Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word

Joan Baez

From the Album Baez Sings Dylan

December 1, 1968

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Date First Available : January 1, 2006
Manufacturer : Vanguard Records
ASIN : B001G5VHOG

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JaneDoe966Top Contributor: Pets

A great song to have stuck in my head.

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2020

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I don't know how I got through almost 54 years of life without having sampled Joan Baez's work. I was watching a video on Youtube by a film-maker who was with Joan in her home with Earl Scruggs and his two boys. They played this song and I instantly fell in love with it. I could not believe how great they all sounded just sitting in her living room live. It was fabulous, record-quality sound. So I looked up the song here on Amazon, giving it a listen to make sure it wasn't too different to what I heard from that video. It turned out to be just great, even though different instruments were used. While in Joan's living room, Earl Scruggs played banjo. On the record, no one is playing banjo (off the top of my head), but there is a sitar being played. I think if I had to choose, I would prefer the banjo version I originally heard, but it's no less enjoyable. I especially love that this is a long song. I've always hated that so many songs I love are over in just over two and a half minutes. This one is much more satisfying in that regard.

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Douglas L. Crabb

You will really have a good/ different day listening to Joan

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2019

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Heard this early morning on you tube music
Not sure what happened next but while working I must have relistened ten or more times and it was not enough. Came home from work , listened a few more times and then purchased from Amazon Music . I do not have many days like that. It was really awesome

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Crumidan45

After she finished Dylan said "That's a good song, who wrote it

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2016

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In an interview, Joan said that she was playing this song one time when she and Dylan were together. After she finished Dylan said "That's a good song, who wrote it?" She told him "You did, you dope!" He'd written so many songs in such a short time by then that he forgot about that one.

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Mark M Seeger

nice song

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2017

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A Bob Dylan song sung by his close companion Baez. I have never heard Bob sing this song. Classic in the line of folk ballad? Perhaps.

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Cajun Stunned

song rekindled by Scorcese's No Direction Home

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2020

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great dylan through baez.

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David H.

NO ONE quite covers Dylan like Joannie! The top shelf NashVegas backup session people ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2018

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NO ONE quite covers Dylan like Joannie!
The top shelf NashVegas backup session people don't hurt either. ;)

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Michael Horton

Review of Love is Just a Four Letter Word by Joan Baez

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2012

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Again, you have a unique perspective when you grow up in the Baby Boomer era. I have followed her all of her career and have most of her music although most of it is on LP or on cassette.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2015

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On of my best 60's folk songs

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