13th Floor Elevators - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

[jacksonthrasher]

totally the best song ever man

[podrido334]

it reminds me a sunset with a lot of weedies smoking joint after joint, so sad so quiet...love it more than the original

[skyismelting]

melting, burning, sweet

[jsfumato]

This kicks ass, but i personally love The Eric Burdon & Animals version. Try it ..its by far the most melancholy take ..bone chilling.

[breadbutt]

I've heard a bunch of great covers of this, but the elevators' version remains my favorite by far, including the original.

[ejectorerector]

there are so many covers of this song out there, but i'm very impressed with this one.

[BRStormysea]

What effect did they use in the guitars?

[ghostwriter11]

@BRStormysea

It's called "talent."

: ]

[moosey62]

Who the fuck was that?

tFE?

My mi9nd is blown.

[degree7]

The cover of this song by "Them" is also very good.

I advise anyone to check out that version too.

[Megajosh2]

This sounds scarily modern.

[cwag07]

people honestly believe this cover is better than the original???

[FuttBucker667]

@cwag07 I don't believe it is, I know it's better. There's a difference

[parnowihavetogoblind]

@FuttBucker667 that's just you being stupid, actually. you're wrong because you think you're right.

[breadbutt]

@FuttBucker667 I'm with you. nothing against the original, or any of the other fantastic covers, this is just better. period.

[breadbutt]

@cwag07 absolutely. the original is great and all, but this just blows it out of the water.

[skyismelting]

@cwag07 I do, honestly, but it s just my opinion

[marchomeslice]

@LoonRecordings The Elevators masters and catalog being so utterly lost, abused & mangled has lead to the originaly IA issued LPs getting out of hand. ANY 1st issue classic Psych LP is going to fetch huge money. And what's to say the people that are buying an original IA copy of the elevators albums aren't ripping them to 24/96, RTR tape, etc. and then reselling them? That's what i'd do. The shame is when masters go missing.. or when remaster efforts are bungled.

[StreetandBabeShadow]

Jesus fuckin' Christ, I usually hate Dylan covers but this one blows my mind off... It definitely keeps the nostalgic feeling the original song had.

[cep23]

jesus Christ what a cover!

[lundehund44]

eh, average.

[teggsyohh]

pure class dylan master great cover

[AstroZombie1897]

Roky should have been as big as Dylan

[gleb202]

I love this guitar sound

[ElectricMusicNeed]

great cover, just f'n great. 13floor best psychedelic band ever. LOVE, resist the NWO...

[JvivaBlaBraza]

awesome version of one of the greatest songs ever written.

[milanerose]

i. love. this. version. it makes my heart sigh every time i listen to it and i refuse to seek medical attention :) haha

[rochebraziliano]

thanks GOD im one of very few people that have heard of it nowadays

[rochebraziliano]

JUST COMPARABLE TO ITS ORIGINAL VERSION and im still wordering what that its better

[riMejk11cc]

speechless....<3

[programkill]

stirke another match or start anew

[JohnNorthWillys]

I NEED SOME BLUE CHEER ACID AND A HIPPIE CHICK NAMED " MORNINGSTAR " !!

[saintsaji]

I just can't seem to keep the tears from coming out of my eyes.......

Every time I hear this song.

Thank You Roky!!!!!!

[MrNEILSUPERNAUT]

This particular cover version certainly divides opinion - you eith love or hate it.

Me? i absolutely love it. 'haunting' is the word...

[shadowlord6343]

I never tire of this song. I can just float away with it. Only possible complaint is it doesn't go on long enough LOL!

[thenortherndrones]

best cover i ever heard. pure class

[slalomkid77]

i am sitanic but when i here this i think peace

[HamSandwich09]

It's amazing how Dylan wrote a song that would sound good no matter who played it.

But this is just ridiculously amazing.

[InGraphite]

@HamSandwich09 I read somewhere a long time ago that this Dylan's favorite version of the song, likewise for Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower.

[stuckinthestation]

let's get lost.

[sistersteel]

very honest to identify with, pretty and sweet groove

[footymaster123456789]

foooooo reallls 8===============D

[texasBMXer]

Ive gotta get this album on vinyl. So relaxing...

[jwoodrff]

Folks, this is Austin Texas 1966. Sit back and relax.

[therichinchins]

check the last drive version

[bradr29]

Easter Everywhere is a sadly forgotten masterpiece. Keep it alive! The entire album is fantastic, and if it weren't for the facist white pigs in TX during the 60's, they may have done a lot more. You don't need to smoke pot to enjoy this music.

[shadowlord6343]

No, but it doesn't hurt LOL.

Love this version of Baby Blue. I get lost in it every time I hear it.

[crancworcs]

min Zung is 'dörrt

min Kopp is g'swellt

ik mut nu fort

fon diese velt

[homonculus9]

Not predicting anything, but this would a great "down the aisle" funereal song.

[theQueenofPsych]

hehe i like all the stoner love here. right on.

[Maxguerrilla]

smoke a good grow buddie ;) then listen these again :P

[MattHatter]

My gosh who HASN'T done a great cover of this song?! Everyone giving it their own stroke of the brush. The Chocolate Watchband's version is also incredible and magical. This version is like The Elevators themselves were, Texas psychedelia. Dusty and mystical like an Indian raga.

[mattscoots]

fuck the mainstream, this is where real talent is, 13th have the best sound, peace.

[TheEldoradoKid]

@mattscoots And this was over 40 years ago!! Wow!

[whitestripebuzz]

that was fucking amazing.

[Hiikua25]

when dylan heard his version by the 13th floor, he shit a brick. He didn't have to many good things to say about these quacks.

[homonculus9]

I've heard differently to the point that this version was one of his favorites.

Still might of shit a brick, though.

[TIP19741971]

wonerfull version, the best i've ever heard. Bravo bravo bravo. Listening this invites you to smoke a joint...let's roll it!!!!

[uhustick70]

@TIP19741971 hahahahahahahaha there 's an invitation for this all the time!!

[kannibalken]

THEM The BYRDS,then the 13th.these guys are the best at doing this tune.Dylan must be proud

[shadowlord6343]

I love this song so much. Very relaxing after a Psychonautic Adventure.

[gordonshitybum]

"products in one's blood" -that sucks man -really you're trying to come off some which way which is 'uninterestin' anywho I think this is THE version --one of Johnny Thunders fav bands for whatever thats worth

[tremors831]

this song seems really blurry , with all the delay and trippy beat, its peaceful though

[sonnygerd]

Uninteresting exept with products in one's blood

[shadowlord6343]

After hearing it while flying, I feel like flying everytime I hear it now LOL.

[ZachTFLd]

It was an original vinyl printing, though, forgot to mention that.

[ZachTFLd]

Two-hundred and fifty dollars.

[milkgodnl]

.. polyrhythmic .. with a wiked backbeat .. let's hear it for Texas Radio ..

[srdonpiti]

GREAT!! que bueno!! find this kind of great bands!! miticos 13thfloorelevators reminding other time...thanx, gracias

[maximumriffage]

very roky style.. great

[farblondjetter]

Back in Austin and San Antone in the early 80's you could find this record and The Psychedelic Sound of 13th F. E." in bargain bins at your local record shop. Incredible huh?

[ZachTFLd]

Yeah, I saw this album at Half Priced Books for $250.

[thefabb]

Yeah all the good vinyl is in that range, we had most it too, but WTF, we also were able to meet the band members and hang out w/o Bullshit security, I would never trade my life to be twenty years old, pay $150 bucks to see the Brittany Spears puke all over her self then go fuck some popparazzi for TMZ..... WTF dudes

[thisisntcarmen]

this is brilliant, like purely brilliant

i wish i could have lived in this era, and seen all these brilliant bands live

:']

[comfortablypink94]

wow, really great sound. right when i heard the first 5 seconds i liked it

[KIDAmnesiacBends]

this song perfectly portays the feeling I get when I coming down off a acid trip..

[altoidsmit]

yes me 2

[wrappedhands]

kinda the Jackson Pollock of rock.

[mrbag60]

I like both the 13FE and Van Morrison & Them's versions of this Dylan classic equally the best. Amazing band these guys were.

[homonculus9]

Rumor is that this was Dylan's favorite cover of was one of his songs.

[schlomofucklestein]

That doesnt sound like Rocky. Is that him? I would love to see him do this live.

[sike201]

Oh yeah, definitely Roky. I saw them perform this many times, back in the day.

[tikigod1967]

To fellow Dylan fans: The Easter Everywhere album by the elevators is awsome.. Highly recomended "true" psychedelic music..

[ciocc8]

I'd never heard of this band before, but they did a brilliant version of perhaps Dylan's best song. Thanks for posting this video.

[openyourmind25]

Man! How many great covers can one song have? Just when I thought I had heard all possible variations with bob's, link wray's, chocolate watchband, here comes 13th floor elevators with a completely original cover. I am awe-strucken.

[1tornado1]

Agreed! I also thought I'd heard every version worth hearing until I stumbled across this!

[openyourmind25]

AND Them did a superb cover as well.

[TheBrowndawg]

yeah its like the louie louie of folk rock ;-)

[KIDAmnesiacBends]

I absolutely love the guitar sound on this. i wanna play like that

[yaiknowscrewme]

Great version..big 13th floor fan here for 20 years

[number7gracestreet]

I was a teenager introduced to 13th Fl. El. by a local band Red Temple Spirits cover of Rollorcoaster. Really spoke to my mind. Years later I would get the same Punk Rock message from Dylan, Van Man, and -yes- Hole. Joan Jett does it too. We all do it. Even bumblebees do it.

[ZachTFLd]

Hole's cover of this song was completely stolen from The Chocolate Watchband.

The Elevators did this som much better than anyone, even Van the Man.

[spacepope69]

Decent cover of this song, by an exceptional but not very well known band. Although I grew up in the late '60s I didn't discover this band until about 3 years ago, while listening to either Pandora or Technicolor Web of Sound. I just love their music, it's better than listening to the 2 most overplayed Jefferson Airplane tunes.

[Pjaypt]

I've discovered them too in the Technicolor Web of Sound. Thanks for reminding me of that site!

[peppermintgarage]

She Comes in Colours is a good show for psychedelic music, too. :)

[BohaVasho]

A small correction, with that Psychedelic Sounds... I mean wasn't taken away with most of the songs, except for Roller Coaster, this took me away with its first listening. And the rest two albums, I got myself later.

[BohaVasho]

Elevators' music is not for everyone, rather for a smaller and close group of listeners. You can't just play it to your girlfriend and then be angry that she says it is a bullshit, because she won't get what it is about. When first listening to Psych. Sounds... I wasn't touched a lot, but now I adore it. On the surface it sounds rather below standard and uninteresting, you gotta take some time to get deeper. And you find, they are an extraordinary brilliant group. So is it with this cover

[JanRoset99]

Use to watch 13th Floor Elevators perform this in Houston in the late 60's. I've done two paintings inspired by this song and the whole album "Easter Everywhere". Rocking to the end. Thanks Roky for all the outrageous fun! Hope to catch you at the next ice cream social.

[bob31280]

My favorite version is Van Morrison's,hands down. This is one of the better versions I've heard though.

[littlewing223]

this cover is pretty good...its not as good as bobs version but kills off that shitty hole cover

[CumCooker]

best. cover. ever.

[winfield6548]

rumor is that Bob Dylan says that this is his favorite version of it. It's been covered by everybody.

[SureShotDC]

Tripped up, doped out

[WhiskeyyWoman]

This is my favorite version.

[Alpal2700]

No it's MY favorite version

[WhiskeyyWoman]

hahaha nevertheless...

It's a badass cover.

[Lamvesp]

This song needed Rocky's input. Rocky is nothing less than  genius.

[WhiskeyyWoman]

Hahaha no oh no. The song is pretty much perfect. THEE only version I can listen to the whole way through and then listen to again.

[Alpal2700]

This is my favorite version

[marktheplase]

Just listened to Them;s 1965 (Van Morrison) version of this and after hearing it, this is hard to deal with. It seems to jar the nerves. Them's is flowing and melodic.

[Phreak1979]

Love 13th floor, love this song. Best cover I've heard of this song to date is by Hole, search for it and check it out :)

[gergelz]

I prefer the Chocolate Watchband version of this song. It's not bad though...

[GGAllinIsGod]

listening to this cover makes me realize how much some of the 90's bands like janes addiction kinda ripped on their sound, not in a bad way, but it's just kinda obvious in this song

[WhiskeyyWoman]

GG ALLIN!!!

[livanletliv]

methinks music and vocals= to Dylan, actually like the instrumentals better much more haunting....

[moosey62]

I'm gonna record this next week. I'll try and post it as soon as I make a video. Roky and Tommy.. xx

[tommyjumbo]

My best and most favourite version by far. x

[EntropyHaptens]

Back to the future...awesome!!

[sydfan526]

The most beautiful version of this song by far. Thanks for posting it.

[mattappleyard]

Yeah but i do believe this is the best version, its purely melodic

[j7777777]

check out, van morrisons version when he was with , them . awesome :)

p s , and , the byrds do a great version too :) .

[agooTV]

This is the best version of this song ever...I like the orginal too, and Marianne Faithfull's version is not bad either...

[lisaskell]

i love it it's a great song whoever is singing it

[clattybrown]

Brilliant I could melt in this version The eastern effect works BIG TIME thanks so much for posting

[SteveRamone0075]

I've tried listening to it again, but it really does nothing for me at all. Maybe because I'm so familiar with the Dylan and Joan Baez versions.

[SydLennon79]

i understand friend.

[gu88766]

i agree with you. i love teh 13th floor elevators but sometimes they get a little too weird for weird's sake.

[SteveRamone0075]

I love Dylan. This is hideous and unlistenable.

[hanniballecturer]

Wow, what an insane comment. This version is ethereal....

[SydLennon79]

do you really feel that way? I can understand one choosing one over the other. But i personally take great comfort in this version. its more melodic. and organized. I like dylan, but in the respect that my idols idolized him. and dylan idolized guthree

[ironduke2000]

The whole point of doing covers, from my perspective, is to take a song in directions it wasn't originally. Dylan had his way with it, and Baez's version, in my opinion, is too respectful. I like that, here, the song bent and thoroughly reimagined. I think it's fucking gorgeous.

[clarkewi]

This is gorgeous, a new song really. Dylan only cared about the words. You have to remember that before Dylan, there were no lyrics like this in pop music or rock and roll. It was all Dick wants to get down with Jayne bullshit.

[PizzaGod]

That is funny, I heard Dylan say it was his favorite version of this song.

My favorite quote from Dylan was that he sometimes thought he wrote songs for Jimi Hendrix.