| November 29th, 2004 07:45 PM |
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| christijanus |
Jimi's 'Watchtower' best cover
(Monday November 29, 2004 05:30 PM)
Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along The Watchtower" has been voted the best ever cover version.
Hendrix covered the Bob Dylan song, taken from the 1967 album "John Wesley Harding", within weeks of hearing the original.
Allmusic.com notes: "Raging and climactic where Dylan's had been soft-paced and relaxed, Hendrix's version became a rock standard."
"Perhaps the most glowing tribute to Hendrix came from Dylan himself, who began performing his own song in a version closer to Hendrix's than the original."
The cover topped a poll of music writers in The Daily Telegraph. The top 50 cover version were as follows:
1. "All Along the Watchtower" Jimi Hendrix Experience (Bob Dylan)
2. "You Were Always on My Mind" Pet Shop Boys (Elvis Presley)
3. "My Way" Sid Vicious (Frank Sinatra)
4. "Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)
5. "Respect" Aretha Franklin (Otis Redding)
6. "Tainted Love" Soft Cell (Gloria Jones)
7. "Mr Tambourine Man" The Byrds (Bob Dylan)
8. "Twist and Shout" The Beatles (The Isley Brothers)
9. "Comfortably Numb" Scissor Sisters (Pink Floyd)
10. "Mr Bojangles" Nina Simone (Jerry Jeff Walker)
11. "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" Roberta Flack (The Shirelles)
12. "One" Johnny Cash (U2)
13. "My Favourite Things" John Coltrane (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
14. "Rocket Man" Kate Bush (Elton John)
15. "Wild Horses" The Flying Burrito Brothers (The Rolling Stones)
16. "Billie Jean" Shinehead (Michael Jackson)
17. "Mad World" Gary Jules (Tears For Fears)
18. "Just Can't Get Enough" Nouvelle Vague (Depeche Mode)
19. "Sweet Jane" Cowboy Junkies (Velvet Underground)
20. "Police and Thieves" The Clash (Junior Murvin)
21. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" St Etienne (Neil Young)
22. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Devo (The Rolling Stones)
23. "Caravan of Love" The Housemartins (Isley Jasper Isley)
24. "Why Can't We Live Together" Sade (Timmy Thomas)
25. "Wonderwall" Ryan Adams (Oasis)
26. "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" The White Stripes (Dusty Springfield)
27. "Summertime Blues" The Who (Eddie Cochran)
28. "Jealous Guy" Roxy Music (John Lennon)
29. "Black Steel" Tricky (Public Enemy)
30. "I'm A Believer" Robert Wyatt (The Monkees)
31. "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" Mary J Blige (Elton John)
32. "Chimes of Freedom" Youssou N'dour (Bob Dylan)
33. "Money (That's What I Want)" The Flying Lizards (The Beatles)
34. "Fell In Love With A Boy" Joss Stone (The White Stripes)
35. "Gloria" Patti Smith (Them)
36. "Dear Prudence" Siouxsie & The Banshees (The Beatles)
37. "Heartbreak Hotel" John Cale (Elvis Presley)
38. "Wichita Lineman" Dennis Brown (Glen Campbell)
39. "Ms Jackson" The Vines (Outkast)
40. "I Fought the Law" The Clash (The Crickets)
41. "Hazy Shade of Winter" The Bangles (Simon & Garfunkel)
42. "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City" David Bowie (Bruce Springsteen)
43. "Jolene" One Dove (Dolly Parton)
44. "Oops I Did it Again" Richard Thompson (Britney Spears)
45. "Rock el Casbah" Rachid Taha (The Clash)
46. "The Robots" Señor Coconut & His Orchestra (Kraftwerk)
47. "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" The Wedding Present (Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel)
48. "Step On" Happy Mondays (John Kongos)
49. "Going Back to My Roots" Richie Havens (Lamont Dozier)
50. "Don't Leave Me This Way" The Communards (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes)
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| November 29th, 2004 07:49 PM |
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| Gazza |
whatever fuckmooks voted to put those versions by the Pet Shop Boys and the Scissor Sisters in the Top Ten should have been drowned at birth - as well as their offspring, just in case the lack of judgement is genetic.
best cover ever? IMO - The song thats at #40, only Bobby Fuller's version, instead of The Clash's (which is also good)
[Edited by Gazza] |
| November 29th, 2004 07:51 PM |
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| glencar |
And say, that Gary Jule version of Mad World sucks. The original is slow enough. |
| November 29th, 2004 07:57 PM |
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| Gazza |
Awful original and a cover thats a complete and utter wrist-slasher |
| November 29th, 2004 08:06 PM |
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| Mel Belli |
I'll take Shatner's version of "Rocket Man" over Kate Bush's. |
| November 29th, 2004 08:09 PM |
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| Gazza |
As much as I love The Byrds' cover of Mr Tambourine Man, I'd take Shatner's cover of that one too! |
| November 29th, 2004 08:12 PM |
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| Mel Belli |
quote:
Gazza wrote:
As much as I love The Byrds' cover of Mr Tambourine Man, I'd take Shatner's cover of that one too!
Great call! |
| November 29th, 2004 08:44 PM |
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| Nasty Habits |
But ah, where is that elusive "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" Shatner is said to have laid down in '68?
Any list of cover versions that does not go: #1. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen (Richard Berry) has had its homework eaten by the dogs.
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| November 29th, 2004 08:57 PM |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
To have the final take of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" the Experience almost broke as Jimi was in LSD trying to make a perfect take, even Eddie and specially Noel freaked out and Noel almost quit the band just for that reason. At least the final take rocks... 
The list sucks
I have a tape I made long long time ago with covers of Bob Dylan I named it "Dylan by others"; I think Rod & The Faces have great covers of Dylan, and Joe Cocker has a funny reggae version of seven days
The covers of The Beatles by Humble Pie are hilarious as only the lyrics remain there (except for Anna)
I don't like Dave Mathews Band but their cover of "All Along the Watchtower" is great too
Willie Dixon is one of the bluesmen more "covered" |
| November 29th, 2004 09:57 PM |
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| stonedinaustralia |
quote:
Nasty Habits wrote:
But ah, where is that elusive "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" Shatner is said to have laid down in '68?
wooooah!!!!
have you heard it nasty??
the whole idea is mind boggling |
| November 29th, 2004 10:09 PM |
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| Soldatti |
quote:
christijanus wrote:
22. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Devo (The Rolling Stones)
Where is Britney's version? |
| November 29th, 2004 10:39 PM |
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| Nasty Habits |
With . . . your . . . MERCURY . . . mouth?
In . . . the MISSIONARY times,
And . . . your eyes . . . like SMOKE! And your . . . prayers . . . like . . . RHYMES!
And your . . . .silver cross? And your voice . . . like chimes?
OH! OH! OH!
WHO . . . among them? Do they . . . think could bury
you?
With your . . . pockets . . . well protected AT LAST!!!
And your streetcar visions? which you place on the GRASS!
And your flesh!
Like silk!
And your Face!
Like glass!
Who . . . among THEM . . . .
do they think could carry you?
Sad . . . eyed . . . lady . . . of . . . the . . . low. . . .lands?
Where the . . . . . sad . . . . eyed prophet says that NO MAN COMES!
My . . . . warehouse eyes?
My . . . . Arabian drums?
Should I . . . leave them . . . by your gate?
Or . . . sad . . . eyed lady, should I
wait?
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| November 29th, 2004 10:46 PM |
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| stonedinaustralia |
thanks nasty
the tears welled in my eyes with each...breathless...word |
| November 29th, 2004 11:02 PM |
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