DYLAN COVERS # 44 - Dave Gilmore - Like a Rolling Stone/The Clash - The Man in Me
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| How does it feel to be on the Dark side of the Moon |
DAVE GILMOUR - Like a Rolling Stone
This one is by none other than Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd and is taken from a bootleg 'On A Tree full of Secrets'. The story goes that Dave was playing with one of his kids on one of those Casio piano type things. Rumour has it that he was well impressed and at one time was going to release it as a single but thought better of it. Why Dave? I think it is great, but 'I don't like reggae, I love her'.
THE CLASH - The Man in Me
This is another one that has that warm up in the studio feel. But it is nice to hear one of my favourite groups doing the business with 'The Man in Me', not a too widely covered song. It was first released on a bootleg album called the 'Vanilla Tapes' but it has now been included as part of the 25th anniversary release of the 'London Calling' album.
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Joe Strummer R.I.P.
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Comments
Your note about London calling already having had its 25th anniversary made me shiver. Of course, it is now almost 33 years the album came out. Unbelievable. Nice version from Joe and Mick and the lads. Actually made me think of The Faces at times. Showing their real influences?
The Clash tune is more of a note for note cover of the fine Matumbi version which was around at the time.
The other great contemporary cover from The Vanilla Tapes I'd like to have seen properly finished is their take on 'Fire in Soweto' by Sonny Okosun.