Emma Swift - I Contain Multitudes (LIVE)

Live version of Bob Dylan's I Contain Multitudes recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN for WMOT Roots Radio.

Emma's critically acclaimed album "Blonde on the Tracks": a reimagining of Bob Dylan songs out August 14, 2020 on Tiny Ghost Records. Featured in: Los Angeles Review of Books, LA Times, Rolling Stone, No Depression, Hot Press, Nashville Scene Best of 2020.

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★★★★ - Record Collector Magazine
★★★★ - The Guardian
★★★★ - The Irish Times
8/10 - Under the Radar
8/10 - Uncut Magazine

[timoteitodor]

I was born in 98 and I discoverd bob's music 4 years ago, I was fortunate enought to see him last november in bournemouth. I am fascinated by this man's music and personal lyrics.
I love when people bring some of his music back.
It s a beautiful cover.

[marioski]

Songs of Bob sung by women. Knives in the heart, chills in the spine

[tonylaughlin]

if i could write just one verse as good as any phrase in this song i would be amazed. just amazing at what Bob has done through the years. amazing. Emma, excellent rendition. This is one of those songs I bet you wished you had written....

[DaleGerdemann]

This is a very personal song where Dylan describes himself. It couldn’t possibly be covered, and especially not by a women. Or so I thought. Boy did you prove me wrong! That was beautiful! Fantastic! If there’s a prize for best, and most risky, song choice, then it should be yours.

[jasondylansargent]

Noble prize winner well deserved. Bob Dylan love you man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍😄

[wanderinggeri]

....All things lost are made good again.... perfect!

[zanderbealchannel]

Thanks for introducing me to this masterpiece.

[musicanoncleveland]

Can never hear Emma’s take on Dylan enough times. Looking forward to some new recordings!

[LuckyDogDave]

This song is being shared on Dave's Basement Tracks Dylan Covers Vol 2 #210

[kierinryan]

I bought the vinyl (shipped to Sydney, Australia) - best purchase of the last decade. You are brilliant Emma Swift

[DylanCraigSadie]

Wow. Wow. Wow. That is devastatingly true.

[mariafernandaveiga]

Today and tomorrow, and yesterday, too
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Follow me close, I'm going to Balian Bali
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
I contain multitudes
Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
I'll drink to the truth and the things we said
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
I contain multitudes
Red Cadillac and a black mustache
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
I relic and I frolic with all the young dudes
I contain multitudes
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
I go right where all things lost are made good again
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
I have no apologies to make
Everything's flowing all at the same time
I live on the boulevard of crime
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
I contain multitudes
Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
All the old queens from all my past lives
I carry four pistols and two large knives
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
I contain multitudes
You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
But not all of it, only the hateful part
I'll sell you down the river, I'll put a price on your head
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
Get lost, madame, get up off my knee
Keep your mouth away from me
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind
I'll see to it that there's no love left behind
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin's preludes
I contain multitudes

[francescorenna]

Just watched this one once more, I just love it. Love the playing, the mood, the spelling. Just a fantastic piece of art.
Thanks guys.

[GregAckerman]

Even better live than on that gorgeous recording y'all made. Thanks for sharing Emma

[FlowEckurt]

great video❣️ fantastic sung and played✨

[seanraynor]

OMFG!!!! I fucking love everything about you.. you are so talented xx

[sleepyjean]

If Bob did a duet with her, the only thing she’s done is give it diction. I thought it was a greedy old woman.