Burlington Northern pulling out of the world

[sovay]

I love hearing the whistles of trains going by in the night. I can hear the train itself, too, like a whisper gallery, rushing and clicking under the noise of the rain. Those wheels and whistles are part of what tells me that the city I live in is still alive.

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[mme_hardy]

It's always a surprise, isn't it?

(Guilty secret: I almost always prefer Dylan covers to Dylan. Nashville Skyline being the exception.)

[sovay]

(Guilty secret: I almost always prefer Dylan covers to Dylan. Nashville Skyline being the exception.)

I have it on good authority that you are not the only person for whom this is true.

(I like a lot of Dylan singing his own songs, but "Farewell, Angelina" belongs to Joan Baez and, although I didn't hear it until recently, "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is really Odetta's. Tom Petty did the definitive "License to Kill.")

[mme_hardy]

Zevon's cover of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", recorded when he knew he was dying, is unbelievable. Killer guitar solo by Springsteen, too.

[mme_hardy]

Hour this works, I'm on mobile. https://youtu.be/jKHFWpaTUmY

[kenjari]

And of course, Hendrix' version of "All Along the Watchtower". I'm also partial to Siouxsie adn the Banshees' "This Wheel's on Fire".

(I am another of those who prefers it when other people sing Dylan's songs.)

[sovay]

And of course, Hendrix' version of "All Along the Watchtower".

How could I forget Jimi Hendrix!

[edit] Having not paid much attention to Dave Matthews at all, I realized I would have to take him seriously when I heard his cover of "Watchtower."