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This Week in Bob Dylan

Dec 09, 2024

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This is Seven Days: The top Bob Dylan news, posts, links and video of the week.

Dylan On Tour

Details, News, and Reviews of Bob Dylan Live In Concert

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Best of The Week

Our favorite stories and links from the past week

Bob Dylan’s 60 Greatest Songs: Chosen by Paul McCartney, Bono, Patti Smith, Etc. (Mojo) [Rating: 10]
- “A good song is like a basketball backboard, you bounce your life against it and you catch new ideas rebounding back at you.”
Rolling Thunder Roadie Rich Nesin Talks (Flagging Down The Double E’s) [Rating: 10]
- “He’s talking about how he just felt really stagnant, like things just weren’t going anywhere for him, and then he said [Dylan voice] ‘And then I got lucky. I hooked up with Tooommm Petty.’”
When Dylan Was First Noted in Hometown Paper (Duluth News Tribune) [10]
- "The Zimmermans' own Jewish child was first mentioned by name in the News Tribune on Aug. 31, 1945. The family was then still living in Duluth, and the paper reported that 'Mr. and Mrs. Abe Zimmerman and son, Robert, have returned from Hibbing where they were guests of Mrs. Ben Stone.'"
Allen Ginsberg on Heroes – 2 (Bob Dylan) (The Allen Ginsberg Project) [10]
- "Also, as an oral poet he’s supreme: I think he can pronounce his vowels and consonants better than any other bard."
Like A Rolling Stone Pt.2 Jochen Markhorst (Untold Dylan) [8]
- “Apparently, Dylan finds it more important to insert more sense-making qualifiers like ‘Miss Lonely’ and vile one-liners like ‘They’re drinkin‘, thinkin’ that they got it made’ than to keep the rhyme scheme at all costs.”

A Complete Unknown

The press buildup and preview screenings are underway

A Complete Unknown: IMAX Early Access Screenings (IMAX) [8]
- "See below for the list of participating IMAX theatres in A Complete Unknown: IMAX Early Access Screenings on December 18th."
Director James Mangold Reveals His Process (Deadline) [Rating: 8]
- “‘No, we don’t need your recordings, we’re going to do the music. Timmy’s going to sing this himself.’ And they were like, ‘How could you possibly conceive of that?!””
Editors Andrew Buckland and Scott Morris Discuss Cutting the Bob Dylan Biopic (AwardsRadar) [Rating: 5]
- “Below, you can hear my chat with Buckland and Morris. We spoke a lot about working with Mangold, working together, and how a film can come across the finish line in the editing room.”
Recreating the 1965 Newport Folk Festival (GoldDerby) [Rating: 5]
- “To create the complicated soundscape for the film – which includes Chalamet as Dylan performing in several venues, from large concert halls and small bedrooms to the outdoor lawn of the Newport Folk Festival – Mangold enlisted some of the top sound editors in the industry, many of whom he worked with previously.”
Timothée Chalamet On Bob Dylan (Racket) [Rating: 5]
- “But Chalamet added that it’s tricky to interpret the motives and emotions of a man who’s still kickin’, especially when the Dylan who’s with us today is probably a lot different than the Dylan of the ’60s.”
The Remaking of Bob Dylan’s Style in ‘A Complete Unknown’ (WWD) [5]
- "Phillips says she managed to create a screen persona by shining a light on Dylan’s passions, dressing Chalamet in motorcycle jackets, skinny suits inspired by Dylan’s time with The Beatles, and dark sunglasses to conceal his shyness."