Am I the only person who prefers Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" by far? I don't think it's a very good song in the first place and I think Hendrix' version gives it a gravitas it really doesn't earn, and unearned gravitas = horrible bombast, nice guitar work or no.
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 05:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 05:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― brian badword (badwords), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 06:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 06:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 06:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― B:Rad (Brad), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 06:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 06:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― brian badword (badwords), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 06:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 06:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
Actually Justyn is right in that the Byrds also did this, and I love them because they make everything sound so flat and pretty. So my point sort of falls apart.
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 06:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― brian badword (badwords), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 06:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
chocolate watchband: "baby blue"
shellac: "jailbreak"
the swamp rats: "louie louie"
hendrix's "like a rolling stone" at monterey is better than his other dylan covers. it's also a proven scientific fact that loadsa dylan songs are done better by other people. i think d. zarakov will back me on this...
― cameron, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 11:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 11:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 11:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 11:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
Ditto the Pixies, Leonard Cohen, I Can't Forget, I'm Your Fan
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 12:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
End of discussion.
― John Barlow, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 12:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― cameron, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 13:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
Is Robert Wyatt's 'Shipbuilding' a cover or Elvises'? It was written for him. Any way, I think much better than the Costello version.
The Clash tribute album had a zydeco version of White Riot that was much better than the original. Which wasn't hard.
― jon, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 13:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
Daphne And Celeste's "UGLY"! I had the misfortune of hearing the Fishbone original and the quality gap is a galaxy wide!
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 13:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
(very pleased people seem to have liked my first ever thread...)
― Charlie, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 22:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 12 September 2002 00:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 12 September 2002 03:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ess Kay (esskay), Thursday, 12 September 2002 03:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
nina simone - i put a spell on you.
― brian badword (badwords), Monday, 16 September 2002 21:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― OCP (OCP), Tuesday, 17 September 2002 15:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
yeah, it's a Goffin/King/Wexler song, but Aretha's is the famous version. as for "Respect", Aretha took that away from Otis Redding, but hers has been overplayed so much who wouldn't rather hear the original nowadays...
― Paul (scifisoul), Tuesday, 17 September 2002 16:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
and one bit of Blasphemy...The vibrant, fizzy version of "How Soon is Now" off the soundtrack to The Craft is better than the listless, hissy original by the Smiths.
― Lord Custos Alpha (Lord Custos Alpha), Tuesday, 17 September 2002 17:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
i decided it is my favourite song ever
(hey custos, is The Craft what became Charmed? cz i agree w.you abt that version of "How Soon is Now", if the TV version is the same as the one yr talking abt) (also The Smiths didn't star Shannon Docherty)
― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 17 September 2002 22:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― michael w., Wednesday, 18 September 2002 07:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― michael w., Wednesday, 18 September 2002 07:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 18 September 2002 07:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 18 September 2002 07:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Warlock Pinchers "I Think We're Tiffany"
Went down vrey well at a recent wedding party at 2am. Doesnt translate well to record.
― jon (jon), Wednesday, 18 September 2002 15:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
Neither. XTC! (off "White Music")
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 18 September 2002 17:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Burr, Wednesday, 18 September 2002 19:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Simon, Wednesday, 18 September 2002 22:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― T. Weiss (Timmy), Sunday, 27 April 2003 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David Allen, Sunday, 27 April 2003 18:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 2 April 2004 23:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Ellison, Saturday, 3 April 2004 00:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Vitamin Leee (Leee), Saturday, 3 April 2004 00:16 (twenty years ago) link
― dlp9001, Saturday, 3 April 2004 01:05 (twenty years ago) link
You what? Is it as good as their versions of The Creation's "Painter Man" and The Smoke's "My Friend Jack"?
As for Bowie's "Fill Your Heart", it's not in the same league as Tiny Tim's version.
― Dadaismus (Dada), Saturday, 3 April 2004 01:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Saturday, 3 April 2004 01:44 (twenty years ago) link
I've only heard "Painter Man." In its own way, yes, it is as good as that! It's a killer.
― Tim Ellison, Saturday, 3 April 2004 02:30 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Saturday, 3 April 2004 03:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 3 April 2004 03:41 (twenty years ago) link
My friend jack eats sugar loavesMy friend jack eats sugar loavesSugarman hasn't got a careHe's been traveling everywhereBeen on a voyage across an oceanHeard the sweet sounds of wheels in motionHe's seen hawks fly high to hail the setting sunMy friend jack eats sugar loavesMy friend jack eats sugar loavesSugarman hasn't got a careHe's been traveling everywhereHe's seen the people in the cityAnd the bright lights looks awful prettyHe's followed dusty tracks into eternityEating sugar cain in cubaTry to grow it in japanOn the west coast, he's real famousKids they call him sugar manMy friend jackMy friend jackMy friend jackMy friend jackMy friend jack eats sugar loavesMy friend jack eats sugar loavesSugarman hasn't got a careHe's been traveling everywhereBeen on a voyage across an oceanHeard the sweet sounds of wheels in motionHe's seen hawk fly high to hail the setting sunEating sugar cain in cubaTry to grow it in japanOn the west coast, he's real famousKids they call him sugar manBeen on a voyage across an oceanHeard the sweet sounds of wheels in motionHe's seen the hawk fly high to hail the setting sunMy friend jack eats sugar loavesMy friend jack eats sugar loavesSugarman hasn't got a careHe's been traveling everywhereMy friend jack eats sugar loavesMy friend jack eats
― Tim Ellison, Saturday, 3 April 2004 04:41 (twenty years ago) link