The absolute best cover of Dylan's song ever. If you don't have this album/CD or whatever. Get it. One of the best ever. This man should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Listen to the version by Simply Red… it blew my mind.😳 all of my friends agree! I love this song and didn’t think Johnny could be topped… Simply Red Nails it! Tell me what you think. 🎼🎶
Johnny Rivers is one of the MOST underrated musicians of all time. Just a fantastic singer and does so many songs so well. Why isn't he in the Hall of Fame? He damn well should be.....
@@francesbrisco776 I would agree with 2 out of three. Johnny Rivers deserves it, as does Glenn Campbell, but primarily for Campbell's legendary session work on many rock masterpieces. I disagree with you on Lightfoot, he was never a rocker.
I never heard of him until Dylan said Johnny's cover of +ly 4th was the best cover. No hall of fame when your claim to fame is a good night of karaoke.
"Of all the versions of my recorded songs, the Johnny Rivers one was my favorite. It was obvious that we were from the same side of town, had been read the same citations, came from the same musical family and were cut from the same cloth. When I listened to Johnny’s version of “Positively 4th Street,” I liked his version better than mine. I listened to it over and over again. Most of the cover versions of my songs seemed to take them out into left field somewhere, but Rivers’s version had the mandate down - the attitude and melodic sense to complete and surpass even the feeling that I had put into it. It shouldn’t have surprised me, though. He had done the same thing with “Maybellene” and “Memphis,” two Chuck Berry songs. When I heard Johnny sing my song, it was obvious that life had the same external grip on him as it did on me." Bob Dylan - The chronicles
Johnny is so talented, his music has stood the test of time and i think that is much more valuable than anything the HOF can do. His music is greatly recognized by the millions who love it. For a lifelong musician, that has to feel pretty good.
I bought this album in 1968 or 1969 when I was in the Marine Corps. I have always been a Johnny Rivers fan but this album was an absolute gem! I love this man and his music! And, yes, I am 67 years old and his music still does it for me.
Gene I have been a fan since 1964. I have 3 copies of this - one signed. I love this guy and it is his BEST album. He said one night was alot of work to get it just right - all of the great musicians, I love Joe Osborne and Hal Blaine on drums (I can pick him out on any song). Roger C. USAF 1968-1972, Vietnam 1970-71 ... Combat Photographer outta Saigon 12 R.I.T.S. get on that helicopter and get dropped off out somewhere in the middle of nowhere to take pictures of the War ?
Hey fellow Jarhead Gene. My older bro who was a grunt in Nam dropped off Rewind and a couple other albums. I was a Johnny fan for life from then. Although I was a music fan from a young age I always remember being able to play songs over and over on the record player and that was the real start of my music love. I'm gonna try to listen to this album when I can. I know this song is great.Thanks for your service.
BOB DYAN said that he loved and was his favorite version of POSITIVELY 4TH STREET by Johnny Rivers. BOB DYLAN said that in his book. Johnny Rivers must be very proud of that statement by DYLAN.
Realization was one of the best albums of the 60's. Johnny was always doing his own thing while the others chased convention.....he is one of the greats and someday he will get his due.
Bob Dylan said this is the absolute best cover of one of his songs. He said Johnny was cut from the same cloth and got this perfect. I agree whole heartily
I just read "Chronicles Volume One", that's what brought me here. Dylan said there a lot of the guys who cover his songs take them all the way out into left field; but Johnny Rivers stayed true to the feeling of the original and that's what he liked so much about it.
I was 18, in the summer of 1965, when Dylan's original was released. The lyrics & music have always taken me back to a time in my life when everyday was a good day, when it seemed I had it all and was content with my friends, my girl and my life. I guess you never quite realize what you have until you lose it. I was drafted a few years later, went off to Vietnam and came home to a country unable to see the difference between disliking a war and disliking those who had no choice but to serve.
*"I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes, and just for that one moment, I could be you! Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes, You'd know what a drag it to see you!"* Powerful lyrics. Every time I listen, I cry like a baby. 😢
THIS HAS TO BE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE JOHNNY RIVERS SONG.I LOVE ANYTHING HE SINGS BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS THATS SO UNFORGETABLE!!BUT THEN SO IS MR.RIVERS. LU
I'm reading "Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track" by Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon. They do have the quote by Dylan that he loved this version
Wow. I must say I grew up with both Dylan and “Secret Agent Man” and only today heard Mr.Dylan himself say that Johnny Rivers cover of this, one on MY all-time favorites, is his favorite cover. So I just heard it for the 1st time and despite a bit of overproduction, I can see where he’s coming from. Thank you to both Mr Dylan and to Mr Rivers. A brilliant song
To me, this album is a masterpiece. This song, his cover of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and the entire album are absolutely exquisite. Like many of the other comments, I don't know why Johnny's not in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
Absolute masterpiece version of Bob Dylan's classic song ! Agree with the comments below that Johnny Rivers should be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
This is *the* best version I've ever listened to of *"Positively 4th Street."* Bob Dylan is a good singer and songwriter, but this version adds emotion to the song. It's like he's telling a group of people *"you were supposed to be my friend(s), and then you stab me in the back! What the fuck?! What kind of friend does that to his friend?"*
Jason Carpp, I agree this version is so great. I heard the Dylan quote too. I agree, it's the best version of Positively 4th Street out there. He defies genre or classification. I used to think The Righteous Bros were the gold standard for You've Lost that Loving Feeling until I heard Johnny Rivers do it. Although it really doesn't matter there is some dispute about where he is from. Some say The Bronx but he says Baton Rouge, LA, and he sounds like it, but if you look him up it says born in NY. Maybe both. I think he's still performing.
@@jschuler53 I agree. While I love Bob Dylan, he has some great songs worth listening to, there are other singers who cover his songs *way better* than he does his own songs. Isn't that weird?! I thought Daryl Hall and John Oates did an awesome cover of *"You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling",* a version of the Righteous Brothers classic. If you haven't heard their version, you should check it out.
@@jasoncarpp7742 I will check it out, haven't heard it. One of my all time fav songs. Again Johnny Rivers does such a great version I like it better than the RB.
we just do not hear this kind of stuff with today's artist's. what a shame. Johnny, is the best. His album is so ahead of years past and present. God Bless Johnny
Does it even come close to getting any better than this!? Thank you Johnny for sharing your talent for all this time. God bless you always from Patrick
I cannot listen to this song (and I've been listening to it for 40+ years) without grinning from ear to ear. Dripping with sarcasm...a big screw you set to such happy music....:)
Paul Dirac I have some Positively 4th Street in my life, or HAD them. This song helped me to sort out conflicts, esp that great line about being inside your/my shoes "to see what a drag it is to see you." For some of us life is a real struggle as it is. Then you get someone who drags you down, and that is a recipe for disaster. I love the use of the word "drag" here because people can do this to us--drag us down, be toxic, hold us back from better things, etc. I now feel you have to let those 4th St people go. I say this positively.
Somehow I don't think I've heard this cover of Dylan's song, but I was just reading Chronicles Vol. One, by Bob Dylan and he mentions briefly his first trip to California to perform and meeting the artists who had recorded their own hits of his tunes. And he mentions out of that group, this was his favorite. So here I am to give it a listen, and loving it.
@@lancejohnson127 .. True ! Actually what's the use of it ????!! I wonder ! **** Important thing : Rivers is a real singer, he makes everything interesting. Dylan is a "talking singer", Dylan always needed others (especially the Byrds) to translate his songs. Without them he would never have had the success he had at the beginning.
Hey JR FANS!!! I AM 80 & IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!! WHO NEEDS THE NOT SO COOL R&R HALL any way.WE STILL.GOT OUR JOHNNY & THATS AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!!!
THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST EVER COVER EVER DONE BY ANYONE.I CAN PROMISE YOU JR IS BY FAR SOOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN ANY ONE OUT THERE TODAY.HE IS THE BEST VOCAL OF 95 % OF ANY COVER OU THERE..CRY YOUR SELF TO SLEEP ELVIS & DYLAN.THIS IS REAL MUCIC.LOVE MY JOHNNY RIVERS.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💜💜💜💜
“Positively 4th Street” has always been my favorite Dylan song. I never heard Johnny Rivers’ version before until today. I’ve been a JR fan and a loyal Dylan fan since the very beginning (1964). JR’s is a very good cover of the original but Dylan’s version is still the best.
I was 16 that summer, and Dylan's songs were like mother's milk to my awakening intellectual side. I wasn't drafted; a girl broke my heart and I quit high school 2 weeks shy of graduation to join the Marines so I could go die in Vietnam. Fortunately (that's my completely subjective opinion) I didn't die in Vietnam. Now I am getting old, and it is thrilling to hear this music again. RonnieG, I hope things are going better for you now.
Love this version. I knew it before I knew Dylan's. Great song and a great interpretation - the same poignant feeling without making it schmaltzy as some do with Dylan's work. I love the power of a full electric version with Dylan's anger coming through. Johnny does it as well but tones it down a bit. Thanks for posting
Bob Dylan himself considers this the best cover of any of his songs and he even said he thinks it's better than his own original version. That was said during an interview straight-faced. But then Rivers was always a top-tier artist. The guitar was by James Burton (Elvis Presley band).
A remarkable rendition by the great Johnny Rivers....I played this Album till the grooves wore out... and still do .... groovy baby, completely groovy.
Jason Carpp, "Bob Dylan is good songwriter"?LMAO. Dylan is well beyond a good songwriter. He is arguably the greatest songwriter that ever lived and easily in the top 3. I love Johnny Rivers but he's not in my top 20 of the greatest singers that ever lived. There's just too many of those. Elvis, Frank, Brian Wilson, Glen Campbell, John, Paul, George, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles and on and on and that's not even including the female artists.
Laraine Fox Dylan said he liked this version better than his own, but I more agree with you Laraine, Dylan's is better. On the other hand, in other songs I wonder if you actually can beat Dylan's vocals. "All along the Watchtower" many prefer Hendrix by far. Also, "Hard Rains Gonna Fall", best one to me is Leon Russell -- wow he really nails it!!
Johnny Winters gave "Highway 61 Revisited" a solid amphetamine injection and loosed it upon an unsuspecting world, where it proceeded to, using the technical musical term, kick balls.
The absolute best cover of Dylan's song ever. If you don't have this album/CD or whatever. Get it. One of the best ever. This man should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Listen to the version by Simply Red… it blew my mind.😳 all of my friends agree! I love this song and didn’t think Johnny could be topped… Simply Red Nails it! Tell me what you think. 🎼🎶
Johnny Rivers is one of the MOST underrated musicians of all time. Just a fantastic singer and does so many songs so well. Why isn't he in the Hall of Fame? He damn well should be.....
Johnny RIVERS Gordon LIGHTFOOT Glenn Campbell all 3 should be inducted into Rock&Roll hall of fame
Johnny Rivers should have been in years ago.
It's a damned shame he isn't in the HOF.
@@francesbrisco776 I would agree with 2 out of three. Johnny Rivers deserves it, as does Glenn Campbell, but primarily for Campbell's legendary session work on many rock masterpieces. I disagree with you on Lightfoot, he was never a rocker.
I never heard of him until Dylan said Johnny's cover of +ly 4th was the best cover. No hall of fame when your claim to fame is a good night of karaoke.
"Of all the versions of my recorded songs, the Johnny Rivers one was my favorite. It was obvious that we were from the same side of town, had been read the same citations, came from the same musical family and were cut from the same cloth. When I listened to Johnny’s version of “Positively 4th Street,” I liked his version better than mine. I listened to it over and over again. Most of the cover versions of my songs seemed to take them out into left field somewhere, but Rivers’s version had the mandate down - the attitude and melodic sense to complete and surpass even the feeling that I had put into it. It shouldn’t have surprised me, though. He had done the same thing with “Maybellene” and “Memphis,” two Chuck Berry songs. When I heard Johnny sing my song, it was obvious that life had the same external grip on him as it did on me." Bob Dylan - The chronicles
that same quote brought me here
Ismail. I think just like you.
Brought here by that book :)
I just read this in Dylan's Chronicles, which brought me here.
@@narelle4868 same
Got this Album back then, Great song here, also "Hey Joe"...
What a Beautiful song 🎵
Jonhnny Rivers,,, Bob Dylan. Where did time go ????..
Idk but my time is about up
Just heard this version for the first time. I fell in love with it.
Johnny is so talented, his music has stood the test of time and i think that is much more valuable than anything the HOF can do. His music is greatly recognized by the millions who love it. For a lifelong musician, that has to feel pretty good.
He’s not in the HOF because they’re a bunch of derelicts. They’ve not only ignored JR, but It took them how many years to recognize Linda Ronstadt.
Dylan really knew how to address his critics with these powerful lyrics.
I bought this album in 1968 or 1969 when I was in the Marine Corps. I have always been a Johnny Rivers fan but this album was an absolute gem! I love this man and his music! And, yes, I am 67 years old and his music still does it for me.
Gene I have been a fan since 1964. I have 3 copies of this - one signed.
I love this guy and it is his BEST album. He said one night was alot of work
to get it just right - all of the great musicians, I love Joe Osborne and Hal Blaine on drums (I can pick him out on any song). Roger C. USAF 1968-1972,
Vietnam 1970-71 ... Combat Photographer outta Saigon 12 R.I.T.S. get on
that helicopter and get dropped off out somewhere in the middle of nowhere
to take pictures of the War ?
Thank you, gentlemen. I own two worn-down copies, and am glad there are some others who have this album in their hearts.
@@juvenilehall1979 I agree with you, this is not only Johnny Rivers best album but its my all time fav. And I thank you for your service, I salute you
Hey fellow Jarhead Gene. My older bro who was a grunt in Nam dropped off Rewind and a couple other albums. I was a Johnny fan for life from then. Although I was a music fan from a young age I always remember being able to play songs over and over on the record player and that was the real start of my music love. I'm gonna try to listen to this album when I can. I know this song is great.Thanks for your service.
Like the fine wine we are, us and our music just keeps get n' Betta 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂
BOB DYAN said that he loved and was his favorite version of POSITIVELY 4TH STREET by Johnny Rivers. BOB DYLAN said that in his book. Johnny Rivers must be very proud of that statement by DYLAN.
Aw!!! Johnny Rivers at his best. He was and always will be an exceptional talent. Long live Johnny's music.
Realization was one of the best albums of the 60's. Johnny was always doing his own thing while the others chased convention.....he is one of the greats and someday he will get his due.
A MASTERPIECE FROM JOHNNY RIVERS LOVE THIS
Great singer, Johnny Rivers, great writer, Bob Dylan, great song!
Bob Dylan said this is the absolute best cover of one of his songs. He said Johnny was cut from the same cloth and got this perfect. I agree whole heartily
No he didn't!
@@68blues I got my quote from Classic Rock magazine, if they made a mistake, let them know
I just read "Chronicles Volume One", that's what brought me here. Dylan said there a lot of the guys who cover his songs take them all the way out into left field; but Johnny Rivers stayed true to the feeling of the original and that's what he liked so much about it.
@@68bluesYes he did. It's on page 60-61 of Dylan's memoir, Chronicles.
Never knew JR did a cover of this, first time hearing it. I can see why Dylan really likes it!😊
I was 18, in the summer of 1965, when Dylan's original was released. The lyrics & music have always taken me back to a time in my life when everyday was a good day, when it seemed I had it all and was content with my friends, my girl and my life. I guess you never quite realize what you have until you lose it. I was drafted a few years later, went off to Vietnam and came home to a country unable to see the difference between disliking a war and disliking those who had no choice but to serve.
*"I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes, and just for that one moment, I could be you! Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes, You'd know what a drag it to see you!"* Powerful lyrics. Every time I listen, I cry like a baby. 😢
I could have written the first two stanzas
If I could only take 10 albums with me to a desert island, Johnny Rivers "Realization" would be one of them. Mr. Rivers, one of the best!
THIS HAS TO BE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE JOHNNY RIVERS SONG.I LOVE ANYTHING HE SINGS BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS THATS SO UNFORGETABLE!!BUT THEN SO IS MR.RIVERS. LU
Dylan himself called this cover...THE BEST!
I'm reading "Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track" by Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon. They do have the quote by Dylan that he loved this version
ive only heard 2 covers but this is deffo the best :)
Johnny is the absolute best!
Verissimo!
Yes he did!!!
Wow. I must say I grew up with both Dylan and “Secret Agent Man” and only today heard Mr.Dylan himself say that Johnny Rivers cover of this, one on MY all-time favorites, is his favorite cover. So I just heard it for the 1st time and despite a bit of overproduction, I can see where he’s coming from.
Thank you to both Mr Dylan and to Mr Rivers. A brilliant song
He sure nailed this great Dylan composition.
To me, this album is a masterpiece. This song, his cover of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and the entire album are absolutely exquisite. Like many of the other comments, I don't know why Johnny's not in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
You can hear true emotion in JR's songs...and he did a fab job on this Dylan gem...a true American musical Icon!....^/^
Quite long old fan of Johnny, I just cheer. Thanks for good music you're spreading around.
Absolute masterpiece version of Bob Dylan's classic song ! Agree with the comments below that Johnny Rivers should be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The 1960's would never have been complete without Johnny Rivers.
🦋This song is so involved & unique I grew up listening to his music through my Mama she knew good music when she heard it🦋
I have always loved Johnny Rivers music. My first boyfriend introduced me to his music back in 1964. Still love him for that.
Bob Dylan brought me here. Calls this is favorite cover of any of his songs, much prefers it to his own version.
This is *the* best version I've ever listened to of *"Positively 4th Street."* Bob Dylan is a good singer and songwriter, but this version adds emotion to the song. It's like he's telling a group of people *"you were supposed to be my friend(s), and then you stab me in the back! What the fuck?! What kind of friend does that to his friend?"*
Jason Carpp, I agree this version is so great. I heard the Dylan quote too. I agree, it's the best version of Positively 4th Street out there. He defies genre or classification. I used to think The Righteous Bros were the gold standard for You've Lost that Loving Feeling until I heard Johnny Rivers do it. Although it really doesn't matter there is some dispute about where he is from. Some say The Bronx but he says Baton Rouge, LA, and he sounds like it, but if you look him up it says born in NY. Maybe both. I think he's still performing.
@@jschuler53 I agree. While I love Bob Dylan, he has some great songs worth listening to, there are other singers who cover his songs *way better* than he does his own songs. Isn't that weird?! I thought Daryl Hall and John Oates did an awesome cover of *"You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling",* a version of the Righteous Brothers classic. If you haven't heard their version, you should check it out.
@@jasoncarpp7742 I will check it out, haven't heard it. One of my all time fav songs. Again Johnny Rivers does such a great version I like it better than the RB.
Don’t really see how anyone could claim Bob’s version lacks emotion. Not taking away from this cover. It’s great, as well.
@@jschuler53 I agree. It's crazy how a cover version sounds so much better than the original.
we just do not hear this kind of stuff with today's artist's. what a shame. Johnny, is the best. His album is so ahead of years past and present. God Bless Johnny
I saw Johnny at the Whisky in 1966...long time ago lol
Saudades de ouvir J.Rivers,Elvis ,Bob Dylan,The Byrds,mitos de toda uma época!!!
Doesn't get any better than Johnny on this song by Bob Dylan. What a soothing voice he has.
Bob Dylan is right, this is a great cover by Johnny Rivers.
The best song by Johnny Rivers off his best album. My favourite 60s Album.
I still have my vinyl of "Realization" I had forgotten that this song was on it. I used to spend hours listening to that album. Johnny is the coolest!
A friend of mine had this on CD. The first time I heard this song, I cried. I don't know why I did.
Coolest! Man...
I still have it on vinyl. I suggested it to friends when it came out and they all enjoyed it.
I was 13 when I first heard the Realization album been one of my favorites since❤❤❤
Does it even come close to getting any better than this!? Thank you Johnny for sharing your talent for all this time. God bless you always from Patrick
I cannot listen to this song (and I've been listening to it for 40+ years) without grinning from ear to ear. Dripping with sarcasm...a big screw you set to such happy music....:)
Paul Dirac I have some Positively 4th Street in my life, or HAD them. This song helped me to sort out conflicts, esp that great line about being inside your/my shoes "to see what a drag it is to see you." For some of us life is a real struggle as it is. Then you get someone who drags you down, and that is a recipe for disaster. I love the use of the word "drag" here because people can do this to us--drag us down, be toxic, hold us back from better things, etc. I now feel you have to let those 4th St people go. I say this positively.
Dylan is better than anyone at saying FU and making you sing along
One of the BEST covers of this tune - LOVE it, love Johnny!
How do you spell underrated, Johnny Rivers! This guy is the master of taking a song and making it his own.
Jeez, never even heard of this guy. Blessings from Scotland 🏴😎
Somehow I don't think I've heard this cover of Dylan's song, but I was just reading Chronicles Vol. One, by Bob Dylan and he mentions briefly his first trip to California to perform and meeting the artists who had recorded their own hits of his tunes. And he mentions out of that group, this was his favorite. So here I am to give it a listen, and loving it.
Johnny's version of this great hit is the very best just like most of his songs. Peace and love to Mr. Rivers
Just an incredible album/cd. It is worth the price.Buy it!
Johnny put soul into this classic. Having The Wrecking Crew and Marty Paich’s strings also added to its luster
It’s a crime that Johnny Rivers is not in the R&R Hall of Fame.
... true !
@@lancejohnson127 .. True ! Actually what's the use of it ????!! I wonder !
**** Important thing : Rivers is a real singer, he makes everything interesting. Dylan is a "talking singer", Dylan always needed others (especially the Byrds) to translate his songs. Without them he would never have had the success he had at the beginning.
He did Bob Dylan proud.
Dylan did him proud.
Hey JR FANS!!! I AM 80 & IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!! WHO NEEDS THE NOT SO COOL R&R HALL any way.WE STILL.GOT OUR JOHNNY & THATS AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!!!
THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST EVER COVER EVER DONE BY ANYONE.I CAN PROMISE YOU JR IS BY FAR SOOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN
ANY ONE OUT THERE TODAY.HE IS THE BEST VOCAL OF 95 % OF ANY COVER OU THERE..CRY YOUR SELF TO SLEEP ELVIS & DYLAN.THIS IS REAL MUCIC.LOVE MY JOHNNY
RIVERS.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💜💜💜💜
I was late to this one, but it's my favorite cover of this one. Rivers was a great singer.
I love his voice. So unique!!!
Wrong! He imitates Dylan in certain parts.
He might a bit in this song but Johnny Rivers voice can be instantly picked out.@@68blues
I agree with Bob Dylan. This is the BEST VERSION of this song.
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Excellent cover. Dylan's Positively 4th Street stands as everyman's response to the hypocrisy in the world.
Johnny Rivers na melhor fase de sua brilhante carreira. Ótimo!
Yeah and when my master Dylan says that what great respect for Johnny Rivers I mean I never heard this before and it is a beautiful
I have this on vinyl and cd underappreciated album. this song is about what people really are about. great song on this lp
But I still love them all since I was a teenager snd I still do and now I am almost 72........
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“Positively 4th Street” has always been my favorite Dylan song. I never heard Johnny Rivers’ version before until today. I’ve been a JR fan and a loyal Dylan fan since the very beginning (1964). JR’s is a very good cover of the original but Dylan’s version is still the best.
Talented!! Simply talented......did more great covers than anyone.
Just more of Johnny Rivers at his best. He sure did Bob Dylans song justice.
And then some. 🙂
Dylan said this is the best cover of any of his songs.
I was 16 that summer, and Dylan's songs were like mother's milk to my awakening intellectual side. I wasn't drafted; a girl broke my heart and I quit high school 2 weeks shy of graduation to join the Marines so I could go die in Vietnam. Fortunately (that's my completely subjective opinion) I didn't die in Vietnam. Now I am getting old, and it is thrilling to hear this music again. RonnieG, I hope things are going better for you now.
This is top notch, thanks.
One of the best versions of a Dylan song . Different than Bob's but that's great. Great production . Bravo
Jhonny Rivers sos el mejor tus temas me encanta hoy 2022 sigo escuchando x siempre mi ídolo 👏👏❤😘
I heard that Dylan once said that he preferred Rivers version of this song to his own.
He talks about it in his autobiography. I was just reading it and that's what brought me here.
He even went as far as to say that this was his favorite recorded version of any of his songs. And me too Anders, it's quite a read.
dairylandbogurt wasn't it Hendrix's "All Along The Watchtower" ?
Anders Gatten me too just now!
Beautiful song. Sounds very much like Bob Dylan.
Very under rated album and singer. I bought this cassette in 69 and wore it out
I love Dylan, but Johnny puts the depth into this song. Truly a classic
Underappreciated doesn't even *begin* to describe this song!
He couldn't hold a candle to Bob.
Love this version. I knew it before I knew Dylan's. Great song and a great interpretation - the same poignant feeling without making it schmaltzy as some do with Dylan's work. I love the power of a full electric version with Dylan's anger coming through. Johnny does it as well but tones it down a bit. Thanks for posting
I'm a huge fan of Bob that's why I have to admit: It's a hauntingly wonderful cover.
Super cool!
I agree. I also love Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan himself considers this the best cover of any of his songs and he even said he thinks it's better than his own original version. That was said during an interview straight-faced.
But then Rivers was always a top-tier artist.
The guitar was by James Burton (Elvis Presley band).
Great song and yeah what a drag it is to see you.
What a fantastic album !!!!!
Absolutely wonderful.
I play this song with my band but with the Dylan arrangement. Hearing this we've learned how to play this one Awesome thanks for posting.
A remarkable rendition by the great Johnny Rivers....I played this Album till the grooves wore out... and still do .... groovy baby, completely groovy.
This was Bob Dylan's favorite version of this song.
Super talent--Johnny Rivers is the best!
Johnny Rivers, , , , , , , ,need I say more !!!
...Como me encanta escuchar este tema grande Johnny ... BUENOS AIRES ..ARGENTINA 🔊🔊🔊💓😘
the BEST interpretation.
Most assuredly the best version of....but you have to also give thanks to the studio musicians that put the track together....Wrecking Crew!!!!!
Thanks for putting this up, I have not heard this album for a loooooong time!
Great vintage music from a real professional. Johnny has this song down much better then Bob Dylan. Love Johnny,,s music and always have.
QUE MAARAVILHA!!!...VIDA LONGA PARA JOHNNY E BOB DYLAN!!!
Now that song right there Is the Shit. Damn Im glad Dylan wrote It, But Im twice a glad Johnny did this Arangment Man he was and is great.
Jody Smith I agree. Bob Dylan is good songwriter, but not the best singer.
Jason Carpp, "Bob Dylan is good songwriter"?LMAO. Dylan is well beyond a good songwriter. He is arguably the greatest songwriter that ever lived and easily in the top 3. I love Johnny Rivers but he's not in my top 20 of the greatest singers that ever lived. There's just too many of those. Elvis, Frank, Brian Wilson, Glen Campbell, John, Paul, George, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles and on and on and that's not even including the female artists.
Really? Among my favourite songs by Bob Dylan sung by a female artist is "Changing of the Guards", a cover song by Patti Smith.
Good old LP to be let playing... on and on and on and on...
Wonderful!! JR is the MAN!!
Awesome cover! Thanks Johnny!
Like if you’re here after reading chronicles volume 1
Here from bob dylans book
He said he liked this cover version better than his own and I can hear it why now
Wow I love Johnny Rivers and this song Got by me for a while but yeah it's beautiful
Dylans favorite cover of one of his tunes~ is it any wonder.
Dylan 's " Greatest Hits " version is the best . This comes in a far second. Can 't beat Dylan .
Laraine Fox Dylan said he liked this version better than his own, but I more agree with you Laraine, Dylan's is better. On the other hand, in other songs I wonder if you actually can beat Dylan's vocals. "All along the Watchtower" many prefer Hendrix by far. Also, "Hard Rains Gonna Fall", best one to me is Leon Russell -- wow he really nails it!!
+Jude Barnes Joan Baez also did a great job on hard rain
Johnny Winters gave "Highway 61 Revisited" a solid amphetamine injection and loosed it upon an unsuspecting world, where it proceeded to, using the technical musical term, kick balls.
Rivers has a better voice
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