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Dylan covers
IM(not very)HO Bob Dylan is a great poet but suffers from a lousy singing voice and style. Like the Beatles, many of his songs have been covered (and vastly improved) by others. My favourites include:
Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Eliza Gilkyson My Back Pages - Joan Osborne & Jackson Browne A Simple Twist of Fate - Joan Baez To Ramona - Sinead Lohan It Ain't Me Babe - Nancy Kaplansky or Marianne Faithfull (TYP) All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix any more for any more? |
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The ultimate Dylan cover is Manfed Mann's 'Mighty Quinn'
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Another great Dylan cover, 'If Not For You' by George Harrison.
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And don't forget all those great cover versions that The Byrds done, including the great Mr Tambourine Man.
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Olivia Newton John also did a version of if not for you and manfred mann also did a version of just like a woman.Wasn't there an album by a band in the 60s-i think it could have been the hollies-that consisted entirely of their versions of dylan songs?
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Dream Syndicate - Blind Willie McTell
Not a patch on the original but still great. The orginal is worth getting your hands on. Unlike anything Dylan has written/performed (or at least what I've heard from him). |
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I like Dylans style, and some of his songs just sound wrong without it. The Band's version of I Shall Be Released is the best a Dylan song ever sounded when done by another artist/band imo.
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How about newlywed Billy Joel's version of 'To Make You Feel My Love'. Garth Brooks also did a rather poor version.
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To put a bit of a different angle on the thread, Bobby D did a cover of Creep by Radiohead. It was pretty pants
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It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - 13th Floor Elevators
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It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - 13th Floor Elevators
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Knockin On Heavens Door-Both Guns & Roses and Eric Clapton
With God On Our Side-The Neville Brothers |
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Knockin On Heavens Door-Both Guns & Roses and Eric Clapton
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Transvision Vamp did 'Crawl out your window' on their 'Little magnets vs. the bubble of babble' album, if that's any help.
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but suffers from a lousy singing voice and style.
That is certainly a matter of opinion - I think you'll find millions and millions of his fans disagree with you there! Distinctive yes lousy certainly not!! |
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Stereophonics - Positivley 4th Street (great song, great cover)
Avril Lavigne - Knockin On Heavens Door (dont like the song but passable cover of it) |
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I'm just listening to Paul Weller singing "All Along The Watchtower" - Brilliant!
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Originally Posted by leigh183
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That is certainly a matter of opinion - I think you'll find millions and millions of his fans disagree with you there! Distinctive yes lousy certainly not!! |
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I think there is a big difference though between being a good singer and having an enjoyable voice to listen to.
Dylan can't sing but I do enjoy listening to him sing and listening to the way he delivers his songs, especially the ones with a little venom in them. Most of my favourite singers can't sing. |
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