POLLING THUNDER REVUE: The Bob Dylan Poll Results Thread (He Acts Like We Never Have Met)

it's better!

and harmonica!

18. "Tears of Rage" Gene Clark (White Light, 1971)
(5 votes, 126 points)

http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9szvm1T2Z1rvfns3o1_500.jpg

http://youtu.be/FDTpK-RpYF4

17. "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" The 13th Floor Elevators (Easter Everywhere, 1967)
(4 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 128 points)

http://youtu.be/jGqEFQ5xmjU

15. (TIE) "I Shall Be Released" The Band (Music From Big Pink, 1968)
(4 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 132 points)

15. (TIE) "Tears of Rage" The Band (Music From Big Pink, 1968)
(6 votes, 132 points)

http://johannasvisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/the-band-big-pink-basement.jpg

http://youtu.be/EKirVyxf0do
http://youtu.be/Blz_sef-jj4

I didn't vote for this covers side-poll but Gene Clarke's version of Tears of Rage is what sold me on that song

Hey, The Band is tied with The Band.

14. "Blowin' in the Wind" Stevie Wonder (Up-Tight, 1966)
(6 votes, 136 points)

http://www.7inchrecords.com/Discography/StevieWonder/SblowininthewindUSA2.jpg

http://youtu.be/UIRwkqvQ_ZY

13. "Percy's Song" Fairport Convention (Unhalfbricking, 1969)
(5 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 145 points)

http://youtu.be/2C5EPmR7YdY

12. "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" Rod Stewart (Every Picture Tells a Story, 1971)
(6 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 167 points)

https://lh3.ggpht.com/ObdQB21w9lLJTzCNIrksbUExu5LhJPplQOfxV0sY8BSM6QhZEmSJ5JuDHbKqpsQrstLhZe7KSV4

http://youtu.be/nW_lCvNEBp4

now we're cooking, though Elvis >>>> Rod on that cut

Gonna go ahead and finish the covers -- then a break for dinner -- then come back with albums for the evening crowd.

11. "I'll Keep It With Mine" Fairport Convention (What We Did on Our Holiday, 1969)
(6 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 172 points)

http://driftwoodmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/fairport-convention1969.jpg

http://youtu.be/CUtFXmS9FmA

Erm, holidayS, but close enough.

for some reason I didn't know there was a Fairport Convention version of this song

10. "Every Grain of Sand" Emmylou Harris (Wrecking Ball, 1995)
(7 votes, 192 points)

http://johannasvisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bob-dylan-eric-clapton-emmylou-harris-1975.jpg

http://youtu.be/AUf-D749rWA

9. "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" Elvis Presley (Spinout, 1966)
(6 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 193 points)

http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/files/2012/03/doubleelvisdylan.jpg

http://youtu.be/wipPRxEXAPY

8. "Highway 61 Revisited" PJ Harvey (Rid of Me, 1993)
(8 votes, 209 points)

http://contests.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_10.29.98/music/photos/marcus29.gif

http://youtu.be/rxoU_E-OVRw

lol

7. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" Nina Simone (To Love Somebody, 1969)
(9 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 225 points)

http://sweensryche.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/nina-simone1.jpg

http://youtu.be/wfesHDG9i78

6. "I'll Keep It With Mine" Nico (Chelsea Girl, 1966)
(9 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 233 points)

http://walrusmusicblog.com/wp-content/uploads/retro/1104blog_430385496_803bf1d7.jpg

http://youtu.be/EcXFunZfM7U

5. "You Ain't Going Nowhere" The Byrds (Sweetheart of the Rodeo, 1968)
(11 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 289 points)

http://die-augenweide.de/byrds/pic/youaint.jpg

http://youtu.be/m0vKc3jIjDo

4."Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds (Mr. Tambourine Man, 1965)
(11 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 297 points)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f9/TheByrdsMrTambourineMan.jpg/220px-TheByrdsMrTambourineMan.jpg

http://youtu.be/uPqAvgN6Tyw

3. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" Them (Them Again, 1966)
(12 votes, 320 points)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/It

http://youtu.be/zyn8BJ1Uvzw

2. "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" Bryan Ferry (These Foolish Things, 1973)
(11 votes, 3 1st-place votes, 340 points)

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/5b/20/5b20a8b0d10ebdb3ca028d0efd49483e.jpg?itok=gjgXNgNA

http://youtu.be/7zwBHd4kll0

Was about to damn Nilsson not placing, then checked my ballot and oops, another one I missed.

I have my fingers crossed for the Soup Greens at #1.

Aaaaaaaaannnnnddddd .... a little bit of a jump in the point total to this one.

1. "All Along the Watchtower" The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Electric Ladyland, 1968)
(20 votes, 7 1st-place votes, 641 points)

http://www.covermesongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/thejimihendrixexperience-allalongthewatchtower.jpg

http://youtu.be/pJV81mdj1ic

damn! right on though, i couldn't imagine any of the other top 25 covers winning it. it was definitely my #1

much prefer harvey's version of 'highway 61' to the original (which i've always found annoying and grating despite the awesome lyrics).

jimi at number one was necessary and never in doubt but I don't regret giving my top points to Ferry's take on "gates of eden" which is no one's idea of a hit single but as a cover it's perfect. exposes new things that were always there.

much prefer harvey's version of 'highway 61' to the original (which i've always found annoying and grating despite the awesome lyrics).

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.),

otm. Very high on my ballot.

I completely forgot about PJ Harvey's cover -- should have been on my ballot.

Bob Dylan: Albums

34 voters. 68 albums of various kinds received votes. Here's the top 20.

20. Before The Flood (1974)
(8 votes, 154 points)

http://0.tqn.com/d/create/1/0/a/q/6/-/Dylan-Flood.jpg

This has some of my all-time favorite Dylan live cuts, including "Most Likely You Go Your Way," which just rages.

19. World Gone Wrong (1993)
(13 votes, 230 points)

http://classicrockmag.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bdwgw.jpg

cool ass poll folks wish i woulda had the gumption to vote

you bum!

18. Oh Mercy (1989)
(11 votes, 1 1st-place vote, 231 points)

http://untappedcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bob-Dylan-Oh-Mercy-Album-Cover.jpg

don't worry EZ i have plenty of energy to second-guess you guys :P

(no mercy is my least fav of his "great" albums)

At least you have your priorities straight.

is it a Great Album or Part #131 in The Comeback Series

17. The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)
(12 votes, 255 points)

http://www.vinylweb.nl/3425-2317-thickbox_default/bob-dylan-the-times-they-are-a-changin-mono-first-release.jpg

http://www.vinylweb.nl/3425-2317-thickbox_default/bob-dylan-the-times-they-are-a-changin-mono-first-release.jpg

Didactic sumbitch on this one, but he sings it like he means it.

i used to kind of hate on the early ones but the mono version kinda won me over, he was a great folksinger

This one is entirely too low, imo.

16. Modern Times (2006)
(13 votes, 293 points)

http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0828768760611.jpg

My favorite of the late era, and one of my favorite vocal albums by anyone.

I have zero love for Modern Times. A few good songs, but I hate how it sounds.

world gone wrong too low but i didn't vote

world gone wrong eats oh mercy alive