“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

Re: a capella, etc.

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

Well, 1988-9 was junior year of high school, so a few years older, yes,...and yes, I'm a fan of folk music...but my parents are also Pete Seeger fans. (It has not escaped my attention that there may be a causal connection or two in there somewhere. :) )

As for "renting out" Carnegie Hall--that's what everyone does that performs there, I presume, so I'm not sure that disqualifies you.

I usually get put in the back row (or on one end) simply because I'm tall, but my sense of pitch is generally quite good.

Interesting about your experience with Chinese. I studied Mandarin for a year or so when I was about 12, so I can read a page of Pinyin (with tones marked) with decent pronunciation while having (sadly) at this point hardly any idea what I'm saying. It's an interesting language: the grammar is trivial but learning to read (or, worse, write) is a major pain.