Kramo from Toronto, CanadaI saw her play at a church in Toronto around 1964.I have no favorite here, and appreciate when any artist pays homage to what they consider great. I have found the original rendition haunting as well. Never having investigated its origins, via sheer coincidence I only became aware 20 years later that it too was a cover when I typed the song name in a web search. Then becoming interested in Priest, I bought 'Sin After Sin' only to have the haunting 'Diamonds and Rust' become to me the most memorable song of the album. I traced that to Judas Priest's 'Sin After Sin'. An uncredited, and unreferenced 'Dissident Aggressor' is performed on Slayer's 'South of Heaven' album. For instance, the only reason I know of this Joan Baez song is because of a thrash metal band named Slayer. There are worse things than Judas Priest covering this song. Rob from Atlanta, GaI've read the comments.Mike from Washington StateYears after Judas Priest covering this song I covered it myself on the bass Guitar :).Agnello Noel from MumbaiCufflinks = Handcuffs?.AnonymousWhat does the girl on the half shell refer to.An comparison to real spelling purely accidental. The bastardized title, 'Girl on a half shell', is a painting found in the Efficie Gallary, Florence Italy. AnonymousGirl on the half shell may (no source of confirmation) refer to Bottecelies painting, The Birth of Venus, picturing Venus riding on a clam shell.Judas Priest took their name from a disbanded group that had been using it, so it's provenance isn't clear. On Bob Dylan's album John Wesley Harding, there's a song called 'The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest,' which may have supplied the band name. In the 2000s, Priest performed a mostly acoustic version of the song more similar to the original than the 'rocked up' recorded version. It remains a staple of their concert performances. It became one of their most popular songs, included on their compilations The Best of Judas Priest and Hero Hero, and on the live album Unleashed in the East. The song didn't make the album, but they held onto it and included it on their next one, Sin After Sin. 'Let's show them what we can do with this.'' 'We sat down, listened to it closely, and realized it was a brilliant, sensitive song,' lead singer Rob Halford wrote in his memoir, Confess. At first, they dismissed it, but changed their tune when they gave it a good listen. They recorded it at the urging of their record company, which sent a copy of the Joan Baez original to the studio when they were recording their second album, Sad Wings Of Destiny, in 1976. They pick up the tempo and electrify the song, but their version is sincere. The British metal band Judas Priest covered this song in 1977.

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