Talk:All Along the Watchtower
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[edit] Only Top-40 Single by Hendrix?
I really think that this is not true, as I remember that at least "Hey Joe" landed in the UK charts at the 4th place and "Purple Haze" made the 3rd place. --Pechosko 11:19, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- He was a one-hit wonder in the US.
He was more popular than you think. While the Purple Haze article says it only hit # 65 in the US, the Chicago WLS (AM) top 40 survey shows it hit # 7 in that area on November 10, 1967. --Blainster 04:56, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reversal of roles/Irony
I use Wikipedia a lot, but I'm a little afraid to contribute, afraid that I might diminish the overall article. However, an important issue in this song's lyrics should be brought up (it would fit in right before the article switches to the exegesis of the third verse) about the thief and joker's conversation. Notably, that the joker is complaining to a thief about being robbed, and that the thief responds, "there are many here among us/who feel that life is but a joke," showing that the thief is the one with a sense of humor about life. If anyone else wants to make this update, please do, I'm just a little afraid of screwing up.
- The original research policy frowns on individual interpretations of lyrics, though I quite like that one. Deltabeignet 07:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Richie Havens
Richie Havens has told a lot of goofy, sometimes plainly impossible, stories about Dylan songs, and the only fair conclusion is that his memories about dates and song titles isn't the best. See, for example, http://groups.google.com/groups?q=havens+watchtower&hl=en&
[edit] Added a music sample
I've added a music sample, in accordance with the proposed guideline Wikipedia:Music_samples. Its not policy yet, and may be changed, but its a good attempt to define a method for including copyrighted music samples that will legally pass as "Fair Use". I've always loved this song (I think its one of the greatest rock songs ever), so I'm using it as an example of a good fair use implementation of a sample.
If anyone would like to create samples of some of the other influential covers, or the original, please do. However, it would be worth trying to keep to the basic intent of the new proposed guidelines, basically, only one sample from each work (IE, if a new sample from Jimi's cover is created, the old must be deleted), the sample must not be longer than 10% of the song's length, or 30 seconds, whichever is shorter, and it must be recorded at Ogg Vorbis quality=0, which is an average bitrate of about 64kb. These aren't arbitrary rules, they are based on the legal definition of fair use. Phidauex 18:47, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Filled infobox request
I've filled the infobox request. Feel free to add any information I didn't have to the template. Phidauex 18:58, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Too obscure?
It seems to me that possibly the comic book reference, and especially the ghost recon ones, are too obscure for inclusion in the article.
[edit] In trivia
This song was played in various simpson episodes, i forgot which ones though.
