Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Fri May 04, 2012 3:53 pm
When he came out he kinda reminded me of Hendrix...he had the whole 60s thing going on. Very Cool. here is a bluesy Hendrix style version of "Are You Gonna Go My Way"...
And A classic Hendrix Tune with Clapton..
Eyesore Metal is my Life
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Fri May 04, 2012 4:19 pm
Very cool version of "Are You Gonna Go My Way." The "All Along the Watchtower" cover is good, too, but I can't help but compare every cover of that song to the Dave Matthews Band version of it, and nothing compares. The DMB version is the best there is, in my opinion.
Skip to 1:00, unless you want to hear a bass solo.
DallasBlack Zooey Addict
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Fri May 04, 2012 7:58 pm
Eyesore wrote:
Very cool version of "Are You Gonna Go My Way." The "All Along the Watchtower" cover is good, too, but I can't help but compare every cover of that song to the Dave Matthews Band version of it, and nothing compares. The DMB version is the best there is, in my opinion.
Skip to 1:00, unless you want to hear a bass solo.
And skip the whole thing if you're Toho.
tohostudios King Of Kaiju
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Fri May 04, 2012 8:01 pm
DallasBlack wrote:
Eyesore wrote:
Very cool version of "Are You Gonna Go My Way." The "All Along the Watchtower" cover is good, too, but I can't help but compare every cover of that song to the Dave Matthews Band version of it, and nothing compares. The DMB version is the best there is, in my opinion.
Skip to 1:00, unless you want to hear a bass solo.
And skip the whole thing if you're Toho.
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Fri May 04, 2012 8:03 pm
Hendrix' version of All Along The Watchtower is so ingrained in my DNA by this point that I can't listen to anybody else do it.
tohostudios King Of Kaiju
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Fri May 04, 2012 8:07 pm
S.D. wrote:
Hendrix' version of All Along The Watchtower is so ingrained in my DNA by this point that I can't listen to anybody else do it.
Same here. It took me forever to realize that it was a cover.
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thejokeriv Metal is my Life
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Fri May 04, 2012 9:26 pm
S.D. wrote:
Hendrix' version of All Along The Watchtower is so ingrained in my DNA by this point that I can't listen to anybody else do it.
To me, all other versions are weak covers of Jimi's version. He may have not written it, but that song is his.
chewie Metal is Forever
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Fri May 04, 2012 9:33 pm
thejokeriv wrote:
S.D. wrote:
Hendrix' version of All Along The Watchtower is so ingrained in my DNA by this point that I can't listen to anybody else do it.
To me, all other versions are weak covers of Jimi's version. He may have not written it, but that song is his.
Yep!!!! That's what you call doing a cover and ownin' it. I recall reading that even Bob Dylan preferred Hendrix's cover to his original.
Eyesore Metal is my Life
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Fri May 04, 2012 10:38 pm
thejokeriv wrote:
S.D. wrote:
Hendrix' version of All Along The Watchtower is so ingrained in my DNA by this point that I can't listen to anybody else do it.
To me, all other versions are weak covers of Jimi's version. He may have not written it, but that song is his.
DMB's version doesn't even sound like Jimi's version.
jettafiend Heart of Metal
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Sat May 05, 2012 12:36 am
the only album of his that I have heard is 5. I still enjoy that Fly Away song, but I never bought the album because the cover of American Woman made me want to eat a bullet every time I heard it. I don't even know if that song was on the album or not. I am gonna have to give it another spin I think.
brokentulsa Heart of Metal
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Sat May 05, 2012 3:46 pm
Quote :
To me, all other versions are weak covers of Jimi's version. He may have not written it, but that song is his.
It is his song but there are a couple of other guys out there that make it sing...I like Frank Marinos version as well as Dave masons.
jettafiend Heart of Metal
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Sat May 05, 2012 6:00 pm
brokentulsa wrote:
Quote :
To me, all other versions are weak covers of Jimi's version. He may have not written it, but that song is his.
It is his song but there are a couple of other guys out there that make it sing...I like Frank Marinos version as well as Dave masons.
Never heard the DMB version, but the first version of Watchtower that I heard was off of U2's Rattle and Hum album. Pretty good version,but it does not have the cajones of Hendrix's version. Bob Dylan originally wrote the tune but is painful to listen to. IMO.
GrandNational Metal is in my blood
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Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz Sat May 05, 2012 6:13 pm
chewie wrote:
thejokeriv wrote:
S.D. wrote:
Hendrix' version of All Along The Watchtower is so ingrained in my DNA by this point that I can't listen to anybody else do it.
To me, all other versions are weak covers of Jimi's version. He may have not written it, but that song is his.
Yep!!!! That's what you call doing a cover and ownin' it. I recall reading that even Bob Dylan preferred Hendrix's cover to his original.
I remember reading that too. Electric Ladyland is probably my favorite album of all time, partly due to this cover.
Subject: Re: Lenny Kravitz 
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