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The title of the Sports Illustrated’s article is hilarious, it immediately brought memories of Game of Thrones.
It’s just missing the “house”, so let’s correct it:
Giannis Of The House Bucks, Draymond Of The House Warriors, Julius Of The House Knicks? Who’s The Best?
Can’t stand Astral Weeks
Speaking of Bob Neptune….
I wasn’t bothered by his tucker carlson bit as much as others, but what **really** got me was his constant stanning for Dave Gettelman. God I hate that guy. How does he still have a job? If, with four straight years of top 10 picks, you draft a RB, a QB, a LT, and a WR, and your offense still sucks, it’s time to move on.
Gettleman is as much of a stubborn dinosaur as Phil Jackson was. I would rejoice at the thought of him being fired, but the Giants will almost certainly replace him with someone from in house.
I told y’all Daniel Jones was a reach
Are the Knicks the second best NY team right now?
Hows this for an unofficial ranking? (leaving out Hockey…)
Nets
Knicks
Mets?
Yanks
Gmen
Jets Jets Jets
The Yankees are clearly better than the Mets
“The Yankees are clearly better than the Mets”
Sure. I thought I’d be provocative, lol
Bringing It All Back Home is my GOAT Dylan album
Gates of Eden…
If I had to pick one, It’d probably have to be Blood on the Tracks. Named my daughter Hazel, after the song on Planet Waves…
*everyone* knew Jones was a reach at 6. I thought he graded as a 2nd round QB. But there have been times where, despite being a reach, he seemed like he might pan out. It’s been a while since one of those times.
I’d rank them in tiers (and I’ll include hockey):
championship caliber teams: Nets
teams exceeding expectations: Knicks, Islanders
teams who are massively disappointing their fans: Yankees, Mets
teams who are embarrassing to follow: Giants
bad teams with encouraging young pieces and seemingly competent management in place: Jets, Rangers
There’s no point trying to pick one Dylan album. They’re all pretty brilliant between ’63-’76 with some awesome spots of brilliance after that. It has been a truly amazing run.
Pretty tough for me to come to Van’s defense now that he’s revealed himself to be an ardent Anti-Vaxxer. I’ll just say the man made some pretty damn good records back in the day, not the least of which was Astral Weeks.
That said, he was no Stratos Dionysiou,
As for Dylan…
I can better appreciate his artistry when his songs are sung by someone other than Bob Dylan. His voice just works my nerves,
Best Dylan covers would be a pretty good thread …..
All Along the Watchtower – Hendrix
Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds
Don’t Think Twice – Susan Tedeschi
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Mr. Tambourine Man — William Shatner
#Pretty tough for me to come to Van’s defense now that he’s revealed himself to be an ardent Anti-Vaxxer. I’ll just say the man made some pretty damn good records back in the day, not the least of which was Astral Weeks.
That said, he was no Stratos Dionysiou,#
:-)
I’m a sucker for minor keys music as most greeks
(Joy Division are my fave ever) but i just can’t relate to Van’s ‘cat whining’ on astral weeks…
And i truly love his “Them” period!
Stratos Dionysiou is one of the best singers coming from GR along with Stelios Kazantzidis amd Grigoris Bithikotsis.
Unfortunately the genres he used to sing weren’t too delicate to call it aesthetically pleasing but when it comes to ntalgkas (Love Pain/Heartache) Stratos is tough to beat.
One more Stratos singer worth investigating if you love Adventurous JazzRock is Area’s singer/keybordist Demetrio Stratos.
Van Morrison has been a total asshole his whole life, this is nothing new.
Made some good records though.
Shatner shouting, “Mr. Tamborine Man!!” at the very end of the song (the first time I heard it) remains one of the great spit-take moments of my life! Until that moment…stunned amusement.
Dylan covers that are (probably) better than the originals (off the op of my head):
Richie Havens – Just Like a Woman
Joe Cocker/Leon Russell – Girl From The North Country
Nina Simone – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Guy Davis – What’s a Sweetheart Like You Doing In A Dump Like This
Tom Petty – License to Kill
Sam Cooke – Blowin’ in the Wind
Leon Russell – Hard Rain
The O’Jays – Emotionally Yours
Ron Isley – Lay, Lady, Lay
Eddie Vedder – Masters Of War
The Band – Tears Of Rage
Bruce Springsteen – Chimes Of Freedom
Jimi Hendrix – Watchtower
Calexico – Goin’ to Acapulco
Did not know the Isleys did Lay Lady Lay. Thanks for that.
I will take this opportunity to give props to their The Heat is On album, which I think doesn’t get enough attention as a seminal piece of work.
I like Emmylou Harris’ version of “Every Grain Of Sand” better than Dylan’s, but in almost all cases I prefer Dylan’s original.
Nico’s cover of “I’ll Keep It With Mine” is another one of my favorite Dylan covers.
(If I was really being honest, actually, I think I actually prefer Dylan’s Watchtower to Hendrix’s and kind of regret including it on the above list. Dylan’s is an extremely evocative recording, and if we are penalizing Dylan for not having a good voice, I think Jimi’s a pretty terrible singer too who, like Dylan, had greater skills that transcend his vocal shortcomings).
(Also, I am sure there are a few that I am forgetting that should be on the list, and I’m sure there are a bunch that should be there that I don’t even know about. But I went deep into Dylan back when I was young, and I used to collect covers of his songs. And the list above are the songs that stood out, to me, as taking the original ideas (bob basically just recorded ideas) and made them into more complete songs.
Neil Young’s Blowin in the wind in his live album Weld always give me the chills
And Father of night by Manfred Mann kicks ass too!
…but the original ones have their own unique charm and so much “truth” that I can’t say they’re worse…just different
Worst Dylan cover: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door by Guns N Roses
The Byrds covers are also pretty good
Melodic, nostalgic and soothing
I like the cover of “Masters of War” by Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready on Dylan’s 30th anniversary concert.
“And I’ll watch as you’re lowered
Into your deathbed
And I’ll stand over your grave
‘Til I’m sure that you’re dead”
worth a listen : Jimmy LaFave Buckets of Rain and Shelter from the Storm.
they butchered live and let die also…
Hendrix does a really great version of “Tears of Rage,” but it’s just a really phenomenal song, I suppose.
Fairport Convention’s “I’ll Keep it with Mine,” Van’s “Baby Blue,” simone’s “I Shall be Released,” and Jim James’ “Goin to Acapulco” are all other fav Dylan covers.
***and Jim James’ “Goin to Acapulco” are all other fav Dylan covers.***
Yeah, this is the Calexico version I referenced above. (I have no idea who Jim James is, and I saw Calexico open for Amos Lee once and they were just okay, but this Goin’ To Acapulco version they do was by far the best thing to come out of that Todd Haynes movie I thought.
Nice thread idea and great lists.
Here’s a few more I like:
Billy by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Masters of War by The Staple Singers
It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry by Little Feat
Everything is broken by RL Burnside
A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall by Bill Frisell
“some awesome spots of brilliance after that…”
Like “Infidels”
As to covers, how about “I Got You Babe”- Sonny and Cher (LOL)
This site blows my mind. Y’all even know more than me about Dylan!
the pretenders (chrissie hynde) do a nice rendition of forever young..
I’m honestly not convinced the Jets are worse than the Giants. I think it may be the other way around.
Peter Paul and Mary: Don’t think twice, it’s alright
i am going to the jet home opener this week…flying out tomorrow…looking forward to seeing zach in person..
this wu-tang series on hulu is much better than I expected. usually when artists tell their own stories it’s a puff piece but this is actually a quality drama. our old friend jamie hector does a good job in it, but it’s mostly filled with new talent.
The Wu Tang documentary was amazing. I was practically in tears during parts of it. I had the pleasure of meeting Raekwon once, I was in awe.
there’s both a documentary and a dramatic series. the series is about to drop a new season, and that’s what brought it to my attention (season 1 was 2 years ago).
I’ve been on a serious laiko binge lately and, for me, Stratos is #1. His records – especially his earlier stuff from the 1960s – have been in heavy rotation on the turntable here. “Last Night at the Tavern” is my jam!
I dig Kazantzidis, too, but I think he’s harder for me – as a non-Greek – to fully appreciate. He’s clearly influenced many Greek singers who have come after him and seems to have spawned a host of imitators. Although that’s a tribute to his greatness, having heard all of those generic Stelios wannabes over the years have made his style seem less unique to my untrained American ear. Stratos, on the other hand, just sounds different to me than anyone else and that’s why he’s at the top of my playlist.
Of course, we’re talking really small sample sizes here. It’s not like I have crates stuffed with laiko records. Just a few dozen. And not speaking a word of Greek, I have no idea what any of them are singing about and I’m sure it would change my thinking if I could hear how skilled the singers were at interpreting the lyrics. All I can do is respond to the sound of the voice as another instrument in the ensemble. In other words, I really don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about when it comes to Greek music but I’ve developed some clear preferences among the little that I do know.
Have never heard of Bithikotsis before and I’ll definitely check him out. Thanks for the tip!
wow :)
sounds like a bunch of you are still working with vinyl…that’s very cool…
This Raider game is nuts
A friend of mine worked for MTV a long time ago and he got his hands on a tape of an uncut Ghostface/Raekwon interview they shot to promo the 2nd wutang album. They were both high as shit and they had a bag of chips on the floor between the two of them that they kept eating from. The producer kept trying to explain to them that they couldn’t eat chips because the mics they were wearing would pick up the crunching but they were so high that whichever one of them wasn’t talking would start eating chips and you’d hear it over the other guys answer. The producer would interrupt and tell them not to eat chips again and they’d agree, and they’d ask a question and while one of the was answering you’d hear the crunching start up again. It’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
A whole year of people saying Josh Jacobs sucks seems to have motivated him.
There’s way too many good Dylan covers for me to narrow it down, but I will note that I was always fond of Rod Stewart’s streak of doing Dylan covers on his early albums. Not saying they were the best, but whenever I think about Dylan covers, I think of that streak he had there in the early 70s putting one Dylan cover on each of his albums from 1970-74, including his final Faces album (before Stewart’s music started to really kind of suck at the end of the decade).
This cover talk, though, made me think of a new feature I’ve been doing at my new pop culture site, examining the original versions of songs where a cover of the song is the famous version: https://popculturereferences.com/category/cover-up/
Nina Simone did some great Dylan covers: Just Like A Woman, I Shall Be Released, Ballad Of Hollis Brown
@Count de Pennies
Check out these ones
They’re Iconic in the Laiko genre:
Bithikotsis – Drapetsona
Bithikotsis – Vrehei sti Ftohogeitoneia
Kazantzidis – Yparho
Kazantzidis – I zoi mou oli
Stratos – Vrehei fotia sti strata mou
Stratos – Itan pseftika
Mitsias – As ton trelo stin trela tou
*And definitely check out Vassilis Tsitsanis
He’s the Patriarch of Laiko in Greece
And a Top Composer of all times imo
Enjoy. I hope they play well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUT7N8RYgSI
it’s never to late bring this song
Thanks for all the covers and songs mentioned, some covers I heard for the first time.
CdP and KNY you made me listen to Greek and EX-Yugo folk melos. Haven’t done that in a long time. Tenks.
Joan Baez ~ Farewell Angelina: my favorite cover from Joan.
I always thought that covering an already great track is not going to end up well for the artist who tries to do it but there are many examples that prove me wrong over the years.
Moby’s New Dawn Fades cover on Joy Division classic kicked my mouth pretty hard recently!
Savvopoulos – O paliatsos ki o listis is a pretty guttsy dylan-watchtower cover in greek!
Same here. Started to change my mind when i first heard “Sweet Jane” on a version by the Cowboy Junkies. What a great version that is. And is beautifully inserted on the “Natural Born Killers” movie. Which i find a great movie, btw.
Here’s the reason i started watching the NBA:
https://www.nba.com/news/history-nba-legend-drazen-petrovic