Vampire Weekend live at Down the Rabbit Hole 2019 playing Bob Dylan's Jokerman. No copyright infringement intended. All rights reserved to original owner.
I don’t really know anything about Vampire Weekend and had never actually heard a single note until 10 minutes and some change prior to typing this comment. I admittedly don’t know much more now, but I am thoroughly impressed by what little I do know. It’s top shelf classy move to cover Dylan, but it’s exponentially more so when you do it with a tremendous depth of respect for the source material and an unmistakably genuine display of adoration for said material. What more do I need to know? Musicians who realize that there is no such thing as “mastery” in the craft, only echelons of proficiency and endless possibilities for creative endeavor, exploration and expression are the ones I immediately gravitate toward. Lastly, of all the Dylan songs, to choose Jokerman really says something (that something is different for everyone I’m sure, but Dylan fans often place Jokerman near or at the top of their lists of Bob’s masterpieces). I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment that Jokerman is a masterpiece, I would be a fool to think otherwise! There are single lines that make other artists’ entire catalogues look as if they were scribbled in crayon on brightly colored construction paper. The thing that gets me is they keep rolling, one after another and I’ll be damned if every last one hits like an unseen pint glass in the ear hole. I know I’m rambling and I apologize. Fucking A though, new fan here me thinks.
holy shit ,literally this came right out of left field,no pun intended,the best cover in 30 yrs of loving this amazing song....kudos to these guys ...canada just took notice
Covers of Jokerman live or die based on capturing the RHYTHM of DYLAN lyrics. The ability to capture that rhythm, in turn, depends on fantastic rhythmic-backing (strumming, bass, drums, et. al). On the record we have Sly & Robbie (Jamaican master drum/bass duo). Bravo! Ezra’s done a commendable. Good job.
@@FlaschDJyour comment makes the most sense! This song in particular is so rhythmically specific, that a certain cadence needs to be achieved in order to make it work as a cover. VW really gets the track and they make it their own in such a remarkable way. I'm going absolutely nuts waiting for the new album haha
Did not know a thing about this band. Truly loved it right up until the free-form-psychedelic-jazz bit. But still great cover of a superb song. In these lyrics you can see why Dylan won the Nobel prize in literature.
I like this better than the original. Cant say why particularly. Rythm is better perhaps. I saw them in miami and this cover was one of my favorite songs performed.
It's funny, I've been listening to lots of Bob and Beatles recently as my daughter is really getting into that period of music. I've tried listening to a lot of beatles covers and hate nearly all of them (I don't mind Bowie's Across the Universe but that's basically it). With Dylan there are so many good covers I can barely keep count. In some cases (obviously Hendrix's All along the watchtower but also The Byrds' version of my back pages which totally rules) they are actually better than the originals. I wonder why that is... anyway, this is another one to add to the list, especially love the motorik/krautrock style instrumental break in the middle!
@@olinmyhre i often dont like what bob is doing live to his own songs but the Album Version of jokerman is great. The vampire Version not so much. 🤷♂️ezra has a great voice. But the style of the Band and his voice just dont suite the Song. Tried to listen to it one more time. Had to stop.☹️
@@olinmyhre I have, and it's particularly horrible for the ears 😂, his album version is great, but I've never heard a good or even decent live version like this one
