There are no more superlatives left to describe the Band’s performance in their last concert The Last Waltz. You know when you are beholden to the best art when your only feeble reaction is – ‘How on God’s earth did they do that‘? I’m still staggered by this mesmerizing concert and how one of the all-time great American directors Martin Scorsese managed to showcase it in all its glory. We as admirers of great music are truly blessed. Can you imagine for a second, a world which existed if Scorsese had not recorded this? Skip that… I don’t even want to entertain the thought. Rick Danko’s voice here is just ‘Wow’!
It makes no difference where I turn
I can’t get over you and the flame still burns
It makes no difference, night or day
The shadow never seems to fade away
And the sun don’t shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Now there’s no love
As true as the love
That dies untold
But the clouds never hung so low before
It Makes No Difference is a song written by Robbie Robertson and sung by Rick Danko that was first released by The Band on their 1975 album Northern Lights – Southern Cross. According to Robertson, “I wrote this song specifically for Rick to sing and when we first started discovering the possibilities, it kept expanding to more levels of emotion. What Garth and I could add to finalize the statement of this song was purely instinctual.“
Allmusic critic Rob Bowman claims that it “might be the best romantic ballad ever done by the group.” The Sarasota Herald-Tribune described the song as “poignant” and praised its eloquence as being worthy of a Grammy Award.
Reference:
1. It Makes No Difference – Wikipedia
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
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Yea it’s time to watch The Last Waltz…I do every Thanksgiving here…Love this song and Rick Danko’s voice.
We are currently searching the original DVD and CDs of the concert. Here in Colombia we just have the CD original available. I suspect we’ll get them all (DVD also) in time for Xmas. Great Thanksgiving concert!
Yes it is…I rerun a post about it every Thanksgiving…what a concert. I would say the best filmed concert.
It still boggles my mind how they did it. Like how did they cover all those other artists and sound incredible and do their own stuff? I’ve never seen anything like that. And the longevity of the performance.
They were so tight of a band…but yea that had to be a mad house back stage…knowing all of those songs.
I’ve never seen it’s equal, nor anything that could compare to it. They were the best.
Yea I love that band…no pun intended.
I would love to see something comparable to that talent displayed. I doubt I’ll ever find it.
No… our culture is too fractured.
To my mind, this music show is the best in history. There isn’t a thing which compares to it. Nothing. Zero. I don’t know how they did it. Absolute dedication and discipline. Arte exemplified.