Of course, I was singing about a different Baby Blue.”Īlthough the lyrics are rather biting, Dylan sings the song softly, backed by a delicate guitar pattern. It had always been one of my favorites, Baby Blue… ‘When first I met my baby, she said how do you do, she looked into my eyes and said /my name is Baby Blue.’ It was one of the songs I used to sing back in high school.
“I had carried that song around in my head for a long time,” said Dylan, “and I remember that when I was writing it, I’d remembered a Gene Vincent song. Whatever or whoever the song is aimed at, It’s All Over Now is a great example of how Dylan’s songs often work on many levels, subject to wildly different interpretations. Dylan denies it in an interview with Craig McGregor, but then again, he’s never been very forthcoming with the press. This theory does suit Baez perfectly, she being the queen of the folk movement who would be half-forgotten in the ensuing rock age. Some suggest it could be about Joan Baez. Paul Williams thinks the song is being sung to someone that is heading for a fall. These ideas could be way overblown and the song could really be just another of Dylan’s vitriolic breakup songs. “Strike another match, go start anew/It’s all over now, Baby Blue”.
Read in that light, the song could very well be understood as Dylan saying goodbye to the folk movement and hello to the sounds of rock ‘n’ roll. Or perhaps he was sending his folkie fans a message conveyed through the lyrics of this song. Perhaps he just wanted to play any acoustic song in order to get the crowd off his back. Why did he choose this particular song? By most accounts, Dylan’s brash electric performance was booed by many of the folk purists at the show. Dylan sang It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue at the 1965 Newport Folk Festivalwhen he came back to the stage with his acoustic guitar for an encore after his controversial electric performance.
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