Favorite Dylan songs performed by other artists!

[FlashHarry]

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Nina Simone's cover of "I Shall Be Released".

Amazing. Really ought to be on the list, too.

[FlashHarry]

2. Never heard it

I'll have to give it a listen.

[hexola]

3. HEXBELT - She Belongs to Me

Best band in Pennsylvania

http://www.hexbelt.com/live%20mp3/Hexbelt%20-%20She%20Belongs%20to%20Me.mp3

The version above features legendary singer-songwriter Jerry Joseph on guitar and vox

www.jerryjoseph.com

www.hexbelt.com

[spychoactive]

39. hexbelt...

http://www.hexbelt.com/

hexola speaks truth...ignore message #3 at your own peril

oh and hello, it's me!

(thanks ed!)

ps: there goes the neighborhood }(

[scarlet_owl]

4. The Hollies did Quinn the Eskimo?

I thought it was Manfred Mann? :shrug:

[FlashHarry]

6. I think every band covered that one.

I'm not sure which one's definitive, though. Maybe you're right.

[FlashHarry]

5. I figured Hendrix would be a fave...

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Yay, FlashHarry! Great idea!

When I was surfing to find the songs for my Dylan poll, I found a thread (on what turned out to be a baseball board) where several people said their favorite Dylan song is any that's sung by another artist.

That said, my Other vote is "My Back Pages" by the Byrds, and I wish you'd put Warren Zevon for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" for what I hope are obvious reasons.

[NightTrain]

8. The Hollies? What about Manfred Mann?

AFAIC, they *own* "The Mighty Quinn!"

[FlashHarry]

9. Done!

I love the Manfreds--especially their old stuff (Cock a Hoop, Kingpin, etc.) My dad used to work with their old guitar/horn player, Mike Vickers (who went on to work with Robert Moog, and conducted the orchestra during the All You Need is Love live telecast). Manfred Mann played my dad's going-away party, when he left the UK for Bangkok in 1963!

[maxanne]

10. Shawn Colvin

I am fond of Shawn Colvin's version of "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," from her CD "Cover Girl."

[MissMillie]

27. Gotta Love Shawn Colvin!!!!

And that whole "Cover Girl" album was awesome. I anxiously await her next project.

[SiouxJ]

32. I can't believe you beat me to that

I was thinking no one was going to even be aware of it. It's amazing! As is that entire album.

I'd also give a nod to Sheryl Crow's version of "Mississippi."

[ET Awful]

All the covers that the Dead did :)

Desolation Row
Queen Jane Approximately
Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues
Visions of Johanna
It's All Over Now Baby Blue

I also really liked the Jerry Garcia Bands version of Tangled up in Blue

[FlashHarry]

12. I would never have guessed!

;-)

[ET Awful]

11. sorry dupe

sorry dupe

[HEyHEY]

13. "Wanted man" written by Dylan sung by Johnny Cash

Don't get much better than that

[argyl]

14. My personal favorite is Jimi's "All Along the Watchtower"(what else)

However, upon seeing the Brian Auger \Julie Driscoll version of "This Wheel's on Fire" I was reminded that the Byrds in their Clarence White on lead guitar reincarnation did an excellent live version of this song on their very underrrated two side disc "Untitled". One side live,one studio.
The Band also did this one very well.For that matter,so did Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll.Wonder what happened to them,particularly Driscoll.She was very lovely,nicknamed"Jools", I believe.Think the whole band name was the Brian Auger\Julie Driscoll Trinity.

[FlashHarry]

15. Yep. Weren't they in Steampacket or Shotgun Express?

I know there's an Auger/Driscoll/Rod Stewart connection somewhere. Or was it Long John Baldry? I forget.

It's funny, I think the version of "This Wheel's on Fire" that's the theme song for AbFab was performed by Julie Driscoll and Adrian Edmondson of "The Young Ones."

[argyl]

16. Oops. "This Wheel's on Fire" was on Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde,not Untitled.

xx

[Old and In the Way]

17. FlashHarry-

Dylan toured with the Dead. They did a live album together. The Dead released "Postcards of the Hanging"...all Dylans tunes and they nailed them!

A few of the greats-

"When I Paint my Masterpiece"
"Just Like Tom Thumb Blues"
"Ballard of a Thin Man"
"Desolation Row"
"It's All over Now, Baby Blue"
"She Belongs to Me"
"Stuck in the Middle with the Mephis Blues Again"
"It talks a lot to Laugh, It takes a Train to Cry"

One of my really favorite albums...

[ET Awful]

21. Ummm,

That's "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"

[welshTerrier2]

18. Arlo and George Harrison

Arlo - Don't Think Twice It's Alright
George Harrison - Sweet Marie (from the Dylan birthday CD)

and i agree with the poster above on "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome" by Shawn Colvin ...

[RedEarth]

19. Jimi's version of "All Along the Watchtower"

I find myself listening to that song several times a week. I remember when he first came out with his version and it blew everybody away.

Every song on this poll is outstanding and all performed by some damn good groups. Brian Auger/Julie Driscoll really enjoyed their music. The Band one of the best groups ever. Such a unique sound. One of my favorites from The Band was "Get up Jake".

[mitchum]

20. "I'll Keep It With Mine" Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention

[mac56]

22. "Absolutely Sweet Marie" by Jason and the Scorchers.

nm

[SiouxJ]

31. Ew! That's a good one Mac!

nice choice! :hi:

[Matilda]

23. I loved Manfred Mann

especially when Paul Jones was their lead singer. I also liked
their version of Just Like a Woman too.

[Aristus]

24. How could it be anything other than 'Watchtower' by Jimi Hendrix?

This is the most mind-boggling rendition of just about any song in the entire rock canon. Hendrix made it his own. Those hellish swoops and moans of the guitar in the coda send shivers up my spine to this day. Hendrix' delivery, angry and powerful, trumps Dylan's plaintive style. I am still in total awe everytime I hear that song.

[Robb]

25. What about Dylan himself?

I mean, the pre-unintelligible Dylan vs. the current speech impediment in blue jeans Dylan? :)

[HuckleB]

26. "It Ain't Me, Babe" by Johnny Cash and June Carter

.

[Wickerman]

28. I threw it all Away

by Yo La Tengo. Great version. Moving song.

[XNASA]

29. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" - Bryan Ferry

I also like XTC's version of "All Along the Watchtower".

[Jokerman]

30. Warren Zevon - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Haunting.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

33. All ya'll are WRONG!

:D (just kidding)

You've gotta hear the version of POSITIVELY FOURTH STREET done by Simply Red. It's got strings, horns and Mick Hucknell's incredible voice.

Go listen to it, come back and report.

Jimi's AATW is good, great and all that but Simply Red's version of this song is a masterpiece in many respects.

[Mr. McD]

34. The Times They Are A-Changen

Blackmore's Night.

[sexybomber]

35. Rage Against the Machine covering "Maggie's Farm"

Simply in-f***ing-credible.

[FlashHarry]

38. Damn! I knew I forgot one!

[Quahog]

36. Cat Powers' reading of "Moonshiner"

The stuff of nightmares.

[mac56]

37. Just remembered the Byrds' version of "Chimes of Freedom".

Also Springsteen's.

[displacedvermoter]

40. Ronnie Wood's version of "Seven Days"

Heard him do several different versions both live and recorded. Primo! He kinda sing's like Dylan, too!