I gotta say it...she really knocked it out of the park IMHO. The suicide note interpretation is interesting and I think lends the song an air that even Dylan may concede is really rather brilliant. Ke$ha's vocal is, as noted in the video, farking brilliant. Which version of the song do I like best? I think they are mirror reflections of one another, both equally great and comparison is unneeded. Even given all of the talent that is contributing to the project, I'd pick it up based solely on what I heard on the video.

There is really no reason to waste your energy getting pissed about this.

I have gingercotus

Is there something wrong with admitting that Kesha Sebert, like Stefani Germanotta, has a hell of a lot of talent?

I mean, in both cases they've 'sold out' and done cheap pop music to make money, but so what? I'm willing to bet that they still do that stuff for themselves, so it's not like the music is lost - we'd never have heard it anyway, and nobody's forcing us to listen to what they're putting out now.

i really liked it

Welp, now we know who Ke$ha is blowing

Unsung_Hero: Is there something wrong with admitting that Kesha Sebert, like Stefani Germanotta, has a hell of a lot of talent?

I mean, in both cases they've 'sold out' and done cheap pop music to make money, but so what? I'm willing to bet that they still do that stuff for themselves, so it's not like the music is lost - we'd never have heard it anyway, and nobody's forcing us to listen to what they're putting out now.

After hearing her sing with Alice, without the autotune, I can say she has a great voice. Another one who surprised me was Nicole Sherzinger (or however the hell you spell it)

Generation_D: Why do I get the impression most of the people posting on this are paid to do it.

I would like to sign up for this. Since I'm gonna be here anyway.

OH yeah, the song was good, what's the big deal.

Given the shear number of songs Dylan has written in fifty years, and the number of covers which exist of most of them, it's very likely that there already exist twenty worse Bob Dylan covers than anyone could ever record.

So, more interestingly, Miley Cyrus's version of "You're gonna make me lonesome when you go" doesn't make me want to kill myself... so I consider that a success.

Knopfler's "Restless Farewell" is amazing.

I don't care if you cure AIDS and cancer, if there's a dollar sign in your name I'm never going to take you seriously.

I love it when John Travolta changes the lyrics and spirit of my all time favorite song.

zedster: quasimike: I gotta say it...she really knocked it out of the park IMHO. The suicide note interpretation is interesting and I think lends the song an air that even Dylan may concede is really rather brilliant. Ke$ha's vocal is, as noted in the video, farking brilliant. Which version of the song do I like best? I think they are mirror reflections of one another, both equally great and comparison is unneeded. Even given all of the talent that is contributing to the project, I'd pick it up based solely on what I heard on the video.

I found a picture of you
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Actually, my hair is longer than that. Also I would never carry an axe that small.

Unsung_Hero: Is there something wrong with admitting that Kesha Sebert, like Stefani Germanotta, has a hell of a lot of talent?

Um....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjy2zyQ7Oo

Speaking of "vocal fry" ... Exhibit A, right here.

I love Bob Dylan, and until 5 minutes ago i had never listened to Ke$ha, but i listened to video and really enjoyed her interpretation of the song

them see me trollin': I love Bob Dylan, and until 5 minutes ago i had never listened to Ke$ha, but i listened to video and really enjoyed her interpretation of the song

then you'll love the rest of her work, I suggest you start downloading.

Id hit it. And get the herp Then hit it again because I already got it! Hooray!

/Hooray herpes!
//No not really.

I know shiat about shiat and have no musical talent or taste and can't recognize a bar of gold when it's sitting in the car seat next to me, but,

I found it forced, maudlin, cloying, and annoying.

/doesn't mind other Ke%ha songs.
//But I do like Lady Gaga

That actually wasn't bad. Then, I'm a Dylan fan, so obviously I like songs that are sung like the singer can't quite count high enough to know the number of different drugs they're on and is having trouble staying on the stool by the mic. And mumbling doesn't bother me.

Oh, goddammit, I missed a perfect opportunity for a "wasted my precious time" one-liner.

My bad.

I used to love this song..

them see me trollin': I love Bob Dylan, and until 5 minutes ago i had never listened to Ke$ha, but i listened to video and really enjoyed her interpretation of the song

Yeah, ignore FROGSTOMPER above. I really like Ke$ha (both ironically and unironically since I'm both hipster and anti-hipster), but her pop stuff is completely different from this. It's so disposable, but isn't that what we sometimes want from pop music? The only difference with Ke$ha is that she herself is the architect of this disposability since she writes her own stuff.

I love shiat like

Maybe I need some rehab
Or maybe just need some sleep.

or

D-I-N-O-S-A
You are a dinosaur.


If you really like this Dylan Cover, just wait for her eventual indie album where she becomes the critical darling of Pitchfork for a brief moment. Trust me, it'll happen.

turbidum: them see me trollin': I love Bob Dylan, and until 5 minutes ago i had never listened to Ke$ha, but i listened to video and really enjoyed her interpretation of the song

Yeah, ignore FROGSTOMPER above. I really like Ke$ha (both ironically and unironically since I'm both hipster and anti-hipster), but her pop stuff is completely different from this. It's so disposable, but isn't that what we sometimes want from pop music? The only difference with Ke$ha is that she herself is the architect of this disposability since she writes her own stuff.

I love shiat like

Maybe I need some rehab
Or maybe just need some sleep.

or

D-I-N-O-S-A
You are a dinosaur.


If you really like this Dylan Cover, just wait for her eventual indie album where she becomes the critical darling of Pitchfork for a brief moment. Trust me, it'll happen.

I was just joshin' him because I'm 99% sure he wouldn't take my comment seriously and start downloading Ke$ha

I like Ke$ha too and Dylan is one of my favorites, I like most popular music. I really liked this cover but i feel like she may have been trying a little too hard but once I hear the whole song it'll probably be allright.

I'm surprised she doesn't think Dylan is that dude from 90210.

FROGSTOMPER: I was just joshin' him because I'm 99% sure he wouldn't take my comment seriously and start downloading Ke$ha

I like Ke$ha too and Dylan is one of my favorites, I like most popular music. I really liked this cover but i feel like she may have been trying a little too hard but once I hear the whole song it'll probably be allright.

You can stream the whole album if you go to the Amnesty International facebook page and "like" them. I feel like such a whore (having never "liked" anything before), but it was interesting to listen to some of the covers. Ke$ha's is pretty good.

Fuggin Bizzy: I knew before I clicked that Machine Head's "Unto the Locust" wasn't included. But I clicked anyway. It's an awesome followup album to "The Blackening," though I realize heavy metal isn't everyone's cup of tea.

/Oblig: They're obscure. You've probably never heard of them.

I knew before clicking that MH's "Unto The Locust" wouldn't be included either. Agreed, it's disappointing, as it's a rather solid album. But then again, it has nothing to do with Bob Dylan.

/I know, wrong thread, someone had to do it though
//not obscure.

Now, as for TFA:
I've never been a Dylan fan, nor am I a fan of this Ke$ha person in any way, but I'll admit I liked it. Can tell it hit home with her while she sang it. Not that I'm going to go out of my way to listen to more of her stuff though.

/way better than that joke Doors cover Skrillex did (new window) that my friend linked me to earlier.
//it is a joke right?

/Sooo good

I always thought Dylan's vocal on this song was one of his best. Everybody knows he could nail sarcastic vocals (Ballad of a Thin Man), sardonic (Positively 4th Street), righteously angry (Hurricane), and even the occasional goofy (Bob Dylan's 115th Dream). But "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" is one of the best examples of Dylan's "softer side" so to speak, the one that wasn't as confident or political. The vocal has this really personal feel to it. A guy like Dylan was so used to writing great material that he could toss off a song that sounded like it had some deeper meaning, but it was really just album filler. You get the feeling he truly cared about writing and singing a song like "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright".

Just my opinion. I'm interested in picking up this compilation though. I know Dylan gets covered by a lot of artists, but I don't think he always gets the credit he deserves for writing the songs so well in the first place. A lot of people think other artists can do Dylan songs better than he can, but it's not just any old song that can get interpreted in so many different ways and still sound good. It has to be well-written song on a lot of different levels. The melody, the lyrics, the timing, a lot goes into writing an all around good song. Jimi Hendrix couldn't turn "All Along the Watchtower" into the classic that is without Dylan's great foundation, that's all I'm saying.

/smoked waaaaaay too much weed while listening to and analyzing Dylan records while in college

Oh and while we're on the subject of Bob Dylan covers, I want to say that what Guns N Roses did to "Knocking on Heaven's Door" was a crime against humanity. And it's not even so much the way they played it, the guitars and stuff sound pretty good in their cover. It's the farking vocal on it. Axl Rose should be dragged through the street until he's a mangled corpse for what he did to that song. The fact that the band could stand back and continue playing their instruments while Axl was doing that vocal, without eventually smashing a guitar into his skull to shut him up, that tells me that they also deserve to die for being accomplices to such a crime.

Once again, just my opinion.

She looks pretty when her makeup isn't turned up to 'whore'.

Gramma: She looks pretty when her makeup isn't turned up to 'whore'.

Really? I think Kesha's kind of normal looking, and her abnormally thick waist is a turnoff. However, if I knew anything about music other than 'I know what I like', I get the feeling she'd be an interesting person to talk to about it, unlike any number of manufactured pop stars. That and the fact that her pop songs aimed at trashy teens are a guilty pleasure of mine are the only reason I give the slightest damn about the woman.

Don't care for Kesha's pop music, but the bits in that clip were pretty good. I'm curious to hear the whole thing.

Passive Aggressive Larry: I always thought Dylan's vocal on this song was one of his best. Everybody knows he could nail sarcastic vocals (Ballad of a Thin Man), sardonic (Positively 4th Street), righteously angry (Hurricane), and even the occasional goofy (Bob Dylan's 115th Dream). But "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" is one of the best examples of Dylan's "softer side" so to speak, the one that wasn't as confident or political. The vocal has this really personal feel to it. A guy like Dylan was so used to writing great material that he could toss off a song that sounded like it had some deeper meaning, but it was really just album filler. You get the feeling he truly cared about writing and singing a song like "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright".

Just my opinion. I'm interested in picking up this compilation though. I know Dylan gets covered by a lot of artists, but I don't think he always gets the credit he deserves for writing the songs so well in the first place. A lot of people think other artists can do Dylan songs better than he can, but it's not just any old song that can get interpreted in so many different ways and still sound good. It has to be well-written song on a lot of different levels. The melody, the lyrics, the timing, a lot goes into writing an all around good song. Jimi Hendrix couldn't turn "All Along the Watchtower" into the classic that is without Dylan's great foundation, that's all I'm saying.

/smoked waaaaaay too much weed while listening to and analyzing Dylan records while in college

I agree. Yet, there are still folks who can manage to butcher the hell out of a Dylan song. Like for instance "Make You Feel My Love". Awesome Dylan song and one of my favorites. Been covered by several artists, but I think Adele's version is by far the best cover. Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, etc... all butchered it. Some artists "get" Dylan, others don't. Dylan creates a great foundation, but if you don't understand what that foundation is and how to build upon it, then the end result will just sound like crap.

Subby just kinda wasted my precious time.....

Its got a beat and I can dance to it

Hey I know the bald guy in the studio. Ha.