Covers of Bob Dylan

[william_kent]

6/10
sure.... this isnt upsetting or offensive.... when i hear this im in a lonely bar in oregon its snowing hard outside and im watching the time go by...

first couple of bars is pure BREAKS! all downhill from there

 

[kid charlemagne]

8/10
i like scott walker, this is a great cover.... but something about the elevated feel to this song with the sound and his mountain like voice hurts the regretful feels of the lyrics in comp to dylan's song

 

[kid charlemagne]

5/10
i feel nothing... while this isnt a bad cover... the emptiness it offers hurts my feelings.... dylan has attitude, this version has none, removing any humour from the original... this is so slow

 

[kid charlemagne]

6/10
i wish i liked this more than i do...ive heard it before.... the idea of van morrison covering dylan is maybe better as an idea.... hes great, but musically this is just uninspiring

 

[0bleak]

8/10
i like scott walker, this is a great cover.... but something about the elevated feel to this song with the sound and his mountain like voice hurts the regretful feels of the lyrics in comp to dylan's song

I was curious what you would think of that 'cause scott walker is a bit much.

 

[kid charlemagne]

this is the B side of one of the best singles EVER

the A side is one of the 3 tunes that will get played at my funeral, the tune that sums up my philosophy of life

but here is the B side that I never listen to, it's OK to give this one a negative review



The Specials - Maggie's Farm

6/10
i dont even dislike this.... much more interesting musically in how manic it is than the sounds coming out of the man's mouth

 

[kid charlemagne]

4/10
the music sounds good... but he doesnt need to be inflecting his voice like that... relax man just sing the song

 

[kid charlemagne]

Jimi Hendrix - Drifter's Escape ( alternative version )

one trick pony?

5/10
hmmmm.... sounds a bit too improvisational to really sound like a real effort instead of just blaring noise.... hendrix doesnt feel quite engaged for this, sounds more like jamming around in the studio rather than just cutting a real track

 

[william_kent]

sort of had to include this



Joan Baez - I shall Be Released live at Woodstock

I was horrified when I first heard this - I had been in love with the Keith Hudson version for years and then I heard this and all my illusions were shattered when I realised the REGGAE DENTIST had covered a Bob Dylan tune

edit:

the Keith Hudson do-over

 

[william_kent]

5/10
hmmmm.... sounds a bit too improvisational to really sound like a real effort instead of just blaring noise.... hendrix doesnt feel quite engaged for this, sounds more like jamming around in the studio rather than just cutting a real track

spot on

he bought a studio just before he OD'd and spent time fucking around doing drugs and complaining the drummer wasn't "feeling it"

I made the mistake of buying the Electric lady land studio sessions box set and it is just full of this sort of noodling around

the first 3 CDs and Jimi is just shutting down the jam with gripes about "no man, play the D on the third beat man, fuck you!" ON EVERY tune, no wonder they laced his porridge with benzos

 

[kid charlemagne]

I'm going to chuck this one in again

one of the great tunes of all time

but even better when it is in a reggae do-over



Freddie McGregor - I Shall Be Released ( Studio One Discomix )

8/10
i would buy a physical copy if i found one.... reggae has the most right of any genre to make a song 10 minutes....
last one for today im losing words

 

[william_kent]

oooooh oooh oh

they say anything can be replaced!

I SEE JAH LIGHT COME SHINING!
FROM THE WEST UNTO THE EAST!

ANY DAY NOW
ANY WAY NOW



Judy Mowatt - I Shall be released

 

[william_kent]

I forgot to write about how "Joan and Bob" is the celebrity sex tape that SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED

I'm not into "plucked chicken cold turkey shaved pubes" but I'm guessing that "Joan and Bob" might be too pale and hairy / "natural' for my taste

edit: once I had to explain to a colleague about "hairy nipple fetish" and I sort of feel the legendary BOB & JOAN fuck tape would show him the full horror

 

[line b]

If the kid doesn't give this a ten of ten it will really lower my estimation of him as a man

 

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[pattycakes_]

Kinda a cheeky one but The Band get top billing so suck a fuck