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“I Want You” is a 1966 song recorded by Bob Dylan which appeared on the album Blonde on Blonde.
It was also released as a single with a live version of “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” in June, reaching number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 and number sixteen in the UK.
A live version later appeared on the album, Dylan and the Dead, a collaboration with the Grateful Dead.
It has been argued that the song is about Anita Pallenberg, at the time the girlfriend of Brian Jones, because of the line “Now your dancing child with his chinese suit/ He spoke to me, I took his flute.
No, I wasn’t very cute to him”. Brian Jones was known to Dylan and they hung out when Dylan was in London. The relationship was amicable but also tense, ending up in a car chase and car crash (without any casualties) in the middle of the night. Jones used to wear a chinese shirt at the time. Another line states that “time was on his side”, perhaps referencing a Rolling Stones song from 1964, called ‘Time is On My Side’.
It was also released as a single with a live version of “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” in June, reaching number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 and number sixteen in the UK.
A live version later appeared on the album, Dylan and the Dead, a collaboration with the Grateful Dead.
It has been argued that the song is about Anita Pallenberg, at the time the girlfriend of Brian Jones, because of the line “Now your dancing child with his chinese suit/ He spoke to me, I took his flute.
No, I wasn’t very cute to him”. Brian Jones was known to Dylan and they hung out when Dylan was in London. The relationship was amicable but also tense, ending up in a car chase and car crash (without any casualties) in the middle of the night. Jones used to wear a chinese shirt at the time. Another line states that “time was on his side”, perhaps referencing a Rolling Stones song from 1964, called ‘Time is On My Side’.
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CleanSpoon wrote:
stuck in my head constantly
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sjayne56 wrote:
Takes me way back to a place I loved...
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k1012k3 wrote:
a drunken politician leaps, across the street where mothers weep
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colorfuldreams wrote:
i wasn't born to loosee yoou... :)
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lorrainemelford wrote:
Life's tooo short to be whr ya shouldnt, be Happy, do good. Teach yr Children well, sorrow cuts lk a sword. If yr afraid he'll hurt U whn U pack yr bags hv the Cops at the door till yr well down the road; done that, You'll be shaky & Rattled . If yv no where 2 go, look up "Safehomes in yr area". Matthew10:32-39
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Miradel wrote:
What I love about this song is that it makes me want to go out and fall head over heels for someone new and doesn't remind me of the same dude I've been crazy about for years who isn't really any good for me anyway. [4]
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lorrainemelford wrote:
Nah ! Get to see him in Phoenix next month. AAAAAHAAAAHAAAAH
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TheMusicalVito wrote:
Such a simple message can be so powerful in the right context. :)
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Jane191 wrote:
I love this song, it inspired me in so many ways
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midsummers wrote:
What I love about this song is that it makes me want to go out and fall head over heels for someone new and doesn't remind me of the same dude I've been crazy about for years who isn't really any good for me anyway. [3]
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casadivetro wrote:
What I love about this song is that it makes me want to go out and fall head over heels for someone new and doesn't remind me of the same dude I've been crazy about for years who isn't really any good for me anyway. (2)
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arsenalwa wrote:
But i did it because he lied...
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llewwissbblloss wrote:
' a drunken politician leaps, across the street where mothers weep
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popguns wrote:
I could listen to this all day ♥
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tomweits wrote:
a great song
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EmbracedByFrost wrote:
Listening to this, I always have to think of those 'Nobody' western movies with Terence Hill :-D
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billionairre wrote:
this song makes me swoon.
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laurashambles wrote:
What I love about this song is that it makes me want to go out and fall head over heels for someone new and doesn't remind me of the same dude I've been crazy about for years who isn't really any good for me anyway. Yay for good music and growing up and optimism and boo to stupid immature boys who like hair metal. Oh, and harmonicas. Yay for harmonicas too. =]
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jetteklette wrote:
der beste überhaupt.....
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musicisfeelings wrote:
One of my favourites, for sure.
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