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About This Track
“Diamonds & Rust” is a 1975 song written and performed by Joan Baez. In the song, Baez recounts an out-of-the-blue phone call from an old lover, which sends her a decade back in time to a seedy hotel in Greenwich Village. She recalls giving him a pair of cuff links, and summarizes that memories bring “diamonds and rust” (time both turns dirty charcoal into beautiful diamonds and shiny metal into ugly rust).
The song, which was a top-forty hit for Baez on the U.S. singles chart, is regarded by a number of critics, as well as by Baez fans, as one of her best compositions. It served as the title song on Baez’s gold-selling Diamonds & Rust album in 1975.
Claims that the song describes Baez’s relationship with Bob Dylan ten years before are undermined by Baez in her memoir, And a Voice to Sing With, where she recounts how she told Dylan that the song was actually about her husband David Harris.
The song, which was a top-forty hit for Baez on the U.S. singles chart, is regarded by a number of critics, as well as by Baez fans, as one of her best compositions. It served as the title song on Baez’s gold-selling Diamonds & Rust album in 1975.
Claims that the song describes Baez’s relationship with Bob Dylan ten years before are undermined by Baez in her memoir, And a Voice to Sing With, where she recounts how she told Dylan that the song was actually about her husband David Harris.
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Brobbels wrote:
Not a big fan of her voice. But surely a good song.
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NitaD1 wrote:
Lovely song....
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whatafinehorn wrote:
On PBS she did say it was about Bob Dylan. He said it was a honor to mentioned in one of her songs.
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HorstKrannich wrote:
+++ ich träume +++
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TLFKAI wrote:
she admitted that this song is about Bob... one of her best for sure....
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gilliananne wrote:
I could listen to this over and over again. Its such a beautiful song ; )
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_obzZzen_ wrote:
Judas Priest's cover is amazing too!
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andrewirving wrote:
heartbreaking :'
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ElDiego08 wrote:
Amazing track.
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bobdylan60s wrote:
I read somewhere that she said this song isn't about Bob Dylan, but about her husband. (I think she was lying... :L sounds too much like its about Dylan...)
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HorstKrannich wrote:
+++ wunderbarer Song +++
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cindyblueorigin wrote:
heartbreaking
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squirrel_17 wrote:
Oh wow..just discovered her and I think I'm already in love :P
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fredagsfil wrote:
Oh I'll be damned, here comes your ghost again
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Zebeetel wrote:
This song almost ruins all other songs for me.
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justmusic3 wrote:
ace :))))
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Bedspoet wrote:
Sung from her heart and for one she loved amazing depth
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BarneyJWY wrote:
I think this is about Bob Dylan... ;)
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gilliananne wrote:
Always sounds beautiful
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HorstKrannich wrote:
+++ bei Joan Baez mit der wundervollen Stimme bekomme ich immer eine Gänsehaut +++
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