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The original was better than Hendrix (fanaticus.social)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Possibly, I suppose it's subjective. I think they're both great.

Dylan really liked Hendrix's version. He even later tweaked the structure a bit because he liked Hendrix's interpretation.

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/what-did-bob-dylan-think-jimi-hendrix-version-along-the-watchtower/

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah i remembered him saying smth along the lines of, the song was now hendrix's