Rock Trivia?

rad · July 2004

Allright you classic rockers - I was singing along to the Guns'n'Roses remake of 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' when a co-worker came by to 1) laugh at me 2) ask if I knew who originally did that song and how many artists have done remakes. He can not remember the name of the original artist.

Can anyone help us out?

swbpr · July 2004

Bob Dylan? I did a web search and he was first on the list!!

rad · July 2004

Thats what I thought but my friend swears there was someone before him.

Parabeagle · July 2004

I believe Dylan was the first, but I think Kris Kristofferson also did a cover of it.

safety · July 2004

Your friend is wrong.

Rockie · July 2004

Try Eric Clapton

System · July 2004

Clapton released his single in 1975 and I believe Dylan's was before that.

safety · July 2004

1973

Parabeagle · July 2004

I know I was in high school when it was released, so it had to be early-mid 70s.

Don D · July 2004

Anyone doing that song other than Dylan should be hung up by his tamborine.

safety · July 2004

Or by the cow bells.

There is a version that the Indigo Girls perform that has a third verse in it but Bob didn't do three, only two.

Yahoo · July 2004

Don, Don, Don......

This is the first time I have ever been disappointed in one of your posts. Do you mean to insinuate that Bob Dylan is actually a singer? And a good one? x:o

My Husky can carry a tune better than Bob "What Did He Say?" Dylan!!!!!

Don D · July 2004

Well, maybe it was the band. Or maybe it was the repetition. Or maybe it was that second hand smoke. I thought he did it well. It was a great song with which to sit in a big soft chair and close your eyes and rock and think about wanting breakfast at 3 a.m. xB-) I think Lay Lady Lay was next on the album. HRQ might ask, "What's an album?"

HRQ · July 2004

You underestimate me. I've even seen real live 78's before. ;;)

(But never a cork in a whiskey bottle.)

Parabeagle · July 2004

Yahoo, don't mistake his "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" voice with his "Everybody Must Get Stoned" voice - two entirely different sounds. I have heard that when he recorded Knockin' on Heaven's Door and Lay, Lady, Lay, it was after he had quit smoking cigarettes and his singing voice had cleared out and mellowed.

Yahoo · July 2004

You both may have a point. Second-hand smoke & 3 a.m. munchies might make a difference and his voice was better in those two songs than in "Everybody Must Get Stoned."

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