― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Monday, 15 August 2005 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Monday, 15 August 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― don, Monday, 15 August 2005 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link
I don't think I've ever heard Dylan's version of "If Not For You", but George Harrison's is great.-- The Yellow Kid (ano...), August 6th, 2005.george is the best , olivia newton johns version is horrid and should be avoided.
-- jendy wames (jend...), August 6th, 2005 2:27 AM. (link)I'll agree with that.
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 2 September 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan. (dan.), Friday, 2 September 2005 14:06 (eighteen years ago) link
I'll stand by Mark Arm's "Masters of War" 7" (released the day the Gulf War I started)
― Old School (sexyDancer), Friday, 2 September 2005 14:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 2 September 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
The bass playing on that is really good, is that his regular guy, Steve something?
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 2 September 2005 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm hooked on Solomon Burke's "Maggie's Farm" and Phil Flowers's "Like A Rolling Stone" right now... the only other one I can think of off-hand right now is Stevie's "Blowin' In The Wind", which doesn't blow me away as much but then I'm kind of sick of the song itself.
Can anyone recommend any others, especially pre-funk '60's stomping soul stuff?
― Brio, Sunday, 13 September 2009 15:29 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry - didn't meant to post twice - if a mod cares to delete this last post or the other thread, please do whatever's easy for you. or not. thanks.
― Brio, Sunday, 13 September 2009 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvKyBcCDOB4this song has such a weird history -- a fragment that dylan forgot instantly, only ever appeared on bootlegs, is now a hit country song by the dude from hootie.
― tylerw, Sunday, 26 May 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
also i did not know they made videos like this anymore -- this is going to be played all the time on vh1 circa 1996!
― tylerw, Sunday, 26 May 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
uh if I'm not wrong that dude is hootie
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 26 May 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
lol come on if you were a true hootie fan you'd know that he does not like being referred to as hootie.
― tylerw, Sunday, 26 May 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
don't be a blowfish
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 26 May 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
Though Rucker is commonly thought of as Hootie and the other members as the Blowfish, Rucker has clarified multiple times that he is not Hootie, and the other band members are not the Blowfish. The band name is completely separate from the band members.
― tylerw, Sunday, 26 May 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
lol
Next thing you know we will be hearing that there is no such person as Pablo Cruise.
― Oulipo Traces (on a Cigarette) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 May 2013 00:39 (ten years ago) link
Cough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D48MfkoTdLw
― kaleb h. (Everything You Like Sucks), Monday, 27 May 2013 03:24 (ten years ago) link
Inessential cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE7-K71uYak
― still they yacht me like (Eazy), Monday, 27 May 2013 03:32 (ten years ago) link
t you know abt this also yeah? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gX1EP6mG-E
― bear, bear, bear, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link
Nilsson's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" isn't mentioned on any of these Dylan cover threads, and it oughta be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI5L_tehaQ0
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 00:49 (ten years ago) link
That Hole cover of "Baby Blue" sounds good to me. (The X, no.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
i like nilsson's version...and yeah i gather hootie is essentially "covering" the old crow medicine show "cover"...dylan must be chuckling about getting royalty checks for this thing.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 02:34 (ten years ago) link
Full cred to Adele for covering a late-period Dylan song, just to show it can still be done. (How many times did someone say "oh yeah, and Dylan wrote one for us, but we didn't use it..")
Hmm, Nilson doing SubHomBlu, I can't imagine that. Will wait for the boxset to arrive tho.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 09:02 (ten years ago) link
Jim Nabors singing Dylan with Leigh French and Rob Reiner of The Committee. How many hippies became imperialists? https://t.co/5JW80TbqJC— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) November 30, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 2 December 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link
well this blew the top of my head off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUK8ZQD5GYo
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 7 July 2018 08:04 (five years ago) link
Television Knocking on Heaven's Door
― Stevolende, Saturday, 7 July 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
Good one!
― Pwn Goal Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 July 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
Outlaw Blues is great in live versions by Great Society and Dream Syndicate
― Stevolende, Saturday, 7 July 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
Yeah xgau recently flipped for that LaVette album of Dylan covers, which I haven't heard, though he low-rated a couple of her previous collections that I really enjoyed, so wonder if I'll like this one as well (yeah, probably; she's great, in an unusual way, that I think of as Method or Cassavetes).Nobody's mentioned Nazareth's stretch-screech "Hollis Brown"? Don't sleep on Jerry Lewis's live and studio versions of "Rita May" on YouTube, ditto "Stepchild," from what I think is his most recent album, 2014'sRock & Roll Time, which is very fine.
― dow, Saturday, 7 July 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
16 Horsepower-Nobody 'Cept You
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 7 July 2018 23:41 (five years ago) link
The new Titus Andronicus album has a wonderfully ridiculous take on "Like a Rolling Stone."
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Saturday, 7 July 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
some good stuff here: https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/151888974397/yo-la-tengo-does-dylan-sunday-re-up-in-honor-of
― tylerw, Sunday, 8 July 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
Staple Singers’ “John Brown”
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 8 July 2018 00:15 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8SOgbz4_4
― the yolk sustains us, we eat whites for days (unregistered), Sunday, 8 July 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
Dylan's Gospel was recorded long before his official Christian Period, and includes several verbose stoner folk and folk-rock classics I didn't expect, but no prob, ditto with for inst "Lay Lady Lay":
But something tells us you haven’t heard anything quite like Dylan’s Gospel by The Brothers and Sisters, a choir of Los Angeles session singers brought gloriously to the fore for a very special, one-off record.
Originally released in 1969 on Ode Records, this rare and sought-after album finds the California collective covering a clutch of Dylan classics in the era’s revolutionary gospel style. Produced by Lou Adler, soon to work his magic on Carole King’s mega-successful Tapestry, and arranged by Gene Page, noted for his work for Motown, the performers were largely unknown, but many went on to find great acclaim. Merry Clayton, the powerhouse singer best known for sparring with Mick Jagger on Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” (and star of the recent documentary 20 Feet from Stardom*), appears here, as does Edna Wright of The Honeycones and Gloria Jones who recorded the original version of “Tainted Love” in 1965.
The cast of 27 singers also includes Ruby Johnson, Shirley Matthews, Clydie King, Patrice Holloway, Julia Tillman.. Wasn't Clydie King on some Dylan albums and maybe his wife for a while? Anyway, more info, audio here (and some videos are on the 'Tube)https://lightintheattic.net/releases/1007-dylan-s-gospel*20 Feet From Stardom is an excellent doc about backup singers!
― dow, Sunday, 8 July 2018 02:43 (five years ago) link
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová Irglová - You Aint Goin' Nowhere
― nicky lo-fi, Sunday, 8 July 2018 02:57 (five years ago) link
I think Lou Reed’s performance of “Foot of Pride” (from the “30th Anniversary Concert” that aired on TV) is pretty essential — Lou found a little-known Dylan song that was perfectly suited to be a Lou Reed song, and made it an instant highlight of the show.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 8 July 2018 06:20 (five years ago) link
(The song itself – every verse – is also peak, hardcore Infidels-era greatness... In these times of compassion when conformity’s in fashion Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in.)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 8 July 2018 06:30 (five years ago) link
For vintage Dylan covers, I have always been a fan of the 13th Floor Elevators take on "(It's all over Now) Baby Blue". Roky's voice brings out the sadness in the tune.
― earlnash, Sunday, 8 July 2018 12:01 (five years ago) link
― i’m still stanning (morrisp),
otm
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 July 2018 12:03 (five years ago) link
I updated my list a few weeks ago.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 July 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
R. Stevie Moore, "Who Killed Davey Moore?"
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Sunday, 8 July 2018 12:10 (five years ago) link
Good “Not Dark Yet” from Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ixkCXSI7M
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 8 July 2018 13:02 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ixkCXSI7M
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 8 July 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
PJ Harvey:
Highway 61 Revisitedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVA3l2xtWnk
Shot of Lovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3CIK5SoTio
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Sunday, 8 July 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
Can't find a recording right now, but Alejandro Escovedo used to do a gorgeous version of "Dark Eyes," bonus points for picking from later Dylan ("Empire Burlesque!").
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 July 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
The Every Brothers, "Abandoned Love." One of my favorite songs and great to hear the Everlys sing it (though it can't touch Bob's only live performance at the Other End).
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Sunday, 8 July 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
Buddy Guy, "Lay Lady Lay," w Anthony Hamilton's country soul voice and Robert Randolph's cosmic steel guitar.
― dow, Sunday, 8 July 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
Xxp
To this day I still can’t believe they didn’t play that song in Breaking Bad finale
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVgludGcI5I
― xzanfar, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npeYMJIbY8o
― xzanfar, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 18:38 (two years ago) link
Thanks guys, several here lately that I never hoid of!Yeah, Chrissie Hynde's rainy day country-folk conversations keep me listening, nursing a drink and memories and not bogarting that joint because it's all sides of the online, passing tracks back and forth with her Pretenders guitarist and their listeners, good for strumming and keys---seems like a little more variety might be good, but maybe would mess with the intimacy. But also---I just first listened to Lucinda Williams' Bob's Back Pages: A Night of Bob Dylan Songs, which is a lot to take in, quality and quantity and range and depth (of dug-in heels, writing and choice-wise), but clearly she's wide awake all night, no slurs, lots of teeth, with her hot crusty railroad combo from Good Souls Better Angels, I think (it's a download, so no fancy info). The theme, one of the recurring themes, is restless frustration---"I look like I'm movin', but I'm standin' still," but never shut up. The dread "To Make You Feel My Love" is the ringer, and closer, but works (and follows "Idiot Wind"), by far the best version I've heard, of which there have of course been a shitload. "Everything's Broken," "Political World," and "Man of Peace" make one ornery triptych early on. "Queen Jane Approximately"is drinking wedding band folk punk change of pace, nice. Was going to pick some from YouTube, but can't decide.
― dow, Friday, 18 June 2021 23:52 (two years ago) link
This cover of Sign On The Window by Sarah Jarosz is absolutely stunning. I'd never heard of her until I saw this but it seems that as well as doing her own material she does tons of covers, including unusual choices like Prince and Billie Eilish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73qzaGalZg
― Officer Pupp, Saturday, 19 June 2021 10:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJpeaw6mP1c
― buzza, Saturday, 19 June 2021 10:27 (two years ago) link
Magnificent «Changing of the Guards» by Norwegian Signe Marie Rustad, from a Dylan tribute on Norwegian national TV this fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_BgSyU5G1w
― Mule, Sunday, 5 December 2021 12:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3SSIf-i_SM
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:39 (ten months ago) link
I mean, god bless him for leaning into the smooth and jivey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCZFMWXuGCU
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:47 (ten months ago) link
I don't think I've ever heard Dylan's version of "If Not For You", but George Harrison's is great.-- The Yellow Kid (ano...), August 6th, 2005.george is the best , olivia newton johns version is horrid and should be avoided.― jendy wames, Saturday, 6 August 2005 05:27 (seventeen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
-- The Yellow Kid (ano...), August 6th, 2005.george is the best , olivia newton johns version is horrid and should be avoided.
― jendy wames, Saturday, 6 August 2005 05:27 (seventeen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
I prefer Glen Campbell's version of George Harrison's version tbh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBiMU7EBSFI
― Renaissance of the Celtic Trumpet (Tom D.), Monday, 12 June 2023 06:43 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFcNnwlKAHk
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Monday, 12 June 2023 18:12 (ten months ago) link
Johnny Winter did a ripping version of Highway 61 with some sharp slide guitar.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 13:31 (ten months ago) link
birdistheword otm upthread. Sinead O'Connor's version of "I Believe in You" is gorgeous.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 14:22 (ten months ago) link