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The MonaLisa Twins Do Dylan
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Billy Bragg – “Lay Down Your Weary Tune” (Bob Dylan cover), from Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years Of Amnesty International
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Emmylou Harris -“I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”
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Okay, this one may not be Dylan, but it is so Dylanesque that I think it deserves a place here.
Pretty Thing (You’re Out Of Sight) Tommy Boyce
As for the line “I want to lock you up, tonight”, well what can you say? Poetic licence perhaps!
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You’re right, Howard. It doesn’t get any more Dylany than that!
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m one of those who prefer other people, like The Byrds singing his songs too, but he is an amazing songwriter, and it is actually strange they havent covered more of his songs, i know they are big fans -
I know what you mean Gert. However, this isn’t actually a Dylan song. I included it because it sounds so much like a Dylan song and has similar Dylan lyrics.
Artist: Tommy Boyce
Composer: Hart, Boyce
Producer: Tommy Boyce, Bobby HartTommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were the chief song writers for the Monkees.
For those of you interested, here is more information from the web.
“In late 1965, they wrote, produced and performed the soundtrack of the pilot for The Monkees, including singing lead vocals (which were later replaced, once the show was cast). It was Boyce and Hart who wrote, produced and recorded, accompanied by their backing band, the Candy Store Prophets, backing tracks for a large portion of the first season of The Monkees, and the band’s accompanying debut album.
The Monkees themselves re-recorded their vocals over Boyce and Hart’s when it came time to release the songs, including both “(Theme from) The Monkees” and “Last Train to Clarksville”, the latter being a huge hit. Kirshner suddenly relieved Boyce and Hart as producers, by claiming they were using studio time booked for Monkees songs to record tracks for their own solo project.
After their departure from the Monkees, and the negative publicity that erupted when word got out that the band hadn’t played the instruments on their early records, Boyce and Hart were unsure how the Monkees felt about them personally. Attending one of their concerts, though, the duo were spotted in the audience, and singer Davy Jones invited them onstage to introduce them: “These are the fellows who wrote our great hits — Tommy and Bobby!” Every original Monkees album (except for the Head soundtrack) included Boyce and Hart songs.
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And in 1976 they teamed up with two of the Monkees (Micky and Davy) to record a new album, make TV appearances, and go on a concert tour.
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Bob Dylan – Jokerman
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“Visions of Johanna” is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan on his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. Several critics have acclaimed “Visions of Johanna” as one of Dylan’s highest achievements in writing, praising the allusiveness and subtlety of the language. Rolling Stone included “Visions of Johanna” on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1999, Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, listed it as the greatest song lyric ever written.
In 2017, the International Observer named the song the second best ever recorded.
I have selected the Marianne Faithfull version.
“Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re tryin’ to be so quiet?
We’ll sit here stranded though we’re all doing our best to deny it
And Louise holds a handful of rain
Tempting you to defy itLights flicker from the opposite loft
In this room the heat pipes just cough
The country music station plays soft
But there’s nothing, really nothing to turn offJust Louise
And her lover, so entwined
And these visions of Johanna
That conquer my mindIn the empty lot where the ladies play blind man’s bluff with the key chain
And the all-night girls, they whisper of escapades out on the D Train
We can hear the nightwatchman click his flashlight
Ask himself if it’s him or them that’s insaneLouise, she’s alright, she’s just near
Like silk she’s delicate and seems like the mirror
But she makes it all to concise and clear
That Johanna’s not hereThe ghost of electricity
Howls in the bones of her face
Where these visions of Johanna
Have now taken my placeNow, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously
He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously
And when bringing her name up
He speaks of a farewell kiss to meHe’s sure got a lot of gall
To be so useless and all
Muttering small talk at the wall
While I’m in the hallOh, how can I explain?
It’s so hard to get on
And these visions of Johanna
They’ve kept me up past the dawnInside the museums, infinity goes up on trial
Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while
But Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues
You can tell by the way she smilesSee the primitive wallflower freeze
When the jelly-faced women all sneeze
Hear the one with the mustache say “Jeez,
I can’t find my knees”Both jewels and binoculars
Hang from the head of the mule
But these visions of Johanna
They make it all seem so cruelThe peddler now speaks to the countess who’s pretending to care for him
Saying, “Name me someone that’s not a parasite and I’ll go out and say a prayer for him”
But like Louise always says
“You can’t look at much, can you man?” as she herself prepares for himMy Madonna, she still has not showed
We see this empty cage now corrode
Where her cape of the stage once had flowed
The fiddler, he now steps to the road
He writes “Everything’s been returned which was owed”
On the back of the fish truck that loads
While my conscience explodesThe harmonicas play
The skeleton keys and the rain
And these visions of Johanna
Are now all that remain” -
Remember MonaLisa & Band Live in Concert (2007)? Well if not, then it’s time to have a listen to either the Jukebox copy or watch the YouTube videos. Or better still, purchase a copy of the double album on CD from their online store.
https://test2.monalisa-twins.com/product-category/cd-dvd-monalisa-twins/The following cover of ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ by The Starbugs reminded me of The MonaLisa Twins cover and had me thinking just how great a version from them, over twelve years on would sound. They also covered Dylan’s ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ and ‘It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue’ (featuring the awesome Papa Rudi on lead vocals), in the concert.
The Starbugs – Mr Tambourine Man from “Kids Sing Bob Dylan”
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How about this Dylan cover by a trio of female 60’s superstars?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZFt5ZZj9s
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I have suggested this song before, However, I believe The Walker Brothers cover offers a unique template for what a MLT version could sound like. Also perfect for a Duo Session.
The Walker Brothers – Love Minus Zero/No Limit
“My love she speaks like silence
With no ideals or violence
She doesn’t have to say she’s faithful
Yet, she’s true like ice, like fire
People carry roses
Make promises by the hour
My love laughs like the flowers
Valentines can’t buy herIn the dime stores and bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love she speaks softly
She knows there’s no success like failure
And that failure’s no success at allMy love she speaks like silence
With no ideals or violence
She doesn’t have to say she’s faithful
Yet, she’s true like ice, like fire
People carry roses
Make promises by the hour
My love laughs like the flowers
Valentines can’t buy her
Valentines can’t buy her
Valentines can’t buy her” -
Post transferred to MLT – Cover Requests
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Post Transferred to MLT – Cover Requests
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Mandolin Orange- Boots Of Spanish Leather
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Kevin Morby & Kate Crutchfield – It Ain’t Me Babe
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