# Knocking on Heaven's Door- Which version do YOU hear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568 "2005-08-11T11:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/1 "2005-08-11T11:01:36Z")
In your head think about the song “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”…whose voice do you hear singing the first line? I’m not asking what your favourite version is, just the version that your brain has set as default. You have quite a list of options: Bob Dylan Eric Clapton Warren Zevon Nick Cage and a million others Who do you hear? Mine is Dolly Parton’s, featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo…just because it’s so odd. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/2 "2005-08-11T11:09:50Z")
Guns and Roses. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/3 "2005-08-11T11:17:40Z")
Andrew Eldritch of The Sisters of Mercy is my Knockin on Heaven’s Door voice. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/4 "2005-08-11T11:30:49Z")
Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/5 "2005-08-11T11:42:06Z")
Clapton’s - but only because its the only one I know… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/6 "2005-08-11T12:02:36Z")
Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/7 "2005-08-11T12:03:43Z")
Another for GnR. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/8 "2005-08-11T12:05:14Z")
Guns n Roses, Eric Clapton, or just my own version. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/9 "2005-08-11T12:29:24Z")
Jerry Garcia ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/10 "2005-08-11T12:43:58Z")
Guns ‘n’ Roses ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/11 "2005-08-11T12:44:24Z")
GnR ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/12 "2005-08-11T12:46:00Z")
GnR. I also have a live recording of Dylan with Tom Petty - it has a cool harmonica intro. But primarily GnR. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/13 "2005-08-11T12:59:12Z")
Clapton, then GnR. ---
**Author:** ![leandroc76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@leandroc76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leandroc76)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/14 "2005-08-11T13:00:52Z")
GnR. In my early teens I thought they wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/15 "2005-08-11T13:02:21Z")
I hear Clapton’s, followed by GnR ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/16 "2005-08-11T13:50:16Z")
Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/17 "2005-08-11T13:57:27Z")
Another vote for His Bobness. As I’ve alluded to elsewhere, I’m firmly in the “nobody sings Dylan like Dylan” camp. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/18 "2005-08-11T14:02:38Z")
Television (live), then Danny & Dusty. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/19 "2005-08-11T14:04:13Z")
Definitely Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568/20 "2005-08-11T15:49:05Z")
Originally Dylan, but then at the end it segues into Warren Zevon’s haunted “Let me in! Let me in!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocking-on-heavens-door-which-version-do-you-hear/316568.md?page=2)