― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 6 August 2005 05:52 (eighteen years ago) link
i like nico a lot but the fairport "i'll keep it with mine" is the keeper
― gershy, Monday, 17 September 2007 06:24 (sixteen years ago) link
fairport one is one of the best songs ever
― chaki, Monday, 17 September 2007 07:13 (sixteen years ago) link
No love for the Turtles' "It Ain't Me Babe"? or the Burritos' "If You Gotta Go..."?
― bham, Monday, 17 September 2007 07:43 (sixteen years ago) link
No Julie Driscoll's "This Wheel's on Fire"? No Peter, Paul, & Mary's "Too Much of Nothing"? No NEIL YOUNG??!!??! This thread is broken.
― Nubbelverbrennung, Monday, 17 September 2007 09:36 (sixteen years ago) link
13th Floor Elevators - "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
― sexyDancer, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd like to second Amateurist from waaaay earlier on Elvis' version of "Tomorrow Is A Long Time". It's hazy, the aural equivalent of a mid 80s Penthouse photoshoot, with soft lighting and a quaalude glow. This song is Exhibit #1 for the value of prescription drug abuse by musicians.
― Euler, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
ELVIS DOING DON'T THINK TWICE, ferry doing don't think twice, indigo girls(with baez) doing don't think twice, magnet doing lay lady lay.
there's more.
― MRZBW, Monday, 17 September 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
robyn hitchcock's "tryin to get to heaven before they close the door"
― ciderpress, Monday, 17 September 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
<i>No Julie Driscoll's "This Wheel's on Fire"?</i>
^^^no diggity.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 17 September 2007 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
sexyd otm. though the charley d & milo version is "i'll keep it with mine" is awesome too. borrows fairly heavily from the fairport version, i think.
― ian, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Robyn H kind of owns Not Dark Yet for me.
― Jon Lewis, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Emmylou Harris doing "Every Grain of Sand" is quite nice.
Re: Nico. I can never get over how out of tune she is. Was.
― dally, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I actually had a pretty hard time deciding which version of "I'll Keep It With Mine" was better - Dylan's, Fairport's or Nico's. It's a hypnotic and haunting song regardless.
― Bimble, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 01:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Johnny Rivers' take on "positively 4th street" is grand. and i reckon i'd call it beautiful. in its own way
― outdoor_miner, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Olivia Newton-John's "If Not For You" is beautiful in much the same way that Olivia Newton-John's hair is beautiful.
Nina Simone's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" is beautiful in much the same way that blood trickling down a drain can be beautiful.
― Douglas, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 04:10 (sixteen years ago) link
How do folks feel about "Eastern Rain", the Joni cover on WWDOOH? Having pulled out the album for the first time in a while, I'm just mesmerized by this one. Don't feel I've paid it the proper attention before on an album with "I'll Keep it With Mine" and "Meet on the Ledge", etc.. Denny in full-throated mode, but still her singing (and the instrumentation, too) manages lovely delicacy at the same time.
― softspool, Sunday, 29 July 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
the guitar solo in "Eastern Rain" is unfortunate.
― starfish succulents (unregistered), Sunday, 29 July 2012 04:27 (eleven years ago) link
I've always loved it fwiw.
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 29 July 2012 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
haha, i like the solo, but think i understand where you're coming from. xp
― softspool, Sunday, 29 July 2012 05:00 (eleven years ago) link