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Nettie Moore (song)

October 27, 2023

"Nettie Moore" is a folk love song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in 2006 as the eighth track on his album Modern Times. As with much of Dylan's 21st-century output, he produced the song himself under the pseudonym Jack Frost.

"Nettie Moore"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album Modern Times
ReleasedAugust 29, 2006
RecordedFebruary 2006
StudioClinton Recording, New York City
GenreFolk
Length6:53
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Bob Dylan (as Jack Frost)
Modern Times track listing
10 tracks
  1. "Thunder on the Mountain"
  2. "Spirit on the Water"
  3. "Rollin' and Tumblin'"
  4. "When the Deal Goes Down"
  5. "Someday Baby"
  6. "Workingman's Blues #2"
  7. "Beyond the Horizon"
  8. "Nettie Moore"
  9. "The Levee's Gonna Break"
  10. "Ain't Talkin'"

Composition and recording edit

The song is characterized by unusually spare (for late-period Dylan) musical backing and a memorable vocal melody that sees Dylan's voice rise and fall with the delivery of each line in the verse. Speaking to USA Today's Edna Gunderson, Dylan said that "Nettie Moore", more than any other song on Modern Times, “troubled me the most, because I wasn’t sure I was getting it right. Finally, I could see what the song is about. This is coherent, not just a bunch of random verses. I knew I wanted to record this. I was pretty hyped up on the melodic line”.[1] The song is performed in the sounding key of B major.[2]

Critical reception edit

Jon Dolan, writing in Rolling Stone, where the song placed eighth on a list of "The 25 Best Bob Dylan Songs of the 21st Century", noted that, although it has lyrical roots in the 1857 James Lord Pierpont and Marshall S. Pike composition "Gentle Nettie Moore" and other pre-20th century folk songs, Dylan's "Nettie Moore" nonetheless "feels so personal" to the songwriter because of the way he sings of wandering the earth and being "in a cowboy band".[3][4]

Spectrum Culture included the song on a list of Dylan's "20 Best Songs of the '00s". In an article accompanying the list, critic Tyler Dunston also sees the song as a "personal account", noting that "Dylan conflates the myth of a version of himself with American music, the story of which is deeply entangled with mythology and history—from the Faustian fiction of Robert Johnson’s legendary guitar skill to the very real histories of oppression that blues and folk music arise out of and document. It is one of the great ironies of the history of the blues that the racial discrimination which they so often documented is itself responsible for the fact that the early history of the blues is so poorly documented. Dylan knows it is impossible to fill these gaps, but he weaves an incomplete tapestry anyway. (We may see his supposed 'plagiarism' as a kind of scattered history.)"[5]

In their book Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track, authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon praise the song's "very creative arrangement, including a highly streamlined rhythm section...and cello playing pizzicato as well as with the bow" and call it "one of the best songs on Modern Times".[6]

Singer/songwriter Patti Smith included it on a playlist of her "16 favorite Bob Dylan love songs."[7] On the opposite end of the spectrum, historian Sean Wilentz, seeing darker implications in the line "No knife could ever cut our love apart", interprets the song as being an oblique murder ballad in his book Bob Dylan's America.[8]

A USA Today article ranking "all of Bob Dylan's songs" placed "Nettie Moore" 24th (out of 359).[9]

Jokermen Podcast placed the song 9th on their ranking of Dylan's top 100 post-1966 songs.[10]

Cultural references edit

The line "Blues this mornin' fallin' down like a hail"[11] paraphrases a line from Robert Johnson's "Hellhound on My Trail".[12]

The line "They say whisky'll kill you, but I don't think it will" is a reference to the traditional folk song "Moonshiner".[13]

The line "Albert's in the graveyard, Frankie's raising hell" is a reference to the traditional folk song "Frankie and Albert".[14]

The line "I'm going where the Southern crosses the Yellow Dog" is a reference to the earliest known blues lyric. At a train station in Tutwiler, Mississippi in 1903, W. C. Handy heard a Black man playing a blues song on a steel guitar using a knife as a slide. The man repeatedly sang the phrase, "Goin’ where the Southern cross’ the Dog”, which Handy later popularized in his own 1914 song “Yellow Dog Blues”.[15]

Live Performances edit

Between 2006 and 2012 Dylan performed the song 142 times in concert on the Never Ending Tour.[16] The live debut occurred at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California on October 18, 2006 and the last performance (to date) took place at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on October 9, 2012.[17]

Cover versions edit

The song was covered by Born 53 on their 2012 album Thieving in the Alley and Muscle & Bone on their 2013 album Masterpieces of Bob Dylan.[18]

Notes edit

  1. ^ "August 29: Bob Dylan released Modern Times in 2006 | Born To Listen". Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  2. ^ "Nettie Moore | dylanchords". dylanchords.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. ^ Dolan, Jon; Doyle, Patrick; Greene, Andy; Hiatt, Brian; Martoccio, Angie; Sheffield, Rob; Shteamer, Hank; Vozick-Levinson, Simon (2020-06-18). "The 25 Best Bob Dylan Songs of the 21st Century". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  4. ^ "Gentle Nettie Moore", 1857 sheet music, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries, Digital Collections. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Bob Dylan's 20 Best Songs of the '00s". Spectrum Culture. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  6. ^ Margotin, Philippe (27 October 2015). Bob Dylan : all the songs : the story behind every track. Guesdon, Jean-Michel (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-57912-985-9. OCLC 869908038.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ "Patti Smith names her 16 favourite Bob Dylan love songs". Far Out Magazine. July 1, 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  8. ^ Wilentz, Sean (2011). Bob Dylan in America (First Anchor Books ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-7679-3179-3. OCLC 697261610.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ "Ranking all of Bob Dylan's songs, from No. 1 to No. 359". For The Win. 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  10. ^ Jokermen (2023-06-21). "The Jokermen 100, Volume 3". Jokermen. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  11. ^ "Nettie Moore | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  12. ^ "Hellhound on My Trail Lyrics". www.lyrics.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  13. ^ "Folk Song Lyrics Archive". songbat.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  14. ^ "Frankie & Albert | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  15. ^ r2WPadmin. "Southern Cross the Dog". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  16. ^ "Bob Dylan Tour Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  17. ^ "Setlists | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  18. ^ "Tune Doctor: Dylan Covers # 165 Born 53/Muscle and Bone - Nettie Moore". Tune Doctor. Retrieved 2020-12-18.

External links edit

  • Lyrics at Bob Dylan's official site
  • Chords at Dylanchords

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Nettie Moore is a folk love song written and performed by American singer songwriter Bob Dylan released in 2006 as the eighth track on his album Modern Times As with much of Dylan s 21st century output he produced the song himself under the pseudonym Jack Frost Nettie Moore Song by Bob Dylanfrom the album Modern TimesReleasedAugust 29 2006RecordedFebruary 2006StudioClinton Recording New York CityGenreFolkLength6 53LabelColumbiaSongwriter s Bob DylanProducer s Bob Dylan as Jack Frost Modern Times track listing10 tracks Thunder on the Mountain Spirit on the Water Rollin and Tumblin When the Deal Goes Down Someday Baby Workingman s Blues 2 Beyond the Horizon Nettie Moore The Levee s Gonna Break Ain t Talkin Contents 1 Composition and recording 2 Critical reception 3 Cultural references 4 Live Performances 5 Cover versions 6 Notes 7 External linksComposition and recording editThe song is characterized by unusually spare for late period Dylan musical backing and a memorable vocal melody that sees Dylan s voice rise and fall with the delivery of each line in the verse Speaking to USA Today s Edna Gunderson Dylan said that Nettie Moore more than any other song on Modern Times troubled me the most because I wasn t sure I was getting it right Finally I could see what the song is about This is coherent not just a bunch of random verses I knew I wanted to record this I was pretty hyped up on the melodic line 1 The song is performed in the sounding key of B major 2 Critical reception editJon Dolan writing in Rolling Stone where the song placed eighth on a list of The 25 Best Bob Dylan Songs of the 21st Century noted that although it has lyrical roots in the 1857 James Lord Pierpont and Marshall S Pike composition Gentle Nettie Moore and other pre 20th century folk songs Dylan s Nettie Moore nonetheless feels so personal to the songwriter because of the way he sings of wandering the earth and being in a cowboy band 3 4 Spectrum Culture included the song on a list of Dylan s 20 Best Songs of the 00s In an article accompanying the list critic Tyler Dunston also sees the song as a personal account noting that Dylan conflates the myth of a version of himself with American music the story of which is deeply entangled with mythology and history from the Faustian fiction of Robert Johnson s legendary guitar skill to the very real histories of oppression that blues and folk music arise out of and document It is one of the great ironies of the history of the blues that the racial discrimination which they so often documented is itself responsible for the fact that the early history of the blues is so poorly documented Dylan knows it is impossible to fill these gaps but he weaves an incomplete tapestry anyway We may see his supposed plagiarism as a kind of scattered history 5 In their book Bob Dylan All the Songs The Story Behind Every Track authors Philippe Margotin and Jean Michel Guesdon praise the song s very creative arrangement including a highly streamlined rhythm section and cello playing pizzicato as well as with the bow and call it one of the best songs on Modern Times 6 Singer songwriter Patti Smith included it on a playlist of her 16 favorite Bob Dylan love songs 7 On the opposite end of the spectrum historian Sean Wilentz seeing darker implications in the line No knife could ever cut our love apart interprets the song as being an oblique murder ballad in his book Bob Dylan s America 8 A USA Today article ranking all of Bob Dylan s songs placed Nettie Moore 24th out of 359 9 Jokermen Podcast placed the song 9th on their ranking of Dylan s top 100 post 1966 songs 10 Cultural references editThe line Blues this mornin fallin down like a hail 11 paraphrases a line from Robert Johnson s Hellhound on My Trail 12 The line They say whisky ll kill you but I don t think it will is a reference to the traditional folk song Moonshiner 13 The line Albert s in the graveyard Frankie s raising hell is a reference to the traditional folk song Frankie and Albert 14 The line I m going where the Southern crosses the Yellow Dog is a reference to the earliest known blues lyric At a train station in Tutwiler Mississippi in 1903 W C Handy heard a Black man playing a blues song on a steel guitar using a knife as a slide The man repeatedly sang the phrase Goin where the Southern cross the Dog which Handy later popularized in his own 1914 song Yellow Dog Blues 15 Live Performances editBetween 2006 and 2012 Dylan performed the song 142 times in concert on the Never Ending Tour 16 The live debut occurred at ARCO Arena in Sacramento California on October 18 2006 and the last performance to date took place at Rexall Place in Edmonton Alberta Canada on October 9 2012 17 Cover versions editThe song was covered by Born 53 on their 2012 album Thieving in the Alley and Muscle amp Bone on their 2013 album Masterpieces of Bob Dylan 18 Notes edit August 29 Bob Dylan released Modern Times in 2006 Born To Listen Retrieved 2021 02 09 Nettie Moore dylanchords dylanchords com Retrieved 2021 05 28 Dolan Jon Doyle Patrick Greene Andy Hiatt Brian Martoccio Angie Sheffield Rob Shteamer Hank Vozick Levinson Simon 2020 06 18 The 25 Best Bob Dylan Songs of the 21st Century Rolling Stone Retrieved 2020 12 18 Gentle Nettie Moore 1857 sheet music The University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries Digital Collections Retrieved 16 December 2022 Bob Dylan s 20 Best Songs of the 00s Spectrum Culture 2020 12 04 Retrieved 2021 03 03 Margotin Philippe 27 October 2015 Bob Dylan all the songs the story behind every track Guesdon Jean Michel First ed New York ISBN 978 1 57912 985 9 OCLC 869908038 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Patti Smith names her 16 favourite Bob Dylan love songs Far Out Magazine July 1 2020 Retrieved 2020 12 18 Wilentz Sean 2011 Bob Dylan in America First Anchor Books ed New York ISBN 978 0 7679 3179 3 OCLC 697261610 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Ranking all of Bob Dylan s songs from No 1 to No 359 For The Win 2015 11 06 Retrieved 2021 01 02 Jokermen 2023 06 21 The Jokermen 100 Volume 3 Jokermen Retrieved 2023 07 28 Nettie Moore The Official Bob Dylan Site www bobdylan com Retrieved 2021 01 02 Hellhound on My Trail Lyrics www lyrics com Retrieved 2021 01 02 Folk Song Lyrics Archive songbat com Retrieved 2021 01 02 Frankie amp Albert The Official Bob Dylan Site www bobdylan com Retrieved 2021 01 02 r2WPadmin Southern Cross the Dog Mississippi Encyclopedia Retrieved 2022 12 16 Bob Dylan Tour Statistics setlist fm www setlist fm Retrieved 2021 01 02 Setlists The Official Bob Dylan Site www bobdylan com Retrieved 2021 05 28 Tune Doctor Dylan Covers 165 Born 53 Muscle and Bone Nettie Moore Tune Doctor Retrieved 2020 12 18 External links editLyrics at Bob Dylan s official site Chords at Dylanchords Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nettie 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