![]() ![]() It also peaked at #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released. Dylan, meanwhile, has praised the song and previously said that he loved it, and even that it still impresses him, which is quite nice.Ĭhart wise, “Diamonds and Rust” by Joan Baez peaked at #5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. “Diamonds and Rust” was later revealed to be about Bob Dylan, an old friend, flame, and collaborator of Baez. Fans love it, critics love it, and I think it will forever be one of the best songs released in the 1970s. In fact, it’s considered to be one of the best Joan Baez’s songs ever released, if not the actual best. It’s a WONDERFUL song that never gets old. While Baez clearly, at one point, loved the flame, the song also details some of the more problematic things that the man said, or the flaws that the flame had. The song tells the story of an old flame of Baez’s calling her up, which forces Baez to relive some of the memories the two had together. Baez herself wrote the song, as well as produced it with David Kershenbaum. “Diamonds and Rust” by Joan Baez was initially written in 1974, though it wasn’t released until 1975 on her Diamonds & Rust album. Keep reading to learn more history about this wonderful song of Miss Baez’s! “Diamonds and Rust” by Joan Baez I’ve been a fan of it forever, but it recently popped up on my Spotify… and the obsession was reborn. “Diamonds and Rust” is just one of those songs that doesn’t seem to get old. And if you love music, plain and simple, this is for you. ![]() If you love 70s folk-rock, this is for you. If you love older music, this is for you. Even after the conclusion of her “Farewell Tour”, Baez performed the song as a duet with Lana Del Rey when she showed up as a surprise guest at a Del Rey concert in Berkeley, California on October 6, 2019.Hey guys! Retro Gazing’s latest Song of the Day is “Diamonds and Rust” by Joan Baez, which is such a phenomenal song I can’t seem to get it out of my head. I mean, to be included in something that Joan had written, whew, I mean, to this day it still impresses me“.īaez has performed the song no fewer than 234 times in concert. In the 2009 American Masters documentary Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound, Dylan praised the song in an on-camera interview: “ I love that song ‘Diamonds & Rust’. Who did you think it was about?” I stonewalled. “Oh”, I said, “you must mean ‘Diamonds and Rust,’ the song I wrote for my husband, David. “You know, that one about blue eyes and diamonds…” “You gonna sing that song about robin’s eggs and diamonds?” Bob had asked me on the first day of rehearsals. In her memoir, And a Voice to Sing With, Baez recounts a 1975 conversation between herself and Dylan, discussing songs to include in the then-upcoming Rolling Thunder Revue concerts: Baez originally told Dylan that the song was about her ex-husband David Harris. pop singles chart and as aforementioned served as the title song on her gold-selling album Diamonds & Rust. Understandably she was incensed with how she was treated and the tour signalled the end of their relationship.ĭiamonds and Rust was a top 40 hit on the U.S. The landmark music documentary of that 65′ tour – Don’t Look Back revealed Dylan never invited Joan on stage and she was left to just tag along like a fellow-groupie in Dylan’s entourage. The relationship turned on its head after Dylan catapulted to stardom and he invited Joan to tour with him in England in 1965. “Well, you burst on the scene already a legend / the unwashed phenomenon, the original vagabond…” She was so enamoured with Bob she often invited him to sing with her. Before Dylan made a name Baez was already a popular figure in the folk community. This somewhat autobiographical commentary on her life with Bob Dylan features a rotating eighth note arpeggio-picking pattern with some nice melody lines. The two even sung at the famous Martin Luther King Jr inspired March on Washington in 63′.Ī lot of people attribute Bob Dylan’s rapid rise to fame in the 60’s folk movement to Baez’s unfledged support of his musical endeavours. Joan is heralded as one of the best interpreters of other songwriters compositions including of course Bob Dylan who she toured with most notably in the early 60’s and on the Rolling Thunder Revue – 1975. This is my favourite song of hers, but I wouldn’t say I am familiar with a lot of her discography. It is regarded by a number of critics and fans as one of her best compositions. While Diamonds was released in 1975 on the record by the same name, it recalls a phone-call from an old lover a decade earlier in Greenwich Village. Diamonds and Rust doesn’t mention Bob’s name, but Baez admitted the lyrics refer to her relationship with him. It is so well-renowned because it tells of her turbulent relationship with fellow singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The introspective self-emboldening Diamonds and Rust is the first song to appear here from the phenomenal talent that is Joan Baez. ![]()
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