Analogman Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Bob Dylan's "Must Be Santa" video Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Bob Dylan's "Must Be Santa" video Well if that doesn't get you in the holiday spirit, I don't know what will. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 am i the only person who cant see this?. every site i try says "unavailable in your country due to copyright restrictions" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Wow, that was a blast! Sorry you can't see it Mende. How about this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZ8LPIh4XcLooks like someone washed up the old Gods & Generals wig for Bobby. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Thanks for posting! I needed a smile, and that delivered. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Dylan's most recent album...the Christmas one, the one for charity.... I gave it a listen in the car tonight on the way to Thanksgiving dinner. Yikes!!!!! A few things off the top;Did he sing after the other tracks were done or what? It has that incredibly well put together sound of an album that someone did the arrangements, instrumentals, and background vocals and then the singer just came into the studio and laid down the vocal tracks, after all was said and done. This is really not a bad a not album considering and some of the song selection is brilliant and funny. Otherwise it is just shy of a bad joke. Second, Dylan's voice now resembles an old 78 that is somewhat degrooved. In that respect latter day Dylan's vocals are an art form in and of themselves. They now do resemble the ancient and long dead blues singers he has always emulated throughout his career. Except now his voice quite literally sounds like those old records, all scratchy and missing some of fidelity and sections of the sound. With his instrument sounding this ruined ( la Tom Waits) he needs to figure out how to incorporate different dynamics to make is sound even more unusual. I guess since this is all for charity none of us can complain. I suspect it will get played once a year from here on out just for the hell of it. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Joan Baez (American Masters) I watched it last night. It is a pretty moving documentary. There are a few recent interviews with Dylan in the film. They also show some Rolling Thunder/Renaldo & Clara footage. I've been catching bits and pieces of these over the past week, and I really have to see the whole thing. Joanie is so awesome. I'd love to hang out with her. The Bob/Joan performance footage that looks like early videotape - the Hard Rain stuff: that's post-R&C, Rolling Thunder, right? They used it when talking about Rolling Thunder, but I thought Bob in the white doo-rag was after all that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) I've been catching bits and pieces of these over the past week, and I really have to see the whole thing. Joanie is so awesome. I'd love to hang out with her. The Bob/Joan performance footage that looks like early videotape - the Hard Rain stuff: that's post-R&C, Rolling Thunder, right? They used it when talking about Rolling Thunder, but I thought Bob in the white doo-rag was after all that. That was from the second RTR, I think. It took place in 1976. I think that footage is from Florida, and was used for the Hard Rain TV special. I suppose they cleaned up her language somewhat, as I recall, she dropped a lot of F-bombs in the Dylan documentary a few years ago. I was actually watching her take on Farewell, Angelina again on Youtube last night. What is interesting is that Dylan sort of apologizes to her in his brief interview segment. She also did a tour with him sometime in the early 1980s. (I may be off on the dates - but there was two RTR tours.) Ok, here we go - Rolling Thunder Revue Also - this a mighty powerful tune:A Song For David Edited December 12, 2009 by Analogman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I did not realize the tour documented by the Hard Rain TV special/album was considered a Rolling Thunder dealie. Cool. The wiki page says "filmed" but that really looks like video.Yeah, that was downright shocking to hear Dylan say about their relationship "it ended there, and I'm sorry it did" or words really close to that. I wonder how much of that interview footage is out there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I did not realize the tour documented by the Hard Rain TV special/album was considered a Rolling Thunder dealie. Cool.Yeah, that was downright shocking to hear Dylan say about their relationship "it ended there, and I'm sorry it did" or words really close to that. I wonder how much of that interview footage is out there. I was wondering the same thing. There must be more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I suppose they cleaned up her language somewhat, as I recall, she dropped a lot of F-bombs in the Dylan documentary a few years ago. Usually when impersonating Dylan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Usually when impersonating Dylan. That's right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Here is an interview with Dylan where he talks about his Christmas album. I listened to it a few times and I think its great. I like the backup singers and I think the production is great. It's bit funny that Dylan's producer moniker has been "Jack Frost". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I laid the Christmas album on my fifth grade students the other day in art class. Blew their minds. It was the funniest thing ever. Many of them had the best WTF look ever. I wish I had video taped it. Seriously, it was the first time they all got quiet and listened intently. No one said anything for a minute or two. The went nuts when Must be Santa came on. It was really fun in the art room that day. Many great quotes: Kid #1 "what's wrong with his voice"Kid #2 "Shut up, that's a real man's voice." "Is he okay?" "When is he going to start singing?" (Said after we were about 3 songs in) "He sounds creepy." I also creeped them out with the Music Tape's Singing Saw album. I think they're all scared of now of a few Christmas songs. They called it scary. I am going to let them listen to Bright Eye's Christmas album this week. Now, that will scare them too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I actually like the new Christmas album but I think it could have been a classic if he would have done more "Must be Santa" and less "Silver Bells". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I actually like the new Christmas album but I think it could have been a classic if he would have done more "Must be Santa" and less "Silver Bells". totally agree w/ this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I didn't buy it. I think it is the first new Dylan release I have not bought in a long time. I am not really a Christmas music fan, so I didn't really see any sense in buying it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I didn't buy it. I think it is the first new Dylan release I have not bought in a long time. I am not really a Christmas music fan, so I didn't really see any sense in buying it.If my family weren't Christmas fans I would have passed this up, but it is for charity after all. Considering (as I have mentioned before) it sounds heavily arranged and then Bob just showed up to croak out the lyrics, it really isn't so much fun. Had it been really sloppy and stupid it would have been far more fun; sort of a drunken Christmas thing with lots of mistakes and off pitch stuff, well then it would have been a classic. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 If my family weren't Christmas fans I would have passed this up, but it is for charity after all. Considering (as I have mentioned before) it sounds heavily arranged and then Bob just showed up to croak out the lyrics, it really isn't so much fun. Had it been really sloppy and stupid it would have been far more fun; sort of a drunken Christmas thing with lots of mistakes and off pitch stuff, well then it would have been a classic. LouieB Well, that is another reason - I think it is awful. If I actually get a notion to hear Christmas songs, I am apt to listen to my Beach Boys Christmas album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Well, that is another reason - I think it is awful. If I actually get a notion to hear Christmas songs, I am apt to listen to my Beach Boys Christmas album.Yea, way more fun. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Considering (as I have mentioned before) it sounds heavily arranged and then Bob just showed up to croak out the lyrics, it really isn't so much fun. Had it been really sloppy and stupid it would have been far more fun; sort of a drunken Christmas thing with lots of mistakes and off pitch stuff, well then it would have been a classic. LouieB From the interview:BF: You’re a lot more loyal to these melodies than you are to the melodies of the songs you’ve written. Do you figure these tunes can’t be messed with? BD: If you want to get to the heart of them they can’t be, no. I guess that is why I like the album, it is heavily arranged/produced. I am a bit of sucker for Xmas music, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I actually like the new Christmas album but I think it could have been a classic if he would have done more "Must be Santa" and less "Silver Bells". Must Be Santa makes me laugh every time i hear it.... it shows that he's not a miserable old bastard when he doest want to be the thing to remember with Dyaln is that he seems to put more care into songs that he didnt write. he just turns on autopilot when he's doing he's own stuff these days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I laid the Christmas album on my fifth grade students the other day in art class. Blew their minds. It was the funniest thing ever. Many of them had the best WTF look ever. I wish I had video taped it. Seriously, it was the first time they all got quiet and listened intently. No one said anything for a minute or two. The went nuts when Must be Santa came on. It was really fun in the art room that day. Many great quotes: Kid #1 "what's wrong with his voice"Kid #2 "Shut up, that's a real man's voice." "Is he okay?" "When is he going to start singing?" (Said after we were about 3 songs in) "He sounds creepy." I also creeped them out with the Music Tape's Singing Saw album. I think they're all scared of now of a few Christmas songs. They called it scary. I am going to let them listen to Bright Eye's Christmas album this week. Now, that will scare them too.Scare the hell out of the little lads: Lay the Twisted Sister Christmas album on them - with video! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Michelle Obama to host Civil Rights music night with Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah This should be interesting. I'm glad Dylan is involved. Looking forward to the rest of the lineup, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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