Links to Song: I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
What you should know about this song: This song was originally recorded for the Another Side of Bob Dylan album in 1964, but was ridically re-arranged two years later into an electric version which Dylan incorporated into his live tour repertoire for 12 years.* The song was also a major influence on the writing of “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” by the Beatles, which was featured on their Help! album. You can see the lyrical resemblance when you compare the two:
“I can’t understand, she let go of my hand
And left me here facing the wall
I’d sure like to know why she did go
But I can’t get close to her at all.”
– Bob Dylan, “I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)”
“Here I stand, head in hands
Turn my face to the wall
If she’s gone I can’t go on
Feeling two foot small”
– The Beatles, “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”
“‘You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away’ is my Dylan period. It’s one of those that you sing a bit sadly to yourself, ‘Here I stand, head in hand…’ I’d started thinking about my own emotions. I don’t know when exactly it started, like I’m A Loser or Hide Your Love Away, those kind of things. Instead of projecting myself into a situation, I would try to express what I felt about myself, which I’d done in my books. I think it was Dylan who helped me realise that – not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work.” – John Lennon (source).
“Bob loomed absolutely the largest. The strength and breadth of his writing during that period, it just eclipses everybody.” – John Sebastian, The Lovin’ Spoonful*
*Source: “Dylan: 100 Songs and Pictures” by Fine Communications
Photo Source: Daniel Kramer
