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‘’Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962, and released on the 1963 album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
Dylan once introduced “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” as “a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better… as if you were talking to yourself.” The song, written around the time that Suze Rotolo indefinitely prolonged her stay in Italy, is based on a melody taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton. NPR’s Tim Riley described the song as “the last word in a long, embittered argument, a paper-thin consolation sung with spite.”
As well as the melody, a couple of lines were taken from Clayton’s “Who’s Goin’ to Buy You Ribbons When I’m Gone?” which was recorded in 1960, two years before Dylan wrote “Don’t Think Twice.” Lines taken word-for-word or slightly altered from the Clayton song are, “T’ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, darlin’,” and, “So I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road.” On the first release of the song, instead of “So I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road babe, where I’m bound, I can’t tell” Dylan sings “So long, honey babe, where I’m bound, I can’t tell”. The lyrics were changed when Dylan performed live versions of the song and on cover versions recorded by other artists.
The original album version of the song is played in a fast, fingerstyle manner by, some speculate, Bruce Langhorne.[1] In live performances, Dylan often strummed the chords, or flatpicks, albeit in a similar, fast-paced manner.
Dylan once introduced “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” as “a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better… as if you were talking to yourself.” The song, written around the time that Suze Rotolo indefinitely prolonged her stay in Italy, is based on a melody taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton. NPR’s Tim Riley described the song as “the last word in a long, embittered argument, a paper-thin consolation sung with spite.”
As well as the melody, a couple of lines were taken from Clayton’s “Who’s Goin’ to Buy You Ribbons When I’m Gone?” which was recorded in 1960, two years before Dylan wrote “Don’t Think Twice.” Lines taken word-for-word or slightly altered from the Clayton song are, “T’ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, darlin’,” and, “So I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road.” On the first release of the song, instead of “So I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road babe, where I’m bound, I can’t tell” Dylan sings “So long, honey babe, where I’m bound, I can’t tell”. The lyrics were changed when Dylan performed live versions of the song and on cover versions recorded by other artists.
The original album version of the song is played in a fast, fingerstyle manner by, some speculate, Bruce Langhorne.[1] In live performances, Dylan often strummed the chords, or flatpicks, albeit in a similar, fast-paced manner.
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My version of Don't think twice,it's all right, by Bob Dylan
I used the lyrics cos I don't have the video of that concert
Hope you like it
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I used the lyrics cos I don't have the video of that concert
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Paolo
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LydiaGrace wrote:
I'll just say fare thee well....
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MADDDOGGX wrote:
i dont listen to enough Dyaln these days , with songs like this it dont get any better , i love Mr Zimmerman
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CosmicGrrl wrote:
therapeutic. thanks, bob.
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llewwissbblloss wrote:
this sends shivers down my spine, every time
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lorrainemelford wrote:
Perfect; even though he was all curled up in drugs; So glad he found JESUS; I have so many chores to do; but might not
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CheerBooHiss wrote:
ok.. I don't know as much as the rest of you who love Dylan... however I have always loved this song of course it was a cover of this track... I never knew this was a Dylan song
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simpletwist wrote:
my god, Bob Dylan
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myprettymouth wrote:
you just kinda wasted my precious time.... brilliant, my favourite dylan song.
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h4h4 wrote:
One of the bessst
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thedreammaker21 wrote:
this song just makes me feel better in an odd way it's just a good song to listen to i love bob dylan
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taticirio wrote:
so fucking awesome.
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versonnen wrote:
:)
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mercedes78 wrote:
This one is on "Dog Fight"
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mercedes78 wrote:
This is my favorite song of all time! I love this sont!
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Veldrin13 wrote:
Nice to hear that one on Mad Men
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versonnen wrote:
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Apeman20201 wrote:
PErfect
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wetwillies wrote:
I want to learn how to play the guitar just to play this song.
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TheVaLe wrote:
This is so fucking heartbreaking...
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threeworkers wrote:
Love the original. Not caring for the video above.
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