Audio Example 4.9:

"I Don't Believe You," live, verse 1

Chapter 4
Audio Example 4.9
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"I Don't Believe You," live, verse 1

Machester, UK (Free Trade Hall)May 17, 1966

This performance—from one of Dylan's most storied concerts on the tumultuous 1966 tour—shows him completely replacing the tidy melody of the studio recording with the syllable-emphatic style, each stressed syllable flung at the the audience.