Better Version Of WatchTower ? PJ OR DMB ?

Josh10376
Josh10376 Posts: 76
edited June 2008 in The Porch
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  • mjb
    mjb Posts: 1,315
    Is this a joke?
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    Dave Sucks IMO...case closed
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  • jamminpearls
    jamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    not a dave fan at all but his version to me is better. I know i will get shit for this but they don't even compare. Pj's is way too fast.
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  • Josh10376
    Josh10376 Posts: 76
    petrocs wrote:
    Dave Sucks IMO...case closed


    Nice intelligent discussion.
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    IMO they need not play this song. it's been overdone as it is. and then ed rings out '2 riders were approaching' like 4 times. that Jake dude or whoever he was in DC...having him join the band onstage...cool...but why keep playing it? they could pick a better song to cover.
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Won't even entertain the DMB idea, not a fan ... but, I've seen PJ/Ed do it 3 times .... they rank in order ....

    1) SF III '06 (with Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth)
    2) Berkeley '08 (Ed, Mike, Liam Finn) .. close second ....
    3) MSG I - 2008

    I'm glad they are playing it more ... they do a great job on it!
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  • mjb
    mjb Posts: 1,315
    Ed killed it with Ben Harper on guitar in LAII at the Wiltern
  • HollisBrown
    HollisBrown Posts: 4,325
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    they could pick a better song to cover.
    I agree. Would love for them to cover "Like a Rolling Stone"(I can hear Boom in the background playing all the Al Kooper lines).
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    I like PJ's version, but everyone who immediately dismisses the DMB version should seek out a copy of their 1995 show at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC. Trey from Phish and John Popper joined them onstage for Watchtower and it was unbelievably good. I don't listen to DMB anymore, but I can still listen to that song.
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Prince's version is the best
  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    i don't like dave matthews...

    i think ed's version for Im not there was perfect... they do punk it up live but I love it.
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  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    Josh10376 wrote:
    Nice intelligent discussion.

    Thats my opinion as I stated. Whats not intelligent about that? I think Dave has passed on from music hopeful to frat jam band a LONG time ago. I was never a fan of him but I appreciated him for his music at first but then his fans started being the face of his music. I have been to a few Dave shows with ex girlfriends and I can tell you they are about as annoying as a concert can get. Frat boy after frat boy screaming "Ants Marching!" and every girl screaming "Space Between!"...at this point I cant tell the difference between Dave and John Mayer. That being said...everyone is entitled to Dave or John Mayer or whomever they wish to listen to...I chose not too. Hence my comment..Dave sucks IMO.
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  • Yellow Bedwetter
    Yellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    i was talking to my buddy about this after night 1. regardless of me being a DMB fan...DMB makes their version their own and let me explain.
    It's always about 8-12 min long with a huge jam, and usually the last song of the night. Pearl Jam's version sounds too similar to Jimi's, quick lyrics and quick solos. Mike tears it up don't get me wrong, but there's no slow intro like dmb or creshendo or big excitement except for the fact that its PJ playing a dylan song.

    my vote is dmb but still thankful to have heard 2 versions of PJ thus far
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  • Zoso
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    thunderDAN wrote:
    Prince's version is the best

    neil young does a killer version with loads of feedback... I think the version neil did with pj was classic!
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  • rebornFixer
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    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    i was talking to my buddy about this after night 1. regardless of me being a DMB fan...DMB makes their version their own and let me explain.
    It's always about 8-12 min long with a huge jam, and usually the last song of the night. Pearl Jam's version sounds too similar to Jimi's, quick lyrics and quick solos. Mike tears it up don't get me wrong, but there's no slow intro like dmb or creshendo or big excitement except for the fact that its PJ playing a dylan song.

    my vote is dmb but still thankful to have heard 2 versions of PJ thus far

    I'm good with them emulating Jimi's version!
  • thunderDAN
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    Zoso wrote:
    neil young does a killer version with loads of feedback... I think the version neil did with pj was classic!

    I like that one too. I just like Prince's because it's a song that you wouldn't associate with his style of music but he does an awesome job with it IMO
  • pjstarr
    pjstarr Posts: 271
    Until I have the opportunity to see PJ play it live, I would have to Say DMB.
    Kind of comparing apples to oranges until I see PJ play it.
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Pearl Jam may be favorite band PERIOD. But DMB version is better. Sorry, but PJ's version is somewhat rushed sounding and a tad sloppy. DMB's is far better. No comparison. Although anything else PJ covers is absolutely incredible. Just not AATWT.
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  • Shawn Smith Collective
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    I thought there was a good mixture of the Dylan original and the classic Hendrix version. After all, even with the countless covers out there and the fact that it wasn't his to begin with, this song has LOOOOONG been considered a Hendrix tune first and foremost. And we're talking about McCready here...it's no secret how he feels about Hendrix. So it only makes sense that this cover is based around the Hendrix version.
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  • LONGRD
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    I'm not a fan of this cover...please bring back RITFW as a closer... :p
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