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Title: Best Dylan Covers?
Post by: palahniukkubrick on July 29, 2007, 02:45:00 pm
I'm making a comp for a friend, how 'bout some suggestions?
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Post by: manimtired on July 29, 2007, 03:02:00 pm
nick drake  covering cocaine blues
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Post by: ConversationDiva on July 29, 2007, 03:46:00 pm
black rebel motorcycle club-lonesome death of hattie carroll
 the white stripes-black jack davey (or one more cup of coffee is good as well)
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Post by: Random Citizen on July 29, 2007, 03:57:00 pm
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
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Post by: snailhook on July 29, 2007, 04:18:00 pm
jimi hendrix - all along the watchtower
 jimi hendrix - like a rolling stone
 fairport convention - percy's song
 fairport convention - i'll keep it with mine
 fairport convention - si tu dois partir (if you gotta go, go now)
 sandy denny - tomorrow is a long time
 fotheringay - too much of nothing
 thalia zedek - you're a big girl now
 yo la tengo - i threw it all away
 moose - positively 4th street
 the byrds - mr. tambourine man
 the byrds - my back pages
 the byrds - you ain't goin' nowhere
 the byrds - it's alright, ma (i'm only bleeding)
 the band - tears of rage
 the band - i shall be released
 the band - this wheel's on fire
 the band - when i paint my masterpiece
 nick drake - don't think twice, it's alright
 13th floor elevators - it's all over now, baby blue
 television - knockin' on heaven's door
 michael chapman - ballad in plain d
 nick cave & the bad seeds - death is not the end
 nick cave & the bad seeds - wanted man
 nico - i'll keep it with mine
 heron - only a hobo
 the bluethings - girl from the north country
 mike bloomfield & al kooper - it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
 them - it's all over now, baby blue
 emmylou harris - when i paint my masterpiece
 gene clark - tears of rage
 neil young - just like tom thumb's blues
 neil young - all along the watchtower
Title: Re: Best Dylan Covers?
Post by: ggw on July 29, 2007, 04:20:00 pm
http://www.baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/dylancov/main (http://www.baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/dylancov/main)
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Post by: ggw on July 29, 2007, 05:07:00 pm
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Originally posted by snailhook:
  fairport convention - percy's song
 
I heard that version for the first time a few weeks ago -- it is excellent.  Percy's Song has always been one of my favorite Dylan tunes.
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Post by: snailhook on July 29, 2007, 05:32:00 pm
fairport's version of "percy's song" is one of my most listened to songs. i have a few different copies on vinyl and they're all wearing out. easily one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking songs recorded...sandy denny and richard thompson's vocals, with the dulcimer and guitar playing, and the excellent drumming...just total perfection.
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Post by: allmy$to930 on July 29, 2007, 05:37:00 pm
Visions Of Johanna -- Lee Ranaldo  (1991)
 
 Tonight Iâ??ll Be Staying Here With You -- The Charlatans  (2002)
 
 If You Gotta Go, Go Now -- Cowboy Junkies  (1992)
 
 I Threw It All Away -- Yo La Tengo  (1989)
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on July 29, 2007, 05:39:00 pm
the replacements - "like a rolling pin"
 
 the secret machines do a fantastic shoegazey live cover of "girl from the north country", i'm not sure if it's on an album
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Post by: palahniukkubrick on July 29, 2007, 07:28:00 pm
Thanks for the suggestions, keep 'em coming. So far I've chosen for the comp (which is now looking to be multi-disc):
 
 Them- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
 Bill Frisell- Just Like a Woman
 PJ Harvey- Highway 61 Revisited
 Roy Buchanan- Sign on the Window
 Cat Power- Paths of Victory
 The Byrds- My Back Pages
 The Ramones- My Back Pages
 The Neville Brothers- With God on Our Side
 William Shatner- Mr. Tambourine Man (!)
 Waylon Jennings- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
 The Pogues- When the Ship Comes In
 The Secret Machines- Girl From the North Country
 Frank Black- Changing of the Guards
 The Stooges- Ballad of Hollis Brown
 Nina Simone- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
 White Stripes- One More Cup of Coffee
 Neko Case- Buckets of Rain
 Mel Gibson- Make You Feel My Love (!)
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Post by: ggw on July 29, 2007, 07:56:00 pm
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Originally posted by you be pickup:
  Waylon Jennings- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
 
I like the Mike Ness version:
 
 http://www.sendspace.com/file/aw5dr5 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/aw5dr5)
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Post by: BookerT on July 29, 2007, 10:06:00 pm
the 13th floor elevators version of "it's all over now, baby blue" is just devastatingly awesome. don't even bother making the comp if you don't put that on there, seriously. "i shall be released" by marion williams has always been a favorite. i think it was used in a recent nike/lebron ad campaign, actually. and while the nico version of "i'll keep it with mine" is excellent, i prefer the version by rainy day, that one-off paisley underground band from the '80s featuring susanna hoffs and others. their version of "i'll keep it with mine" is really, really gorgeous.
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Post by: Driveway on July 29, 2007, 10:20:00 pm
david bazan - the man in me
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Post by: Mobius on July 29, 2007, 10:25:00 pm
"You Ain't Going Nowhere" and "Nothing Was Delivered" bookending The Byrd's Sweethearts of the Rodeo
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Post by: snailhook on July 30, 2007, 04:19:00 am
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and while the nico version of "i'll keep it with mine" is excellent, i prefer the version by rainy day, that one-off paisley underground band from the '80s featuring susanna hoffs and others. their version of "i'll keep it with mine" is really, really gorgeous.[/b]
great call, booker! i knew i was forgetting a killer version of that song. fairport's is also gorgeous. that rainy day album is a sleeper, no one ever drops the science on that one.
 
 one could make a great comp of dylan covers using just the band and the byrds and fairport.
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Post by: Brian_Wallace on July 30, 2007, 07:37:00 am
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   
Quote
Originally posted by you be pickup:
  Waylon Jennings- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
 
I like the Mike Ness version:
 
  http://www.sendspace.com/file/aw5dr5 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/aw5dr5) [/b]
+ 1,000,000,000.
 
 It leaves Dylan's in the dust.  One of the best break-ups songs ever.
 
 Brian
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Post by: tigersscareme on July 30, 2007, 07:45:00 am
the poster children's cover of 'Isis' was a staple on my college radio show in the early 90's.
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Post by: mbg73 on July 30, 2007, 10:36:00 am
The Crust Brothers "Marguee Mark" is great if you can find it.  It's a live album of Stephen Malkmus and Silkworm playing a bunch of Basement Tapes songs.  Also has a great version of "Tuesday's Gone" for when you get around to your Skynyrd comp.
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Post by: eddie on July 30, 2007, 11:31:00 am
16 Horsepower - Nobody 'Cept You
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Post by: vansmack on July 30, 2007, 12:51:00 pm
I third the Ness version (shocker), second the Cowboy Junkies tune and would add Edie Brickell's version of "A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall" from the Born on the 4th of July Soundtrack.
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Post by: Venerable Bede on July 30, 2007, 01:36:00 pm
ministry- lay lady lay
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Post by: thatguy on July 30, 2007, 02:40:00 pm
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  ministry- lay lady lay
that just came up in my itunes shuffle as i read this thread.  i'm a big fan of their version.
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Post by: chaz on July 30, 2007, 03:39:00 pm
How could everyone forget Guns and Roses brilliant version of Knocking on Heaven's Door?
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Post by: ggw on July 30, 2007, 03:47:00 pm
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Originally posted by chaz:
  How could everyone forget Guns and Roses brilliant version of Knocking on Heaven's Door?
[sarc][/sarc]
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Post by: grotty on July 30, 2007, 04:32:00 pm
hope this doesn't spoil the fun:
 
 http://coversproject.com/artist/bob%20dylan (http://coversproject.com/artist/bob%20dylan)
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Post by: pj on July 30, 2007, 10:07:00 pm
Well this kind of took the fun out of it, but I'll still play.
 
 One More Cup of Coffee - White Stripes
 
   
Quote
Originally posted by snailhook:
  jimi hendrix - all along the watchtower
 jimi hendrix - like a rolling stone
 fairport convention - percy's song
 fairport convention - i'll keep it with mine
 fairport convention - si tu dois partir (if you gotta go, go now)
 sandy denny - tomorrow is a long time
 fotheringay - too much of nothing
 thalia zedek - you're a big girl now
 yo la tengo - i threw it all away
 moose - positively 4th street
 the byrds - mr. tambourine man
 the byrds - my back pages
 the byrds - you ain't goin' nowhere
 the byrds - it's alright, ma (i'm only bleeding)
 the band - tears of rage
 the band - i shall be released
 the band - this wheel's on fire
 the band - when i paint my masterpiece
 nick drake - don't think twice, it's alright
 13th floor elevators - it's all over now, baby blue
 television - knockin' on heaven's door
 michael chapman - ballad in plain d
 nick cave & the bad seeds - death is not the end
 nick cave & the bad seeds - wanted man
 nico - i'll keep it with mine
 heron - only a hobo
 the bluethings - girl from the north country
 mike bloomfield & al kooper - it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
 them - it's all over now, baby blue
 emmylou harris - when i paint my masterpiece
 gene clark - tears of rage
 neil young - just like tom thumb's blues
 neil young - all along the watchtower
Title: Re: Best Dylan Covers?
Post by: Brian_Wallace on July 31, 2007, 09:12:00 am
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Originally posted by chaz:
  How could everyone forget Guns and Roses brilliant version of Knocking on Heaven's Door?
The LIVE version they used to play during the Appetite-era WAS really great (Check out the version from 1987 at the Marquee in London.  It's a B-side of the "Yesterdays" CD-single.)
 
 The version they put on "Use Your Illusion II" wasn't.  Then to make matters worse, on the Illusions tour, Axl would yell out, about midway through: "Give me some reggae!" and it got even worse.  Check out their performance at the Freddie Mercury tribute gig for an example.
 
 Brian
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Post by: palahniukkubrick on July 31, 2007, 10:58:00 am
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Originally posted by thatguy:
   
Quote
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  ministry- lay lady lay
that just came up in my itunes shuffle as i read this thread.  i'm a big fan of their version. [/b]
Looking up that song on itunes gave me both the ministry and the isaac hayes versions, both of which are going to be included. they're sick.
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Post by: Reod Dai on July 31, 2007, 11:56:00 pm
Straylight Run - "With God On Our Side"
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by you be pickup:
 William Shatner- Mr. Tambourine Man (!)
Haha, yes.   :)