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Best version of All Along The Watchtower?

Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,164
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I dig the version with Neil from 2004. And Eddie solo in Water on the Road is great.

Any other versions that stand out?

"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,364
    U2's Rattle and Hum is my favorite cover of this song.
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  • TheLuckyOnesTheLuckyOnes Posts: 472
    Hartford 10 with Ben from band of horses is pretty dang good.
  • KevinmanKevinman Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 1,921
    Nobody covered it better than Jimi
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  • darthvedderdarthvedder Posts: 2,622
    I'm biased because I was there, but 7/18/2006 San Francisco with Lee Ranaldo. Was a total surprise.
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    any version of jimi hendrix
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  • InBetweenIsMneInBetweenIsMne Posts: 430
    Hendrix's.
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,365
    Hendrix for sure.

    As far as PJ versions go, Hartford 2010 with BofH Ben was great. Complete surprise and so much fun to see live.
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  • AO288807AO288807 Posts: 40
    Jimis version is the best cover ever
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    darthvedder said:

    I'm biased because I was there, but 7/18/2006 San Francisco with Lee Ranaldo. Was a total surprise.

    Plus one. I was there too. Completely surprised.
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  • EB218946EB218946 Posts: 3,999
    Newark,NJ 2010 they closed the show with this song. Lead singer from band of horses as well. Cool version.
  • pledgeagrievancepledgeagrievance Posts: 2,872
    TheLuckyOnes said:

    Hartford 10 with Ben from band of horses is pretty dang good.

  • JLank11JLank11 Posts: 31
    I've never seen a better one than DMB in Central Park.
  • cockagecockage Posts: 465
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePXl7LdDoS8&index=2&list=PL8529EC59D3AD1A53

    Hartford 2010

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcBfplJsRXw
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,164
    cockage said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePXl7LdDoS8&index=2&list=PL8529EC59D3AD1A53

    Hartford 2010

    Bens singing is a big weak... but maybe I'll go with this one.

    Don't think this is a cover that PJ really elevates... but yeah. I guess I go with the Hartford version or Toledo.

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,164
    Funny that Eddie needs to read the lyrics to this one. Thought it was one song every rockstar knew by heart :D
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    Hendrix owns this song, imho.
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,164
    njnancy said:

    Hendrix owns this song, imho.

    Maybe. But need a PJ version :)

    (I think Neil Young does it pretty good too)
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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    njnancy said:

    Hendrix owns this song, imho.

    Maybe. But need a PJ version :)

    (I think Neil Young does it pretty good too)
    Don't get me wrong - this song has been covered by many excellent artists - Eddie does a great cover - but I just love Hendrix's version the best.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,669
    I prefer Hendrix and DMB's version over Pearl Jam's (sorry). Only version i have is the one from Leeds a few years back.
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  • whoanelly15whoanelly15 Posts: 742
    JLank11 said:

    I've never seen a better one than DMB in Central Park.

    This. And Hendrix.
  • BF89905BF89905 Posts: 1,430
    DMB's is better..... I heard at MSG in 2010..... not a fan of how they play it, even though Pearl Jam is my favourite band without hesitation. Good luck in your search.
  • huntersthompsonhuntersthompson Posts: 992
    whoanelly15 said:

    JLank11 said:

    I've never seen a better one than DMB in Central Park.

    This. And Hendrix.
    Agreed....
    Hendrix took the folk song and started that rock and roll train upon which loads of fantastic artists have ridden. There is no band or person who covers it better than DMB...it is the tempo change that they make between the second and third stanzas that just slays it...

    With that said, it is always a good cover to catch at a show. I do have to ask: What in the f was going through Dylan's mind when he wrote it?

    One of my favorite criticism's of the song (and Dylan's writing of the song) is:
    That whole artistic mystique is one of the great traps of this business, because down that road lies unintelligibility. Dylan has a lot to answer for there, because after a while he discovered that he could get away with anything—he was Bob Dylan and people would take whatever he wrote on faith. So he could do something like "All Along the Watchtower," which is simply a mistake from the title on down: a watchtower is not a road or a wall, and you can't go along it.

  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,710
    DMB live at red rocks is a fantastic version!
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