# Let's create the ultimate Bob Dylan cover version mixtape. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680 "2019-04-17T16:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/21 "2019-04-17T21:07:11Z")
Old cover by Nilsson… Newer cover by The Lumineers... The pumps don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/22 "2019-04-17T21:28:15Z")
Fairport Convention’s “If You Gotta Go, Go Now (or Else You Got to Stay All Night).” It’s in French. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/23 "2019-04-17T21:29:28Z")
Nanci Griffith, Boots Of Spanish Leather Tracy Chapman, The Times They Are A Changing Johnny Winter, Highway 61 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k616RgpXVRI/hqdefault.jpg "Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited (Live Toronto 1983)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k616RgpXVRI) ---
**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:** [April 17, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/24 "2019-04-17T21:30:42Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > Inclusion of a Byrds song is mandatory. I’m partial to “My Back Pages” though. [This is the ultimate version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEIMCWob3U). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/25 "2019-04-17T21:40:41Z")
[One More Cup Of Coffee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=YeR6aDTdpMc) The White Stripes [Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5s7vXtA5Js) Mike Ness ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/26 "2019-04-17T22:05:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [This is the ultimate version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEIMCWob3U). My 3 suggestions also played their versions for that show! (My Chapman link is from that show.) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/27 "2019-04-17T22:21:58Z")
Lots of great suggestions so far, but I’ll give a general suggestion for the soundtrack of [“I’m Not There”](https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-not-there-original-soundtrack-mw0000580748), it’s great throughout and has a very special, but satisfying choice of songs. There are a lot of standout tracks, e. g. [I’m Not There by Sonic Youth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihyvc5kbPus), [Goin’ To Acapulco by Calexico](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XqhGEMthkI) or [Cat Power’s Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ4r9KPqcmg) But they’re all great. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/28 "2019-04-17T22:31:53Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Newer cover by The Lumineers… > > . You saved me the trouble. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/29 "2019-04-17T22:46:08Z")
I did use the Byrds, but went with: “Wheels on Fire”. Peter, Paul, and Mary: "Don't Think Twice" was the one I went with. “If you Gotta Go”-used Manfred Mann. “One Too Many Mornings”-Used The Association version. And If I included “Chimes of Freedom” these days I’d go wit the Boss. Shown here in East Berlin. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9_hQit-3Vh0/hqdefault.jpg "Springsteen - Chimes of freedom - East Berlin 1988") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_hQit-3Vh0) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/30 "2019-04-17T22:55:31Z")
Bryan Ferry’s [A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zwBHd4kll0) is a bit of an acquired taste, but I happen to like it. It’s certainly very Bryan Ferry. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/31 "2019-04-17T23:03:21Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Bryan Ferry’s [A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zwBHd4kll0) is a bit of an acquired taste, but I happen to like it. It’s certainly very Bryan Ferry. He also did a pure cover album called [“Dylanesque”](https://www.allmusic.com/album/dylanesque-mw0000777034) which is not bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![Onthefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de053/32.png) [@Onthefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onthefly)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/32 "2019-04-17T23:40:30Z")
“Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat”. Old Crow Medicine Show Check out their album “50 Years of Blonde on Blonde.” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/33 "2019-04-18T03:54:04Z")
Need to change my post count. Here’s a couple of really old covers… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CtiiF_Gm-mo/maxresdefault.jpg "Lulu - Mighty Quinn 1969 ((Stereo))") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtiiF_Gm-mo) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y3s9Rc5BLZ8/hqdefault.jpg "Julie London - Mighty Quinn ( Quinn The Eskimo ) - Bob Dylan / Manfred Mann") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3s9Rc5BLZ8) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/34 "2019-04-18T04:34:02Z")
“Like a Rolling Stone” – Jimi Hendrix “It Ain’t Me Babe” – the Turtles “I Shall Be Released” – the Band and damn near everybody from _The Last Waltz_ “Mr. Tambourine Man” – the Byrds “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” – Linda Ronstadt “Just Like a Woman” – _The Concert from Bangladesh_. I know Dylan plays on this, but he is backed by Leon Russell, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” – Eric Clapton “If Not for You” – George Harrison “Desolation Row” – the Grateful Dead “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” – Van Morrison “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” – Joan Baez “I Shall Be Released” – Ladysmith Black Mambazo "All Along the Watchtower – Jimi again ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/35 "2019-04-18T05:26:30Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iate0xqor2k/hqdefault.jpg "B.B. King - Fur Slippers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iate0xqor2k) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/36 "2019-04-18T05:47:14Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - Guns N Roses Naah, [Sisters of Mercy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dQV_8hhKZg) More from the more alternative side: [Wanted Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZeaBwDmN2E) by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds [Highway '61 Revisited](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKQLVrtWN2M) by PJ Harvey [Wheel’s On Fire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5iMaQfmXVQ) by Siouxsie and The Banshees ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/37 "2019-04-18T07:30:37Z")
_The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll_ by **Steve Howe**. Don’t know if it’s any good, but neither the song or artist has been mentioned yet, and I don’t want to piss off the OP. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/38 "2019-04-18T14:34:49Z")
I did use Ronstadt’s version of “Baby”. And don’t worry about pissing me off. It’s all for fun here. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/39 "2019-04-18T16:20:58Z")
“Open the Door, Homer” by Thunderclap Newman. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680/40 "2019-04-18T16:58:55Z")
Since famously cited Odetta as the spark behind his desire to become a folk singer, you might maybe want to include one of her Dylan covers. ETA: [dylan odetta - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=dylan+odetta) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-ultimate-bob-dylan-cover-version-mixtape/832680.md?page=3)