Covers of Bob Dylan

[kid charlemagne]

inspired by william kent, this thread will be a log of the best and worst covers of his songs, and maybe ill post some covers hes done himself.... i will log each song 1-10..... i will try to find a new one every day from REAL artists....

 

[william_kent]

obvious choice:



Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

 

[william_kent]

from their "difficult second album"



13th Floor Elevators - Baby Blue

 

[kid charlemagne]

7/10
iis this even a good song? im not 100 percent sure i can say so despite my solid rating, but i respect the obscurity of it, i like the thumbnail and it shows that reggae fans like dylan and are aware and influenced by his music

 

[william_kent]

The Soup Greens - Like A Rollin' Stone

 

[william_kent]

7/10
iis this even a good song? im not 100 percent sure i can say so despite my solid rating, but i respect the obscurity of it, i like the thumbnail and it shows that reggae fans like dylan and are aware and influenced by his music

what song are you referring to?

 

[kid charlemagne]

obvious choice:



Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

10/10.... this has an argument to be the biggest most popular cover ever right.... its now a hendrix song not a dylan song....

 

[kid charlemagne]

what song are you referring to?

 

[william_kent]

Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

[kid charlemagne]

from their "difficult second album"



13th Floor Elevators - Baby Blue

9/10.... i loved this.... the original has a very singular "end of times" feel to it in terms of the destruction of self and relationships becoming lost, but this brings a grander feel to that destruction and end of times feel.... the meandering improvinisational feel to the guitar tone reeling in the background helps with that.... this is a song you could put over footage of Apocalypse now instead of the Doors' the end song....

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

[0bleak]

 

[william_kent]

Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn

this was a huge UK hit in the late 1960s

I once saw them on their ill fated 1980s comeback tour at Bracknell Sports Centre, this was their highlight tune

 

[kid charlemagne]

The Soup Greens - Like A Rollin' Stone

6/10
blues music co opted by the white man.... sounds like the velvets and rolling stones or some 60s band..... love the finnicky rapid racing sound of the instruments, but lacks the vocal scorn of the original.... not great not terrible

 

[0bleak]

I suspect you won't like this

 

[william_kent]

and the James Last cover of the Manfred Mann cover



James Last - Might Quinn

"easy"

 

[0bleak]

 

[william_kent]

Poster Children - Isis

I only own this because it is on the same CD as the extended version of David Lynch's "Pink Room" magnum opus

the first time I've listened to it is just now, I'm veering between ambivalent / hate it

edit: "hate it", will never listen again

 

[kid charlemagne]

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Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

6/10
certainly a more respect than admire track.... i admire how much work the backup singers are doing here.... the whole excercise feels exhausting.... please slow down.... but not a bad effort

 

[0bleak]