Together Through Life

[Anders S]

Tyckte det kunde vara lika bra att starta en ny tråd, när vi nu (förhoppningsvis) vet namnet.

På ISIS finns lite sammanfattande info:
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DYLAN'S NEW STUDIO ALBUM (Round-up of the facts as we know them)
March 15, 2009

We are expecting the official announcement of Bob Dylan's new studio album on Monday (16 March) when, presumably, all will be revealed. Meanwhile, we thought it might be useful to draw together what we have heard to date and to see what gets confirmed and what turns out to be wrong..

> The album title is believed to be Together Through Life

> The release date in Europe will be Monday, 27 April (though it may be available on Friday, 24 April in some territories)

> The release date in North America will be Tuesday, 28 April

> It will come in three formats: a regular 1-CD version; a limited edition 2-Disc version; and a 1-LP vinyl release

> There is no information regarding the extras in the 2-Disc version but there are rumours. These include the second disc being a DVD, possibly of interview out-takes from No Direction Home and an audio track of an unreleased early 1960s' song - but these are just unsubstantiated rumours

> The cover artwork is a photograph by Bruce Davidson

> There are ten tracks on the album, of which nine song titles are known: Beyond Here Lies Nothing; Life Is Hard; My Wife's Hometown; Forgetful Heart; Shake Shake Mama; I Feel A Change Comin' On; If You Ever Go To Houston; This Dream of You; and It's All Good.

> A promotional video is expected to go with the new release, though no details have been forthcoming. You may care to check our speculation in the final paragraph of "Additional Information About The New Album", below.

> The musicians on the album include, David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) on accordion and possibly Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench (Heartbreakers) on guitar and keyboards. These musicians join the core of Dylan's current touring band.

> The impetus for the new album came from Dylan writing and recording a song for a film entitled My Own Love Song (again, there is information on this below)

> An extra London concert, possibly in North London on Sunday, 26 April, is expected to be announced soon, too, and this concert is believed to be linked to the release of the new album.

ISIS will be accepting advanced orders for the new album soon.
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På http://www.amazon.com kan man sajna upp sig för att få en påminnelse när de tre olika versionerna går att beställa 

Visst är det spännande? 
 

edit: uppdaterade infon om omslaget.

[Elston]

Klart vi ska ha en tråd för Bobs nya platta. Tack Anders!

Spännande är det minsta man kan säga.

    

[Humlan]

;-P ;-)

[lundell]

Dylan snackar med Bill Flanagan om det nya albumet på hemsidan:

www.bobdylan.com/#/conversation

[lundell]

Fortsättning följer står det på sidan fyra i denna intressanta intervju...

[lundell]

Jag måste säga att jag gillar det lite oväntade fotot av paret på framsidan till albumet!
Bådar gott tillsammans med det Chess-inspirerade soundet.

[egoBen]

"I already did Auntie. You’re just not listening to the right stations."
 

[2gruv]

The new record’s very different from Modern Times which was a number one hit. It seems like every time you have a big hit, the next time out you change things around. Why don’t you try to milk it a little bit?
I think we milked it all we could on that last record and then some. We squeezed the cow dry. All the Modern Times songs were written and performed in the widest range possible so they had a little bit of everything. These new songs have more of a romantic edge.

There didn’t seem to be any general consensus among my listeners. Some people preferred my first period songs. Some, the second. Some, the Christian period. Some, the post Colombian. Some, the Pre-Raphaelite. Some people prefer my songs from the nineties. I see that my audience now doesn’t particular care what period the songs are from. They feel style and substance in a more visceral way and let it go at that. Images don’t hang anybody up. Like if there’s an astrologer with a criminal record in one of my songs it’s not going to make anybody wonder if the human race is doomed. Images are taken at face value and it kind of freed me up.

[Anders S]

Det här verkar vara omslaget:





Länk till fotografen Bruce Davidsons hemsida där bilden finns med under "Brooklyn Gang".

Får en känsla av 50-tal, hoppas det märks i låtarna 

[Elston]

"I already did Auntie. You’re just not listening to the right stations."
 

Ja, det här var fanimig den roligaste intervju jag läst med Bob på decennier. Hahaha! Härligt! Mera!!!!!

[Elston]

Jag måste säga att jag gillar det lite oväntade fotot av paret på framsidan till albumet!
Bådar gott tillsammans med det Chess-inspirerade soundet.

Absolut. Och öht är bilderna på Bruce Davidsons hemsida väldigt, väldigt bra.

[Elston]

"These new songs have more of a romantic edge."

"Romance. It's got a dead end."
(Bob Dylan. 1986)

Själv är jag väl så romantisk som man kan bli, antar jag, men begreppet är rätt intressant ju. Romantik? Används mycket inom konsten dessutom, som genrebeskrivning.
Undrar vad Bob menar när han använder det ordet.

Edit: Kopplar vi sen ihop de citaten med den nya skivans 50-talsanknytning kommer jag att tänka på en vers ur "Julius and Ethel":

"Someone says the fifties was the age of great romance;
I say that's just a lie, it was when fear had you in a trance --
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel."

Mycket att fundera på här ...

[Anders S]

Från intervjun:

I suspect that a lot of men will identify with MY WIFE’S HOME TOWN. Do you ever get in hot water with your in-laws over your songs?

No not really. The only person it could matter to gets a kick out of it. That song is meant as a compliment anyhow.

Så, är han gift eller inte (om nu det är så viktigt att veta, vill säga... )

[Anders S]

På http://www.bobdylan.com/#/ finns nu möjlightene att "Join the mailing list and be the first to hear music of the new record"

Jag antar att blir nåt i stil med TTS i somras, där man hade möjligheten att lyssna på ett par låtar innan släppdatum.

Hoppas det blir snart 

[Anders S]

"These new songs have more of a romantic edge."

"Romance. It's got a dead end."
(Bob Dylan. 1986)

Själv är jag väl så romantisk som man kan bli, antar jag, men begreppet är rätt intressant ju. Romantik? Används mycket inom konsten dessutom, som genrebeskrivning.
Undrar vad Bob menar när han använder det ordet.

Edit: Kopplar vi sen ihop de citaten med den nya skivans 50-talsanknytning kommer jag att tänka på en vers ur "Julius and Ethel":

"Someone says the fifties was the age of great romance;
I say that's just a lie, it was when fear had you in a trance --
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel."

Mycket att fundera på här ...

Ja, här finns en del att fundera på 

Bilden är, som sagt, från Bruce Davidsons bildprojekt Brooklyn Gang från 1959, och på http://en.wikipedia.org har man den här intressanta beskrivningen:

Bruce Davidson’s 1959 project Brooklyn Gang is an intimate photographic study of a rebellious Brooklyn teenage gang, who called themselves The Jokers. Davidson was able to document their candid manifestations of worry, energy, enthusiasm, anger, and occasional sadness. The gang seemed to exist in their own secluded world, meandering from Coney Island to diners and taxicabs, anxiously moving forward with an unknown future and unknown goals. Some of them were even thoroughly troubled: one member died from a heroin overdose a few years after Davidson left them. Not only is Davidson’s work a sincere portrayal of troubled teenagers coming of age, but it also acts as a documentation of teenage life during 1950s, exposing the emotional climate of that time period and exposing the dark side of a supposedly innocent time period.

Förresten, är det bara jag som ser två snubbar i baksätet...