“All Along the Watchtower”

[asterroc]

In case you missed it, the BSG "Final Five" theme is a cover of the Dylan song "All Along the Watchtower". From the iTunes snippits, the Dylan original is as miserable as all Dylan, the Hendrix cover is pretty good, and there are a plethora of other versions I didn't listen to. According to Wikipedia, 11 versions in total. iTunes offers 150 versions total, but that includes multiple versions by the same artists.

Ages ago the_xtina found a page that posted billions and billions of covers of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" in mp3 format. Well now I'm looking for the same for "All Along the Watchtower". Anyone got?

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

As I just mentioned to ferret who IMed me nearly the same thing, I don't like *any* Dylan. His voice is not melodic enough for me and drifts around like he's incapable of staying on key. Ferret pointed out that Dylan is not singing, he's telling a story, but I listen to it as bad singing rather than good storytelling.

[best-ken-ever.livejournal.com]

Dylan took me a very long time to like at all. It took me listening to music in between my old comfort zone for folk/folk rock and Dylan in order to stretch to there. In doing so, I've discovered one of my favorite artists.

If you're curious, I recommend an Idahoan by the name of Josh Ritter.