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FlinterFile: Jonathan King- Million Dollar Bash
Bob Dylan recorded the album The Basement Tapes in 1967. Read the rest of this entry
FlinterFile: Bob Dylan- Baby Stop Crying
Bob Dylan released his album Street Legal in 1978. Read the rest of this entry
FlinterFile: Bob Dylan- I Want You
In 1966, Bob Dylan had a hit with a song from his album Blonde On Blonde. Read the rest of this entry
FlinterFile: Traveling Wilburys- End Of The Line
In 1988, the Traveling Wilburys released their second single, after Handle With Care. The song features Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, George Harrison and Tom Petty on vocals, Bob Dylan doesn’t sing in this song. Read the rest of this entry
FlinterFile- The Band- The Weight
In 1968, the Band (previously the backup band of Bob Dylan) released The Weight, a rock classic. It’s the story of a man who visits Nazareth (Pennsylvania), and has to visit some friends from his friend Annie. He feels this as a weight on his shoulders. Robbie Robertson got the credit for the song, and says that he was inspired by surrealistic movies in which the good people do bad things. However, the other members of the band also claim to have co-written. The people in the song are for instance all friends from the Band. They were not sure about the song, but other people liked it. And so the song became a number 63 hit in the US and number 21 in the UK. Aretha Franklin had the biggest success with the song: she charted at number 19. However, it inspired others: the band Nazareth got their name from the song. Enjoy
The Band- The Weight
FlinterFile: B.J. Thomas- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
In 1969, Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote a song for a movie. They gave it to Ray Stevens, who turned it down, and Bob Dylan, who did the same. At the time, Dionne Warwick was recording songs on the same label as B.J. Thomas. She took one of his tapes and gave it to Bacharach, who then offered him the song. He recorded it when he just had been ill, which made his voice sound raspy. A few weeks later he recorded the single version. The raspy version was good for the movie, the other version (made from three different takes) was good for the number 1 position in the US. Enjoy
B.J. Thomas- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Song of the day: Traveling Wilburys- Handle With Care
In 1988, George Harrison was recording some songs. One of these songs would be This Is Love, which needed a b-side. When Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne joined him for some jamming, the song was written quickly. The inspiration came from a box with the text handle with care on it. They went into the studio of Bob Dylan to record a basic song. The record compagny of George Harrison thought it to be too good as a b-side, and encouraged the group to record an album. Of that album, Handle With Care was the main single. The song became a number 45 hit in the US and a number 21 in the UK. Roy Orbison died shortly after the recording. Enjoy
Traveling Wilburys- Handle With Care
Song of the day: The Animals- The House Of The Rising Sun
Possibly this is a song which makes you have more questions than answers. Where is the House of the Rising Sun? That’s one of the questions that no-one is really sure of. The origin of the song is better known: it started as a traditional folk song. The first and oldest recorded version was recorded in 1934 by Clarence “Tom” Ashley and Gwen Foster. They could sing it since the song was passed on by the grandfather of Clarence Ashley. Through several artists, this song came to Lead Belly in 1944, was it recorded in 1958 by Pete Seeger, and the version of Bob Dylan followed in 1961. Via several other ways, the song was sung in a pub, where Eric Burdon heard it. He was a member of the Animals and wanted to sing it to have something else for the tour, which they did with Chuck Berry. Bob Dylan was accused of plagiarism, because the cover became such a hit. He stopped singing it, but liked the version a lot. And most people did: it became a number one hit in the UK, the US, Canada, Sweden and Finland. Later it was recorded by many other artists, though this version stayed the most popular. Enjoy
The Animals- The House Of The Rising Sun
Song of the day: Bob Dylan- Hurricane
Yesterday, I had a driving lesson and my driving instructor had a lot of different music on. I asked him about it, and he explained it was the Top 2000 (end of the year chart, he downloaded it from a few years ago) and when we were by the next house, Hurricane started. I thought: oh yes, Bob Dylan! How could I forget him and of course this masterpiece? So for today, this is
Bob Dylan- Hurricane
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