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August 30, 2006

New Bob Dylan Video - "When The Deal Goes Down"

Directed By: Bennett Miler (Capote)
Starring: Scarlett Johansson (Home Alone 3)
Music By: Bob Dylan (Almost as good as Oasis!)

Premiering here. It's old-home-movie like. My mom still calls the camcorder the "motion picture camera."

Also check out digital-music-hating Bob Dylan in this new iPod commercial.

Oh, and what do you think of the album?!

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New album is really amazing...best of the Love & Theft and Time Out of Mind trilogy....probably my favorite since street legal

Posted by: tom at 08/30/06 10:56 AM | Reply
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I love me some Scarlet Johanson. That is her, correct?

Posted by: andy at 08/30/06 11:08 AM | Reply
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love love love love love love the album.

Posted by: mondo retro at 08/30/06 11:17 AM | Reply
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I'm actually kinda split, some of the stuff sounds stupendous, but on the others Dylan just sounds old.

Young Bob and Old Bob sound so different.

Posted by: Jake at 08/30/06 11:26 AM | Reply
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speaking of bob dylan ... who won the Outkast ipod

Posted by: peeps at 08/30/06 11:39 AM | Reply
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$13.99 at itunes?!?! Ouch.

I guess I'm going to have to get in the car and go to a cd store.

Posted by: poo poodle at 08/30/06 11:44 AM | Reply
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$13.99 at itunes?!?! Ouch.

I guess I'm going to have to get in the car and go to a cd store.

Posted by: poo poodle at 08/30/06 11:45 AM | Reply
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ace record. more in the mood of l&T than toom.
What about the alicia keys reference?

Posted by: deep at 08/30/06 12:00 PM | Reply
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beautiful beautiful video/song. love the new album! saw him play in maryland a couple weeks ago at a minor league baseball stadium. superb performance and backup band. still has good vitality!

Posted by: Rob z. at 08/30/06 12:01 PM | Reply
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RE: The Alecia Keys reference, read the Rolling Stone interview to hear his explaination... to paraphrase, there ain't nothing he don't like about that girl!

Posted by: RR at 08/30/06 12:11 PM | Reply
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I love the Rockabilly stuff. Have to give the rest of the album more of a listen.

Posted by: dudeasInCool at 08/30/06 12:57 PM | Reply
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This is the same man that sold his image and song to a Victoria's Secret commercial a year or two back. Guess he's hard up for cash... Am I supposed to respect a man that talks out both sides of his mouth? What does he believe in now a days? Money. And iPods.

Posted by: ~christine at 08/30/06 1:26 PM | Reply
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he's gone Bobby Digital on that itunes spot

Posted by: wobbles at 08/30/06 1:37 PM | Reply
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That Scarlett Johannsen video is some indietastic hipster bullshit. the minnesota liscence plate and "bound for glory" book shot are nice touches

The ipod commercial is hilarious.

The new album kicks ass.

Posted by: Arya at 08/30/06 2:23 PM | Reply
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I think its his best since street legal too. I don't mind old Bob.. he always sounds so wise...

the boys over at buddyhead posted a video from the dvd on their blog...

http://www.buddyhead.com/mp3blog/

Posted by: Liz Garro at 08/30/06 2:33 PM | Reply
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christine, bob can pretty much do what the fuck he wants. i wouldn't call him using his own song in an ad selling out. people & their stupid ideas about selling out. jesus

Posted by: matt at 08/30/06 2:48 PM | Reply
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How exactly does he speak out of both sides of his mouth?

Posted by: Stephen at 08/30/06 3:23 PM | Reply
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totally agreed with matt. bob can do what the fuck he wants. period.

this is bob dylan we're talking about here. bob fucking dylan.

Posted by: jj at 08/30/06 3:30 PM | Reply
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Pretty good song, I think it sounds like So lonesome I could cry.

Posted by: btotheg at 08/30/06 3:50 PM | Reply
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Brilliant album that takes its place among his finest moments, and that's saying something. I love the video too.

Posted by: Ken at 08/30/06 4:21 PM | Reply
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The album is better than Time Out of Mind...

Here's a link to listen to the entire CD courtesy of AOL (believe it or not).

http://mirrworld.blogspot.com/2006/08/full-cd-listening-party.html

Posted by: bluesphee at 08/30/06 9:48 PM | Reply
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I also wanted to mention that my favorite track off the album (after only one listen though) is 'Spirit on the Water'

Posted by: bluesphee at 08/30/06 10:32 PM | Reply
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I like the part in "Thunder Mountain" where he says, "I've sucked the milk of a thousand cows."

The voice of his generation. . . yes, the voice of his generation. . .

Posted by: David at 08/31/06 4:58 PM | Reply
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Well, if you were paying attention to anything here instead of putting "bob fucking dylan" on a pedestal, you would know he was knocking the crap out of digital music in an interview, but then he goes on and puts out a commercial for a device that celebrates it. Comprende? I don't believe any artist, just because they've been around for a long time, deserves to not be questioned. And no, his music doesn't really do anything for me either. Nor did it make me want to buy some underwear from some models walking around with breast implants. If he wrote some music for a porno you'd probably buy it too. But you can worship him if you like.

Posted by: ~christine at 09/01/06 2:21 PM | Reply
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Wow, people get really touchy when you say something about their god... kinda like the Catholic church! Listen, I never said anything about "selling out". Of course he's free to promote whatever products he wants, it's just strange to me that he would pick ladies undergarments and an electronic device that plays music in a format he loathes. But we must not ask any questions, no sir! Stupid, stupid people and their "ideas".

Posted by: ~christine at 09/01/06 2:41 PM | Reply
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When Dylan put down modern music, he was referring to the way the tracks are mixed and how the volumes are too loud and static. He wasn't dissing digital music; in fact, I don't think he says the words "digital" or "download" at all in the excerpts. He's complaining about the lack of definition brought on by the modern technology. Please click this link to get educated on what he's talking about:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

Also, digital music is part of the future of music. Hell, it IS music today. I don't see anything wrong with him doing an iPod commercial. It's akin to him doing a commercial for CDs in the '90s. He'd be a fool not to put his stuff out in the most popular format and, besides, it's not like Apple is directly responsible for the problems with modern music.

Furthermore, Bob Dylan is a weird guy. I'd recommend his semi-autobiography, Chronicles Volume 1. He's changed a lot from his old "protest singer" image. Doing VS and iPod ads doesn't seem like a stretch. It's probably just something he was offered and said, "Why the hell not?" :)

Posted by: Matthew at 09/01/06 11:48 PM | Reply
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yeah, people with number one albums and 100 million albums sold are usually hard up for cash. Are you hard up for someone to criticize? People like you can't figure out why someone who doesn't fit into YOUR idea of "talented" can get further in life than you. Let me give you one bit of advice. You will never get it! And no one cares. So keep on crying, because there is not a set list of steps numbered 1,2,3 that lead to success. I know that is hard for you to handle. But, if you keep on writing your uneducated crap on websites, maybe you will learn how to be creative and change the world. Well, maybe not!! And, according to you, who cares what "Bob 'Fucking' Dylan has done. Well, I will tell you this: a lot more people care than they do about your jealous nonsense!

Posted by: Spencer Adams at 12/10/06 12:03 AM | Reply
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And one more thing... the whole thing is a joke... Bob said back in the sixties while he was being pounded by ignorant press reporters, people that comprehend the world much like you apparently do (confused, angry, ruthless and stupid) about what commercial interest he would ever sell-out to? As a joke he replied, "ladies undergarments." As someone who actually works in commercial advertising and had some real knowledge about the things they write about, I praise the marketing personnel who knew this fact and applied it to an actual production. Let me give you one more piece of advice: as my 5th grade teacher once told us: "Put your brain in gear before you put your mouth in motion!"

Posted by: Spencer Adams at 12/10/06 12:26 AM | Reply
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And your "god" is obviously your jaw

Posted by: spencer Adams at 12/10/06 12:37 AM | Reply
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One more thing.... I dare you to write the musicians that you respect. What are their ideals, sweet opionist?

Posted by: Spencer Adams at 12/10/06 12:44 AM | Reply
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