I Ain't Got No Religion No More ... (But I Like to Get Myself Some Gospel Music)

Simon

I love Gospel music. OK, there, I said it. I don't feel like I need to believe in "Jebus" to appreciate the music. I can't go into a Gospel church because I might just get religion again - that or I'll be grabbing the mic on be on the stage waving my hands and praising the lord.

I particularly like Dylan's Gospel period. To many it was a bit of a low-point in his career but I think he did some of his best music and greatest performances there or around that time (the bootleg music just before it is the best). What's weird is he had all this fame and back-catalog of songs people knew and he didn't perform any of them - it was all the new stuff.

These aren't the songs that will be on any Dylan greatest-hits album so non-fans probably won't have heard them but they are worth a listen and the studio versions are very good - he was putting a lot more effort into production around this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1eyKZU_JNE

"Saved" is also good (from the album with the same name):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1OjsJy2NGg

Wild_Thing

Here's one I have always liked. While I disagree with the ideas expressed in this religious song, it sure is catchy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xfdpjeT1Gc

Simon

I love that song, but I only know it from the much-later cover version by Dr and the Medics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTlv6OL0tc4

LV101

WOW - never EVA heard it. He was my fave in 60s and still love his music. I'll have to check more of his gospel tunes out. Thanks for the share. I think he is a (or was) a born-again Xtian. Said it saved his life - literally - maybe from drugs?! I don't know but so glad he made it through.

I always liked the old songs played in the Baptist Church growing up.

StoneWall

Think about it....one of the greatest songs of all time was a "religious" connotation about what the bible said from dust you are and to dust you will return.

Que the band and sing it Kansas "Dust in the wind"
https://youtu.be/tH2w6Oxx0kQ

Simon

I think he is a (or was) a born-again Xtian. Said it saved his life - literally - maybe from drugs?! I don't know but so glad he made it through.

Yes, apparently "Dirge" (great song) was about his relationship with heroine.

https://vimeo.com/207989023

Simon

I love the emotion in that track. Another one that has a lot of sentiment is Positively 4th Street - written about the music industry backstabbers and clingers-on that he saw pretending to be his friends but really not caring about him. This is a great version by Mick Hucknall and Simply Red. The lyrics are just fantastic, they positively ooze venom:

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you

Also interesting is how his song-writing was so outside the norm - the song has no chorus or bridge and yet you don't notice it at all. Add it to the other strange songs (like those with a single chord all the way through - easy to play!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gqidfuMRM0

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I Ain't Got No Religion No More ... (But I Like to Get Myself Some Gospel Music)

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