Those three artists came up on my Spotify when I searched for the song . Wasn't aware of those other versions. I listened to the three of them in a row and they're all great.
Is this the U2 version you listened to ? If so I have to disagree, sounds like a pub covers band doing Hendrix (and, as uncool as it may be, I quite like U2).
Those three artists came up on my Spotify when I searched for the song . Wasn't aware of those other versions. I listened to the three of them in a row and they're all great.
Is this the U2 version you listened to ? If so I have to disagree, sounds like a pub covers band doing Hendrix (and, as uncool as it may be, I quite like U2).
Yip off the rattle n hum album. Gee U2 seem to have their share of haters these days. I think Joshua Tree is a great album and Rattle n Hum to a lesser extent. Haven't listened to any of their stuff in the last 10-15 years or so, and don't feel like i am missing anything. I enjoyed their cover of Watchtower, it's live so that gives it an extra something maybe....there's no accounting for other people's tastes though, i guess. Make no mistake, having listened to the many different versions people have alerted me to over the last week, Hendrix wins by a length from Dylan IMHO.
Check out the Hendrix-esque solo at the end. He used loop effects on his guitar long before Ed Sheeran was even thought of!
Interesting sound. I hadn't heard of him before...off to spotify to listen to some other songs of his
Zevon - my God, the man was a genius.
Had an accidental hit with "Werewolves of London" in 1978 but this was far from typical Zevon fare. His "Excitable Boy" LP which included "Werewolves" also featured "Lawyers, Guns and Money". "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Accidentally Like a Martyr" (the last which included the line "Time out of mind" which Dylan lifted for the title of his 1997 album. )
He was always on the fringes of commercial success - Jackson Browne produced his second "Warren Zevon" album, on which he also recorded with Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, Phil Everly and Browne. He also co wrote a song with Bruce Springsteen ("Jeannie Needs A Shooter") on his "Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School" LP in 1980.
His "Sentimental Hygiene" LP from 1987 included Bob Dylan on one track, and another was co written with members of REM. He later recorded the Hindu Love Gods album in 1990 with a Stipe-less REM as backing band.
Known for his unpredictable live performances in his drinking days - he was a chronic alcoholic but eventually gave up drinking after the alcohol almost killed him - he was latterly a compelling live solo performer on guitar and piano, using tape loops on stage. This is heard on the official "Learning to Flinch" release from 1993 but thanks to the wonders of the internet, there is a vast array of Zevon live solo performances which, as well as his signature songs, also feature crazy cover versons of things like "Hallelujah", "Ring Them Bells", "All Along the Watchtower" and "Winter Wonderland".
His "Mutineer" LP from 1995 is a fine, understated set - when it was announced that he was terminally ill, Bob Dylan added Zevon songs to his live set, covering "Accidentally Like A Martyr" and "Mutineer".
His "Live'll Kill Ya" LP in 2000 was touted as some kind of come back, but he had never been away. The humourous song "My Shit's Fucked Up" was spookily prescient, as at this point, Zevon was fit and well. A life long hypochondriac and sufferer of OCD and other addictive behaviours, it turned out that his shit really was fucked up when he was persuaded by his dentist to seek medical attention and he was diagnosed with mesotheliama (the same thing that killed Steve McQueen.) He was left with long enough to record "The Wind" in 2003 and to see the birth of twin grand children.
His ex wife Crystal wrote a book about her life with Zevon (named after his "I'll Sleep when I'm Dead" song) which revealed a complex, messed up character who at the height of his alcoholism was occasionally violent and who also appears to have had a sex addiction when he ditched the drink. However, his legacy is 14 superb albums released between 1969 and 2003. He died in September 2003 at the tragically young age of 56.
I must admit having had a quick listen to his most popular song on spotify...werewolfs...i realised i had heard it and TBH don't like it much, but i really enjoyed his Watchtower sound and i will spend more time listening to your suggestions. Opinion not fully formed yet. Standby.
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(Ken's are Hendrix and Gallagher, of course).