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Thread #75923 Message #1339473
Posted By: Little Hawk
26-Nov-04 - 04:02 AM
Thread Name: Favorite Versions of Dylan Songs
Subject: RE: Favorite Versions of Dylan Songs
Yeah, but it can't touch Bob himself doing "Foot of Pride".
Well...there are a lot of great covers of Dylan out there, such as:
Joan Baez's whole double album full of them called "Any Day Now" (I think that's what it's called...)
Joan Baez:
Farewell Angelina Love is Just a Four Letter Word Daddy You've Been on my Mind Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Shawn Colvin:
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Various by Judy Collins...
Various by the Band.
If Not For You - George Harrison
But in most cases (if not all) Bob's own version is best. Why? Because it's totally real. It's pretty darned real when Joan sings his stuff too...I think they are spiritually brother and sister, that's what's I think. Totally different, but surprisingly connected.
As Joan put it: "And we haven't got too much in common...except that we're so much alike" (from the song "Our Time is Passing Us By")