It's All Over Now Baby Blue - Eric Burdon and the Animals

[sucraman2]

My all time favourite version...I love this entire LP!!!

[lokmawa]

super song, keiner singt diesen song besser als er

[OldCoelacanth]

@lokmawa

Agreed!

[rhand]

Production reminds me of Lennon's "Mother".

[852236]

Brilliant a classic , a desert island must .

[atanasyo]

definitively perfect. Period.

[Goddamnit169]

great, but I prefer graham bonnet's version- similar but more engergetic

[sparadrapjoey]

j'ai joui.

[tbob29sm]

Excellent version! did everybody cover this? I think its the piano that gives it that John Lennon Feel. Just got back from NYC, Walking around The Dakota and Strawberry Fields in Central Park was special.

[ghostofdayinperson]

Whoever "Baby Blue" is, Bob Dylan must have despised her. This song is brutal.

[70moparbaby]

is it just me or does this have a real lennon vibe musically?

[KTMONEY100]

@70moparbaby I don't know....Its not quite as flowery i think...hmm

[KTMONEY100]

@70moparbaby Sounds a little more like roger waters in the singing i would say though

[xkdawg360x]

@windymeadows2 House Of The Rising Sun. Not an original Dylan song but he covered it before The Animals.

[doowopper1951]

This was even better seeing them do it live at Wolf Trap!

[GreenhouseEffectGE]

,.... Before they were so interrupted ,.... - Sky Pilot and San Francisco are still good ,.. oh well ,..

i'll always love eric burdon and the animals as one of my top ten concepts forever !

[beanabeaner]

i love eric burdon but van morrison did it better

[SuperLiberalhater]

fantastic.i love dylan but got to say this is better.in my veiw.

[KTMONEY100]

This is just so beautiful

[windymeadows2]

my eyes are getting glassey from being on here too long. i meant i saw 1 other song by dylan that the animaals sang. does any one know it.

[windymeadows2]

i came to utube to upload 1 song by eric to my new mp player. never uploaded it. 4 hours later i'm still here listenin. i saw 1 other song the animals sang and lost it. anyone know which?

[skykiss12]

Yeah, you are right windymeadows 2, this is even better and more bluesy than tabacco road, only Bob himself can top that one. Eric and his band wasn't quite as famous as some of the others, but more original.

[Zedisch]

good old times - I miss you! When music was good music.It was the time we had ideals and we believed in it and we fighted for them. With "flowerpower", not with wapons.

[patsxskip]

I think Dylan's is the best

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[windymeadows2]

my gosh i have heard this dylan song so many time but never really listened untill i heard eric sing this. makes sence now.

[windymeadows2]

dylan should have contracted eric to sing all of his songs. eic has the perfect voice for it.

[SmEll2101991]

I dedicate this song to my biological father. I was standing in the clothes he once wore. He showed no intrest in me just as his foster parents did. This song makes me sad but i learned enough.

[hugatag]

@SmEll2101991 What a fantastic comment! There is something here that says put your past behind you and lets start a new which is something I totally agree on.So if we look at it that way there is a happy ending.

[SmEll2101991]

@hugatag Great :}



[windymeadows2]

@SmEll2101991 i m very sorry for you. my dad did the same to me. even his parents ingorned me. all he and his family cared for was my oldest sister. well you can't miss what you never had.

[windymeadows2]

@SmEll2101991 darn i m so sorry for you. please don't hate them. lift up your head and be better than them. love what you do have. i lifted myself out of the mud and made a better person of myself. it's hard i know. i even forgave him on his death bed and he let go of my hand and ignored me even to the last.

[GuyWithNoName67]

This sounds like the Wall-era Pink Floyd... Nice. Love the Animals!

[landeus001]

Eric is the best !!!

[hugatag]

HELP HELP I AM ADDICTED TO THIS AND CAN'T STOP LISTENING.

[windymeadows2]

@hugatag yeah the tune keeps running around in my head too and "when i was young" eric really has a hold on me even tho i have not listened in years and have some of their first albums.

[hugatag]

@windymeadows2 Very interesting,I grew up in the 60's and 70's and of course knew the Animals and many of their hit songs however I was really never hooked on them like I was on Cream,The Stones and Led Zeppelin.Personally and in my opinion Eric really is the King of British Rhythm and Blues. The greatest thing about living in the 21st century is that we have access to You Tube and can go back in time and see what we missed. No matter how old a song or long ago we can find new favorites

[windymeadows2]

@hugatag yeppers your right. i loved eric. i keep playing his songs and out of the corner of my eye i would see "sky pilot" and it just did not ring a bell. i finally played it and could not believe i had completely forgot that great song. my daughter rembers all the music i played and has confesiated all my old lp. i have never heard this version of baby blue. great job.

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[sb2244]

Powerful! Wonderful.....great performance!

[zapspace]

1976

[MsRic01]

Es realmente increible encontar lo que se creia perdido Eric Burdon con its all Over Now Baby Blue.

[doinitforsatan666]

this makes me feel......i dont even know

[cacatuavestida]

This perform with Burdon is the best version, Beautiful!!!

[1bargearse]

Eric Burdon where are you you are special

[OldCoelacanth]

@EdinWS4

Hi EdinWS4 - Thanks for your support for Eric and his brilliant version of It's All Over Now Baby Blue, but I'm going to delete your comment because it's offensive, especially to fat people who like cheap wine, chocolate and cream cakes.

[katrastrophy]

@OldCoelacanth hahahahaaaa.Sorry that was great, I needed a good laugh.

Aaah that felt good, and whats wrong with some meat on the bones? Gonna rub my belly and smile smugly now:)

[terrybeaton]

It's not doin' it for me!

[buckoneful]

Eric 1963-80's=Untouchable by far THE BEST a special style! . I was lucky i am 64.

[accomm]

@buckoneful

Totally agree with you. I'm the same age. We'll never see the like again.

[wlat999]

Poca gente canta como este ¿blanquito,negro?

[Dalgren969]

Best versions of this song(In my humble opinion)

1. 13th floor elevators (best version by far...)

2. Them with Van morrison (quite good..)

3. this version

[TheEldoradoKid]

@Dalgren969 Check out The Chocolate Watchbands version of this circa 1968! Like the "Elevators" they put out a pure psychedelic, 60's garage band version that is just sooo tasty! Makes me wanna drop a hit of acid.

[Natrass]

So cool. I like this version plus the one by Them best

[MrDegiova]

bellissima canzone

[paulbrennan101]

Not a fan of their original stuff but this cover is excellent stuff. Burdon should do an album of similar covers.

[rolybrown]

Fantastic cover! Perhaps the best...

[sirronald69]

* * * * *

[3rk4u]

1st time ive heard any other version apart from dylans really enjoyed it thanks

[zoeruls]

bob's is great but eric's voice fits it perfectly! i like this version a lot

[JNagarya]

@zoeruls The problem being that Dylan didn't reduce it to mere blues.

[zoeruls]

@JNagarya because he wasn't a blues player at the time! he never had that voice and it's his song he made it sound however he wanted... it is not a "problem"

[JNagarya]

@zoeruls bobby d. was ALWAYS a blues player. The difference is that he didn't reduce everything to a single "genre". And I think it wasn't this song, but rather "Maggie's Farm" that was his kiss-off at Newport in 1965.

Don't get me wrong: I always preferred The Animals (and Kinks) to The Rolling Stones. (Burdon as a singer could blow Jagger off the stage.) But bobby d. has always been too complex to fit into this OR that category.

[zoeruls]

@JNagary i agree except for the stones part... i'd pick the stones over the kinks and the animals any day!! but bob dylan beats them all out for me. there will never be anyone with the genius of bob...

[JNagarya]

@zoeruls Dave Davies was one hell of a song writer -- though overlooked. The Rolling Stones can't compare.

And, again: Burdon would blow weak-voiced Jagger off the stage. Look up the 1965 "NME"/"New Musical Express" Poll Winners concert at Wembley. Watch both The Animals and The Rolling Stones. The Animals trump The Rolling Stones.

[steveatcho1]

Graham Bonnet owns this song.

End of discussion.

[JNagarya]

@steveatcho1 Then you've never heard it by the writer of it, bobby d.

[steveatcho1]

@JNagarya Oh yeah. Bob had some good songs - nothing classic like Graham Bonnet tho

[JNagarya]

@steveatcho1 You've not heard bobby d. if you believe someone who's never been heard of is superior to dylan. Not even well known "superstars" can't equal bobby d.'s writing; he's head and shoulders above ALL others.

[JNagarya]

@steveatcho1 You've not heard bobby d. if you believe someone who's never been heard of is superior to dylan. Not even well known "superstars" can equal bobby d.'s writing; he's head and shoulders above ALL others.

[steveatcho1]

@JNagarya Bobby D never had anything ground-breaking like Peter, Paul & Mary's "Don't Think Twice" or Hendrix "All Along the Watch Tower" or even the Byrds "Mr Tambourine Man".

[JNagarya]

@steveatcho1 Or like "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," "Masters of War," or, "Like a Rolling Stone," eh?

[patsxskip]

@steveatcho1 Oh yeah, he only wrote 'em

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[ManEaterFromReading]

This is one of the best versions, but there are 3 I reckon: This one, Manfred Mann's and the No. 1 cover of Baby Blue that rivals Jimi Hendrix's version of All along the watchtower in terms of Bob Dylan covers that are better than the original, is Link Wray's version of this song. In my opinion, Link Wray's a better guitarist than Hendrix, but they are both so different it's hard to say

[JNagarya]

@ManEaterFromReading You're kidding, right? You mean Lik Wray the instumentalist, who didn't SING?

And actually no one ever did a bobby d. song better than bobby d. Equal -- Hendrix's "Like a Rolling Stone" -- but not better. As for "All Along the Watchtower": if you can figure out what it means (or anything else on the "John Wesley Harding") so as to determine one or another version being better than bobby d.'s, then let us in on that meaning.

[ManEaterFromReading]

@JNagarya

Hendrix's blues version of like a rolling stone was alright, and all along the watchtower was better... I'm not kidding. The reason it was better was because Bobby. D's songs were never mucially overflowing with incredible instrumentals anyway, Hendrix just stepped in and took charge of that with authority. Even Dylan himself claimed that Hendrix's version swamped his own!! You cant beat the horse's mouth.

[fingers7414]

love bob dylan but this is better.in my view.

[hoopsphan99]

you have to like eric burdon to like this. excellent quality, but rather emotionless. to me eric sounded best in the 60s. just like ricky nelson, good in '59 not so good in '85. cigarettes and herb prolly

[sirronald69]

*****

[unacaterina]

Splendida!!!!

[thielees]

To each his own. But, imho, the version by Them runs circles around this dirge.

[makamakamake]

Yes this is the best version of this song. Best Version, two thumbs up. thanks, James Stanely Gray. I will credit you every time i favorite one that you showed me. . You were a high point, Bud. Love always, DJ

[AntiHitler100]

(a single tear runs down my left eye)

[GaCountryGirl024]

Hey I am "Baby Blue" it's what all my friends call me and from our little town

they all do as well...But it's just startin' for me I hope...Coming out of a bad time

and need some good stuff to start to happen for me..Not from a Man either!!

I don't let a man get me that much under his control to mess with my head.

I'm a Country Girl and Proud of it...So It's Just Startin' Baby Blue" Love The

Song Thanks For Posting I'll be subbing and doing a friend request to...Thanks.

Country Girl

[rvcrvc2]

Sorry, nobody does 60's Dylan better than Dylan, this being a good case in point.

[peerman2006]

@rvcrvc2 I agree. This is terribly slow and emotionless.

[bluesboy25000]

God Bless Eric Burdon. The Best White Blues Singer of all time

[arminchef1]

we talking music exellent

[cometetodalacarne]

@TheBatman2194 Indeed...and for me, that one is even better than the original from master bob

[ourioni]

good job...thanks!

[OnerahtiSo]

Fantastic!

[11xzxzxz]

I would favor Them's version over this version or Dylans. Hey I love the Animals very much.

[sequimguy]

@11xzxzxz I completely agree. The version by Them has always been the best.

[11xzxzxz]

@sequimguy Oh a person of good reason and taste. Best wishes. 

[blueballsredhair]

Whoa! This isn't up to par with the original, but it's the best cover of the tune I've ever heard. Burdon is a fucking wild man.

[mrsjbigos]

This song says it all! F***ing awesome!

[THEKEYWESTRIDER]

Agreed. As of February 16,2010. Let us move forward, not backwards.

[1975MADNESS]

by far my favorite version of this tune. The Chocolete watchband version is equally awesome

[8269998]

is this Alan price on piano? brilliant stuff like the singing

[Dynamitrios]

Hm, great cover, but still cant beat Van M orrissons version, imo, the organ riff in his version kills me everytime

[tikizzia1981]

Always luv this Animals, superb version ,,geniius covering a genius

[kioski25]

What a great Song. This is the best i ever heard.

[THEKEYWESTRIDER]

Speaks for itself,,,,,,,,,

[DNAblues]

wow what a great rendition

[HippieJimi]

One of my favorite Limey bands of all time.....

[Bulldog9691]

My fav version is by Them, this is good too

[lowlypeasant]

This is the best Animals album I think... every song is epic..

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Love this!! Amazing song/video... sound quality is perfect.  great upload.

[stjackie]

.. Heard all versions.. This is the best, cause of Burdon`s voice.... Awesome written song by Bob Dylan. I`d be honored if all these elite bands covered my song..

[MsBymyside]

@squalorholla ...WHAT??????????

[squalorholla]

this is astonishing. better than the original, i think.

[abumpinthenight2]

what a voice... wish I could sing like that

[aged2gold]

A very convincing version of this classic Dylan tune,,,^5

[oniallain1965]

This is Eric Burdon probably greatest British Blues vocalist of all time and one great bluesmen of any race. Dan O'Niallain, Grafton, Mass.

[RasMajnouni]

You're overlooking"Blind Ernest the Pigfoot"

[Fla31085]

wow.. lovely !!!!!!!

[2010RLuis]

perfect, extraordinary, sensational, fabulous

[OldCoelacanth]

Agreed.

[Felipeee83]

indeed

[Gabriele704]

@2010RLuis ...and amazing!!!!

[unrealvariety]

Yes  this is a great version .

[Rita8Rita]

wonderful

[19thSFGA]

I think this is the best cover ever done of this.

[aged2gold]

He sure sounded better back then does he does now,,,still does justice to Bobs version..Peace,,^5

[victordaniamandi]

@19thSFGA I think Van Morrison's is better.Sorry,it's just my opinion!

[matzgenone]

@19thSFGA

No not at all... Van Morrison... Thats the best one!!!!



[SlayboarderFilms]

@matzgenone YES! Van the man perfected it.

[trickydickkkkk]

Fuckin Eric Burdon has done a great job covering songs, what a voice!

[antonioFFRAMOS]

Dificil decir cual es la mejor versión , quizá sea esta la que mejor expresa los contrastes duros y tiernos de la canción. La de Van Morrison o Dylan también geniales . Qué época de compositores e interpretes !! Irrepetible ??

[wutang56]

the best song i ever heard!! amazing!!!!

[ziagirl]

I LOVE Dylan and I just had to hear this song with Eric singing it. I love it. So much emotion. Still like Dylan the best, but this is damn close... =)

[starlima787]

Grande Eric Burdon, pero prefiero la versión de Them.

[peer200]

What a fuckin good song, omg...

[egojosepio]

qué gran voz, eric burdon, pero me parece algo lento el tema, sigo prefiriendo la versión de dylan.

[OldManhatton]

Best version i have ever heard & i'm 62

[aged2gold]

Im 61,,I tend to agree,,,,awesome..!!!

[mauricemorning]

@OldManhatton Have you heard Roger Chapman's version? Totally different. Gotta love this one because of Eric's excellent vocals. BTW Have you heard "Many Rivers To Cross" from this same album?

[Lamvesp]

I love Eric burdon, he is the master of British R&B but he should have left this well alone and just left it the Chocolate Watch band. He hasn't killed it like Springsteen has but should have left it alone in my opinon.

[JulianThomePictures]

Eric Burdon is the KING OF ROCK!!

[Nulasgramp]

This song says it all. Eric and his Animals do it true justice.  What you need to hear, though, is Leon Russell's version. Truly, something to celebrate.

[ratrare]

Agree ...I've been looking on you tube for that...I have it on vinyl...great...

[fredcarbon]

deeply sharp.....

[leolovessixties]

Love this one. Own the long player since 1976. Think it's the Animals very best!!!

Also like the version by Them here on U-tube. Just like this one it sends the shivers through my spine!

Which is the ultimate version? I guess they both deserve that qualification. Each of them is Superb, in it's own way. They raise the hair on your skin! " Before we were so rudely interrupted" is an LP (CD?) absolutely worth having. More fantastic songs on this great record with Eric Burdon at his very top!

[gkrezmien]

mother fuck

[loverplease]

oh,great to hear this from him!

I am his fan since 1964!

[ZornigerBube]

Did not attentioned the song before. But this version is incredible!

[plastiqueadapte]

Eric Burdon : A great rendition !

Barry mcGuire : Also !

[JvivaBlaBraza]

the best voice ever sings one of the best songs ever by the best songwriter ever!

i love this song. especially this version.

[balloo69]

Have been a fan ofEric Burdon and his Animals seens my early youth and now Im 56..

He has a amazing voice..

[SuchisLifeIA]

Bummer, the picture disappeared. Still love to hear it though.

[rmgj]

the album "Before we were so rudely interrupted" floped because of incredibly lousy management, once more, artists screwed by executives, if you have a chance BUY IT, you will not regret it, there are at least five very strong tracks, trust me. Thasnk you so much for the posting

[freeforFreak]

A very great song .Covered by 13th floors elevator, Chocolate watch band, the byrds,Bruce Sprinteen, Hole and many more but

It's all over now baby blue

[Jenscool]

And Van Morrison from Them!

[Jolanay]

LOVE***it***LOVE***it***LOVE**­*it***LOve....

[Pepilotaaa]

great vocal !! i think this is  one of the best or even the best cover of this amazing Dylan song:) of course nobody can beat the original version! but eric burdon has a very powerful voice! love it!

[bhamp19]

can anyone tell me were i can download this song on the web

[maryjaneskull]

I could listen to this song forever, such intensity and passion.... best voice ever!!!!this song give me the shivers and makes me wanna cry.

Eric Burdon is the most inspirational person at this moment in my life.....

I wish I was in in this world when he was young!!!!! I would have married him!!!! ... such a pity... I'm only 30. when I was born he was already 37.

[MarcelloEspindola]

Me and my friend Jack fucking Daniel's love this song.

[Jolanay]

I can't stop listening to this song...

[Jolanay]

ohh..how can he sing lika that!?! great

[neduddgi]

Very-very-very nice! Thanks!

[sfdog1369]

I Just Seen Eric & The Anmials Here In Canada On The 22nd Excelent Show Hes Still Got It Thx Bro!!

[hhhaller]

great vocal,Eric

[HippieJimi]

Eric Burdon.....he's 5'3....but he sings like he's 6'5.... it just goes to show ya...good things come in small packages' :)

[wouldntyoulike2know]

That is very true. And this song is fantastic! Gosh, I have to get this on CD.

[blacksdocrack]

dear god, why have I not heard this version until today?

[JulianThomePictures]

Because the people have forgotten that The Animals reunited a few times...

[Hawkwind51]

This is an absolute kick ass version of this song.

[vamplover111]

It's all over now with you because of your "bad" taste!

Don't take it bad please.