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Even Dylan himself said that Jimi's version was much better. In the booklet accompanying his Biograph album, Dylan said: "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way... Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way." That should speak volumes to the Dylan nerds.There's a whole bunch of them from Dylan. Everybody raves about Jimi's version of 'All Along The Watchtower', but I much prefer Dylan's original, which paints a dark, haunting uncertain picture.
I don't like any part of the Dylan version, not even a little bit. The harp in that song so brutal. It's worse than nails on a chalkboard to me.
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