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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:53 PM
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Name a Bob Dylan cover you don't like better than the original.
Please -- no William Shatners.
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NurseLefty Donating Member (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:56 PM
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1. Knockin' on Heaven's Door by GnR
Bums and posers - Axl blows! :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
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stinkeefresh Donating Member (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 05:20 PM
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14. truth!
That version is unforgivable. Now my Kareoke version on the other had, is great. But that's because I'm singing it about America.
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zappaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:56 PM
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2. Too easy
All Along The Watchtower by Hendrix...
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Mallifica Donating Member (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:59 PM
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6. I second that
I also don't like the DMB cover better either. Mr. Tambourine Man by the Birds . .
there are probably a number of others. I actually like the way Dylan sings.
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DelawareValleyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:57 PM
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3. If Not for You
Olivia Newton John.

That and All Along the Watchtower by Hendrix

<runs for cover>
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:58 PM
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4. Bette Midler's version of "Buckets of Rain"
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madaboutharry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:58 PM
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5. A version of God on Our Side by
A French singing group. It is done in French and it sounds like the arrangement was done by Andy Williams' ex-wife, the one who shot the skier. That version totally sucks.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 05:02 PM
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10. Claudine Longet shot Spider Sabich
Andy Williams' ex-wife.
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 04:59 PM
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7. Hurricane by Annie DiFranco
It's not bad, but nobody can touch the original.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 05:00 PM
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8. How about...
Edited on Mon Nov-15-04 05:00 PM by SteppingRazor
Every single person to ever attempt to cover a Dylan song? Hendrix's "Watchtowers" is actually one of the better ones. Even Dylan once said, "That was Jimi's song."


On edit: Oh, and Hendrix's "Like a Rolling Stone" from Monterey Pop is pretty good too.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 05:01 PM
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9. No one, and I mean NO ONE can do Dylan like Dylan
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stinkeefresh Donating Member (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 05:17 PM
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13. This is true.
How'd DU pick the two most uncoverable acts in the world? Beatle's covers? Dylan covers? What's next, Nina Simone? The Velvet Underground? Public Enemy?

I've got this pet theory that Dylan brought together the lyrical relevance of folk with the expressive performance of soul. I mean, pre-Dylan folk is kinda, well, "proper". Not so emotive.

Comments?
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:11 AM
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15. agreed.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 05:07 PM
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11. A couple - Maybe.........
Only a few come close, such as:

Blowin' in the Wind - Stevie Wonder
Tangled Up In Blue - Jerry Garcia Band
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 05:12 PM
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12. Much as I love Garcia...
You are so, so wrong ;)
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BlueStateGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:14 AM
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16. All of them, except Sixteen Horsepower's cover of "Nobody Cept You"
Edited on Tue Nov-16-04 12:14 AM by BlueStateGirl
I don't know if I like it better, but it I really like it.
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