Before the Flood es un álbum de Bob Dylan, publicado en 1974. El disco incluye 21 canciones, entre ellas «Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)», «Lay Lady Lay», «Rainy Day Women #12 & 35» y «Knockin' on Heaven's Door».
Sobre el álbum
Este doble álbum en directo, Before the Flood, documenta la histórica y masiva gira de reunión de Bob Dylan y The Band en 1974. Como resultado, captura la energía electrizante de unos conciertos que fueron un auténtico acontecimiento nacional. Las interpretaciones son a menudo feroces y casi agresivas, muy alejadas de la sutileza de las grabaciones originales. Dylan parece gritar las letras de sus himnos folk, mientras The Band proporciona un respaldo de rock atronador y contundente.
'Before the Flood' no es simplemente un disco de grandes éxitos en vivo; es una reinvención radical de su propio catálogo. El álbum también incluye varios temas interpretados en solitario por The Band, mostrando su increíble talento. Es un documento sonoro de una potencia arrolladora, el testimonio de una de las giras más importantes de la historia del rock.
Listado de Canciones
Disco 1
- Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)3:16
Vídeo
- Lay Lady Lay3:00
- Rainy Day Women #12 & 353:09
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door3:30
Vídeo
- It Ain't Me Babe3:15
- Ballad of a Thin Man3:29
Letra
You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard but you don't understand Just what you will say when you get home Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?" And somebody points to you and says, "It's his" And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?" And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?" But something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone And something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You have many contacts among the lumberjacks To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations Ah, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You're very well-read, it's well-known But something is happening here and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels And without further notice, he asks you how it feels And he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan" And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now" And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How" And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow! Give me some milk or else go home" And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground There ought to be a law against you comin' around You should be made to wear earphones 'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? - Up on Cripple Creek4:57
- I Shall Be Released3:19
Letra
They say evrything can be replaced, Yet every distance is not near. So I remember every face Of every man who put me here. I see my light come shining From the west onto the east. Any day now, any day how, I shall be released. They say every man needs protection, They say every man must fall. Yet I swear I see my reflection Some place so high above this wall. I see my light come shining From the west onto the east. Any day now, any day how, I shall be released. Standing next to me in this lonely crowd, Is a man who swears he's not to blame. All day long I hear him shout so loud, Crying out that he was framed. I see my light come shining From the west onto the east. Any day now, any day how, I shall be released. - Endless Highway4:45
Letra
Take a silver dollar and put it in your pocket, Never let it slip away. Always be a man, not a boy gone astray. When ya get half cra-zy from the August heat Or on a frozen, rotted road With no one to complain to about your achin' feet. [Chorus:] You're gonna walk that endless highway, Walk that high-way till you die. All you children goin' my way, Better tell your home-life sweet goodbye. When I see a detour up ahead, Well, I leave it far behind, Who knows what you're apt to find there. With the cost of livin, and the price of dyin', Well it look like t'me this time I wont be buyin' [Chorus] When they get a scapegoat by the throat, it's hard labour and cold beans. If ya get away real quick, You'll be eatin from the poison peanut machine. Well, I sing by night, wander by day. I'm on the road and it looks like I'm here to stay. [Chorus] - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down4:05
- Stage Fright4:22
Disco 2
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right3:34
- Just Like a Woman4:46
- It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)5:12
- The Shape I'm In3:33
- When You Awake2:54
- The Weight4:20
- All Along the Watchtower2:58
Letra
"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth." "No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl. - Highway 61 Revisited4:05
Letra
Oh, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son" Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on" God said, "No" Abe say, "What?" God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but The next time you see me comin', you better run" Well, Abe said, "Where d'you want this killin' done?" God said, "Out on Highway 61" Well, Georgia Sam, he had a bloody nose Welfare department, they wouldn't give him no clothes He asked poor Howard, "Where can I go?" Howard said, "There's only one place I know" Sam said, "Tell me quick, man, I got to run" Oh, Howard just pointed with his gun And said, "That way, down Highway 61" Well, Mack the Finger said to Louie the King "I got forty red-white-and-blue shoestrings And a thousand telephones that don't ring Do you know where I can get rid of these things?" And Louie the King said, "Let me think for a minute, son" Then he said, "Yes, I think it can be easily done Just take everything down to Highway 61" Now, the fifth daughter on the twelfth night Told the first father that things weren't right "My complexion," she says, "is much too white" He said, "Come here and step into the light" He said, "Hmm, you're right, let me tell the second mother this has been done" But the second mother was with the seventh son And they were both out on Highway 61 Now, the roving gambler he was very bored Trying to create a next world war He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor He said, "I never engaged in this kind of thing before But yes, I think it can be very easily done We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun And have it on Highway 61" - Like a Rolling Stone6:06
Vídeo
- Blowin' in the Wind3:46
Vídeo



