That’s an interesting thought. When the orphan is described as: the woman seems to be dismissing his misery, represented by fire, as insignificant compared with her own, represented by the much vaster sun. Look out baby, the saints are comin' through. Er wurde im Jahr 1964 von den Songschreibern Bobby & Shirley Womack komponiert und von der Band der Womack-Brüder The Valentinos für das SAR - Label Sam Cookes erstmals eingespielt. It occurs to me that ‘gathered from coincidence’ in this context presumably refers to things which she’s acquired without actually having done anything to get them. April 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. – the empty handed painter could refer to Hitler, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" 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 Essentially it’s about the mental state of someone trying to renew their life following what they see as a calamity – the breakup of a relationship. Taken literally, she is doing no more than deciding on a course of action following the departure of her lover and, presumably, the end of their relationship. (If you are personally involved with “Baby Blue” as a ‘love’ song I would suggest you stop here. A vagabond, like an orphan, is someone in need. And since the military metaphors cannot help but remind us of the orphan’s gun, it may be that her depression runs further. Jetzt anhören. The revision takes into account some, but not all, of the comments made by Mr Wheeler in his reply, and in my follow-up responses, below. Well the saints are coming through, so it sure seems like it… but its far too early to end as the song has just begun, so we must move forward. Thanks for your comment. (Journey Through Dark Heat), You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue ist ein Song, der 1965 von Bob Dylan veröffentlicht wurde. Info. It was also covered by The Last Drive, Ninni Poijärvi & Mika Kuokkanen, The Beat Brothers [DE 2], The South Loomis Quickstep feat. I’ve just rescued it from the spam. it`s all over now baby blue Foto & Bild von Mr Kiss ᐅ Das Foto jetzt kostenlos bei fotocommunity.de anschauen & bewerten. An argument to that effect would need to take into account more than just a few details, though. I like your description of the narrator as an ‘all-knowing voice’ in the woman’s head. The most famous Adolph Hitler. Along the way this outlook moves from depression, back to reality and finally to optimism. There are things ‘you think will last’  – things of eternal value, which can be a basis for spiritual renewal. Her life is gone, and with it both her chance of happiness and the opportunity for doing good. I totally agree with you about the empty-handed painter being the subject a restless sleeper. – not exactly sure about the “seasick sailors” and the “reindeer armies” but they support the notion that the song refers to an armed conflict of some kind, perhaps a failed attempt at defence, and reinforcing the need to leave, In other words it suggests the bellicose approach they represent will no longer comprise the woman’s approach to forming relationships. Your analysis says a lot, so I don’t know if I can completely respond to it in this reply, but I would like to offer some of my interpretation to at least start a conversation and see where we differ and agree. It suggests she’s a bit feckless. ( Log Out /  Although the woman concerned is being addressed by the … Length. That’s not to say that it’s just about someone’s personal psychology, and it might be possible to show that the woman’s interaction with her environment mirrors America’s with its. That the one is to be seen as a direct replacement for the other is clear from a similarity in the language used in describing their behaviour: ‘The lover who just walked out your door‘, ‘The vagabond who’s rapping at your door‘. Februar 2021 um 21:38 Uhr bearbeitet. Since the lover is unlikely literally to have taken the carpet, the carpet’s moving is an illusion, created in her distraught state – probably by her walking across it unaware of what she’s really doing. You must leave now take what you need. That the painter is ’empty-handed’ also suggests that the patterns are creases because they cannot be the result of actual drawing. Most of what you say I think I agree with – at least to the extent of thinking it’s plausible. That seems to do justice to the tone. But the word ‘home’, used in connection with both army and the sailors, is important. As a lost orphan, this desperation is clearly juvenile and miniscule in the grand scheme of things, thus “crying like a fire in the sun.” Is it over? März 1965 als Single veröffentlicht. I heard that ‘It’s all over now, Baby Blue’ is a song about a prostitute (hence the seasick sailors and the lover going away) that is just about to die (hence the orphan, and the saints coming through) and everybody is taking away from her room everything that was hers, even the carpet from beneath her dying body. Them war eine irische Rockband, die 1963 in Belfast gegründet wurde. The vagabond represents an opportunity for the woman to help someone else in the same position as she had once been in. The change in this person’s life, whether trivial or severe, is in fact there, and she can either fold with it or move forward. It could be combining the idea of a sort of vagabond lifestyle and her being so pathetic she has to rely on him even for blankets. From the outset the woman’s state of mind is associated with death and whether her life has been of moral value: ‘You must leave now, take what you need you think will last’. – the vagabond who’s rapping at your door is a vision of the people you formerly despised now being in control, even wearing “the clothes that you once wore”, The implication seems to be that she can achieve spiritual renewal by assisting the vagabond. (It’s a bit like ‘your orphan’.). Change ), The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest, Where Are You Tonight? You say the references ‘all’ fit in with that. Dylan schrieb Text und Melodie vermutlich im Januar 1965 und nahm ihn für sein Album Bringing It All Back Home auf. I see the narrator as this all-knowing voice in the mind of the subject/listener who lays out the chaotic and dooming yet beautiful situation the subject now finds herself in. Aber was immer du auch behalten willst, greif es dir lieber schnell. The ‘painter’ responsible for them is therefore her. Vervollständigen Sie … Lesen Sie Rezensionen und Empfehlungen und informieren Sie sich über Tracklisten, beteiligte Personen und Weiteres. Your lover who has just walked through the door. März 1965 als Single veröffentlicht. Because your ‘Imagination is going to be severely attacked. First she’s warned (or warns herself): ‘Look out, the saints are coming through’. The woman’s mental turmoil is further seen in the realistic way one thought gets sparked off by another. The first thing to say is that there’s little reason to see It’s All Over Now Baby Blue as ‘about’ an event in Dylan’s life, such as his adopting a new musical style around the time it was written. And sure enough the lyrics are overly stretched to make them appear to be about Christ( when there is no mention thereof) and verses ate dismissed out of hand because they do not fit the supposition. Shopping Bliss! Mel Kinder, Santa Cruz. It is sometimes difficult to pin down the meaning of a song or a poem. They’ve been sunk. And it's all over now, Baby Blue. And it's all over now baby blue. Her strategy has failed, however. But some parts do seem open to such interpretation, and I think I’ve justified my view in each case. The first thing to say is that there’s little reason to see It’s All Over Now Baby Blue as ‘about’ an event in Dylan’s life, such as his adopting a new musical style around the time it was written. And it's all over now baby blue. It’s not just the orphan and the vagabond who are one and the same. The Vagabond is the Vietcong. Thanks for your comment p1ero. Eine Auswahl zeigt die folgende Tabelle: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/barry_mcguire/eve_of_destruction/, https://www.discogs.com/de/Chocolate-Watchband-The-Inner-Mystique/master/59099, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=It’s_All_Over_Now,_Baby_Blue&oldid=208671702, „Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike“, Lied unter dem Namen „Baby Blue“ veröffentlicht. Leave the stepping stones behind. Im MP3-Einkaufswagen MP3-Einkaufswagen anzeigen. This negative description contrasts it with the saints who are ‘coming through’. Auf Discogs können Sie sich ansehen, wer an 1973 Vinyl von It's All Over Now, Baby Blue mitgewirkt hat, Rezensionen und Titellisten lesen und auf dem Marktplatz nach der Veröffentlichung suchen. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Bob Dylan Transcription (and any mistakes) by jwblair@ix.netcom.com I figured this out a few years back when I bought the video "Don't Look Back". Der Bassist stirbt am 9. Despite this, there is hope. At least if the carpet is under her, it’s in its rightful place, whereas the same cannot be said about the sky. Well, Larry, I certainly wasn’t starting out to ‘interpret the song in terms of Christian thinking’. One problem, though, might be that the lover doesn’t take her property but his own – ‘his blankets’. It's all over, it's all over now baby blue. It’s seems at least plausible that the addressee is being considered as in heaven. They stay where they are, and if you stay you may as well be dead, too. – ditto the “dead you’ve left, who will not follow you”, If she is walking across the carpet, this might be seen as a sign of hope for her. Die Nummer war ein Achtungserfolg in den USA . – so “strike another match, go start anew”! The sky, however, resembles something greater, something far more complex that is completely out of the subject’s control, leaving her in limbo without the ability to know which way is up or down. The present is being seen not only as a time of misery, but as providing a means of ending that misery. Taken literally this is ludicrous, but in her mind, the removal of the blankets has become the removal of the carpet. The lover’s blankets being on the floor does seem odd. Them – It’s All Over Now Baby Blue. I had hoped there’d be much more discussion on the site, so your contributions will be very welcome. Now the subject can either be the vagabond and wander aimlessly through life, knocking on an empty home that once was, or embrace this change, start something new and move forward. Shopping. On the other hand I’m not totally satisfied with my interpretation which doesn’t seem to me to fully account for the soldiers and the sailors. It was later re-released in Germany in December 1973 with "Bad or Good" on the B-side, following its appearance in the 1972 German television movie, Die Roc… The sky too is folding under you. So, the advice to leave the stepping stones behind might not be good advice at all. Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets. ( Log Out /  In the final verse, however, things have changed. Der Song wurde am 22. Although the woman concerned is being addressed by the narrator, it makes sense to see her for most of the time as addressing herself. Why does the lover have his blankets on the floor? 26. Just thinking a bit more about the stepping stones. The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense. One slight problem with that is that it’s a ‘he’ (‘his gun’). Watch later. “BLUE” is Britan as the Romans called the Blue People when Cesare conquered Gaul and the present England. Any analysis of the song which ignored that possibility would, it seems to me, be being negligent. Your empty handed army is all going home’. There’s a reference to saints so, since sainthood is largely a Christian concept, some dealing with Christian concepts seems unavoidable. The orphan need not be a literal child, and the death need not be a literal, physical death. The child is best seen as the consequences of the woman’s past life which will in some sense destroy her if she doesn’t turn her back on them. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Her lover has left. It’s too late for that. 2. However, the view presented is mostly in the mind of the analyst rather than found in the words that are written down by the songwriter. and then she becomes aware that she’s no longer on earth: Again the woman’s no longer merely anticipating death, but imagining she’s already dead. – the orphan is a vision of what will happen to your child if you don’t flee, the saints are the end of the world as we know it, The highway is for gamblers – time to get up and take a risk, but you better use your sense. He’s going home, too, without seeing what else is there to come. It’s by action in the present that she can deal with her pain so that it really is ‘all over now’. She at least is being active, and this makes a favourable contrast between her situation and those of the orphan and vagabond whose desperation is represented by their simply ‘standing’. The woman’s distraught mental state in the early part of the song would seem to be as a result of rejection by her lover. In each case, perhaps to represent their helplessness, they’re shown to be immobile – standing : ‘The vagabond who’s rapping at your door The advice to ‘forget the dead you’ve left’ can also be interpreted in a religious way. Revised 11.9.2017. By the end of the song, it can be taken as expressing new-found hope in that the woman no longer seems intent on dying, and seems prepared to act for the sake of others. Bis heute ist jedoch unklar, ob er überhaupt an eine konkrete Person gedacht hat oder ob verschiedene Personen in dem Text behandelt werden. Vervollständigen Sie Ihre Them-Sammlung. Were it first stated there is an intention to see if one can interpret the song in terms of Christian thinking, The same thing happens a little later. I might stick with my interpretation there! Just as quickly as they showed up, they turned and left. Ca/. Similar to p1ero, I have always imagined Mr. Zimmerman was issuing a warning to our still-young empire at a time when many among our nation’s youth were questioning and confronting America’s endless appetite for war and colonialism. Ein weiterer Hit war It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (im Original von Bob Dylan ). There is no parent to say what is right and what is wrong, so the image of the gun is used to convey ultimate desperation. Denn dort drüben steht dein verlassener Waisenknabe mit der Knarre in der Hand, heult, als wäre auf der Sonne ein Feuer ausgebrochen. An alternative would be to see the woman as flawed both as recipient of the advice and as the giver of it. How, for example would you fit in the lines about the lover having gone off with his blankets, and the carpet moving? She’s imagining, in traditional Christian terms, that she’s on the threshold of heaven, but has little chance of being admitted. They run from her sheets to the sky, then from her lover’s blankets to the carpet, and finally (simultaneously with the latter) from the sky to the carpet. Why would the carpet be gone, though? Well, Larry, you seem to be assuming that I set out to analyse the song ‘in terms of Christian thinking’. This is perhaps because it reminds us of ‘vocation’ in its original sense. Religious imagery is also present in the expression ‘something calls for you’ in that ‘calls for’ has a religious air. This article helped me out immensely in writing my analysis of Joyce Carol Oats’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” I really appreciate this in depth analysis of this song. 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