until the release of this LP.ĭiamonds & Rust is a stunning achievement. By the middle of the decade, however, the Vietnam War was coming to a close, and Baez's star seemed to have faded. She had a Gold-certified album in 1971, Blessed Are., which featured a very successful single in her cover of Robbie Robertson's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Nevertheless, as happens to most artists, her fame had a shelf life. Clearly, she was among the most important voices of her generation. Baez eventually capped off the 1960s by performing at the Woodstock Festival. Baez soon came to appreciate Dylan's skills as a writer and a performer, and her endorsement of him helped the folk community to accept Dylan and to gradually come to understand his genius. She was already well-established in the Greenwich Village folk scene when he came along, and although she was initially unimpressed with him, they became lovers. She was also instrumental in Bob Dylan's rise to prominence. She established herself in the early 1960s, becoming known for her interpretations of classic folk ballads, and for her beautiful vibrato voice. Joan Baez first rose to fame as one of the great protest singers of the Vietnam War era. There is a strong feeling of "I told you so" to the song.Review Summary: "Well I'll be damned/Here comes your ghost again" - from Joan Baez's "Diamonds & Rust" Time has brought decay (rust) in his relationship with Sara and Baez is pointing out he could have had a diamond instead, Baez. Would it be too much of a stretch that Baez was the charcoal and Lownds was the shiny metal (Dylan refers to Sara's silver cross in "Sad Eyed lady of the lowlands"). She never knew what I was talking about, what I was thinking about, and I couldn't possibly explain it." His marriage ended in 1977, which is the fall that is referred to. That's when our marriage started breaking up. Raeban's teaching methods radically changed the musician's way of thinking, and he would later tell an interviewer, "I went home after that first day and my wife never did understand me ever since that day. ![]() According to a Wikipedia entry "Their marriage first became strained around April 1974 when he began taking art classes from Norman Raeben, a 73-year-old Russian immigrant. Heading straight for a fall" Considering the song was written in 1975, it is my reading of it, that Bob rang her up one day looking for sympathy when he realised his marriage to Sara Lownds was on the rocks. General Comment"hearing a voice I'd known a couple of light years ago I put these lyrics in my top ten because of the raw sadness and pain that they are able to drudge up but also because it's that raw truth that comes through and her strength to say no to being in that position again. And given that he thought her poetry was lousy I think she more than makes up for it with these lyrics. She brought diamonds to the relationship and all she got from him was rust. ![]() He just wasn't capable of returning the favor and she got nada from him for emotional support when it came to her life and hard times. But it wasn't an adult to adult relationship emotionally. It's obvious she cared for him during this time as a mother would for a wounded child. Joan clearly is saying that she was there for him emotionally during a period in his life when he was "temporarily lost at sea" meaning a vulnerable scary place, maybe even going through an identity crisis, which isn't unusual with such successful artists and with as much fame as Dylan. General CommentPeople people, it's just not that complicated! The title simply is stating from Joan's point of view the inequity of the relationship. ![]() And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
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