Bob Dylan's birthday is on May 24:th, so I hereby announce a music competition to honour this great artist.
So pick a song and make your own cover of it. It can be the traditional singer songwriter style or something more experimental, or just a midi-track.
The deadline is may 24:th. You have to host your own files (or at least don't ask me for webspace).
Please include in your post title, year and album of the original song. It would be cool if you made up a band/artist alias for this competition to sign your contributions with.
Good luck!
Awesome contest. I wish I had a working recording system, which I don't right now. I might though be able to fix up something :D
Who is this Dylan guy again? ;D
Spoiler
Ok... will someone erase this post please?
Sounds fun!
Okay, I might put a sloopy version of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in here. :)
(http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/east/images/onenote.gif) Bob Dylan was the first Bob Dylan ... (http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/east/images/onenote.gif)
This sounds like fun! I'll see if I can enter something.
I want to enter this one as well, if I'm not too busy in school!
I call All Along the Watchtower!
"...princes kept the view..."
I like the Jimi Hendrix version especially.
Quote from: Skurwy on Mon 15/05/2006 23:35:45
"...princes kept the view..."
I like the Jimi Hendrix version especially.
Yeah, the Hendrix version is good, but Frank Marino's version is even better in my opinion.
Allright, you now have two days to produce something!
I wonder if we have any real Dylan-fans here or not!
I'm still looking for a way to record. My MP3-player with a recording function is a last resort.
Though it seems like mine would be the only entry which would be rather pointless.
most awesome competition so far ;D
too bad I won't be home all week!
Just realized this was due today. Anyone else planning on entering? Maybe we could extend it a few more days? Make it a Bob Dylan Month thing? :D
Edit: Well, technically it's the 24th here... so... yeah...
I'd still like to enter. Extending it sounds good.
Whoops.., I absolutely forgot about that, but gonna record it today or tommorow. Anyone else for extending?
sure, I might enter anytime soon
We have an important lack of musical activities. I am not skilled, but I would like to see a fouthnightly competition with tributes to musicians... My list:
Bob Dylan
Johh Lennon
Janis Joplin
Bob Marley
Kurt Cobain
...
Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison
Pekka Streng
The list goes on forever
Quote from: Tuomas on Wed 24/05/2006 14:07:54
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Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison
Pekka Streng
The list goes on forever
2 competitions per month makes 24 per year... Where is the problem? I just count 8 between your list and mine...
Bob Dylan: A simple thief?[/u]
I just did some research on Dylan considering it's his birthday and all. Sadly, I've found out about a very dark and shameful part of his career. In 1971, Adolf Hitmaker and his band wrote the song 'If You See Her, Say Hello' but never had the means to record it. They have played it live, but the only known (or remembered) occasion was in a gymnastics hall sometime in 1972. It seems Bob Dylan was there and heard the performance, because 3 years later it popped up on his album 'Blood On The Tracks', an album considered by many to be his absolute best. Whether he was there to see the ping pong-match that was in progress or if he'd heard of Hitmaker will probably not ever be revealed. It is rather obvious that Dylan stole this song without hesitation and most likely ruined Hitmaker's chances of a commercial breakthrough forever.
I would like to present you with Adolf Hitmaker & The Incompetent's far superior version of the song 'If You See Her, Say Hello'. Most likely recorded by accident by someone who was at the hall for the game.
http://www.gaspop.com/hitmakerdylan.mp3
Whatever happened to Hitmaker or any members of The Incompetents is still unknown. But they will hopefully one day get their proper credits for this marvelous song.
(http://rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s50.jpg) (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bob_dylan/blood_on_the_tracks/)
Dylan's version of the song is on 1975's 'Blood On The Tracks'
However, no matter how embarrasing this revealing is Dylan is surely worthy of a good 65:th birthday. Happy birthday you old thief!
http://www.freewebs.com/eggheadcheesybird/dylan.mp3
(click and drag into browser)
Eggie: I tried downloading that mp3 by saving it to the HD but it came out only 17kb and wouldn't play. I also tried clicking the link directly but it just sent me back here.
Paste it into a new browser window, freewebs doesn't like referrers.
Haha! Doesn't seem like there will be any flattering entries.
Well, I started working on this last night and didn't really finish, so all I have to show is just a clip. My ISP has had a tendency to remove things from my web space for no reason, so if you can't find the clip here, (http://home.mchsi.com/~hday/blmfyd.mp3) then you can go to www.myspace.com/harryday and listen to a lower quality version there. I may finish the whole thing, but I didn't know if anyone else was planning on a (serious) entry.
“Baby, Let Me Follow You Down†isn't a song written by Bob Dylan, but it's on his self-titled album (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000024R8/sr=8-10/qid=1148585986/ref=pd_bbs_10/104-7269514-2979100?%5Fencoding=UTF8).
I really think you should finish. After all Petter said it we should record however we wanted.
My entry was supposed to be serious. I recorded it with a cold and it sounded terrible. Recorded it again, altering my voice (combined with the cold it sounds quite funny). Also, I recorded it using my mp3-player which resulted in electric humming noises going on in the background, I ended up hiding it behind a echo delay effect.
Also, those ping-pong sounds are actually hands clapping and finger-snapping. Halfway through the song I forgot the last two verses and had to record the singing for that separatley. Wasn't very careful about syncing it properly, hence the ping-pong sounds.
Took about an hour or two to make it, would probably have spent more time had I not been in such a bad mood because of the cold.
No, Chrille, serious was in reference to Eggie. I thought yours was rather imaginative, actually. I started about 2 this morning and after a while got sick of editing the second half, so I just cut the rest off.
I dig it, Evil!
I've started recording my (serious) attempt at "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", as said before, but after a few times I simply went tired of the song and take up "The Sound of Silence" by Paul Simon. I ain't a good guitar player (our band guitarist was, unfortunately, busy at this week) and usually, every time I produce something I feel it's not a thing I can "publish" for everyone. So Paul Simon, also, wasn't a good idea.
Anyway, I promised -- I have to. Judge by yourself: shitty version of Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Skurwy (http://falloutmodding.republika.pl/kohd.mp3) (MP3, 56kb/s). Funny thing but I have the same trouble as you, Chrille -- a running nose while recording. :)
PS: Gee, I did it! :)
Quote from: Skurwy on Wed 24/05/2006 10:55:08
Whoops.., I absolutely forgot about that, but gonna record it today or tommorow. Anyone else for extending?
Yeah, then maybe I will enter too. :)
Quote from: Chrille on Wed 24/05/2006 21:07:25
Bob Dylan: A simple thief?[/u]
I just did some research on Dylan considering it's his birthday and all. Sadly, I've found out about a very dark and shameful part of his career. In 1971, Adolf Hitmaker and his band wrote the song 'If You See Her, Say Hello' but never had the means to record it. They have played it live, but the only known (or remembered) occasion was in a gymnastics hall sometime in 1972. It seems Bob Dylan was there and heard the performance, because 3 years later it popped up on his album 'Blood On The Tracks', an album considered by many to be his absolute best. Whether he was there to see the ping pong-match that was in progress or if he'd heard of Hitmaker will probably not ever be revealed. It is rather obvious that Dylan stole this song without hesitation and most likely ruined Hitmaker's chances of a commercial breakthrough forever.
I would like to present you with Adolf Hitmaker & The Incompetent's far superior version of the song 'If You See Her, Say Hello'. Most likely recorded by accident by someone who was at the hall for the game.
http://www.gaspop.com/hitmakerdylan.mp3
Whatever happened to Hitmaker or any members of The Incompetents is still unknown. But they will hopefully one day get their proper credits for this marvelous song.
(http://rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s50.jpg) (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bob_dylan/blood_on_the_tracks/)
Dylan's version of the song is on 1975's 'Blood On The Tracks'
However, no matter how embarrasing this revealing is Dylan is surely worthy of a good 65:th birthday. Happy birthday you old thief!
Really? Where did you find this info (link please :))? I love Dylans music but this sounds terrible.Ã, Ã, >:(
Edit: Nice entrys Skurwy and Evil. :) Did you come up with that version of Baby Let Me Follow You Down by yourself Evil? It is always interesting when people makes different version of songs (just like Dylan always do on concerts :)).
Eggie, your link doesn't work for me, have checked it yourself?
Whoops, almost forgot this one.
Ha ha, Good job Chrille.
Skurwy and Evil, terrific songs! Well done.
I'll let this float around for some more day if people are still (not likely) working on something.
Cheers
I'm also all for making this a fouthnight competition. I think it'll pull people out of the woodwork.
Brian Wilson
John Fogerty
Stevie Nicks
Burt Bacharach
Michael Jackson (?)
Though, I think artists with more songs makes it difficult as well as easier. The more songs they have, the less likely we are to know some of them. But, the more songs, the less likely we are to do the same song.
Maybe an "Artist's Birthday" contest. Tribute songs to an artist who's birthday is within the next two weeks?
TMBG better be one of the competitions later...
Quote from: Farlander on Wed 24/05/2006 14:23:37
2 competitions per month makes 24 per year... Where is the problem? I just count 8 between your list and mine...
What problem? I just pointed out there are dozens and dozens of good musicians that deserve this.
Great... :)