"All Along the Watchtower" fue escrita por Bob Dylan (Videolink) y publicada en su álbum John Wesley Harding (1967). Esta canción es la que más veces a tocado Dylan en directo (más de 1400 veces) y ha sido versionada por numerosos artistas de distintos géneros musicales, como U2 (Videolink), o DMB (Dave Matthews Band) (Videolink), Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam (Videolink), entre otros muchos artistas. Sin duda para mí una de las mejores versiones es la de Jimi Hendrix, que ha sido considerada como la mejor versión de un tema de otro artista. Hendrix incluyó su versión en su disco Electri Ladyland tercer álbum de The Jimi Hendrix Experience (la banda de Jimi Hendrix), que se lanzó en 1968 y fue el último de la banda.
Jimi Hendrix
"All Along the Watch Tower"
"All Along the Watchtower"
Lyrics
There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief
Businessman they drink my wine
Plow men dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody of it is worth
Hey hey
No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke but uh
But you and I weve been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hours getting late
Hey
Hey
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Bare-foot servants to, but huh
Outside in the cold distance
A wild cat did growl
Two riders were approachin
And the wind began to howl
Hey
Oh
All along the watchtower
Hear you sing around the watch
Gotta beware gotta beware I will
Yeah
Ooh baby
All along the watchtower
"All Along the Watchtower"
Lyrics
There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief
Businessman they drink my wine
Plow men dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody of it is worth
Hey hey
No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke but uh
But you and I weve been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hours getting late
Hey
Hey
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Bare-foot servants to, but huh
Outside in the cold distance
A wild cat did growl
Two riders were approachin
And the wind began to howl
Hey
Oh
All along the watchtower
Hear you sing around the watch
Gotta beware gotta beware I will
Yeah
Ooh baby
All along the watchtower
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