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Steve Earle — Rivers Of Babylon
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:+:_DL
(RVA)
Posted: May 02, 2013 - 09:05
 
Wow, what a surprisingly cool cover.   

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: May 02, 2013 - 09:01
 
OUCH!  4.9?!  I'm am not optimistic hearing this for the first time!  And generally like SE.

j1sey
Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 11:20
 
Steve Earle is very talented.  Interesting article in the WSJ last week about him, too.

Tennisgirl
(Stones Throw from T.O.)
Posted: Feb 28, 2013 - 18:47
 
How about something from Steve's sister Stacey?  It would be infinitely better than this....and I have always loved Emmy Lou.

Catalytic
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 11:55
 
The longer I listen the lower the rating gets. By the time it's over... a "1".

Der_Hamburger
(Somewhere in Germany...)
Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 03:36
 
To much of alcohol, i would say....

stevendejong
Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 03:34
 

Terrible in many ways. Riwors ow behbelooo...



michaelgmitchell
(Stirling, ON)
Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 18:42
 
Wow, this is bland as bland can be. Ugh.

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 09:57
 
 ziggytrix wrote:
RIVERDANCIN!
 
Ha ha!!!! Sometimes the simplest things in life are the most amusing. 

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 09:55
 
Sounds like "By the rivers of mamalon, where we sat noun". So affected. I can barely listen to it. 

RKeaton
(South of Paradise)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 10:42
 
I can't recall when I was more surprised by low ratings. This song is great, I always looked forward to it at the end of the album. I guess too many people have heard too many other versions and can't resist comparing it to them.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 10:03
 
RIVERDANCIN! 

9:54 amSteve Earle
Rivers Of Babylon		Train A Comin' (1995)5
 
9:51 amAl Green
Take Me To The River		Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974)8
 
9:47 amPulp
Down by the River		Separations (2011)7
 
9:43 amLykke Li
I Follow Rivers		Wounded Rhymes (2011)7.2
 

Screature
(Gatineau, Quebec, Canada)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 09:57
 
It's a great version! I love how rootsie and sparse it is... really heart felt.

bachbeet
Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 00:03
 
Pales in comparison to the original.  Falls way short.

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 12:58
 
 HonduranRed wrote:
This is GREaT!!!!.a surprise from Steve Earle!
 
Yes! I Agree{#Jump}

HonduranRed
Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 17:30
 
This is GREaT!!!!.a surprise from Steve Earle!
bokey
(Wastin' away in Filialdutyville)
Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 17:29
 
I love Steve. I love Emmy Lou.

But please don't ever play this again.Thanks.
tonyp2
(Honolulu, HI)
Posted: Dec 17, 2004 - 19:23
 
This guy gets my vote.
joempie
Posted: Dec 03, 2004 - 01:35
 
I really like steve earle normally, but this is terrible. i'd rather hear the boney-M version :-)
trekhead
Posted: Nov 18, 2004 - 06:53
 
Spot_69 wrote:
Yep, Psalm 137: "Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem". Talk about roots!

Now, I'm a highly un-religious cat myself, but I've always liked the harmonies that tend to go along with this song.




So...you might say, you shun religion, religiously?
Ironic.
snowak
(Colorado)
Posted: Nov 03, 2004 - 11:54
 
tHIS IS A HORRIBLE VERSION :P ">
Spot_69
Posted: Oct 19, 2004 - 18:25
 
Yep, Psalm 137: "Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem". Talk about roots!

Now, I'm a highly un-religious cat myself, but I've always liked the harmonies that tend to go along with this song.


TML wrote:
This song is taken from a hymn which was in turn taken from Psalm 137. That's a derivation for you!


Spot_69
Posted: Oct 19, 2004 - 18:19
 
I really like the Sublime version as well!

This seems to be a very popular tune for reggae and reggae influenced bands of all sorts to record.

laprincessa wrote:
No one's mentioned the Sublime version of this song yet -- so, here I am. Consider it mentioned. :D


masterhead
(Sacramento, Ca)
Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 09:46
 
I can feel this song reddeming itself for me..
ZombyWoof
(Ede, The Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 05, 2004 - 14:38
 
not much better than the Boney M version
Luthien
Posted: Sep 05, 2004 - 14:37
 
make it go away.
Mugro
(Lane Village, Massachusetts)
Posted: May 31, 2004 - 13:45
 
I like the Bob Marley version better. The Melodians version is the best, however. I have not heard the Jimmy Cliff version.
bonosgirl
(Puebla, MX)
Posted: May 18, 2004 - 08:03
 
:verysorry: Nothing worse to remind me of my awkward childhood, make it go away!!!! Although it's not as terrible as that Boney M. version :-&
ladyj
(Owosso, Mi)
Posted: Apr 22, 2004 - 06:39
 
this starts out so simiiar to the first song on neil young's harvest moon album. this is the first time I realized it!
rulebritannia
(Sussex countryside, England)
Posted: Apr 22, 2004 - 06:36
 
jkdufair wrote:
The song was originally performed by The Melodians. Sublime has an excellent version, as does Jimmy Cliff. This one has placed itself firmly on the bottom of the versions I've heard. Didn't know Marley recorded it.
Thanks for the history. Ditto your rating on this weak version of a great song.

TML
Posted: Mar 15, 2004 - 13:54
 
This song is taken from a hymn which was in turn taken from Psalm 137. That's a derivation for you!
apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Jan 20, 2004 - 17:46
 
KevDog wrote:
This is a fine song. Why all the negativity?



because it's so painfully earnest, it drains all/any of the potential enjoyment out of the song. Which I've never thought had a particularly good tune, anyway.
llazare
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Posted: Oct 30, 2003 - 08:27
 
Okay, I sorta like Steve Earle but it seems totally wrong that the original version by The Melodians (on the Harder They Come Soundtrack) is not in the R.P. database. That would be akin to not having The Beatles version of "Let It Be" in the R.P. database and instead only having the version by the Irish band DeDannan.

I'll upload the version by The Melodians to see if B&R will put it into the database.


jkdufair
(West Lafayette, IN)
Posted: Oct 30, 2003 - 08:22
 
The song was originally performed by The Melodians. Sublime has an excellent version, as does Jimmy Cliff. This one has placed itself firmly on the bottom of the versions I've heard. Didn't know Marley recorded it.
snama
(Nicholasville, KY)
Posted: Sep 19, 2003 - 09:50
 
A little Steve Earle goes a LONG way.....and this particular cut seems like an endless highway. No more, please? <-o<
Alexandra
(Ohioville)
Posted: Sep 09, 2003 - 05:47
 
fisherking wrote:
Thanks RP! Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Peter Rowan all together on one song! Play "I ain't ever satisfied" someday please.



Wow...thought I recognized those vocals...Peter Rowan, although obscure in mainstream audiences, is a PHENOMENAL musician/singer. But my favorite version of this song will always be Bob Marley's!!
stubbsz
(San Jose, CA)
Posted: Jul 30, 2003 - 11:21
 
Who did it originally. I thought it was a Boney M song.
beowolf5
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Jul 30, 2003 - 11:19
 
That is a really efficient way to destroy a phenomenal song.
OlSpazzy
(Walnut Creek, CA)
Posted: Jul 10, 2003 - 00:31
 
what IS this crap!?
Heathen954
(Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
Posted: Jun 09, 2003 - 09:30
 
One of the worst performers I've seen live.
tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: May 09, 2003 - 19:03
 
Loose, enjoyable.
the_jake
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Mar 19, 2003 - 19:24
 
This song was playing when the President announced the attack of Saddam/Iraq began .....
Draxcy
(North Berwick, ME)
Posted: Mar 19, 2003 - 19:24
 
I like his version. I learned this song from Sandy on Franconia Ridge. Four of us went up to bivouac (sp?). We sat on the ridge at dusk, the clouds blowing in and swirling around us. She played the recorder and we sang three part harmony. I get the same body shivers now as then just thinking about it. Definitely a peak musical moment.
joee
(Santa Monica, CA)
Posted: Jan 27, 2003 - 18:39
 
I enjoyed this. It sort of reminds me of The Weight. I don't know what artists perform that song, but I'd love to hear it on Paradise Radio!
Ragnarr
(Hartlepool, England [RPT+8])
Posted: Oct 07, 2002 - 08:38
 
This is absolute bollocks, I refuse point blank to subject Cagey to this inane crap (off)!
laprincessa
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Oct 07, 2002 - 08:37
 
No one's mentioned the Sublime version of this song yet -- so, here I am. Consider it mentioned. :D
fisherking
(sterling, va)
Posted: Sep 27, 2002 - 03:29
 
Thanks RP! Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Peter Rowan all together on one song! Play "I ain't ever satisfied" someday please.
Cagey
([RPT+8] Hartlepool, England)
Posted: Sep 27, 2002 - 03:24
 
i don't know what i think of this because Mick just turned it off :D
Leslie
(Antioch (155 mi. south of RP), CA)
Posted: Aug 06, 2002 - 23:33
 
Originally Posted by scren:
i remember a beautiful version of this song by linda rondstadt-- you don't happen to have that in the rp collection, do you?

scren, see my first post below (Sept. 2001) about the Linda Ronstadt cover of this song. Her version is not in the RP catalogue. I may just have to do something about that because I think her cover is great.Edited By Leslie at 11:35 pm on 8/06/2002
scren
(New York, NY)
Posted: Jul 17, 2002 - 13:07
 
i remember a beautiful version of this song by linda rondstadt-- you don't happen to have that in the rp collection, do you?