We’re not sure how we would have voted if Hendrix’s version were submitted for our approval.

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Katherine St Asaph: So the businessmen drinking wine were label execs?
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Patrick St. Michel: I don’t dislike this song because it takes a classic-rock staple and turns it into a rap song.  I dislike this song because Devlin sounds like he’s just barely able to keep up with the beat, and every sound here is a cluttered mess.
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Brad Shoup: Devlin’s way off-beat. But let’s be fair: wouldn’t you want to put as much space between yourself and this vacuum-sealed rawk?
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Iain Mew: Amid the various horrors of the Olympics closing ceremony, Ed Sheeran’s version of “Wish You Were Here” made clear that for all the problems I have with him as phenomenon, his singing isn’t one of them. Covers are probably the best place for him. However, when I listen to Devlin’s bits and imagine that this might have worked out a touch better with Sheeran handling the rapping too, that’s not a good sign.
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Jonathan Bogart: Yep, that certainly is a modern British hip-hop song sampling/covering the Jimi Hendrix version of “All Along the Watchtower.” Pity it never manages to be anything more.
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Will Adams: “I know! We’ll sample Bob Dylan — then people will know we’re deep!”
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Alfred Soto: No, I will NOT let my taste buds savor the buzz.
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