Essential Bob Dylan Covers?

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

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.

Shooter Jennings has a great cover of “Isis”
Live version only, though I’d love to hear him do a studio version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s90aw9cybvw

Anyone else into this proto-slowcore/dream pop version of Like a Rolling Stone by Spirit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWCxAElOSxM

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To this day I still can’t believe they didn’t play that song in Breaking Bad finale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVgludGcI5I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npeYMJIbY8o

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.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJpeaw6mP1c

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

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3SSIf-i_SM

I mean, god bless him for leaning into the smooth and jivey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCZFMWXuGCU

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

I prefer Glen Campbell's version of George Harrison's version tbh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBiMU7EBSFI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFcNnwlKAHk

Johnny Winter did a ripping version of Highway 61 with some sharp slide guitar.

birdistheword otm upthread. Sinead O'Connor's version of "I Believe in You" is gorgeous.