LONDON — A 1966 manuscript, on which a young Bob Dylan typed and wrote lyrics for a track on his “Blonde on Blonde” album and another song he later abandoned, went on sale at Sotheby’s auction house from Tuesday.
17.04.2020 - 09:45 / variety.com
By Chris Willman
Music Writer
For the title of his last song, “Murder Most Foul,” Bob Dylan borrowed from Shakespeare. For his unexpectedly rapid-fire follow-up, he’s cribbing from Walt Whitman. “I Contain Multitudes” takes its name (and the final line of each stanza) from a famous parenthetical thought in Whitman’s “Song of Myself.” And true to the declaration of personal complexity, the tune itself contains a legion’s worth of thoughts and attitudes… although, at a mere four and a half
LONDON — A 1966 manuscript, on which a young Bob Dylan typed and wrote lyrics for a track on his “Blonde on Blonde” album and another song he later abandoned, went on sale at Sotheby’s auction house from Tuesday.
A manuscript written by Bob Dylan which features handwritten song lyrics is set to be auctioned.
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Gene Shay, a folk DJ who spent a half-century on the Philadelphia airwaves and helped promote the careers of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and countless others, has died of complications of the coronavirus.Shay, 85, who had been hospitalized in recent weeks, died Friday, according to WXPN-FM station manager Roger LaMay. His weekly “Folk Show” ran on various stations in the city from 1968 to 2015, the last 20 of them at WXPN.“He was a giant in terms of his impact on artists and the music.
LOS ANGELES — Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to his 1960s classic The Times They Are A-Changin’ are going up for sale with a US$2.2 million asking price in what could mark a world record for rock lyrics.
You'll need quite a lot of money to bag them though
Bob Dylan has released another new song, making it the second single he's dropped in just three weeks. The 78-year-old singer-songwriter made the announcement just before midnight on Friday on his social media accounts.The new tune is titled "I Contain Multitudes," and in a tweet written Friday, he reveals the names of 19th-century historical figures and artists he references in the lyrics.
Bob Dylan is back with “I Contain Multitudes,” his second surprise release in a month.
Just weeks after releasing the 17-minute song 'Murder Most Foul'
Bob Dylan is back with another new song after the recent release of “Murder Most Foul.” This one’s called “I Contain Multitudes.” Have a listen below.
Folk rock icon Bob Dylan has forbidden comedian Stephen Colbert from performing a TV parody of his 1965 song Subterranean Homesick Blues.
Folk rock icon Bob Dylan has barred Stephen Colbert from performing a TV parody of his 1965 song Subterranean Homesick Blues.
Chris Martin served as a music guest during Saturday Night Live's first "At Home" episode on April 11.In a live black-and-white recording, the Coldplay frontman performed an acoustic cover of Bob Dylan's "Shelter From the Storm." Martin delivered the classic 1974 track alone surrounded by instruments and with the words "Entrance to Trains" written behind him, likely a reference to SNL's Grand Central-themed stage in New York.His song choice was especially appropriate given that most people