(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 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),
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
And of course The Persuasions' a capella "The Man In Me":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsx9YBV9EnM
― dow, Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
Nanci Griffith's Boots of Spanish Leather is probably my favourite.
https://youtu.be/ZhKamjavG04
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
Can't wait to spend some serious time checking out these recommendations.
Meanwhile, the 16 Horsepower cover of Nobody 'Cept You from Bootleg series is well worht your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUAkIxja6uY
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
Love the country take of “don’t think twice” by Boby Bare:
https://youtu.be/QnAR7FAQ_cA
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 9 July 2018 01:53 (five years ago) link
Also check the finale rave-up of "Tombstone Blues" on Live From Central Park, by Sheryl Crow & Friends, who on various tracks incl. Keith Richards, Chrissie Hynde, Stevie Nicks, Clapton, Dixie Chicks---Chicks are def aboard this one, think Keef too; what I remember best is Natalie Maines' vicious Texas accent, bitin' them verses.
― dow, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
today's WFMU show of all female-singer covers
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92890
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
Thanks for this, sooo much! Current Fave rave: Marianne Faithfull's "Visions of Johanna." Oh that xpost Bettye LaVette album turned out to be excellent: she chops and channels "Times They Are A-Changin'{ to suit her groove, off-handed, also plunges fearlessly in to thickets of much later material. Fairport Convention and Friends' A Tree With Roots is pretty much all their Dylan covers, 'til the next reunion, anyway.
― dow, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
Nina Simone's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" might be my favourite cover of anything ever.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
an all-lay lady lay set! this is what i need today for sure
"rich kid blues" is _the_ marianne faithfull record for me, i think i ran into it through beware of the blog back when that was a going thing and it's, whew.
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbrIPTNzEBA
― mandarax, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
For his 80th: 80 different Dylan songs by 80 different artists. (I see Rolling Stone did something similar but I made this before I saw that. A fair amount of overlap, but a bunch that aren't.)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2VMqOf2ODyYtFqDO8gZGiN?si=6e433ab69c6a43fc
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 24 May 2021 13:54 (two years ago) link
thanks, tipsy!
In related news: Chrissie Hynde's Dylan covers album is unexpectedly excellent. For once an artist eschews the war horses.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 May 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
Oh, I need to get on that. You're right, that's a good selection of tracks.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 24 May 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
I quite liked Yo La Tengo’s “It Takes a lot to Laugh” cover, I had downloaded it 15 years ago and I think they just officially released it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvel4jtV4_8
― JoeStork, Monday, 24 May 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
I agree, in theory, about the unconventional selections on the Chrissie Hynde record, but I'm just not that big a fan of this particular selection of post-70s Dylan tracks. The "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" cover is gorgeous, though.
The Cover Me blog is doing a whole bunch of Dylan covers stuff right now, so there's my soundtrack for today.
100 Best Dylan covers: https://www.covermesongs.com/2021/05/the-100-best-bob-dylan-covers-ever.html20 Best Dylan cover albums: https://www.covermesongs.com/2021/05/cover-classics-bob-dylan-tribute-albums.html
― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Monday, 24 May 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
Jerry Lee, "Rita May"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r-La50P_iQ
― dow, Monday, 24 May 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
There's also a wild live version of this somewhere:
JLL: "Stepchild"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSboLWm5mA0
― dow, Monday, 24 May 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
Link Wray's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" from Bullshot. Play it loud.
― Leftee, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 04:09 (two years ago) link
Graham Bonnet’s 1977 cover of “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” is crucial and keyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSBDlsTyT60
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 04:49 (two years ago) link
I've posted this in another thread before so apologies for the repeat, but O'Connor's "I Believe in You" is stunning - I never cared for that song until I heard her version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlkeZqHmxlk
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 14:25 (two years ago) link
I can announce that Chrissie Hynde's new cover of "Blind Willie McTell" is all-time.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
I don't know the Dylan original, but her version of Sweetheart Like You has immediately brought me to tears. I'm only four tracks into the album but this is astonishing.
― Alba, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
here's a mix I put together a few weeks back — pretty fun stuff: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2021/05/04/strike-another-match-dylan-translated
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
Really like the Emma Swift covers that were high up on the Cover Me list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejmLQiMMRVA
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
otm Alfred:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GJoGTsHWDg
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link
Not exactly covers related, but here are 86 artists talking about their favorite Dylan song: https://www.stereogum.com/2147461/favorite-bob-dylan-songs/lists/ultimate-playlist/
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang's version of "Changing of the Guard" is well worth searching out, it is quite beautiful and dreamy.
Mentioned once in the thread, but worth repeating that Nazareth id "Hollis Brown" as proto-doom metal circa 1974.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
I really like Patti Smith's "Changing of the Guards" where she eliminates every gram of cheese. It's a quieter, stripped down arrangement, and transposing the sax part to the piano is a massive improvement.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
Forgot the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZ9LABs-Co
Yeah that's my favorite version of "Changing of the Guards."
I only recently learned Duane Eddy did an album of Dylan covers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxLSntYt8ts
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 03:57 (two years ago) link
I still haven’t heard a cover of “it’s all over now baby blue” that I didn’t like but the 13th floor elevators one is as perfect as they come.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 04:14 (two years ago) link
Shooter Jennings has a great cover of “Isis” Live version only, though I’d love to hear him do a studio versionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s90aw9cybvw
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 04:17 (two years ago) link
Anyone else into this proto-slowcore/dream pop version of Like a Rolling Stone by Spirit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWCxAElOSxM
― aqxmission, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 15:33 (two 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