I'd heard that Bob Dylan liked Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" so much that he started performing it the way Hendrix arranged it.

Jim and I were talking about this the other day. There are certain songs that I feel should never be covered. Of course there are two types of those songs:

a ) songs that are perfection as they are, nobody could do them justice, don't try

b ) songs that were so terrible that they shouldn't be covered because who the hell would ever want to hear them again

there's maybe a third category - one hit wonders - don't cover them, it's their only glory...but we'll leave those out.

What songs should never be covered for either reason above?

A few of mine category A:

Let It Be (Beatles)

Comfortably Numb (Floyd)

Stairway to Heaven (Zep)

Layla (original version - not the crappy cover he did later) (Clapton/Cream)

Hotel California (Eagles)

Foreplay/Long Time (Boston)

Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

Category B:

Anything with Max Headroom in it

Radio Gaga (Queen)

Don't Cry Out Loud (Melissa Manchester)

Babe (Styx)

Yours??

I love covers and it would be hard for me to put them in a category.

At concerts, it's great to here a band do a cover or two.

The Stones and Floyd, can be off key and out of tune in concert.

The last thing, I want to hear at a concert is their exact recording of a song.

But, bring something else to the table, jam or take a different spin on their own work.

When the Stone's do this they shine!

I could not stand Last Kiss, by Wayne Cochran And The C. C. Riders. Not a big seller. remember slow dancing at the prom to it.

But, when Eddie sang it, it became magic to my ears.

A cover of a cover by the same band. Stones, **** Tonk Woman and Country Honk. Love both versions.

Funny, Yesterday, great song.

Guiness Book of records, lists Yesterday as the most recorded song.

Over 300 versions recorded.

I do think, some songs should not be touched, Yesterday is one of them.

My favorite song, is my favorite cover, by two of my favorite artists. lol

Like A Rolling Stone, Dylan and The Stones.

Edit, I LMAO when **** was editted out of Tonk Woman, but get why now.

But, it does have two meanings, and when you add Tonk after it! /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Now, I have The **** Tonk Blues! /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

You're getting soft Dawk. If I didn't know any better I'd

almost believe you were an agnostic /unsure.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' /> , but I

know better

I think i have a cream for that.....from "hot fuzz"

That's a point. A point however that needs more evidence. Still I might wish Stevie went one place, and someone like for instance, Jerry Falwell went some other place.

You're getting soft Dawk. If I didn't know any better I'd

almost believe you were an agnostic /unsure.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' /> , but I

know better

Careful there Dawk, phrases like that

almost make it sound like you believe

that he went somewhere else after death /wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />

That's a point. A point however that needs more evidence. Still I might wish Stevie went one place, and someone like for instance, Jerry Falwell went some other place.

I was laughing at a comment a woman wrote under one of the two video clips...that her ovaries just burst....lol

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I never think to read the comments

see, a wealth of Floyd trivia. i'll learn so much from you /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />

as for the link i sent you, i had trouble thinking about

anything besides the fact that Roger was in his undies,

and looked like he could use a sandwich or two /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I was laughing at a comment a woman wrote under one of the two video clips...that her ovaries just burst....lol

You know, I was watching that link you sent me of them doing Cymbaline in rock quarry tune up and being told the PAs were too lound. It reminded me of a wild story I read about them. They were scheduled to play a show on a barge in the middle of a lake to crowds to be gathered on the surrounding shorelines/beaches. They had inflatables that were supposed to rise up out of the lake at different times during the concert (specifically an octopus, not octomom). Anyway, they played the show but when they'd finished they'd played so loud that the persistant vibrations that they generated killed most of the fish in the lake.

see, a wealth of Floyd trivia. i'll learn so much from you /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />

as for the link i sent you, i had trouble thinking about

anything besides the fact that Roger was in his undies,

and looked like he could use a sandwich or two /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I of course had heard the story about Syd showing up while they were recording,

but I hadn't heard all those details about it. Thanks Monk /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />

You're a wealth of Floyd trivia.

See Heidi, you are amongst friends here. Maybe not the friends you always dreamed of having, but at least we won't try to interest you in Scientology.

I of course had heard the story about Syd showing up while they were recording,

but I hadn't heard all those details about it. Thanks Monk /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />

You're a wealth of Floyd trivia.

You know, I was watching that link you sent me of them doing Cymbaline in rock quarry tune up and being told the PAs were too lound. It reminded me of a wild story I read about them. They were scheduled to play a show on a barge in the middle of a lake to crowds to be gathered on the surrounding shorelines/beaches. They had inflatables that were supposed to rise up out of the lake at different times during the concert (specifically an octopus, not octomom). Anyway, they played the show but when they'd finished they'd played so loud that the persistant vibrations that they generated killed most of the fish in the lake.

Well considering a major theme running through the bulk of floyd's post barrett catalog is insanity they got to see it first hand. Not to mention one of their biggest releases ever (Wish you were here) is said to be about him. There are some funny stories surrounding that. The most obvious being Syd Barrett actually showing up for the sessions for a day. The band hadn't seen him in years and he'd shaved his head (and eyebrows), had put on a ton of weight, dressing this outrageously garish outfit complete w/a yogi bear tie holding a toothbrush. They had no clue who he was initially but one of the old roadies told them. They'd been trying to work out the material for awhile and didn't have names for anything. In fact they'd been calling the material "Nothing parts 1-24". The band members, Roger in particular, were quite stunned by his presence/appearance. Waters has claimed in interviews I've read and heard that he didn't INTENTIONALLY write this stuff w/Syd in mind necessarily, but after seeing Syd it helped crystalize what he was going for after all.

I of course had heard the story about Syd showing up while they were recording,

but I hadn't heard all those details about it. Thanks Monk /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />

You're a wealth of Floyd trivia.

and I always figured they wouldn't have ended up as big as

they were if Syd had not gone crazy and left, thus bringing

in Gilmour (and it KILLS me to admit that /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' /> )

Well considering a major theme running through the bulk of floyd's post barrett catalog is insanity they got to see it first hand. Not to mention one of their biggest releases ever (Wish you were here) is said to be about him. There are some funny stories surrounding that. The most obvious being Syd Barrett actually showing up for the sessions for a day. The band hadn't seen him in years and he'd shaved his head (and eyebrows), had put on a ton of weight, dressing this outrageously garish outfit complete w/a yogi bear tie holding a toothbrush. They had no clue who he was initially but one of the old roadies told them. They'd been trying to work out the material for awhile and didn't have names for anything. In fact they'd been calling the material "Nothing parts 1-24". The band members, Roger in particular, were quite stunned by his presence/appearance. Waters has claimed in interviews I've read and heard that he didn't INTENTIONALLY write this stuff w/Syd in mind necessarily, but after seeing Syd it helped crystalize what he was going for after all.

I saw Stevie perform that cover on his last night on Earth at Alpine Valley.

Careful there Dawk, phrases like that

almost make it sound like you believe

that he went somewhere else after death /wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

Yes, Dawkins. I believe it is.

However: Dolly Parton covering REO Speedwagon's "Time For Me To Fly" in bluegrass mode...is NOT!

I saw Stevie perform that cover on his last night on Earth at Alpine Valley.