TRACK TALK #71 I'll Remember You

I'LL REMEMBER YOU
ALBUM : Empire Burlesque (1985)
Recorded : 5 Février 1985
Released : 10 Juin 1985



Lyrics
I'll remember you
When I've forgotten all the rest,
You to me were true,
You to me were the best.
When there is no more,
You cut to the core
Quicker than anyone I knew.
When I'm all alone
In the great unknown,
I'll remember you.

I'll remember you
At the end of the trail,
I had so much left to do,
I had so little time to fail.
There's some people that
You don't forget,
Even though you've only seen'm
One time or two.
When the roses fade
And I'm in the shade,
I'll remember you.

Didn't I, didn't I try to love you?
Didn't I, didn't I try to care?
Didn't I sleep, didn't I weep beside you
With the rain blowing in your hair?

I'll remember you
When the wind blows through the piney wood.
It was you who came right through,
It was you who understood.
Though I'd never say
That I done it the way
That you'd have liked me to.
In the end,
My dear sweet friend,
I'll remember you.

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Première performance live : Farm Aid (22 septembre 1985)
Dernière performance live : Goldendale (30 juillet 2005)
Total : 224 fois.
- Il existe une version alternative acoustique inclus dans le film "Masked & Anonymous" (2003) mais pas dans la B.O. officielle.

J'écoute peu souvent la version studio, mais les versions lives sont souvent très émouvantes et bien jouées. Je vous renvoie vers celles de 86 ou de 95 où l'harmonica apporte un charme fou au morceau. Et ci-dessous, la performance au Farm Aid, sympa.

D'un navet flétri, Dylan a fait un chef d'oeuvre : cf. la version intemporelle de Masked and Anonymous, qui atteint les sommets de l'Histoire de l'Art en général - comment ça, j'exagère ?

Entièrement d'accord avec Mr Oyster ..La seule version qui vaille de cette chanson est celle de M/A..
Quelle beauté ..je ne m'en lasse pas.
Celle de empire Burlesque est à l'image de l'album : Engoncé dans une production caca, elle perd tout son potentiel

Voici mes 3 versions live favorites :

- sydney 24/02/86
- berkeley 26/05/95
- fairfax 22/11/02