...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
The Basement Tapes (Music)
- 186 statements
- 35 feature instances
- 1 referencing feature instances
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | type |
TVTItem | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | label |
The Basement Tapes (Music) | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | page |
TheBasementTapes | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | comment |
The Basement Tapes is the sixteenth studio album by Bob Dylan and the seventh studio album by The Band, released in 1975.In the summer of 1967, Dylan had been on a break from the music business for a year after the fabled motorcycle crash following his world tour in 1966. (According to himself, he just really wanted to spend some time with his family.) When his former backing band The Hawks moved into a house down the road from him in Woodstock, New York, they soon started getting together in its basement for informal jams on old folk, blues, country, gospel and rock'n'roll tunes, and Dylan eventually started bringing newly-written material in the same vein. By the end of 1967, The Hawks had transformed themselves from a rowdy bar band to roots rock legends The Band, and Dylan had written dozens of songs including "I Shall Be Released", "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", "Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)", "This Wheel's On Fire", "Tears Of Rage", and "Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)".As far as Dylan and The Band were concerned, these were demos of songs they might record in the future (The Band would indeed record several of them for their first album), but many of the songs were also circulated to record companies in the hope that other bands would cover them. Inevitably, these wound up in the wrong hands, and "the basement tapes", as they soon became known, wound up setting the pattern for bootleg recordings in rock music, being sold under the counter in countless record shops and even being reviewed in major magazines as "Dylan's lost masterpiece".Columbia Records finally released an official version of The Basement Tapes in 1975 to general critical acclaim, though some were disappointed that some of the best-known tracks were left off, while others were "improved" with newly-recorded overdubs, and the album was padded with unrelated songs The Band had recorded (without Dylan) between 1968 and 1975. While the official release still held a lot of great music, the bootleggers didn't go out of business. In The '80s, fans got ahold of a bunch of higher quality reels, giving the jam sessions and song sketches their first public airings, resulting in several highly-sought after bootleg CD sets. Famed music critic Greil Marcus even devoted a whole book to the then-unreleased recordings.note 1997's Invisible Republic, later retitled The Old, Weird AmericaOver the years, The Basement Tapes — official and unofficial — have been seen by many as some of the most influential recordings of Dylan's career, with the mix of old and new themes and styles anticipating both country rock and Alternative Country, while completely revamping his approach to song-writing. Even though many of the songs are simple and full of silly wordplay, they often have dark undertones and play on old folk traditions — what Marcus called "the old, weird America".The (essentially) complete basement tapes finally got an official release in 2014 as part of Dylan's ongoing Bootleg Series, both as a double CD of highlights and as a 6-CD, 139-song set.For a complete list of all songs recorded at the sessions, see the other wiki. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | fetched |
2023-10-25T10:45:28Z | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | parsed |
2023-10-25T10:45:28Z | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | processingComment |
Dropped link to BobDylan: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | processingComment |
Dropped link to JohnnyCash: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | processingComment |
Dropped link to TheByrds: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_22093e9b | type |
New Sound Album | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_22093e9b | comment |
New Sound Album: Well, old sound album, but in a new way. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_22093e9b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_22093e9b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_22093e9b | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_26b2747 | type |
Alliterative Title | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_26b2747 | comment |
Alliterative Title: "Ruben Remus". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_26b2747 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_26b2747 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_26b2747 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_2f7f6351 | type |
Rock-Star Song | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_2f7f6351 | comment |
Rock-Star Song: "All American Boy". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_2f7f6351 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_2f7f6351 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_2f7f6351 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_415b3315 | type |
Stylistic Suck | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_415b3315 | comment |
Stylistic Suck: Several examples, especially "I'm Your Teenage Prayer", a hilarious send-up of 50's teenager ballads. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_415b3315 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_415b3315 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_415b3315 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_4ba070fd | type |
Drunken Song | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_4ba070fd | comment |
Drunken Song: "Please, Mrs. Henry". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_4ba070fd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_4ba070fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_4ba070fd | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_51f90774 | type |
Step Up to the Microphone | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_51f90774 | comment |
Step Up to the Microphone: Robbie Robertson sings co-lead vocals on "Bessie Smith". Richard Manuel sings the first verse of "One Too Many Mornings" before Dylan takes over. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_51f90774 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_51f90774 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_51f90774 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_5697c648 | type |
Dumb and Drummer | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_5697c648 | comment |
Dumb and Drummer: Several songs poke fun at drummers, partly because they had to make do without a proper drummer since Levon Helm wasn't present for most of the original sessions. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_5697c648 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_5697c648 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_5697c648 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67784113 | type |
Non-Appearing Title | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67784113 | comment |
Non-Appearing Title: "Open the Door, Homer". The chorus says "open the door, Richard". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67784113 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67784113 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67784113 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67d722d8 | type |
A Storm Is Coming | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67d722d8 | comment |
A Storm Is Coming: "Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)": | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67d722d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67d722d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_67d722d8 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_6b6edbda | type |
The Cover Changes the Gender | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_6b6edbda | comment |
The Cover Changes the Gender: Averted in "Young But Daily Growing". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_6b6edbda | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_6b6edbda | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_6b6edbda | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_74149c93 | type |
Epic Rocking | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_74149c93 | comment |
Epic Rocking: "Sign on the Cross" (7:21) is the longest song on the complete tapes. Except for a handful of other songs over five minutes, the sessions averted this. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_74149c93 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_74149c93 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_74149c93 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_839f38fa | type |
Morality Ballad | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_839f38fa | comment |
Morality Ballad: "Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_839f38fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_839f38fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_839f38fa | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | type |
Something Blues | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | comment |
Something Blues: Doubled with "Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast)". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8eb3d48f | type |
Revisiting the Roots | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8eb3d48f | comment |
Revisiting the Roots: The album marked Dylan returning to his origins. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8eb3d48f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8eb3d48f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8eb3d48f | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f4822fd | type |
The Great Flood | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f4822fd | comment |
The Great Flood: "Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)": | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f4822fd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f4822fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f4822fd | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f663510 | type |
...And 99¢ | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f663510 | comment |
...And 99¢: "2 Dollars and 99 Cents". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f663510 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f663510 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_8f663510 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_92dfffae | type |
Retraux | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_92dfffae | comment |
Retraux: The 1975 album collapses the original stereo tapes to mono, with some additional filtering as well, apparently to make them sound more grungy and homemade. Also, many of The Band's songs on that album were new 1975 recordings of songs they'd worked on in 1967. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_92dfffae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_92dfffae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_92dfffae | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a5ba1198 | type |
Answer Song | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a5ba1198 | comment |
Answer Song: "Clothes Line Saga", a response to Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billie Joe". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a5ba1198 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a5ba1198 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a5ba1198 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a60e3252 | type |
Rule of Funny | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a60e3252 | comment |
Either for comedic effect or as place-holder lyrics. Notably, though, they're completely different in style from the Word Salad Lyrics he was writing seriously just a year or two earlier. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a60e3252 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a60e3252 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_a60e3252 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ae853f28 | type |
Parody | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ae853f28 | comment |
Parody: "Clothes Line Saga" spoofs Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billie Joe". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ae853f28 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ae853f28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ae853f28 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b24ce4b2 | type |
Rearrange the Song | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b24ce4b2 | comment |
Rearrange the Song: An interesting little mini-session on the complete box set has Dylan doing full-band takes on a few of his older songs, with the others backing him in a similar fashion to how they did on his 1966 world tour. The most unexpected one is a 6 and a half minute rendition of "Blowin' in the Wind" that slows it down into a Jimmy Reed-esque Blues Rock song. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b24ce4b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b24ce4b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b24ce4b2 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | type |
Break-Up Song | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | comment |
Break-Up Song: "I'm Not There (1956)", to the extent that you can decipher the words, seems to be about a Relationship Revolving Door that the narrator finally gives up on, with some regrets. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b5049d76 | type |
Added Alliterative Appeal | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b5049d76 | comment |
Added Alliterative Appeal: "Crash On The Levee" | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b5049d76 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b5049d76 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b5049d76 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: In "Clothes Line Saga", the then-former vice president has gone mad. Where? Downtown. When? Last night. Gee, well, that's too bad. The rewrite of Bobby Bare's "All American Boy" is a pretty clear jab at Dylan's manager Albert Grossman. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b53077b3 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b567a0b1 | type |
Wanderlust Song | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b567a0b1 | comment |
Wanderlust Song: "Goin' To Acapulco" "Lo And Behold!" | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b567a0b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b567a0b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_b567a0b1 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ba4fd8c2 | type |
The Not-Remix | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ba4fd8c2 | comment |
The Not-Remix: The 1975 version added some overdubs. The 2014 version returns to the original takes, but in vastly improved sound quality. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ba4fd8c2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ba4fd8c2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_ba4fd8c2 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c4b74656 | type |
One-Woman Song | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c4b74656 | comment |
One-Woman Song: "Bessie Smith". | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c4b74656 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c4b74656 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c4b74656 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: "Open the Door, Homer". The "open the door, Richard" line is a reference to a novelty song from The '40s. One line of thought about the chorus of "Too Much of Nothing" ("Say hello to Valerie, say hello to Vivian") is that it's referencing the two wives of T. S. Eliot, Vivienne Haigh-Wood (who was committed to a mental hospital) and Valerie Fletcher. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_c75df49a | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_cff53786 | type |
Cover Version | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_cff53786 | comment |
Cover Version: Dozens and dozens in the complete version, ranging from medieval ballads to Johnny Cash to Curtis Mayfield. They even make a not-remotely-serious stab at Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight Of The Bumblebee". Several of the songs became hits for other bands long before the original versions were released, including "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" by The Byrds, "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Too Much Of Nothing" by Peter, Paul And Mary, and "This Wheel's On Fire" by Julie Driscoll (also used as the Real Song Theme Tune of Absolutely Fabulous). | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_cff53786 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_cff53786 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_cff53786 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d148b019 | type |
Mundane Made Awesome | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: "Clothes Line Saga" is an epic tale about bringing in the laundry. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d148b019 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d148b019 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d148b019 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d84a3beb | type |
Either/Or Title | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d84a3beb | comment |
Either/Or Title: "Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)", "Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)", "Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast)", "One Single River (Song For Canada)". "I'm Not There (1956)" is a weird example, as nobody's quite sure what "(1956)" is supposed to signify. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d84a3beb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d84a3beb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_d84a3beb | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e0113647 | type |
Decon-Recon Switch | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e0113647 | comment |
Decon-Recon Switch: The album often manages to sound ancient and brand new at once, incorporating centuries-old folk themes and brand new grooves at once. As one critic put it: | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e0113647 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e0113647 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e0113647 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e18675e6 | type |
Word Salad Lyrics | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e18675e6 | comment |
Word Salad Lyrics: Either for comedic effect or as place-holder lyrics. Notably, though, they're completely different in style from the Word Salad Lyrics he was writing seriously just a year or two earlier. The alternate take of "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" from the Complete set is a particularly bewildering example. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e18675e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e18675e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_e18675e6 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_edfb8d92 | type |
The Generation Gap | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_edfb8d92 | comment |
The Generation Gap: "Tears Of Rage", notably for a song recorded during the "summer of love", sympathizes with the parents of a teenage daughter who no longer understands them. | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_edfb8d92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_edfb8d92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_edfb8d92 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_name | comment |
||
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_name | |
| The Basement Tapes (Music) / int_name | itemName |
The Basement Tapes (Music) |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
| The Basement Tapes (Music) | hasFeature |
American Music / int_aa2786ac |
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.