Chit Chat
There is currently 1 person viewing this thread.
Bob Dylan announces first album of original songs in eight years, Rough and Rowdy Ways
Album news revealed with release of third song from the project, swaggering blues number False Prophet
Bob Dylan has announced his first album of original songwriting in eight years.
Rough and Rowdy Ways will be released on 19 June. It follows three albums of cover versions – Shadows in the Night (2015), Fallen Angels (2016) and triple album Triplicate (2017) – with his previous album of his own songs, Tempest, released in 2012.
Two songs from the new album have been released in recent weeks. Murder Most Foul is his longest song ever at 17 minutes, a mystical reflection on the JFK assassination that also rakes over decades of American pop culture. The shorter I Contain Multitudes saw Dylan singing: “I’m just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones / And them British bad boys, the Rolling Stones … I sing the songs of experience like William Blake / I have no apologies to make.”
He has now released a third song, a slightly more upbeat blues-rock number called False Prophet, where Dylan voices the figure in the title with a certain swagger: “I ain’t no false prophet / I just said what I said / I’m just here to bring vengeance on somebody’s head.”
He was due to tour Japan in April, but was forced to cancel the concerts due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Sotheby’s in London are currently auctioning a manuscript page featuring lyrics written for Blonde on Blonde, including some that have never been recorded by Dylan. It has exceeded its £12,000-£15,000 estimate with four days to go, with the highest bid currently £26,000.
Album news revealed with release of third song from the project, swaggering blues number False Prophet
Bob Dylan has announced his first album of original songwriting in eight years.
Rough and Rowdy Ways will be released on 19 June. It follows three albums of cover versions – Shadows in the Night (2015), Fallen Angels (2016) and triple album Triplicate (2017) – with his previous album of his own songs, Tempest, released in 2012.
Two songs from the new album have been released in recent weeks. Murder Most Foul is his longest song ever at 17 minutes, a mystical reflection on the JFK assassination that also rakes over decades of American pop culture. The shorter I Contain Multitudes saw Dylan singing: “I’m just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones / And them British bad boys, the Rolling Stones … I sing the songs of experience like William Blake / I have no apologies to make.”
He has now released a third song, a slightly more upbeat blues-rock number called False Prophet, where Dylan voices the figure in the title with a certain swagger: “I ain’t no false prophet / I just said what I said / I’m just here to bring vengeance on somebody’s head.”
He was due to tour Japan in April, but was forced to cancel the concerts due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Sotheby’s in London are currently auctioning a manuscript page featuring lyrics written for Blonde on Blonde, including some that have never been recorded by Dylan. It has exceeded its £12,000-£15,000 estimate with four days to go, with the highest bid currently £26,000.
sort by:
Show
per page
Replies: 4
|
By:
With a voice like sand and glue
Some words had truthful vengeance That could pin us to the floor Brought a few more people on And put the fear in a whole lot more |
|
By:
i was thinking about my favourite bob dylan album . its not easy to push away blonde on blonde or freewheelin' or highway 61 revisited... but its got to be blood on the tracks .
|
|
By:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QPBpFAKTGo
|
|
By:
blood on the tracks for me too
|