Van Morrison and his Belfast garage-R&B band Them turned “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” into an Irish soul benediction without losing any of the original’s acerbic bite; Morrison delivered Dylan’s lyrics like he was experiencing them in a Blakean reverie. “I did something totally different with that song,” Morrison told Rolling Stone. “My version - I owned it. I didn’t really connect with Dylan as a songwriter. I connected with what he was doing with the songs.” Three decades later, Beck and the Dust Brothers sampled Them’s version beautifully on the Odelay standout “Jack-Ass.” J.D.
By far the best rendition of this song that I have ever heard. Van Morrison himself comes out as he pours his best into this magnificent song. I'm more of a heavy hitting, rock and roll guy, but this is as rock solid as it gets. I'm freak'n blown away.
Without this original sound here my favorite all time Beck song would have never came about "Jack Ass" off of "Odelay" in 1996. What great memories of that album and the summer before I became a senior in high school. I felt invincible, young without a care in the world :)
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