Knocking on heaven's door

Created by Bob Dylan, Knocking on Heaven's Door has appealed to musicians of all genres alike. It has been so widely covered and has enjoyed such a variety that none has. With a solid two para lyrics this song has no hidden hints to find and it has gained all the more importance in today's world with growing violence and terrorism. Violence is not something man is comfortable with, be it the miscreant or the victim.
Dylan is clear with his words and has some awesome tune to this. I post here the original and few covers. Check them out.

The Bob Dylan version (not exactly the original, but kind of Dylan covering himself)




The (most famous) GNR cover



Avril's impeccable take



Roger Waters' cover



And Finally Eric Clapton (Tribute to the two Bobs, Marley and Dylan)



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From Chuck Berry To Judas Priest via Kishore Kumar


A rare Judas Priest cover of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode.
The blues/rock-n-roll original deserved a metal cover and who could do it better than the priests.
There are several other covers of this song but nothing feels better than hearing Rob Halford singing it for the Priests. His 4 octave range does justice to anything he lays his hands on. Glenn Tipton and Kenneth Downing also pays an apt tribute to Berry.

So check it out.



And the original



I am also appending this post with an Indian rendition of 50's early rock-n-roll by the inimitable phenomena, Kishore Kumar, from the movie Asha, 1957.

The Priests of Metal


It feels good to be in Blogger again after 2 years.

Of the many not so worshiped names in the world of music the name that comes to my mind now is Judas Priest. The priest started off as a low key bunch of headbangers who were struggling to convince the British audience about their flavor of music. They could hardy unplug the ears lost in psychedelic Beatles one one hand and the fiery Led Zep on the other. Although metal was introduced before Priests jumped into the scene. The high pitched Black Sabbath made their mark with their World War II ballads. The priests were struggling hard and this was not to end until they were introduced in the west. Just over the Beach Boys the rock and roll was taking a restless turn and Judas Priest banged into the scene with the Second British Wave, the wave of metal.
The Americans had never felt the speed and power before and the music came as amazement for them and instant fame for the Priests. And 'Screaming for Vengeance' was just the icing on the cake. Their music grew and began to influence several other names who later a the greats of
today.

Their best album for me are Painkiller and Angel of Retribution.
Long Live Judas Priests