absolute disgrace of an album. I find it hard to say anything positive about it. Shot of Love (1981) has a few good songs: * In The Summertime * Every Grain of Sand Now, Infidels (1983) is nothing short of a banger. The entire album is fantastic from start to finish but these songs are standing out: * Jokerman * Sweetheart Like You * I and I * Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight

Empire Burlesque (1985) is yet another bad album but has a FANTASTIC song: * Dark Eyes Knocked Out Loaded (1986) is disgustingly bad. Down In The Groove (1988) is bad, but has a good song: * Silvio Then came the 90's and he sorta became his own self again.

[dustinreidmusic]

Bob Dylan ~ Every Grain Of Sand (with harmonica solo). Final song of his final show of 2023. Evansville, Indiana, Old National Events Plaza Auditorium on December 3rd, 2023.

Band Members:

Bob Dylan - piano, harp

Tony Garnier - electric and standup bass

Jerry Pentecost - drums

Bob Britt - acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Doug Lancio - acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Donnie Herron - violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

#bobdylan #2023 #Youtube

[drifting-pieces-blog-blog]

Let’s look at the music! 

(While writing this I realized I was incredibly long winded and lacked the capacity to shut up about things I liked so this is going to be broken up into different posts because holy shit can you imagine? This is just about episode 1. There are going to be several posts after this because I can’t stop myself.) 

I don’t know about you, but I have been obsessed with the Moon Knight soundtrack. I am no music expert. I can’t talk to you about the chords or thematic major and minor shifts. I just know what sounds good to me and how music makes me feel. 

So let this non qualified music listener gush to you about the MUSIC that made this series. 

Firstly: Hesham Nazih is a mastermind. 

Everything about this show has such amazing thought put into it. From the set designs to the costumes to the absolutely fucking amazing easter eggs that we are still finding only by screen shotting each and every single frame. 

The director and composer are both Egyptian and wanted to portray their culture correctly. They wanted to bring their culture to a world that is used to horrid stereotypes and a burnt sienna toned world full of backwards and underdeveloped civilizations. The cinematographer took away the sand filter that Hollywood loves to place over Egypt and the absolute love and care that was taken from hiring an Egyptologist to having real Arabic all over to showing Cairo as a real and beautiful place… There are just no words to express how overwhelmingly wonderful it all is. 

Moon Knight is the first Marvel Piece that can be seen as absolutely stand alone with no prior knowledge of the MCU. It also doesn’t require you to have read any of the comics. But there are so many hidden gems for those that are fans of the comics. Gems that we can pull out and put on a platter and hand to the non-comic fans and everyone can still appreciate. Which is outstanding. 

So it is safe to say that with so much care in everything, is it a far stretch to think that the music would also not hold such wonderful gems? Maybe not always on purpose, but just enough of a wink wink nudge nudge to make you wonder… 

So let’s start with the actual songs chosen.

Episode 1: 

Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan

A Man Without Love - Engelbert Humperdinck

Arab Trap: Made in Egypt - DJ KABOO

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!

Bahlam Maak - Nagat

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“Every Grain of Sand” by Bob Dylan 

Firstly, I'm not a Bob Dylan fan. Never have been. But I am very aware of the history of Bob Dylan and the use of his songs in history. The man is meant to stand for peace and love in a tumultuous time. This particular album/song was released during Dylan's 'born again' christian phase. Filled with biblical references, talk of a past sin and looking forward to redemption it very clearly represents Harrow himself. Also there is an obvious motiff of sand, which has a huge born again theme in this show (Marc dying in the desert and becoming Moon Knight. The Duat. Finding Steven and bringing him back. Coming back from the Duat. The sand around Steven’s bed in a protective circle to reveal secrets….). 

A man that has lost faith in what Khonshu stood for and found faith in another path. The song shows Harrow as he works out his own ritual of self penance. 

This is the first song we hear in the whole series. We instantly understand that this is not the main character. In fact, it's easy enough to put together that this is the bad guy who believes in his own cultish/self righteous ideas. (Thank you Ethan Hawke for your glorious idea for the glass in shoes, it paid off). 

He has a routine and it is meticulous and careful with ideas of who he wants to be. It's a calming song that sounds so carefree. 

Now we instantly move to the next song and WHAT A CONTRAST. It's the most beautiful transition opening in ages. 

“A Man Without Love” - Engelbert Humperdinck

I cannot express how much I love this opening. How it first plays over the Marvel credits so you know that NOW we are getting into the show. 

How it fades out and then crescendos into Steven Waking up. 

Now we meet our hero and we see his routine. We don't know him yet but we are rapidly looking into his personal world. His apartment, his tether, his taped door.... We meet him talking to his Mum with love and see him feeding his fish. He heads out to work and every bit about him screams "Lonely is a man without love" along with the song. This song is a love ballad about a man pining for love. It sets the tone, the character, and prepares you to see a man trying to find his way. 

Honestly, can’t you see this song opening with one of those older romantic type movies about a sad man who is alone and falls in love with some perfect lady. It’s misleading. Of course now we know what’s going to happen. It’s not about him finding love out there. It’s about a man without self love. A man who finds a friend/brother/person who can share his life with. But we’ll circle back around to this song in the last episode. And it will have such vital significance then. 

“Arab Trap: Made in Egypt” - DJ KABOO

This is the first song we get that is not immediately served to a white audience. The first two songs are ones your grandparents could have sat down and listened to on the radio while feeling nostalgic. 

The original song is “Khosara” by Abdel Halim. Go give it a listen! DJ Kaboo took that original ditty and turned it into a hell of a Trap sound. 

This one is a play on what we think of when we hear the words 'Egyptian music'. The playful whistle. The beats. What's ironic is that this plays as Steven is LEAVING the museum where he works in the Ancient Egyptian area. 

Here we see Steven talking to the living statue. He talks to him like a friend and explains his continued loneliness. The music fades away. It's a simple touch, but it gives an intro into something different. 

“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” - Wham!

Okay this song. This scene is absolutely the best. It's the scene that won me over and had me cracking up. Every time we see Steven waking up, we get a song about the state of his waking up. From waking up as a man breaking up without love to a song about a man waking up in a complete state of confusion and panic. This song is so happy and carefree. 

A song about asking for their significant other to wake them up so they don't have to be alone and they can go dancing with them. 

We see Steven and Marc fighting for control and waking up in worse and worse situations. 

“Bahlam Maak” - Nagat

The first song in Arabic. 

Translated it means "Dream with you".

It's romantic and soft. It’s old. It sounds almost like classic elevator music akin to “girl from ipanema”. We hear it while Steven is waiting at the steakhouse for a date that isn’t going to happen. It’s almost like we are looking into Steven’s idea of a romantic date. With his suit and flowers and chocolates. 

It's a song about dreaming of someone sailing to meet them and them sailing together. Here are the lyrics roughly translated (I do mean roughly because I do not speak Arabic...yet). 

I dream with you .. of a ship

and a harbor .. to anchor us

and we sail again

the wind resists ..and i found you

in your eyes .. and your hands

my shore and my wishes

the whole world

with its secrets

living with me

living inside me

as long as you're .. in the journey with me 

my name and your name .. my dear

my town .. and my story

my home and my wanderer

the whole world

with its secrets

living with me

living inside me

as long as you're .. in the journey with me

So we have yet ANOTHER song about dreaming. Or waking up and secrets. How clever all of the things that are casually tossed in with more meaning. 

All these songs really do add together and build up our picture of Steven. Fun songs, happy sounding songs, loving soft songs, but all about being alone, of wanting someone there to do things with, to share with. 

The composed songs are all dramatic or simple background music. They are huge shifts from the actual songs that we overtly hear. But they are all in the background. They are there to build the tension and mystery that is quietly and slowly pushing into Steven’s life. 

We don't actually hear the Moon Knight Theme until the very end of the episode. This whole episode we've had slow hints in the background composed music. Quiet nods to it. And then as the big reveal happens, it comes blasting in on full chorus. 

HERE IT IS. THE THEME OF THE SHOW. Over the credits! This show is not about the violence and fighting choreography (though when we get it, it is wonderful and a true thing to see). This show is about the slow burn leading up to what makes Moon Knight. It’s about the mystery. The inner workings that come before we can see the man the myth the legend. 

What I love about the music episode to episode is that there is no standard format! Every opening is different. Every closing song is different. EVEN THE CLOSING IMAGES ARE DIFFERENT. You have to pay attention to absolutely every single last thing. 

But oh the Moon Knight main theme. It's so beautiful. The orchestra is playing. The horns smoothly trailing off. It isn’t just blasting about beat’em’up. It’s got the feel of coming out of Egypt. It feels like a song played at night under a full moon. 

The music alone is enough to send me flying. And this is just episode one. You hear any of these songs now and you instantly know what it’s from. What was happening on the screen. This is such a far cry from a lot of big movies/shows now. With throw away background stuff that blends in or is so generic. Each song is picked to mean something. To set the scene. To set the tone. To set the character! 

Anyone listen to Man without love now and not see the apartment and Steven waking up? Anyone hear Wake me up and not see a cupcake truck careening desperately down a mountain? I don’t think so. At least for me that’s the case. But I”m a little hyped up right now. I can’t wait to get into the other episodes as the music ONLY GETS BETTER AND MORE THEMATIC. Oh my god the music gets so much better. GO LISTEN TO IT. 

#Moon Knight #Moon Knight Meta #Moon Knight Music #I'm sitting in my room screaming to my small dog about this like that meme #I'm losing it #Going to start just eating Moon Knight for breakfast #Someone get me the script so I can wallpaper it to my room #You just wait till I get to episode 5 #I'm not going to be comprehensible #foaming at the mouth about Moon Knight

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Bob Dylan - Every Grain of Sand

#Youtube

[ruknowhere]

“I have gone from rags to riches

In the sorrow of the night

In the violence of a summer’s dream

In the chill of a wintry light

In the bitter dance of loneliness

Fading into space

In the broken mirror of innocence

On each forgotten face

I hear the ancient footsteps

Like the motion of the sea

Sometimes I turn, there’s someone there

Other times it’s only me

I am hanging in the balance

Of the reality of man

Like every sparrow falling

Like every grain of sand.”

Photo of Bob Dylan performing at Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France, by Thierry Orban (1981)

Source: Not Dark Yet

[streetlegal1978]

my mental state as I listen to these songs one right after the other

#my posts #Spotify

[harrisonarchive]

Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, on this day in 1992. Photos by Alan Messer and KMazur.

“Putting his hand on mine [Al Aronowitz], George looked at me and said: ‘You didn’t f*** up with me, Al.’ Then he added: ‘We all did, didn’t we? We all f***ed up. D’y know that tune of Bob’s, “Every grain of sand…” In which he says, “don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistake… Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must now break”?’ […] George said his wife, Olivia, was in the bedroom, where their 14-year-old son, Dhani, was having a bath. [...] [George] started talking about the guy who lives for so long in the country but then decides to get an apartment in the city. ‘He sits in the dark because he doesn't know how to plug the light,’ George said. ‘In a way, that's what we all do. That's enlightenment. People don't really wanna look for enlightenment. And so, it's like we go through our lives in the dark. But we can just go inside and plug in the source within you/without you. Just learn and be able to dip in, that's the thing. Each time you meditate you can dip in. Each time you meditate you can dip in to that reservoir. ‘I forgot about it for years and then I got really stressed out during the early '80s or it was the culmination of all the monkey business I'd been doing. It took me years trying to figure out what's happening to me? I think it was just the accumulation of those years when there was drugs in my life and those years of staying up all night and partying and just being in recording studios and business problems and all these people I talked about earlier — the banks wanting their money and these other people not paying us and all that got me to the point where I said, “Jesus! I gotta do something here!” And I remembered, 'What about meditation! [...] In order to keep myself focused and keep the buoyancy, the energy, and also to realize that all this stuff that's going on is just bullshit. It's hard to be able to not let that get next to ya!’” - The Blacklisted Journalist, 2001 (x)

#George Harrison #Bob Dylan #Tom Petty #Johnny Cash #Al Aronowitz #et al #quote #quotes about George #quotes by George #George and Bob Dylan #1990s #1992 #Dylan's 30th Anniversary Celebration #Harrison spirituality #fits queue like a glove

[hargrove-mayfields]

RULES: Make a new post and spell out your URL with song titles then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL. (If you want to!)

Nobody tagged me but I wanted to hop on this! It seemed fun!

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Ha Ha You’re Dead- Green Day

As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone- Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn

Refugee- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road- Elton John

Rebel Yell- Billy Idol

On the Wagon- Green Day

Vacation- The Go-Go’s

Every Grain of Sand- Bob Dylan

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Mary Jane’s Last Dance- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

A Matter of Trust- Billy Joel

You Shook Me All Night Long- AC/DC

Faust- Paul Williams

In From the Outside- Cinderella

Even Flow- Pearl Jam

Lover’s Cross- Jim Croce

Dear John- Cyndi Lauper

Silver Threads and Golden Needles- Linda Ronstadt

aka my Billy playlist

I’ll pass this on to some people in my recent notes/messages in no particular order: @eddie-munsons-guitar86 @mrsblackruby @strangebrainrot @c0bblenygma @deardmvz @ariesbilly @iwigyousub @ickypuppi3 @throwthisawayplease @hephaestn @monochromegee @officialsteveharrington @opaldraws @andromedaspark @irishbeings @catharrington @avalonlights Also! If you see this and want to join in, do it!

#tag game!! #not fandom related #i mean all of these songs are from my Billy playlist and my harringrove playlist #but it’s not content #apologies if I double tagged anybody I haven’t seen who has done this #also no pressure! #this is just a fun little thing #oh and tags are below the cut ‘cause I didn’t want this post to be super long

[radicalposture]

#the older i get the more i turn into an insufferable weirdo who only listens to unpopular dylan albums #been obsessed with his gospel trilogy lately #and i got his new book for christmas i’m so excited 2 read it #bob dylan