Dylan’s rare public performance at Amazon.com of “Most Likely You Go Your Way And I’ll Go Mine”
This is the second of three videos that were streamed from the Amazon.com company meeting on July 16, 2005. The first one posted was “Watching the River Flow” is another rare classic. One of Dylan’s nasty songs, it comes from the classic “Blonde on Blonde” double album.
Updated video and story at Bob Dylan Amazon.com Show
Amazon.com private show
No one was able yet to help be pinpoint the exact details of the performance. Help me out if you can. I couldn’t find this on YouTube either so I’ll call it “rare”. I can’t remember how I got it other than an invitation to the Amazon.com company event.
Dylan came off the concert circuit to perform for the Amazon.com crowd. He does that from time to time. The show was streamed live over the internet or closed circuit TV.
The video was stored away on an old drive and found two weeks ago which is good luck for us. Enjoy but remember we don’t own this video and merely present it as something lost then found. The video is probably copyright by Bob Dylan or Amazon.com.
Most Likely You Go Your Way and I Go Mine
The song is a “kiss-off” song. She’s too much trouble and he’s moving on. The last verse line “You say my kisses are not like his. But this time I’m not gonna tell you why that is” shows Dylan’s attitude to his ex-lover.
The upbeat tempo doesn’t show he’s got the blues although the song is a blues stomp. It’s a staple of Dylan’s touring set list and gets many arrangements on the road that keep the audience guessing what song is he playing.
The guitar riff is usually there to anchor the song. The riff is quite simple.
With an open G7, Dylan is hammering down on the D string 3rd fret or the G string 3rd fret – (tab from Eyolf Østrem). G(7) : . . . : . . .
|-3—————|—————–| |-0—————|—————–| |-0—————|—————–| |-0—0—3—0-|-3—–0-3—0–| |-2—————|—————–| |-3—————|—————–|
Blonde on Blonde
The song is the second cut from Blonde on Blonde
“I don’t think I’ll be perceived properly until 100 years after I’m gone. I don’t think anyone has ever caught on to Blonde on Blonde yet.” Bob Dylan in San Francisco to Robert Hillburn in Corn Flakes with John Lennon: And Other Tales from a Rock ‘n’ Roll Life
I wonder if Dylan still thinks that’s true. Hillburn was the rock critic for the LA Times and Rolling Stone Magazine. “Corn Flakes with John Lennon” Hillburn’s book is full of interesting anecdotes about big name rock artists, including Bob Dylan.
On “Blonde on Blonde” the song starts with a trombone riff that is repeated later and picked up by the harmonica. Dylan sings the song in a serious, pleading voice. The drummer, Kenny Buttrey, plays the snare with almost constant rolls, which gives the song a propulsive feel.
The Amazon.com performance lightens up on that slightly by emphasizing the backbeat. Thanks to the people who viewed Watching the River Flow over the past week.
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