8hands Featured Bob Dylan Cover: The Hold Steady's "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"
A while ago we interviewed Zac Pennington of the Parenthetical Girls and he referred to Bob Dylan as "popular music's most impressive con man". I'm not sure if I totally agree, after all, Dylan wrote some songs that touched me deeply at one point or the other, but you've got to admit Pennington has a point.
We all know that at least ten million Bob Dylan covers have been recorded till this day – most are mediocre, a few are brilliant and the others are just boring. That's why I wasn't too excited about the "I'm Not There" soundtrack – I mean, the movie should be awesome, but I just can't bear any more Dylan covers. Damn, we all need to move on!
The list of artists who recorded the "I'm Not There" soundtrack is amazing. Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Cat Power, Sufjan Stevens, Karen O, Calexico & many others, but the result is same-ole-same-ole. Nothing that will blow your head open.
The only cover that made the whole project worth something is the Hold Steady's version of "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" in which they prove, again, that they are the best band of the moment.
The church organ, the acoustic guitar, the keyboard and the oh-so-known-hold-steady-rock explosion. They made the perfect mix of theirs and Dylan's style and you'll have to listen to it carefully, with your headphones, to realize how great it is. Until you do that, check out this video and discover that Dylan wrote every song you have ever loved and known. Enjoy.






















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