Links to Song: All I Really Want to Do
Cher’s version (cool live video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPjPnUcvbzs
The Byrds version (also a cool live video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjAI9R94X-M
What you should know about this song: Interested in hearing Dylan’s falsetto? Here’s your chance. In fact, it took me by surprise when, at the end of each verse, Dylan hits those high notes. I also enjoyed the lyrics or this piece, which proved to be quite simple yet still profound. I could not find a lot of history on this song, but I did find it interesting that a year following its recording for the Another Side of Bob Dylan album (1964), cover versions by both The Byrds and Cher reached the UK Top 10 and the US Top 40 hit lists.
“I remember playing ‘All I Really Want to Do’ and Bob asked, ‘What was that?’ I told him it was one of his songs. And he said, ‘Ah Ha!’ He didn’t recognize it.” – Roger McGuinn, The Byrds
Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
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