Bob Dylan Cover Versions

[tyroneman]

One of the worlds greatest songwriters with one of the worlds worst voices.

Why are there not more decent covers of his songs - only ones I can think of off the top of my head that are good:

Wilco / Fleet Foxes - I shall be released
Edie Brickell - A Hard Rain

[mc_grens]

Adele did a good version of "Make You Feel M y Love"

[thewobbler]

Knockin on Heaven's Door - Guns n Roses
All along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Mr Tambourine Man - the Byrds
It ain't Me Babe - Johnny Cash

[Ulick]

Girl from the north country - Lions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8NynW1FiqA

It's all over now baby blue - Them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChPJo_UuF6M

[Mack the finger]

Too many, but some favourites include Them 'Baby Blue' already mentioned, jimi hendrix 'watchtower'

rage against the machine - Maggies farm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxHIVxz1K5M

The band - When I paint my masterpice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq2e7DPhyHg&feature=related

Earl Scruggs/The Byrds - You ain't goin nowhere - starts about the two minute mark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqbswmcdaSY&feature=related

According to 'chronicles', this is Dylans own favourite, Johnny Winters - Positively 4th street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh314bSB5lA

Clancy Brothers with Tommy maken - When the ship comes in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh314bSB5lA

Nina simone - I shall be released http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyCn8IC5RpE

Sophie Zelmani - Most of the time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts6gZFEiMkM

My own favourite for today is Johnny Winters 'Highway 61' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9j25V4iw94

As I say, too many to mention. Elvis does a great 'Tomorrow is a long time' and the white strips and Jeff Buckley have done
a few cracking versions too. Enough for now.

[hsthompson]

Ah ah ah - he might be a bad singer but he has a good voice, there's a big difference. His lyrics are believable when he sings them - if some dildo off American Idol sang Don't Think Twice It's Alright technically note perfect I reckon I wouldn't be half as moved. Same as MacGowan's singing, it just fits. Though there's obviously times when both are rubbish.

I think Dylan is in the Guinness Book of Records as being the most covered artist ever, so there must be some that you like. I personally do an incredible jazz cover of Masters of War

[Denn Forever]

I think Dylan is in the Guinness Book of Records as being the most covered artist ever, so there must be some that you like. I personally do an incredible jazz cover of Masters of War

You should put that up on You Tube.  I'd like to hear that.

[Main Street]

One of the worlds greatest songwriters with one of the worlds worst voices.

That has to be the world's worst assessment of a legendary artist.

[anglocelt39]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_FlX3cUx-A


Dylan was always going to be a magnet for cover versions-great songwriter sans a note in his head, Byrds Mr Tamourine Man Animals House of the Rising Sun great but all pales into insignificance in my opinion when compared to Hendrix giving Like a Rolling Stone the Live treatment.

One of my all time favourites bar none.

[anglocelt39]

I think the first song Dylan ever recorded was "Tribute to Woody" (Guthrie). Christy Moores album Prosperous, effectively a Planxty album includes a very fine cover, can't find it on youtube though

[mylestheslasher]

Who could forget entombed's version of hollis brown. As for him not having a note. Do Ye prefer the talentless x factor generation that play no instrument, write no lyrics, have zero creativity/originality and steal other peoples songs?

[Hardy]

Bob wasn't above stealing other people's songs himself.  In all fairness, like.

[hsthompson]

Aye Dominic Behan was nay too enamoured with him

[Main Street]

Where did Dominic get the song from?

Invariably the cover versions of 'a hard rain gonna fall' are pop pulp.
Here's Dylan doing it in 1975
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3995250297882568860#
Joan Baez is wailing in the backgound. As lovely as her voice is,  the song is a vibrant force due to Dylan's delivery. His voice is an added instrument giving each word and phase a meaning just as important as the song itself.

Here's Bob doing a fervid version in 1994 with the Tokyo Philharmonic orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9hMtVWN91M

[muppet]

All along the Watchtower:

Jimi Hendrix
Pearl Jam
U2