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Miley Cyrus Performs “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” On ‘Ellen’

Robbie Daw — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:59:01 +0000

Dolled up like a carefree ’70s singer (not unlike Taylor Swift in the current issue of Vogue), Miley Cyrus took to the Ellen DeGeneres Show’s stage for a performance of Bob Dylan’s “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go”. The LOL star was accompanied by one acoustic guitar, which made her vocals the focal point — and she pulled off a mesmerizing performance pretty easily.

“I’m so excited to be on this record, just with so many cool people — everyone I’ve dreamed of working with,” Miley told Ellen, referring to her inclusion on the Chimes Of Freedom – The Songs Of Bob Dylan compilation. “And just being able to cover a Dylan tune is so awesome.”

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Miley Cyrus Tributes Bob Dylan In “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” Video

Becky Bain — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:35:26 +0000

Who knew Bob Dylan’s music had magical powers to turn flashy, attention-seeking pop stars into sensitive warblers? After Ke$ha showed a softer, glitter-less side by covering “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” for the Bob Dylan tribute album Chimes Of Freedom: Songs Of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, next up is Miley Cyrus, who takes on “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go.” Watch the 19-year-old pop star record her tribute to the iconic singer-songwriter in her new video below.

Miley Cyrus – “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go”

The cover has a lovely, more relaxed arrangement of Dylan’s original song, and Miley sounds more raw and subtle than she’s ever sounded before. (See, Miley? You don’t need gigantic bird wings or age-inappropriate outfits in order to get people talking.)

What do you think of Miley’s cover? Is it more convincing than her attempt at channeling Nirvana? Let us know what you think on Facebook, Twitter, or in the comments below.

Ke$ha’s Emotional Cover Of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”: Listen

Robbie Daw — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:13:33 +0000

Ke$ha fans eager for some new music from the dollar sign diva can get their fix via the surprisingly emotional, raw vocal she laid down while covering Bob Dylan’s 1963 single “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” for Amnesty International’s upcoming Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan compilation. “Getting a chance to cover a Bob Dylan song for Amnesty Interntaional was a massive deal for me,” K-Dolla admitted in a making-of clip. Watch below.

“I pulled up my Garage Band on my laptop and just sang through the song once,” Ke$ha explains in the below video. “And by the end of it I was just crying hysterically alone on my bed.”

Turns out that initial vocal is the one she and producer Bob Ezrin went with for their contribution to the 76-song compilation, which also features Adele, Miley Cyrus and My Morning Jacket, among others, and will be released on January 24.

Ke$ha records “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”

Other artists who have covered Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” include Peter, Paul And Mary, Johnny Cash and The Four Seasons (as the Wonder Who?). Here’s the original:

Bob Dylan — ”Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”

What do you think of Ke$ha’s take on the song?

[Via Rolling Stone]

Kirsten Dunst In R.E.M.’s “We All Go Back To Where We Belong” & 8 Celeb-Filled Videos

Robbie Daw — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:10:48 +0000

With R.E.M. announcing their breakup, the veteran alt rock band from Georgia is releasing their two-disc R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982 – 2011 collection on November 15. Actress Kirsten Dunst stars in one of two videos for the new single off the hits set, “We All Go Back To Where We Belong” (the second video features poet John Giorno). This got us to thinking about other know personalities who’ve appeared in music vids in recent years. Head below to watch R.E.M.’s clip with Kirsten, and to see our roundup of celeb-filled videos.

R.E.M. — “We All Go Back To Where We Belong”

Of course, Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette actress Dunst first got the music video bug 12 years ago when she first appeared in this one:

Savage Garden — “I Knew I Loved You”

Below is a list of some other recent music videos that feature cameos by famous faces. We stuck to the last few years in order to keep this roundup from becoming the length of a novel. But surely we forgot some? Help us out by mentioning others that pop to mind in the comments below!

1. Katy Perry — “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
For the video for her fifth Teenage Dream single, Katy enlisted the star power of some Glee cast members (Darren Criss, Kevin McHale), some ’80s icons (Debbie Gibson, Corey Feldman), a viral video star (Rebecca Black) and a few retro-fave musicians (Kenny G, Hanson). The results: one addictive clip, and her fifth #1 hit on the Hot 100.

2. Beastie Boys — “Make Some Noise”
The veteran NYC rappers’ 2011 MTV VMA Video Of The Year-nominated clip boasts Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride as the Boys themselves in an epic vid that also features the likes of (take a deep breath) Will Arnett, Rainn Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, Orlando Bloom, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and Jack Black — not to mention Kirsten Dunst!

3. Lady Gaga — “Paparazzi”
In the video for Gaga’s fourth single off her debut album, Alexander Skarsgard plays the untrustworthy, snake-in-the-grass love interest of the our heroine — which, come to think of it, doesn’t sound too different from his role as “Eric” on True Blood. The Swedish actor’s next pop star encounter — the action film Battleship, which also stars Rihanna — hits the silver screen next year.

4. Lady Gaga — “Judas”
Mother Monster cast Norman Reedus, who plays trashy redneck with a heart — maybe —Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead, as double-crossing Jesus disciple Judas Iscariot in the clip for her second Born This Way single.

5. Willow Smith — “21st Century Girl”
Who better than Cicely Tyson, the iconic star of such films as Sounder, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Help and Diary Of A Mad Black Woman to play the wise old sage in young poplet Willow’s futuristic video for her second single?

6. Bob Dylan — “When The Deal Goes Down”
Speaking of iconic, Scarlett Johansson never looked so radiant as when she got dolled up in 1950s-era frocks and posed for faux home movie footage in this emotional and beautifully-shot video for Dylan’s Modern Times single.

7. Ke$ha — “Blow”
“Well, well, well — if it isn’t James Van Der Douche.”

8. Eminem feat. Rihanna — “Love The Way You Lie”
The fire and the fury of Em and RiRi’s own respective relationship demons from the past were vividly brought to life by Meghan Fox and Dominic Monaghan in this violent clip, which helped the song secure both its place at #1 on the Hot 100 and wins at the People’s Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards and Soul Train Music Awards.

What did we forget? Let us know below!

Bob Dylan Tribute Album To Go Pop With Miley Cyrus, Adele And Ke$ha

Becky Bain — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:21:36 +0000

This Bob Dylan tribute album is getting really weird. Chimes Of Freedom: Songs Of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, a tribute compilation of covers honoring the iconic singer-songwriter, was already making headlines by featuring Ke$ha on the track list. Now it’s been revealed that Miley Cyrus — of all people — will contribute a cover of one of Dylan’s songs. Hopefully this recording will go over better than her cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” did.As previously announced, Adele will cover Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love” (which also featured on her album 19), and Ke$ha will take on “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”. It has not yet been revealed which song Cyrus will record.

Sting, The Dave Matthews Band, Patti Smith and My Morning Jacket will also contribute covers. The LP is expected to drop in early 2012, and all profits will be donated to Amnesty International.

With the full track list yet to be announced, who else from the pop world do you think should contribute a cover? We’d love to hear a “Blowin’ In The Wind” cover from Lance Bass boy band Heart2Heart, personally.

Bob Dylan’s Shaggy Dog Story Was Borrowed From A Canadian Troubadour

Maura — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:00:51 +0000

So, that poem purportedly written by Bob Dylan at camp in the ’50s that’s supposed to fetch at least $10,000 at auction next month? If you press “play” on the above YouTube embed you’ll find out that a variation on those words has been put to song–and not by the teenaged Dylan, but by the Canadian country singer Hank Snow, from whom those words were appropriated. “Little Buddy” appeared on a 78 in the late ’40s, then was included on Snow’s 1958 album When Tragedy Struck, which also included such mood-lifters as “Don’t Make Me Go To Bed And I’ll Be Good,” “Nobody’s Child,” and “I’m Just Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail.” Christie’s had this to say:

“Additional information has come to our attention about the handwritten poem submitted by Bob Dylan to his camp newspaper, written when he was 16, entitled ‘Little Buddy.’ The words are in fact a revised version of lyrics of a Hank Snow song.”

“This still remains among the earliest known handwritten lyrics of Bob Dylan and Christie’s is pleased to offer them in our Pop Culture auction on June 23.”

And the asking price is still $10,000. I wonder if the camp, which was going to use the proceeds from the sale to fund new cabins, will offer to split its rewards with Snow’s estate?

Dylan “poem” was actually Hank Snow song [Reuters]
HANK SNOW- LITTLE BUDDY [YouTube]
Earlier: Is Bob Dylan’s Poem About A Dead Dog Worth Five Figures?

Is Bob Dylan’s Poem About A Dead Dog Worth Five Figures?

Maura — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:00:02 +0000

A poem handwritten by a teenage Bob Dylan, which was published in his camp newspaper during the 1950s, is one of the many Dylan-related pieces of memorabilia that will be up for auction at Christie’s next month. The poem is expected to fetch at least $10,000 from some Dylan completist out there, with proceeds going to the camp; it’s after the jump. Be warned: If the idea of a drunk man beating a dog to death (because the dog “barked in joy”) is something that upsets you, you might want to proceed with caution. (Although I rather do like the meter employed by Dylan here, I have to say.)

“Little Buddy”

Broken hearted and so sad
Big blue eyes all covered with tears
Was a picture of sorrow to see

Kneeling close to the side
Of his pal and only pride
A little lad, these words he told me

He was such a lovely doggy
And to me he was such fun
But today as we played by the way

A drunken man got mad at him
Because he barked in joy
He beat him and he’s dying here today

Will you call the doctor please
And tell him if he comes right now
He’ll save my precious doggy here he lay

Then he left the fluffy head
But his little dog was dead
Just a shiver and he slowly passed away

He didn’t know his dog had died
So I told him as he cried
Come with me son we’ll get that doctor right away

But when I returned
He had his little pal upon his knee
And the teardrops, they were blinding his big blue eyes

Your too late sir my doggy’s dead
And no one can save him now
But I’ll meet my precious buddy up in the sky

By a tiny narrow grave
Where the willows sadly wave
Are the words so clear you’re sure to find

Little Buddy Rest In Peace
God Will Watch You Thru The Years
Cause I Told You In My Dreams That You
Were Mine

Bob Dylan [Christie's]

Jamie Foxx To Gold-Dig For Record Sales On “American Idol” Tonight

Maura — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:00:32 +0000

• Jamie Foxx tonight’s Idol mentor [MJ]
• Pete Doherty thought to have swine flu by the always-calm British press (but honestly, dude has lived through so much else that swine flu is nothing, nothing at all) [STV via NME]
• Environmentally conscious Rothbury festival’s headliners: The Dead, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and String Cheese Incident [JamBase]
• Def Leppard to continue country-crossover attempt with appearance on CMT Awards [DefLeppard.com]

Bob Dylan Takes His Time

Maura — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:00:24 +0000

Our look at the closing lines of the week’s biggest new-music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Together Through Life, the 33rd studio album by Bob Dylan:

• “But he saves the real Bosch canvas of negativity for the end, in the zydeco shuffle ‘It’s All Good.’ Mr. Dylan sets up one ugly scene after another—verminous restaurants, murderers on the prowl, disease, basic human melancholy—and at the end of every verse sings, ‘It’s all good, it’s all good.’ This is not a great song, and very little on Together Through Life seems destined for his repertory’s long haul. But whether this is basic devilishness, or Malthus revisited, or acceptance of faith, or just a clever poem juxtaposing protest rhetoric with do-nothing rhetoric, it all suits him.” [Ben Ratliff, NYT]

• ”Dylan sounds comfortable cruising with this band, repudiating the bombast and the clutter of 21st Century rock and pop. That’s both praise and criticism, because Together Through Life never quite kicks into a higher gear. Heard at a distance, it suggests a toss-off from an artist who has done better work in the past.
He has. But he also has ‘the blood of the land in my voice,’ as he sings in ‘I Feel a Change Comin’ On.’ To quote another irascible iconoclast, a man’s got to know his limitations. And Dylan makes the most of his.” [Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune]

• ”Increasingly, the now-68-year-old Dylan makes music that outwardly has less and less to do with ‘modern times.’ Together Through Life continues that trend, and though it’s not the strongest of his 21st-century work, it still demonstrates Dylan’s ability to make music that connects with a resonating past, while speaking to the here and now.” [Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer]

• “But Dylan is just as sure, in nearly every other song here, that there is strength in numbers—and that number is two.” [David Fricke, Rolling Stone]

Maura — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:45:44 +0000

Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and John Mellencamp are bringing what seems like a traveling version of Farm Aid to minor-league baseball stadia around the country this summer. Tickets for all shows are priced at a flat rate of $67.50 and the seating is general admission, so those people who want to set up shop near second base to watch the show can do so. (They’ll probably have to get there early, though.) Dates after the jump.

7/2 Sauget, IL at GCS Ballpark
7/4 South Bend, IN at Coveleski Stadium
7/8 Louisville, KY at Louisville Slugger Field
7/10 Dayton, OH at Fifth Third Field
7/11 Eastlake, OH at Classic Park
7/13 Washington, PA at Consol Energy Park
7/14 Allentown, PA at Coca-Cola Park
7/15 New Britain, CT at New Britain Stadium
7/19 Syracuse, NY at Alliance Bank Stadium
7/21 Pawtucket, RI at McCoy Stadium
7/23 Lakewood, NJ at FirstEnergy Park
7/24 Aberdeen, MD at Ripken Stadium
7/25 Norfolk, VA at Harbor Park
7/28 Durham, NC at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
7/29 Sevierville, TN at Smokies Park
8/4 Round Rock, TX at The Dell Diamond
8/5 Corpus Christi, TX at Whataburger Field
8/7 Grand Prairie, TX at QuikTrip Park
8/11 Glendale, AZ at Camelback Ranch
8/12 Las Vegas, NV at Cashman Field
8/14 Fresno, CA at Chukchansi Park
8/15 Stockton, CA at Banner Island Ballpark