Monday, June 6, 2022

Dylan Cover #533 floydion "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine"

In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's artists, floydion doing a cover of ""Most Likely You'll Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine"" 


This month we are doing another special focus in RtBE's Dylan Covers series. In the past we have highlighted The ByrdsCoulson-Dean-McGuiness-FlintThe HolliesJoan OsbourneMountainBetty LeVette , Reggae Covers and many more

This month we highlight floydion in our Monday's Dylan Cover Series.

Thoughts on Original:
From the first time we tackled a cover of this song:
It's that thin, that wild mercury sound. It's metallic and bright gold, with whatever that conjures up. Those are the phrases that Dylan himself used to describe the sound that he wanted on Blonde on Blonde. Safe to say he got it and perhaps never more so than on "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine". That whirling organ that sounds like it may actually take flight, the tempo, the cutting lyric, hot damn this song is a joy. RtBE actually got to see him open a show way back with this one and it was a hoot, not as good as the original, but a gem to see live and hear anytime.
The closest I ever got to the sound I hear in my mind was on individual bands in the Blonde on Blonde album. It's that thin, that wild mercury sound. It's metallic and bright gold, with whatever that conjures up.
Cover:


Thoughts on Cover Artist:
floydion aka Gerry van der Laan is a singer songwriter from Amsterdam who posts covers to his youtube channel. We found him and really dug his singing style and wanted to showcase him this month. 

Thoughts on Cover:
This one is a stunner and the reason for this monthly showcase of floydion. We randomly found this while searching for Dylan covers on youtube and loved it whole heartedly. He takes an upbeat, spinning off the rails Dylan original and slows it down with gorgeous acoustic playing and vocals that are super heartfelt and soaring. He even infuses the lyrics with a more personal tone than the original. 

Covers like this are the reason RtBE continues this series as these reinventions are so cool to find and listen to.  Enjoy the monthly focus on this lesser known artist.  

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