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I’m a-goin’ back out ’fore the rain starts a-fallin’ I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest Where the people are many and their hands are all … (C)And it's (G)hard, (C)hard, (F)hard, (C)hard -- it's a (G)hard rain's a-gonna (C)fall. Oh, what’ll you do now, my darling young one? The last line before the chorus - I'll know my songs well before I start singing - to me refers to getting facts straight before shooting off at the mouth. I had the same idea, guess it's about Jesus and God, but I think it's after Jesus "died". What'll you do now, my darling young one? G C D Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
I like your first paragraph. Richie talks about producing the first two Kiss albums, recording "Brother Louie," and the newfound appreciation of his rock band, Dust. I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest, Where the people are many, and their hands are all … Bob Dylan said that the rain was not literal fallout rain, but "some sort of end that's just gotta happen". It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall. The rain that is coming is gonna be one hard motherfucking rain.
It was one of three social protest songs Dylan recorded on "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" is based on an old folk ballad variously titled "Lord Randall" or "Lord Ronald," in which a mother repeatedly questions her son (beginning with "Where have you been? Think white hot volcanic ash, landing with the impact of machine-gun bullets, covering the earth. Writer(s): Bob Dylan. The song ends when he falls dead to the ground. Oh, what’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son? Make of it what you will.
I think that the white ladder is the way to climb up and lift the world out of the mess, but as it's covered in water, it's slippery and so we fall off over and over again. White ladder all covered with water has also always stumped. it happened in 1972 and Bob was singing this song in 1963? It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall Oh, what’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son? Last night I dreamed that I was singing the song and when I woke up I visualized the white ladder (height) covered in water. The song ends when he falls dead to the ground.Ten years after Dylan recorded his version, Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry recorded a dark, claustrophobic cover as his first solo single, which reached #10 in the UK.Bob Dylan once introduced this song by saying hard rain meant something big was about to happen. "A hard rain" conjures images of a storm that will destroy everything, wash everything clean. Oh, what’ll you do now, my darling young one? Album version. I'm going back out, 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'. Nope. A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL- Bob Dylan G C G Oh, where have you been, my blue eyed son? "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" as written by Bob DylanNon-lyrical content copyright 1999-2020 SongMeaningsJavascript must be enabled for the correct page display "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" is based on an old folk ballad variously titled "Lord Randall" or "Lord Ronald," in which a mother repeatedly questions her son (beginning with "Where have you been? The "blue-eyed son" of this narrative symbolizes the youth of the world who see the wrongs committed and realize that it is wrong and will lead to destruction. This is an antiwar song. If you have a whole day to kill, you can check out the full version of Pharrell Williams' "Happy" music clip, which was the world's first ever 24-hour music video.The electronic instruments in "Atomic Dog" represent the coming computer age, which is balanced by the instinctual dog, who barks and pants throughout the song.Stephens Stills played timbales on the Bee Gees hit, "You Should Be Dancing."
He was in the next door studio laying down a Crosby, Stills and Nash album and could hear Saturday Night Fever being recorded.