Best Use of Mandolin in Rock

[iancohen82]

What is the best rock song with a prominently featured mandolin in it?

Without question, it has to be MAGGIE MAY. The mandolin break in that tune makes the song!

[emitfo]

Hey look---I've found yet another place where I don't fit in! Battle of Evermore, to this day, still sends chills of delight up & down my spine when it hits that 1 single mandolin variation just before the outro begins. I'm amazed that anybody DOESN'T like it!

[Ed Goist]

emitfo; you are certainly not on your own when it comes to BoE...Many, many committed fans here.
I wanted to make sure you saw this brilliant cover by the sister-band SHEL...It's one of the best covers (of any tune) I have seen.
Enjoy.

[mandopete]

I wanted to make sure you saw this brilliant cover by the sister-band SHEL...It's one of the best covers (of any tune) I have seen.

I like this better than the original version - 5 stars!

[mandopete]

Question answered....

[emitfo]

[QUOTE=Ed Goist;1000503]emitfo; you are certainly not on your own when it comes to BoE...Many, many committed fans here.
I wanted to make sure you saw this brilliant cover by the sister-band SHEL...It's one of the best covers (of any tune) I have seen.
Enjoy.

That is awesome Ed, thank-you! Ever the critic (as we are all, it's how we make our choices):

Harmonies MUCH better than the original, loved the mando rhythm. Would have liked to hear the lead singer hitting some the lines more forcefully, in the Zep version I can FEEL the intensity by how hard Plant hits certain lines with such emotion. Also LOVED the violin, er, fiddle but would have liked to hear an extended instrumental section with the fiddle & drums then adding in the other instrument. Also, it was missing that one mandolin bit right before the outro chorus that just gets me every time.

Nonetheless, I thank-you very much for that. I was just funning a little bit, as is my way. You're right about the Plant-Krause being quite respectable too.

edit: I forgot to also say I prefer the Sandy Denny octave higher harmony though.