Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert



On October 16, 1992, an impressibe and electic group of artists gathered at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the purpose of celebrating the music of Bob Dylan on the occasion of his 30th anniversary of recording. The show was broadcast around the world and featured a cast of musical notables performing carefully chosen and often surprising selections from the incomparable Dylan songbook.

  1. Like A Rolling Stone, - John Mellencamp
  2. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - John Mellencamp
  3. Introduction by Kris Kristofferson
  4. Blowin' In The Wind - Stevie Wonder
  5. Foot Of Pride - Lou Reed
  6. Masters Of War Eddie Vedder/Mike McCready
  7. The Time They Are A-Changin' - Tracy Chapman
  8. It Ain't Me, Babe - June Carter Cash/Johnny Cash
  9. What Was It You Wanted - Willie Nelson
  10. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Kris Kristofferson
  11. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter
  12. Seven Days - Ron Wood
  13. Just Like A Woman - Richie Havens
  14. When The Ship Comes In - The Clancy Brothers and Robbie O'Connell with Tommy Makem
  15. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Mary-Chapin Carpenter/Rosanne Cash/Shawn Colvin
  16. Just Like A Woman - Neil Young
  17. All Along The Watchtower - Neil Young
  18. I Shall Be Released - Chrissie Hynde
  19. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Eric Clapton
  20. Emotionally Yours - The O'Jays
  21. When I Paint My Masterpiece - The Band
  22. Absolutely Sweet Marie - George Harrison
  23. License To Kill - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  24. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  25. Mr. Tambourine Man - Roger McGuinn
  26. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Bob Dylan
  27. My Back Pages -Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Clapton, George Harrison
  28. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Everyone
  29. Girl Of The North Country - Bob Dylan

Absolutely Sweet Marie


(Can you handle another guitar hero? Let me give you a little clue:
Hallelujah, Hare Krishna, Yeah yeah yeah ! George Harrison!)

Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it
Sometimes it gets so hard, you see
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet
With all these promises you left for me
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, I waited for you when I was half sick
Yes, I waited for you when you hated me
Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
When you knew I had some other place to be
Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously
But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.

Well, six white horses that you did promise
Were fin'lly delivered down to the penitentiary
But to live outside the law, you must be honest
I know you always say that you agree
Well, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, I don't know how it happened
But the river-boat captain, he knows my fate
Ev'rybody else, even yourself
Just gonna have to wait.

Well, I got the fever down in my pockets
The Persian drunkard follows me
And I can take him to your house but I cannot unlock it
You see, you forgot to leave me with the key
Yeah, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?
Yeah, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?


My Back Pages


Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin' high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
Proud 'neath heated brow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

A self-ordained professor's tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My existence led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door


Mama take this badge off of me
I can't use it any more
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Mama, wipe the blood from my face
I'm sick and tired of the war
[...]
I feel like I'm knockin on heave's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door


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