All Along the Watchtower



All Along the Watchtower is an important song in the Multiverse. Its first Danaverse appearance was in a Bronx Tale in 1993.

Background
In most realities of which this song exists, it was first written and performed by Bob Dylan before being famously covered by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In one particular universe, the song goes back far deeper.

The Music
In Battlestar Galactica Timeline 2, the song that over one-hundred thousand years later would become All Along the Watchtower was originally written and performed on the original Earth by Samuel Anders in a past form. Years later, the song would make its way to being written by Slick Thrace, who performed it for his young daughter, Kara Thrace.

The song begins to haunt members of the Galactica crew during their search for a new home planet as they get closer to the Ionian Nebula. The four crew members wind up in the same cargo room and realize that they have been Cylon models all along. They also quote lyrics and at one point hum the tune together. The song would also make its way to young Hera Agathon, who in a drawing would place the notes of the song within it. This would lead to Kara soon composing the song at the piano in Joe's Bar, as the crew members, now the Final Five take quick notice and confront Kara about it.

The song's melody would prove useful in its own way of helping guide the Galactica to their new home, which would be their second Earth. 149,958 years after landing on this new Earth, the song would again emerge with it being written this time by Bob Dylan. In 2009, the Jimi Hendrix Experience cover would play on the radio in New York City.

Elsewhere
The DC sector of the Multiverse has had All Along the Watchtower feature prominently. In DC Timeline 31, The JHE version played for the fourth wall as Nite Owl II and Rorschach were on their way to confront Ozymandias. In DC Timeline 43, the song is performed by Lucifer Morningstar.

In the universe of a Bronx Tale, the song plays on the radio in a stolen car that C is welcomed into. It continues playing as C begins to have mixed feelings about being there, knowing what the other young men in the car about to do with molotov cocktails ready to be lit and is eventually let out of the car at the behest of Sonny, who orders the others to stay away from him.

In the Blue Chips universe, the song plays on the radio as Coach Bell confronts one of his players, Tony about points shaving to which Tony confesses.

In the Vacation Universe, the song plays for the fourth wall as Clark Griswold takes cash from his bank account in the ATM in the hopes of having enough to win at blackjack.

The Dylan original plays on the stereo in the American Beauty universe as Lester Burnham works out and smokes pot in the garage.

Danaverse Connection
As a source of inspiration and always finding its way to each universe's version of Bob Dylan, no more important is the song than in Battlestar Galactica Timeline 2 where the song has existed for a much longer time and has inspired others to write the song.

What forced the song back through time in this universe would be the result of Zoe Graystone sending its melody back through time and space to the original Earth, appearing as an audio hallucination during sleep for a young Samuel Anders who would then write it upon waking up. Zoe's reasoning is knowing that the song will help them in the future.

Information
Bob Dylan wrote and first recorded All Along the Watchtower in 1967. In 1968, it would be covered by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and their version would become the most popular with even Dylan acknowledging that Hendrix had "made the song his own."

Over the years, the Hendrix version of the song has been featured in various movies and television shows with Dylan's original also getting some features.

Audio
Official YouTube Link by Bob Dylan Official YouTube Link by Jimi Hendrix Official YouTube Link by Bear McCreary, Composer