IFLTS: 'It Makes No Difference,' The Band

Posted on Aug 26th 2008 3:00PM by Georgia Kral
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'It Makes No Difference,' The Band
From 1978's 'The Last Waltz'

'It Makes No Difference' is nearly the most forlorn and heartbreaking song I know. The Band's Rick Danko, a dreamy bassist with warm and round tenor pipes, handles vocal duties with such emotion that you feel like he's singing about you -- or for you. It's overwhelming in the best of ways.

"Well I love you so much, and it's all I could do/Just to keep myself from telling you/That I never felt so alone before."

The song is featured on 1978's 'The Last Waltz,' which served as a simultaneous reunion and goodbye for the Band, who had been "16 years on the road." The first time I saw the concert was in my first year at Hampshire College. Consequently, the person I watched it with became my best friend.

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