dylan haunting...
my friend M told me today she feels haunted by bob dylan.
i must admit, i haven't helped, the last 2 books i lent her have had numerous references to the bard, almost like an absentee supporting character.
one of these is love monkey by kyle smith, the other is the aerialist by Richard Schmitt.
you know what though? i too have had much dylan on my mind...there's this version of i'll remember you that only figures live in the movie masked and anonymous, and isn't on the soundtrack, or anywhere else, i'll transfer it eventually, because it is so sparse and beautiful, i mean, so stripped-down, and low-brow.
the drums are a broom on a cardboard box, how much more drool-inducing can you get?
it is light years ahead of the empire burlesque version.
anyhow, i have to confess to having truly started to delve into the genius this late in my life, though i have always appreciated and enjoyed whatever i have come across by him, he figured prominently in many a mix tape of mine.
in any case i recently acquired his discography, basically everything, on 2 dvds, and i think i lent it subsequent or during my move, and have yet to recall to whom, and this has been a frustrating realization, not recalling who has all that music.
i thought to give you a taste of a duet version of girl from the north country, he did with johnny cash, a really beautiful mix of 2 greats, and it got me thinking about duets, and how they've often been quite noteworthy.
one of those that are springing to mind right now, is patti smith with R.E.M in e-bow the letter, which is a beautiful song and a beautifully blue-green-washed video, back when that was hip, in the 90's, before it got overdone.
i just saw it recently on a retro show, (who'd've thought the 90's would become retro so fast...) that preps me to enter into a diatribe about musical generationalism, and THAT will have to wait for another time.
the blue-green-wash idea also reminds me of alfonso cuarron, who directed great expectations, with ethan hawke, and gwynneth paltrow, in which every single shot had a green element a visually beautiful and highly aesthetic film. he then went on to do harry potter and the prizonner of azkaban.
gwynneth, on the other hand, and speaking of duets, did a wonderful one with huey lewis, of & the news fame, in the movie aptly titled duets. though i haven't seen the movie, i have highly enjoyed their song, and she does a pretty respectable job at it.
she's releasing an album soon, by the way, and this also gets me thinking of the whole actors who play at being musicians, and vice-versa...which is at least another entry altogether.
anyhow, this also ties into the book i am reading now: the ledge, by Blanaid McKinney, an irish lady, in which she questions as a passing aside wether keanu's dogstar counts as a band or if it is only a pet side project of his...
where were we?
tangent hell?
bob dylan.
the girl from north country.
enjoy.
>>> bob_dylan_w_johnny_cash - the_girl_from_north_country.mp3
ysi, again.
oh and check the comments...
i must admit, i haven't helped, the last 2 books i lent her have had numerous references to the bard, almost like an absentee supporting character.
one of these is love monkey by kyle smith, the other is the aerialist by Richard Schmitt.
you know what though? i too have had much dylan on my mind...there's this version of i'll remember you that only figures live in the movie masked and anonymous, and isn't on the soundtrack, or anywhere else, i'll transfer it eventually, because it is so sparse and beautiful, i mean, so stripped-down, and low-brow.
the drums are a broom on a cardboard box, how much more drool-inducing can you get?
it is light years ahead of the empire burlesque version.
anyhow, i have to confess to having truly started to delve into the genius this late in my life, though i have always appreciated and enjoyed whatever i have come across by him, he figured prominently in many a mix tape of mine.
in any case i recently acquired his discography, basically everything, on 2 dvds, and i think i lent it subsequent or during my move, and have yet to recall to whom, and this has been a frustrating realization, not recalling who has all that music.
i thought to give you a taste of a duet version of girl from the north country, he did with johnny cash, a really beautiful mix of 2 greats, and it got me thinking about duets, and how they've often been quite noteworthy.
one of those that are springing to mind right now, is patti smith with R.E.M in e-bow the letter, which is a beautiful song and a beautifully blue-green-washed video, back when that was hip, in the 90's, before it got overdone.
i just saw it recently on a retro show, (who'd've thought the 90's would become retro so fast...) that preps me to enter into a diatribe about musical generationalism, and THAT will have to wait for another time.
the blue-green-wash idea also reminds me of alfonso cuarron, who directed great expectations, with ethan hawke, and gwynneth paltrow, in which every single shot had a green element a visually beautiful and highly aesthetic film. he then went on to do harry potter and the prizonner of azkaban.
gwynneth, on the other hand, and speaking of duets, did a wonderful one with huey lewis, of & the news fame, in the movie aptly titled duets. though i haven't seen the movie, i have highly enjoyed their song, and she does a pretty respectable job at it.
she's releasing an album soon, by the way, and this also gets me thinking of the whole actors who play at being musicians, and vice-versa...which is at least another entry altogether.
anyhow, this also ties into the book i am reading now: the ledge, by Blanaid McKinney, an irish lady, in which she questions as a passing aside wether keanu's dogstar counts as a band or if it is only a pet side project of his...
where were we?
tangent hell?
bob dylan.
the girl from north country.
enjoy.
>>> bob_dylan_w_johnny_cash - the_girl_from_north_country.mp3
ysi, again.
oh and check the comments...
posted by Vampire Bat at 02:46
3 Comments:
so, what is claimed as being dylan's best, at least in a book that i lent M recently, love monkey by kyle smith, here is visions of johanna.
bob_dylan - visions_of_johanna.mp3
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