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Jun 18, 1996 · Wicked Messenger Lyrics: There was a wicked messenger / From Eli he did come / With a mind that multiplied / The smallest matter / When asked who had sent for him / He answered with his...
The song has been covered by over a dozen artists, notably Faces on their 1970 album First Step; Patti Smith on her 1996 album Gone Again; and The Black Keys for the I'm Not There soundtrack in 2007. [11]
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- December 27, 1967
- November 29, 1967
Gone Again is the sixth studio album by Patti Smith, released June 18, 1996, on Arista Records. The production of the record was preceded by the deaths of many of Smith's close friends and peers, including her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, her brother Todd, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Sohl and Kurt Cobain, with whom Smith had sympathized.
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- June 18, 1996
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Show 1 of 2 . "The Wicked Messenger" is a song written and originally performed by Bob Dylan for his 1967 album 'John Wesley Harding'.
There was a wicked messenger, from Eli he did come<br>With a mind that multiplied the smallest matter<br>When questioned who had sent for him, he answered with his thumb<br>For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter<br>He stayed behind the assembly hall, it was there he made his bed<br ...
