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The bouncy young woman dancing at the very front near the end of the video caught my eye. She makes the others -- especially the men -- look so wooden and stiff.

Intended effect?

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'Gentlemen,' he said, 'I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes I've moved your mountains and marked your cards. But Eden is burning -- either brace yourself for elimination or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.'

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Dylan has never explained to whom those lyrics referred. They are timeless and could be projected onto Trump. Recorded in 1978, other lyrics suggest that Dylan was self-referential with "16 years" referring back to 1962 when he took the stage. Anyways, it's been about 16 years since Bill Clinton left and there are plenty of desperate men and desperate women divided, spreading their wings 'neath falling leaves.

Full lyrics after the jump

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Pretty lady covers a 50-year-old Dylan song:

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'Gentlemen,' he said, 'I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes

I've moved your mountains and marked your cards

But Eden is burning -- either brace yourself for elimination

Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.'

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Jimi Hendrix - Like A Rolling Stone HD by link to original 

This was Hendrix's American stage debut as The Experience. The Monterrey Pop Festival in June 1967 came only a few short months after his debut in England. This song was his first tribute to Bob Dylan.* Dylan had been invited to the Monterrey festival but declined for who knows what reason(s). Jimi's reference to "Bob Dylan's grandma over there" was a dig at bassist Noel Redding who sported "granny glasses" and a dylan-esque afro. The two never did get on together and Hendrix ultimately replaced Redding with Billy Cox who is the last surviving bandmate.
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* The second one being his recording of "All Along The Watchtower" a year later. 

Bob Dylan cover: Don't Think Twice

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KLEM FM: My Favorite Dylan Covers

Compiled from my iTunes according to my "played" metric which spans a number of years. Number 10 is least played; number 1 has the most plays:

10. Mama, You've Been On My Mind by Rod Stewart from his 1972 LP "Never A Dull Moment."

9. The Mighty Quinn (The Eskimo) by Manfred Mann and his Earth Band (1968).

8. All I Really Want To Do by The Byrds (1965).  I have three Byrds songs in my top ten so there is something special about them. I suppose it's their sound. They really did invent a new sound as I described here.

7. Don't Think Twice by Mike Ness (1999)

6. All Along The Watchtower by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)

5. My Back Pages by The Byrds (1967)

4. It's All Over Now Baby Blue by Them (that's Van Morrison in disguise, 1966). I probably under-counted this version and it should be ranked higher. But the song only recently became available on iTunes.

3. Mr. Tambourine Man, The Byrds (1965)

2. Changing Of The Guards Patti Smith (2007)

1. I Believe In You Cat Power (2008). The original is from Dylan's "Slow Train Coming," the LP some Dylan fans still love to forget. But the song works well at a non-religious level too, in my opinion.
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So what did I leave out?  What would you add or subtract?

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Them cover Dylan in 1966, the best year for pop music:

Stray thoughts:

The song starts out sounding like the opening to Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" (1961) but then it hits a sour note to distinguish it.

I knew that Beck had stolen that sound for his song "Jack-Ass" -- I just couldn't place it in my past.  Then I googled -- duh!

Why wasn't this the parting song for Walter White in "Breaking Bad"?

Why doesn't iTunes sell this version of this song?

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The definitive version of the song:

The best ever analysis of that song is here. It's really hard to add anything, IMHO. Even if you can't stand Dylan or Hendrix, you will learn something from that essay and probably appreciate both artists more.