Thursday, April 6, 2023

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Antony and the Johnsons

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Antony and the Johnsons
4:14
single, 2019
Written by Bob Dylan

These songs have Vs!

Antony is one of the great upper-register voices.  Not quite male and not quite female, but ethereal.  His take on the song is a slow dirge, and it is very haunting and beautiful, but I don't think he adds much to the crowded field of Dylan covers.  He does a terrific job, but he doesn't make the song into something else.  I do like how he uses the "wipe the blood from my face" lyric from the Before the Flood version.

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