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Fri Jun 29, 2012, 01:26 AM

121. Dolly has a cool little story about that song.

Dolly Parton once commented about the making of her version of the song: "When we were doing the Trio album, I asked Linda and Emmy what it meant, and they didn't know. So we called Neil Young, and he didn't know. We asked him, flat out, what it meant, and he said, 'Hell, I don't know. I just wrote it. It just depends on what I was taking at the time. I guess every verse has something different I'd taken.' " Parton, Ronstadt and Harris' Trio version of the song was also released as a single, and while it received modest radio airplay, a video accompanying the song was very popular on a number of cable video outlets, including CMT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Gold_Rush_%28song%29

I kinda like KD Lang's version too:

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144 replies	Author	Time	Post
What song CANNOT be appropriately covered by another artist? [View all]	banned from Kos	Jun 2012	OP
Anything by Dylan	graywarrior	Jun 2012	#1
agree 99.99%	banned from Kos	Jun 2012	#2
That gets a pass	graywarrior	Jun 2012	#3
Wasn't there a time	OriginalGeek	Jun 2012	#9
Probably.	graywarrior	Jun 2012	#15
Not even Nico's "I'll keep it with mine" or most things by The Byrds?	harmonicon	Jun 2012	#41
Sandy Denny also did a sublime "I'll Keep it With Mine"	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#53
Agreed. Fairport Convention also covered	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#64
Jimmy also used to do 'Like Rolling Stone'	RZM	Jun 2012	#106
You know I love you to pieces gray, but I gotta disagree here...	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#4
Listening right now	graywarrior	Jun 2012	#8
It ain't me babe muzac in an elevator.	Betsy Ross	Jun 2012	#29
Yeah, I've heard Dylan muzac. Horrifying!	graywarrior	Jun 2012	#32
Ahem . . .	taterguy	Jun 2012	#38
I like Dylan's voice because of the anger, sneering, spite, bile, and overall nastiness of his...	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#40
I can't stand	pipi_k	Jun 2012	#62
I agree with you about Lay Lady Lay	Arugula Latte	Jun 2012	#141
He's like a cat....he hates us	graywarrior	Jun 2012	#101
That is brilliant (I really mean that) There have been millions of words written in attempts to...	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#135
Meeeeeeeeeee-oowwwwwwww!	graywarrior	Jun 2012	#136
Jerry Garcia (and the Dead) had a few albums of Dylan covers	NightWatcher	Jun 2012	#43
That tour with Dylan & the Dead was stellar	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	#120
Desolation row one night by Grateful Dead was Epic	Rambis	Jun 2012	#59
get the new "Chimes of Freedom" CD from Amnesty International	SCantiGOP	Jun 2012	#73
Peter, Paul and Mary had some decent versions of Dylan songs	Art_from_Ark	Jun 2012	#98
Respectfully disagree	RFKHumphreyObama	Jun 2012	#110
Another disagree ...	Arugula Latte	Jun 2012	#140
Dark Side Of The Moon	Initech	Jun 2012	#5
Agree. the whole Pink Floyd catalog due to heavy	banned from Kos	Jun 2012	#6
Queensryche routinely covers PF in concert	OriginalGeek	Jun 2012	#10
The first time I heard Silent Lucidity	VWolf	Jun 2012	#69
I've heard good Pink Floyd covers but none can match the originals.	Initech	Jun 2012	#30
Maybe you need to hear this version of Brain Damage then:	kentauros	Jun 2012	#45
Have you heard The Wall coverd by Luther Wright and the Wrongs?	Orrex	Jun 2012	#114
It would be even better if Pink Floyd never played it either. (nt)	harmonicon	Jun 2012	#42
I always assumed Lennon's "Mother", but Mr Bowie proves my assumption wrong...	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#7
"Smoke Stack Lighting" Howlin' Wolf	ohiosmith	Jun 2012	#11
Good choice!	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#14
The Grateful Dead version(s) are good, too. nt	cyberswede	Jun 2012	#63
Many have covered it. Maybe because of time and place none have the impact of the original.	retread	Jun 2012	#12
From the Stones catalog, I'd also go with "Can't You Hear Me Knockin".	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#13
Agree with both. Manfred Mann's Springsteen covers are atrocious imo.	banned from Kos	Jun 2012	#16
Sweet Virginia...	Scuba	Jun 2012	#94
Tiptoe Through the Tulips	HeiressofBickworth	Jun 2012	#17
Take Five	Ptah	Jun 2012	#18
+ 1	Bertha Venation	Jun 2012	#138
I think you meant *5	Ptah	Jun 2012	#139
. . .	Bertha Venation	Jun 2012	#142
Gimme shelter	zappaman	Jun 2012	#19
Sorry, I think those are three fails. And I like Sisters for their anthem sound	banned from Kos	Jun 2012	#25
I prefer the Grand Funk cover of Shelter	Mopar151	Jun 2012	#20
more COWBELL!!!!!!!	CleanLucre	Jun 2012	#22
You want COWBELL?????	Mopar151	Jun 2012	#28
i feel so much better now!!	CleanLucre	Jun 2012	#34
Dylan: Mississippi	CleanLucre	Jun 2012	#21
Anything by Neil Young	Amerigo Vespucci	Jun 2012	#23
LMFAO	CleanLucre	Jun 2012	#36
Exception that proves the rule: Trio, After the Gold Rush	taterguy	Jun 2012	#54
Ah man, I was hoping it was gonna be those German dudes who did "Da Da Da"	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#65
Dolly has a cool little story about that song.	progressoid	Jun 2012	#121
That Neil Young tribute concert back in 2010 was god-awful	RZM	Jun 2012	#72
The ONLY band/performer to hook up with Neil and make it work was Pearl Jam.	Amerigo Vespucci	Jun 2012	#75
Don't know if you saw it, but Neil didn't actually perform at this one	RZM	Jun 2012	#102
I did see it, and I wasn't impressed.	Amerigo Vespucci	Jun 2012	#107
Love, love, love Neil, but...	zappaman	Jun 2012	#88
You might think that ZZ Top would be a tough cover	Mopar151	Jun 2012	#24
'Body and Soul' - Coleman Hawkins	KamaAina	Jun 2012	#26
Most Marvin Gaye....	hlthe2b	Jun 2012	#27
Justin Timberlake did a kickin' version of "Got to Give it Up."	blue neen	Jun 2012	#95
yeah.. not bad...	hlthe2b	Jun 2012	#103
Tubular Bells	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	#31
short and to the point..Judy Garland.	Stuart G	Jun 2012	#33
Iz!	Vanje	Jun 2012	#47
I love love love this version nt	nadine_mn	Jun 2012	#85
"Revisiting Ruby Shoes (Wizard of Oz Remix)"	kentauros	Jun 2012	#50
Tori Amos used to play this. It wasn't very good	RZM	Jun 2012	#105
Polk Salad Annie	CleanLucre	Jun 2012	#35
Imagine	pink-o	Jun 2012	#37
Piece o' My Heart	solara	Jun 2012	#39
ANYTHING by Janis...	WinstonSmith4740	Jun 2012	#115
I totally agree	solara	Jun 2012	#129
Just off the top of my head: Billy Bragg - New England	harmonicon	Jun 2012	#44
Seriously, you never heard Kristy Macoll's version?	zappaman	Jun 2012	#89
This is the first I've heard it.	harmonicon	Jun 2012	#122
I agree with the gender swap thing	zappaman	Jun 2012	#130
Anything by Queen with Freddie	we can do it	Jun 2012	#46
"Electronic Behavior Control System" by Emergency Broadcast Network	kentauros	Jun 2012	#48
Wow, I had completely forgotten about that band!	zappaman	Jun 2012	#74
You're welcome!	kentauros	Jun 2012	#92
Alice's Restaurant n/t	Shrek	Jun 2012	#49
Quite true. Quite true.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#58
Thank god for that!	Tom Ripley	Jun 2012	#60
OMG!!	WinstonSmith4740	Jun 2012	#116
Geoff Outlaw is a friend of mine	hobbit709	Jun 2012	#123
"Jump" by Aztec Camera (they un-covered the gem of a song from the "pop hit")	stlsaxman	Jun 2012	#51
Sing, Sing, Sing	Ptah	Jun 2012	#52
This message was self-deleted by its author	jettrocker	Jun 2012	#55
Nearly all of Peter Gabriel's work.	Canis Mala	Jun 2012	#56
I saw a live local band do "Paradise By the Dashboard Lights" - awesome.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#57
I've never really been a fan	pipi_k	Jun 2012	#61
Smells like teen spirit by Miley Cyrus.	craigmatic	Jun 2012	#66
Here are my choices:	Big Orange Jeff	Jun 2012	#67
About 90% of what Prince did.	NickB79	Jun 2012	#68
It's not "Cream," but	svpadgham	Jun 2012	#93
Tubular Bells	zipplewrath	Jun 2012	#70
Since Dylan has been covered dozens and dozens of times	Zavulon	Jun 2012	#71
Bohemian Rhapsody	yellerpup	Jun 2012	#76
I don't know, these guys did a pretty interesting version...	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#78
Interesting--yes,	yellerpup	Jun 2012	#86
Autobiographical songs	teach1st	Jun 2012	#77
Crazy on You and Barracuda by Heart	SemperEadem	Jun 2012	#79
NO CLASH SONG EVER nt	TomClash	Jun 2012	#80
Imagine	Deep13	Jun 2012	#81
Leonard Cohen	TrogL	Jun 2012	#82
Full version of "Love To Love You Baby" by Donna Summer	Spitfire of ATJ	Jun 2012	#83
Bridge Over Troubled Water	ArtiChoke	Jun 2012	#84
Blue Thunder - Galaxy 500	Avalux	Jun 2012	#87
I would contend they are essentially an "uncoverable" band.	Codeine	Jun 2012	#100
No one has yet.	Avalux	Jun 2012	#113
Sunshine on my Shoulders - by John Denver	mike dub	Jun 2012	#90
Black Dog	missingthebigdog	Jun 2012	#91
You can keep "The Crunge"	Spitfire of ATJ	Jun 2012	#111
"Werewolves of London"	svpadgham	Jun 2012	#96
Happy to give this thread the fifth rec...'cause it is so damn entertaining!	blue neen	Jun 2012	#97
"Layla"	blue neen	Jun 2012	#99
Anything Alan Parsons did.	Shadowflash	Jun 2012	#104
Don't Stop Me Now - Katy Perry	Tabasco_Dave	Jun 2012	#108
There's a reason a lot of these "artists" lip synch.	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#109
Yikes!	RFKHumphreyObama	Jun 2012	#112
Ouch!	WinstonSmith4740	Jun 2012	#117
I'll put Hawkwind's "Gimme Shelter" up against the Stones any day	NBachers	Jun 2012	#118
OK, here's my two cents...	WinstonSmith4740	Jun 2012	#119
Almost anything by Stevie Wonder. n/t	AngryOldDem	Jun 2012	#124
"Standing in front of Poseur" ...Redd Kross (née Red Cross) ...	Tikki	Jun 2012	#125
"Black" - Pearl Jam	Liberal Veteran	Jun 2012	#126
I disagree - Here's 'Gimme Shelter' by Hawkwind	Taverner	Jun 2012	#127
Beat ya to it.	zappaman	Jun 2012	#144
there is only one--"Little Wing"-- with one exception	pitchforx	Jun 2012	#128
nice writing	banned from Kos	Jun 2012	#132
gee thanks!	pitchforx	Jun 2012	#133
Great point forx. And Welcome to DU!	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#143
"Dopesmoker" by Sleep.	HughBeaumont	Jun 2012	#131
Anything from Jethro Tull	Trailrider1951	Jun 2012	#134
Big Yellow Taxi	Bertha Venation	Jun 2012	#137

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