In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a cover by Laura Marling playing " A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"
From the first time we tackled a cover of this song:
Dylan singing from a position of fear as he poetically discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis and the possibility of Nuclear annihilation. Dylan also mentioned in Chronicles that the song was inspired by a feeling he got when reading microfiche newspapers in the New York Public Library: "After a while you become aware of nothing but a culture of feeling, of black days, of schism, evil for evil, the common destiny of the human being getting thrown off course. It’s all one long funeral song." An apt description and a powerful song from a young songwriter.
Cover:
Dylan singing from a position of fear as he poetically discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis and the possibility of Nuclear annihilation. Dylan also mentioned in Chronicles that the song was inspired by a feeling he got when reading microfiche newspapers in the New York Public Library: "After a while you become aware of nothing but a culture of feeling, of black days, of schism, evil for evil, the common destiny of the human being getting thrown off course. It’s all one long funeral song." An apt description and a powerful song from a young songwriter.
Cover:
Thoughts on Cover Artist:
Laura Marling is fine British artist whose single "Patterns" was highlighted in July.
Thoughts on Cover:
The cover was recorded specifically for Peaky Blinders, which is fun, as the version has an upbeat strum and ominous marching/booming percussion accenting things as the effort builds and swells. The song never explodes, it just threatens to, with galloping pace and energy. Cool cover.
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