# What's your favorite Bob Dylan cover **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 29, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887 "2023-09-29T22:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/81 "2025-05-26T14:05:06Z")
I know it’s a parody but it’s a Dylan thread and this belongs here. > **["Weird Al" Yankovic - Bob (Official Video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4%2F)** > > Official Video for “Bob” by “Weird Al” YankovicListen to “Weird Al” Yankovic: https://weirdalyankovic.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official “Weird Al” Ya... ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/82 "2025-05-26T15:15:58Z")
I was always partial to the version of “I Shall Be Released” at the end of The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball. There’s almost a Gospel tone that anticipates the joy of release, whether it be from captivity or this mortal coil. [https://youtu.be/GTOnXdwC6jw?si=JJPmkHTDZuH5bEf\_](https://youtu.be/GTOnXdwC6jw?si=JJPmkHTDZuH5bEf_) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/83 "2025-05-26T17:10:36Z")
Goodness, no-one has mentioned Jennifer Warnes “Famous Blue Raincoat” album? Stand-out tracks are “Famous Blue Raincoat”, “Ain’t No Cure For Love”, and “First We Take Manhattan” ---
**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:** [May 26, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/84 "2025-05-26T17:18:02Z")
Well, that’s Leonard Cohen. Or am I whooshed? (btw. I agree that’s a great album, but just not Dylan) ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/85 "2025-05-26T21:08:13Z")
I’ve always liked Fleetwood Mac’s version of “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”. It’s on YouTube if you want to find it. I couldn’t link it here. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/86 "2025-05-26T22:17:35Z")
There’s also a moving version from the Kast Waltz: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MjtPBjEz-BA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHOBYAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gEygTMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDNpWgTPEdsgj0gREKuXDyu7Fu38Q "The Band: I Shall Be Released (The Last Waltz)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjtPBjEz-BA) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/87 "2025-05-26T22:42:40Z")
Knockin on Heavens Door by Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/88 "2025-05-26T23:27:22Z")
The Grateful Dead covered at least one Dylan tune almost every night during the late 80s. It’s hard to pick a favorite but here’s a pretty amazing [“Memphis Blues”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwsjQbf0czc) And oh, what the heck, I’ll throw in a [“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgnwnfy9FE) Now I’m going to get super nerdy…“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” has always reminded me of the final scene of Stephen King’s _The Dark Tower_. It’s nearly twenty years old, but I guess I’ll spoil this anyway: Roland comes to the Tower at twilight, when “it’s gettin’ too dark to see”. He lays his gun on the ground. The “long black cloud” could easily be the shadow of the Tower looming over him, and of course the Tower itself is a door to…well, somewhere. But the Dead added a final line that’s not in the Dylan version; “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door…/Just like so many times before!” Now that _really_ fits the Dark Tower theme, but they were singing it several years before the book was published! Trippy, man. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/89 "2025-05-27T00:01:22Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > And oh, what the heck, I’ll throw in a [“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgnwnfy9FE) Back in our teens a friend and I aspired to be a rock band. We did a mash up of Knocking on Heaven’s door and Neil Young’s Helpless. ETA: a quick Googling shows a lot of folks have thought of that since then! > **[1K views · 12 reactions | Helpless and Knocking on Heavens Door | There's...](https://www.facebook.com/PhillNugentMusic/videos/602093683745259/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&ref=sharing&mibextid=wwXIfr&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffb.watch%2FzQKK3CHE4e%2F%3Fmibextid%3DwwXIfr%26fs%3De)** > > There's nothing like going to Lake Luise on a quiet day. This is my mashup of Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heavens Door" and Neil Young's "Helpless". > I'm... ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/90 "2025-05-27T13:05:17Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > One More Cup of Coffee by The White Stripes, that I heard for the first time last night. Man, that’s good. This version by Steve Earle off of the ‘Chimes of Freedom’ Dylan cover album is good as well. A little more laid-back than the White Stripes version. I think I like Earle’s vocals more than Jack White’s, who almost sounds like he’s yodeling. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6WNk37jelH8/maxresdefault.jpg "One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WNk37jelH8) ---
**Author:** ![sb1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@sb1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sb1953)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/91 "2025-05-27T13:11:24Z")
Joan Baez doing “You ain’t goin’ Nowhere” ---
**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:** [May 27, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/92 "2025-05-27T13:19:02Z")
Slight hijack: I’ve always thought that either “Chimes Of Freedom” or “I Shall Be Released” should be the anthem for Amnesty International. I didn’t know this cover album, but I see that it was recorded in honor of AI which warms my heart. I have to check out the whole album. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/93 "2025-05-27T13:21:20Z")
I’m glad (not to mention amazed, with your depth of musical knowledge) to introduce an album that’s new to you, EH. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/94 "2025-05-27T15:05:03Z")
Well thanks, but that’s really too much praise. I do know a lot of albums, but it’s still only a fraction of all albums ever released. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/95 "2025-05-27T16:35:29Z")
I’m a fan of Albert Hammond Jrs take on Don’t think Twice, It’s All Right. > **[Albert Hammond Jr. - Don't Think Twice \[Audio\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NkYBZihjQA%2F)** > > The New Album ‘Momentary Masters’ Out Now.iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MomentaryMastersStore: http://smarturl.it/AHJStoreAmazon: http://smarturl.it/MomentaryMa... ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887/96 "2025-05-27T22:50:11Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I’m a fan of Albert Hammond Jrs take on Don’t think Twice, It’s All Right. Nice. Not sure this counts as a great cover, but I think it deserves a mention… > **[The Four Seasons "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" on The Ed Sullivan Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOylT4I7qaI%2F)** > > The Four Seasons "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" on The Ed Sullivan Show, January 2, 1966. Subscribe now to never miss an update: https://ume.lnk.to/EdSu... ---
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That’s good - really good. Still, I have a special place in my heart for Dolly’s version of the song: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LpBfGpr1YNM/maxresdefault.jpg "Dolly Parton - Don't Think Twice (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpBfGpr1YNM) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887.md?page=4)