0:00:28 > 0:00:30This is BBC1.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Among the aficionados of American folk music,
0:00:34 > 0:00:38the name Bob Dylan, I'm told, is murmured with hushed respect.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43He it was who wrote the now famous protest song, Blowing In The Wind.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46He's just arrived here to sing at the Royal Festival Hall,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49and his latest protest is called With God On Our Side.
0:00:56 > 0:01:02# Oh, my name it ain't nothin' My age it means less
0:01:03 > 0:01:09# The country I come from Is called the Midwest
0:01:10 > 0:01:17# I was taught and brought up there The laws to abide
0:01:18 > 0:01:24# And that land that I live in Has God on its side
0:01:32 > 0:01:38# Oh, the history books tell it They tell it so well
0:01:39 > 0:01:45# The cavalries charged The Indians fell
0:01:46 > 0:01:53# The cavalries charged The Indians died
0:01:53 > 0:01:59# Oh, the country was young With God on its side
0:02:10 > 0:02:16# The Spanish-American War had its day
0:02:16 > 0:02:23# And the Civil War too Was soon laid away
0:02:23 > 0:02:30# And the names of the heroes I was made to memorise
0:02:31 > 0:02:37# With guns in their hands And God on their side... #
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Bob Dylan.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58# What did you learn in school today Dear little boy of mine?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02# What did you learn in school today Dear little boy of mine?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06# I learned that Washington never told a lie
0:03:06 > 0:03:08# I learned that soldiers seldom die
0:03:08 > 0:03:10# I learned that everybody's free
0:03:10 > 0:03:12# And that's what the teacher said to me
0:03:12 > 0:03:15# That's what I learned in school today
0:03:15 > 0:03:17# That's what I learned in school
0:03:19 > 0:03:23# What did you learn in school today Dear little boy of mine?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27# What did you learn in school today Dear little boy of mine?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31# I learned that policemen are my friends
0:03:31 > 0:03:33# I learned that justice never ends
0:03:33 > 0:03:35# I learned that murderers die for their crimes
0:03:35 > 0:03:37# Even if we make a mistake sometimes
0:03:37 > 0:03:39# That's what I learned in school today
0:03:39 > 0:03:41# That's what I learned in school
0:03:44 > 0:03:47# What did you learn in school today Dear little boy of mine?
0:03:47 > 0:03:51# What did you learn in school today Dear little boy of mine?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55# I learned our government must be strong
0:03:55 > 0:03:57# It's always right and never wrong
0:03:57 > 0:04:01# Our leaders are the finest men And we elect them again and again
0:04:01 > 0:04:03# That's what I learned in school today
0:04:03 > 0:04:06# That's what I learned in school
0:04:07 > 0:04:11# What did you learn in school today Dear little boy of mine?
0:04:11 > 0:04:16# What did you learn in school today Dear little boy of mine?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19# I learned that war is not so bad
0:04:19 > 0:04:22# I learned about the great ones we have had
0:04:22 > 0:04:26# We fought in Germany and in France And some day I might get my chance
0:04:26 > 0:04:28# That's what I learned in school today
0:04:28 > 0:04:30# That's what I learned in school. #
0:04:30 > 0:04:33APPLAUSE
0:04:44 > 0:04:49This is a protest song called No, No, No, It Ain't Me, Babe.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53It's dedicated to all the married people in the audience.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57And all the people who are about to get married.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I guess I'm anti-marriage.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17# Go away from my window!
0:05:17 > 0:05:22# Leave at your own chosen speed
0:05:22 > 0:05:26# I'm not the one you want, babe
0:05:26 > 0:05:31# I'm not the one you need
0:05:31 > 0:05:36# You say you're looking for someone
0:05:36 > 0:05:40# Never weak but always strong
0:05:40 > 0:05:45# To protect you and defend you
0:05:45 > 0:05:50# Whether you are right or wrong
0:05:50 > 0:05:55# Someone to open each and every door!
0:05:55 > 0:05:58# But it ain't me, babe!
0:05:58 > 0:06:02# No, no, no, it ain't me, babe!
0:06:02 > 0:06:09# It ain't me you're looking for, babe!
0:06:11 > 0:06:16# Go lightly from the ledge, babe
0:06:16 > 0:06:21# Go lightly on the ground
0:06:21 > 0:06:26# I'm not the one you want, babe
0:06:26 > 0:06:30# I will only let you down
0:06:30 > 0:06:35# You say you're looking for someone
0:06:35 > 0:06:40# Who will promise never to part
0:06:40 > 0:06:44# Someone to close his eyes for you
0:06:44 > 0:06:49# Someone to close his heart
0:06:49 > 0:06:53# Someone to die for you and more
0:06:53 > 0:06:56# But it ain't me, babe!
0:06:56 > 0:07:01# No, no, no, it ain't me, babe!
0:07:01 > 0:07:08# It ain't me you're looking for, babe!
0:07:10 > 0:07:14# Go, melt back into the night, babe
0:07:14 > 0:07:19# Everything inside is made of stone
0:07:19 > 0:07:24# There's nothing in here moving
0:07:24 > 0:07:28# And anyway I'm not alone
0:07:28 > 0:07:33# You say you're looking for someone
0:07:33 > 0:07:38# Who'll pick you up Each time you fall
0:07:38 > 0:07:42# To gather flowers constantly
0:07:42 > 0:07:47# And to come each time you call
0:07:47 > 0:07:51# A lover for your life And nothing more
0:07:51 > 0:07:54# But it ain't me, babe!
0:07:54 > 0:07:58# No, no, no, it ain't me, babe!
0:07:58 > 0:08:05# It ain't me you're looking for, babe. #
0:08:06 > 0:08:09APPLAUSE
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20It's very nice to be back in England again.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Tonight I'd like to sing several new songs
0:08:23 > 0:08:25and a couple of familiar ones.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30This familiar one is probably the best-known song I have.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34It's a love song called The Last Thing On My Mind.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50# It's a lesson too late for the learnin'
0:08:51 > 0:08:57# Made of sand, made of sand
0:08:57 > 0:09:02# In the wink of an eye My soul is turnin'
0:09:02 > 0:09:08# In your hand, in your hand
0:09:08 > 0:09:15# Are you goin' away with no word of farewell?
0:09:15 > 0:09:20# Will there be not a trace left behind?
0:09:20 > 0:09:24# Well, I could have loved you better
0:09:24 > 0:09:26# Didn't mean to be unkind
0:09:26 > 0:09:32# You know that was the last thing on my mind
0:09:35 > 0:09:40# You've got reasons a-plenty for goin'
0:09:40 > 0:09:47# This I know, this I know
0:09:47 > 0:09:52# For the weeds have been steadily growin'
0:09:52 > 0:09:58# Please don't go, please don't go
0:09:58 > 0:10:04# Are you goin' away with no word of farewell?
0:10:04 > 0:10:10# Will there be not a trace left behind?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14# Well, I could have loved you better
0:10:14 > 0:10:16# Didn't mean to be unkind
0:10:16 > 0:10:22# You know that was the last thing on my mind
0:10:45 > 0:10:50# As I lie in my bed in the morning
0:10:50 > 0:10:56# Without you, without you
0:10:56 > 0:11:02# Each song in my breast dies of mourning
0:11:02 > 0:11:08# Without you, without you
0:11:08 > 0:11:15# Are you goin' away with no word of farewell?
0:11:15 > 0:11:20# Will there be not a trace left behind?
0:11:20 > 0:11:24# Well, I could have loved you better
0:11:24 > 0:11:26# Didn't mean to be unkind
0:11:26 > 0:11:33# You know that was the last thing on my mind
0:11:34 > 0:11:39# That was the last thing on my mind. #
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Thank you very much.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Thank you. Thank you.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58APPLAUSE CONTINUES
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Thank you very much.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Thank you very much.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17# In the early morning rain
0:12:18 > 0:12:21# With a dollar in my hand
0:12:23 > 0:12:27# With an achin' in my heart
0:12:27 > 0:12:31# And my pockets full of sand
0:12:33 > 0:12:36# I'm a long way from home
0:12:36 > 0:12:42# And I miss my loved ones so
0:12:42 > 0:12:47# In the early morning rain
0:12:47 > 0:12:51# With no place to go
0:12:51 > 0:12:56# Out on runway number nine
0:12:56 > 0:13:00# Big 707 set to go
0:13:01 > 0:13:06# But I'm out here in the grass
0:13:06 > 0:13:10# Where the pavement never grows
0:13:10 > 0:13:16# Well, the liquor tasted good
0:13:16 > 0:13:20# And the women all were fast
0:13:20 > 0:13:25# Well, there she goes, my friend
0:13:25 > 0:13:30# She's rollin' down at last
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- # Hear the mighty engine roar - Hear the mighty engine roar
0:13:35 > 0:13:40- # See the silver wing on high - See the silver wing on high
0:13:40 > 0:13:44# She's away and westward bound
0:13:44 > 0:13:48# Far above the clouds she'll fly
0:13:49 > 0:13:54# Where the mornin' rain don't fall
0:13:54 > 0:13:59# And the sun always shines
0:13:59 > 0:14:04# She'll be flyin' o'er my home
0:14:04 > 0:14:09# In about three hours' time
0:14:09 > 0:14:12# This old airport's got me down
0:14:13 > 0:14:16# It's no earthly good to me
0:14:18 > 0:14:22# Cos I'm stuck here on the ground
0:14:22 > 0:14:26# Cold and drunk as I might be
0:14:27 > 0:14:32# You can't jump a jet plane
0:14:32 > 0:14:36# Like you can a freight train
0:14:36 > 0:14:42# So I'd best be on my way
0:14:42 > 0:14:46# In the early morning rain
0:14:46 > 0:14:51# So I'd best be on my way
0:14:51 > 0:14:55# In the early morning rain. #
0:14:58 > 0:15:01APPLAUSE
0:15:01 > 0:15:06Thank you. It's been quite a while since I left California and came to Europe. When I first came to Europe,
0:15:06 > 0:15:11I went to a Greek island. While I was there, I met a lot of strange and interesting people.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Among them, I met a young poet from Canada, called Leonard Cohen.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19After I left the island, I went my way, Leonard went his,
0:15:19 > 0:15:24and we didn't see each other again until yesterday, when we decided what to do on the show.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32# It's true that all the men you knew
0:15:32 > 0:15:38# Were dealers who said they were through with dealing
0:15:38 > 0:15:40# Every time you gave them shelter
0:15:42 > 0:15:44# I know that kind of man
0:15:44 > 0:15:48# It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
0:15:48 > 0:15:52# Who is reaching for the sky Just to surrender
0:15:52 > 0:15:57# Who is reaching for the sky Just to surrender
0:15:59 > 0:16:04# And sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
0:16:04 > 0:16:09# You'll find he did not leave you very much, not even laughter
0:16:10 > 0:16:14# Like any dealer he was watching for the card
0:16:14 > 0:16:17# That is so high and wild
0:16:17 > 0:16:20# He'll never need to deal another
0:16:20 > 0:16:25# He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
0:16:25 > 0:16:30# He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
0:16:32 > 0:16:37# And then leaning on your window-sill, he'll say one day
0:16:37 > 0:16:43# You caused his will to weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
0:16:43 > 0:16:50# And then taking from his wallet an old schedule of trains, he'll say,
0:16:50 > 0:16:54# I told you when I came I was a stranger
0:16:55 > 0:16:58# I told you when I came I was a stranger
0:17:01 > 0:17:07# But now another stranger seems to want you to ignore his dreams
0:17:07 > 0:17:11# As though they were the burden of some other
0:17:12 > 0:17:17# You've seen that man before His golden arm dispatching cards
0:17:17 > 0:17:21# But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
0:17:23 > 0:17:27# And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
0:17:28 > 0:17:32# Yes, he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter
0:17:35 > 0:17:40# Oh, you hate to watch another tired man lay down his hand
0:17:40 > 0:17:44# Like he was giving up the holy game of poker
0:17:46 > 0:17:49# And while he talks his dreams to sleep
0:17:49 > 0:17:51# You notice there's a highway
0:17:51 > 0:17:55# That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
0:17:57 > 0:18:00# And suddenly You feel a little older
0:18:03 > 0:18:06# Now you tell him to come in sit down
0:18:06 > 0:18:09# But something makes you turn around
0:18:09 > 0:18:13# The door is open You can't close your shelter
0:18:14 > 0:18:18# You try the handle of the road It opens
0:18:18 > 0:18:20# Do not be afraid
0:18:20 > 0:18:23# It's you, my love It's you who are the stranger
0:18:25 > 0:18:29# It is you, my love You who are the stranger
0:18:31 > 0:18:33# Well, I've been waiting
0:18:33 > 0:18:38# I was sure we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
0:18:38 > 0:18:41# I think it's time to board another
0:18:42 > 0:18:46# Please understand I never had a secret chart
0:18:46 > 0:18:51# To get me to the heart of this Or any other matter
0:18:53 > 0:18:57# Well, he talks like this You don't know what he's after
0:18:58 > 0:19:02# When he speaks like this You don't know what he's after
0:19:05 > 0:19:08# Let's meet tomorrow, if you choose
0:19:08 > 0:19:11# Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
0:19:11 > 0:19:14# That they are building on some endless river
0:19:16 > 0:19:20# Then he leaves the platform for the sleeping car that's warm
0:19:20 > 0:19:25# You realise he's only advertising one more shelter
0:19:27 > 0:19:31# And it comes to you He never was a stranger
0:19:32 > 0:19:36# And you say, OK, the bridge or someplace later
0:19:39 > 0:19:42# And leaning on your window-sill
0:19:42 > 0:19:46# He'll say one day you caused his will to weaken
0:19:46 > 0:19:49# With your love and warmth and shelter
0:19:49 > 0:19:55# And then taking from his wallet An old schedule of trains, he'll say
0:19:55 > 0:19:59# I told you when I came I was a stranger
0:20:01 > 0:20:04# I told you when I came I was a stranger
0:20:06 > 0:20:10# I told you when I came I was a stranger. #
0:20:12 > 0:20:14APPLAUSE
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Tim Buckley is 21. He writes some of his songs with Larry Beckett,
0:20:19 > 0:20:23who he describes as a poet who is now starving in Venice, California.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27But it's unlikely that Tim Buckley is starving, because, having made
0:20:27 > 0:20:32a considerable name for himself in America, he's now on the way to becoming a cult over here.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35His roots are in blues, country and folk music.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39His songs have a plaintive, poetic quality, which reflect these roots.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Here's Tim Buckley with Lee Underwood on guitar,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Danny Thompson on bass, and Carter Collins on congo drums.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50The song, composed by Tim Buckley, is called I'm Coming Home Again.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13# It's a happy time inside my mind
0:21:13 > 0:21:16# When a melody does find a rhyme
0:21:16 > 0:21:20# And says to me I'm comin' home to stay
0:21:21 > 0:21:27# Oh, comin' home to stay
0:21:31 > 0:21:34# Well, now it's just the same old story
0:21:34 > 0:21:37# Something about love for glory
0:21:37 > 0:21:41# A nickel and a dime a dozen Fame
0:21:43 > 0:21:48# Oh, it's such a shame
0:21:50 > 0:21:58# The way they'll use your name
0:22:02 > 0:22:10# It's only mine to sing a song Hoping that you'd cross along my way
0:22:10 > 0:22:13# Before we have to move along
0:22:15 > 0:22:20# Oh, we have to move along
0:22:20 > 0:22:30# We'll be back some day
0:22:35 > 0:22:41# It's a happy time inside my mind When a melody does find a rhyme
0:22:41 > 0:22:47# Says to me I'm comin' home to stay
0:22:47 > 0:22:53# Oh, comin' home to stay again
0:22:55 > 0:23:04# Comin' home to stay
0:23:08 > 0:23:11# So sleep late, my lady friend
0:23:11 > 0:23:17# Let the mornin' breeze blow through your hair
0:23:18 > 0:23:23# Sleep late, my lady friend
0:23:25 > 0:23:33# Let the mornin' sun warm your bed
0:23:34 > 0:23:39# Sleep late, my lady friend. #
0:23:54 > 0:24:00He became a professional gospel singer at 14 and graduated to Greenwich Village,
0:24:00 > 0:24:04where he taught himself the guitar. He's here to sing High Flyin' Bird.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18# There's a high flyin' bird
0:24:18 > 0:24:21# Flyin' way up in the sky
0:24:24 > 0:24:30# And I wonder if she looks down As she goes on by?
0:24:31 > 0:24:36# She's flying so free and easy in the sky
0:24:36 > 0:24:41# Oh, Lord, look at me here
0:24:42 > 0:24:45# I'm rooted like a tree here
0:24:45 > 0:24:53# Got those sit-down, can't cry Oh, Lord, I'm gonna die blues
0:24:55 > 0:24:57# Die blues
0:24:59 > 0:25:03# Now the sun, it comes up and lights up the day
0:25:06 > 0:25:09# And when he gets tired, Lord
0:25:09 > 0:25:12# He goes on down his way
0:25:14 > 0:25:20# To the east and to the west He meets God every day
0:25:21 > 0:25:23# Oh, Lord, look at me here
0:25:23 > 0:25:29# Hey, I'm rooted like a tree here
0:25:30 > 0:25:36# Got those sit-down, can't cry Oh, Lord, I'm gonna die blues
0:25:38 > 0:25:41# Die blues
0:25:53 > 0:25:59# I had a woman, Lord She lived down by the mine,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03# She ain't never seen the sun
0:26:03 > 0:26:07# Oh, Lord, never stopped crying
0:26:09 > 0:26:14# Then one day my woman up and died
0:26:14 > 0:26:23# Oh, Lord, she up and died now Hey, she just up and died
0:26:24 > 0:26:27# Well, she wanted to fly
0:26:27 > 0:26:32# And the only way to fly is die, die, die
0:26:32 > 0:26:34# Die, die
0:26:36 > 0:26:39# There's a high flyin' bird
0:26:39 > 0:26:42# Flyin' way up in the sky
0:26:44 > 0:26:50# And I wonder if she looks down As she goes on by?
0:26:52 > 0:26:57# She's flying so free and easy in the sky
0:26:57 > 0:27:01# Oh, Lord, look at me here
0:27:01 > 0:27:06# Hey, I'm rooted like a tree here
0:27:07 > 0:27:14# Got those sit-down, can't cry Oh, Lord, I'm gonna die blues
0:27:14 > 0:27:22# Got those sit-down, can't cry Oh, Lord, I'm gonna die blues
0:27:22 > 0:27:26# Yeah, yeah, yeah
0:27:26 > 0:27:28# Hey
0:27:29 > 0:27:30# Hey
0:27:30 > 0:27:32# Hey
0:27:32 > 0:27:34# Yeah
0:27:34 > 0:27:35# Yeah
0:27:35 > 0:27:37# Yeah
0:27:37 > 0:27:40# Yeah. #
0:27:44 > 0:27:48APPLAUSE
0:27:51 > 0:27:54That's all from Late Night Line-Up tonight. tomorrow night,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57our guests will be Dennis Potter, the playwright,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01and TV reporter-turned-MP, Geoffrey Johnson Smith.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Goodnight.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56E-mail us at subtitling@bbc.co.uk