The Weight Lyrics: I pulled in to Nazareth / Was feeling 'bout half past dead / I just need some place / Where I can lay my head / "Hey, mister, can you tell me / Where a man might find a bed?"
This article is about the 1968 song.
People trying to be good in This is also related in Robertson's 2016 autobiography, An interesting feature of the song is the addition of three beats after the tenth measure of the chorus - otherwise in 4/8 time throughout - lending a sense of anticipation/tension to the ultimate lyrical phrase: "and (and .
In Levon Helm's autobiography This Wheel's On Fire: Levon Helm And The Story Of The Band, he explained: "We had two or three tunes, or pieces of tunes, and 'The Weight' was one I would work on. "The Weight" is een song uit 1968 van de Canadees-Amerikaanse rockgroep The Band. In an interview, Helm credited Robertson with 60 percent of the lyrics, Danko and Manuel with 20 percent each of the lyrics, much of the music credit to "The Weight" was traditionally the last song played during the Midnight Rambles in Levon Helm's barn in "The Weight" is a frequent cover, and inspiration for, The Weight Band, featuring former Band member A 50th anniversary version was recorded featuring Robbie Robertson playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar, Ringo Starr playing drums, and incorporating various musicians and vocalists performing in the USA, Italy, Japan, the D. R. Congo, Bahrain, Spain, Argentina, Nepal, and Jamaica. "The Weight" is one of The Band's best known songs, gaining considerable The inspiration for and influences affecting the composition of "The Weight" came from the music of the The original members of The Band performed "The Weight" as an The colorful characters in "The Weight" were based on real people members of The Band knew, as Levon Helm explained in his autobiography, According to Robertson, "The Weight" was inspired by the movies of Spanish filmmaker (Buñuel) did so many films on the impossibility of sainthood. "The Weight" is an original song by the Canadian-American group The Band that was released as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968 and on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink.
It has been released on the Playing For Change"The Weight" has been featured in a number of commercials, concerts, films and television shows, and onstage. betekent dat de notering nog niet verwerkt is. you put the load right on me." Lyrics to 'The Weight' by Band: I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead I just need some place where I can lay my head 'Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?' Het is vele malen door andere artiesten opgenomen en geldt als een klassieker in de rockmuziek.
He just grinned and shook my hand, 'no' was all he said
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Dit populairste nummer van The Band werd beroemd door de film The Band sloeg dit nummer zelden over tijdens hun concerten en ook bij de solocarrières van de groepsleden en de in de jaren tachtig en negentig door Levon Helm heropgerichte groep The Band bleef het een vast onderdeel van hun repertoire.
Hudson (de organist van The Band) en Manuel (de pianist) hadden dus geruild van instrument. Een getal geeft de plaats aan; een '*' dat het nummer niet genoteerd kon zijn, omdat het nog niet was uitgekomen, een '-' dat het nummer niet genoteerd was en een '?' For the 2012 South Korean film, see mewithoutYou – Aaron Weiss – "The Weight" Bob Dylan coverBruce Springsteen – "The Weight" (The Band cover) Prudential 5/2/12Panic at the Disco – "The Weight" performance session
The songwriting credit to Robbie Robertson for "The Weight", like credit for many of the songs performed by The Band, was disputed years later by Levon Helm. The official recording credits on the single belong to the above names, in that order, not to The Band per se. Bij latere optredens werden orgel en/of The Weight komt voor op het overgrote deel van de (al dan niet officiële) concert-dvd's van The Band (en ook van de afzonderlijke ex-Bandleden) en verder in de volgende films: .
Written by Band member Robbie Robertson, the song is about a visitor's experiences in a town mentioned in the lyric's first line as Nazareth.
Helm insisted that the composition of the lyrics and the music was collaborative, declaring that each band member made a substantial contribution. The Band's performance of "The Weight" in the 1968 studio recording included
The characters in the song - Crazy Chester, Luke, Anna Lee, are based on friends of the band.
41 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004. "The Weight" has significantly influenced American popular music, having been listed as No. and .
Pitchfork Medianamed it the … In 2005, a remix of the song with Richard Manuel's organ restored was released as a download-only bonus track for the An edited version of the studio recording was included in the popular American On August 17, 1969, The Band performed "The Weight" as the tenth song in their set at In the 1970s, "The Weight" appeared on three live albums by The Band, Just after their November 25, 1976, "farewell concert," The Band performed a gospel arrangement of "The Weight" with In 1989, when The Band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, "The Weight" was performed by Garth Hudson, Rick Danko, and Robbie Robertson, with Blue Rodeo accompanying.
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