Best Dylan Covers?

[snailhook]

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.

[Brian_Wallace]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

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 [/b]

+ 1,000,000,000.
 
 It leaves Dylan's in the dust.  One of the best break-ups songs ever.
 
 Brian

[tigersscareme]

the poster children's cover of 'Isis' was a staple on my college radio show in the early 90's.

[mbg73]

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.

[eddie]

16 Horsepower - Nobody 'Cept You

[vansmack]

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.

[Venerable Bede]

ministry- lay lady lay

[thatguy]

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.

[chaz]

How could everyone forget Guns and Roses brilliant version of Knocking on Heaven's Door?

[ggw]

Originally posted by chaz:
  How could everyone forget Guns and Roses brilliant version of Knocking on Heaven's Door?

[sarc][/sarc]

[grotty]

hope this doesn't spoil the fun:
 
 http://coversproject.com/artist/bob%20dylan

[pj]

Well this kind of took the fun out of it, but I'll still play.
 
 One More Cup of Coffee - White Stripes
 
   

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

[Brian_Wallace]

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

[palahniukkubrick]

Originally posted by thatguy:
   

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.

[Reod Dai]

Straylight Run - "With God On Our Side"
 
 

Originally posted by you be pickup:
 William Shatner- Mr. Tambourine Man (!)

Haha, yes.