Thurston Moore Band (Thurston Moore/Steve Shelley/Deb Googe/James Sedwards) performing “Speak To The Wild” live for their first set at Cafe OTO, London on August 14, 2014.
First set:
“Speak To The Wild”:
“Germs Burn”:
“Grace Lake”:
“Detonation”:
“Forever Love”:
Second set:
“Detonation”:
“Germs Burn”:
“Speak To The Wild”:
“Forever Love”:
“Grace Lake”:
Another fan video from the show:
Full set: THURSTON MOORE feat. STEVE SHELLEY JAMES SEDWARDS | Clubbing , Casa Da Música | Porto March 3, 2014:
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Bring Your Own Doc host Ondi Timoner interviews D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus about “Don’t Look Back,” “Monterey Pop,” “Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” and more.
Footage shot by Dylan during the making of “Don’t Look Back” will eventually be released, according to D. A. Pennebaker.
D.A. Pennebaker: We gave him [Dylan] the camera once. He went around shooting, We have a whole scene of him shooting the camera.
Chris Hegedus: It’s kind of interesting what Dylan shoots. We haven’t put it out yet. It will come out on one of the next releases, DVDs. It’s a party and everyone is sitting around smoking and drinking and talking and he walks around and tries to film everyone and films himself in the mirror and does odd things.
Pennebaker: When we did the second bit [the additional documentary made with footage shot of Dylan’s ’65 tour of the UK] with stuff off the floor, only thing I decided, we never had a complete song in “Don’t Look Back.” When we did the second one we put whole songs in, but what we got was a nicer Dylan, which surprised everyone. Dylan interested em. We met [for the first time] in a bar downtown. It was where all the painters went. The Cedar Tavern. He and Bobby Neuwirth were waiting. The way he talked was intereting to me. He didn’t use words the way you usualy learn them. He’d mix words around and I thought, this guy is a poet and he’s probably trying to figure out what a poet is. He was figuring out how to create himself in some way that he alone was interested in. I was interested to see that happen. I wanted to see what he did in normal conversations and what his songs were like compared to those.
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Incredible version by Neil Young and Crazy Horse of “Cortez the Killer,” Barolo Square, Barolo, Italy, July 21, 2014.
Thanks, Thrasher, for reminding me about this clip.
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Photo via Ken Regan’s website. Photo by Ken Regan.
Bob Dylan has long been one of Patti Smith idols. Today I thought I’d feature some of her covers of Bob Dylan songs, plus a duet she did with Dylan in 1995.
I’ve also included versions of the songs by Dylan>
Patti Smith, “Changing of the Guards,” 2007:
Bob Dylan, “Changing of the Guards,” live version 1978 (sound starts ten seconds in):
Bob Dylan, “Changing of the Guards,” off Street-Legal, 1978:
Patti Smith, “Boots of Spanish Leather,” 2011:
Bob Dylan, “Boots of Spanish Leather,” 1964:
Patti Smith, “Drifter’s Escape,” 2012:
Bob Dylan, “Drifter’s Escape,” 1967:
Patti Smith & Bob Dylan, “Dark Eyes,” Boston, Dec. 10, 1995:
Patti Smith & Bob Dylan, “Dark Eyes,” New York, Dec. 11, 1995:
Patti Smith & Bob Dylan, “Dark Eyes,” New York, Dec. 14, 1995:
Patti Smith & Bob Dylan, “Dark Eyes,” Philadelphia, Dec. 15, 1995
Patti Smith & Bob Dylan, “Dark Eyes,” Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 1995
Bob Dylan, “Dark Eyes,” Empire Burlesque, 1985:
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Great new music from DJ Shadow, plus a remixed oldie.
According to Stereogum, DJ Shadow calls “Ghost Town,” “an ambitious ride through many of the micro-genres within the Future Bass umbrella that have inspired me recently,” and he calls “Mob” “an intentionally stripped-down, Cali-certified head-nodder.”
And there’s a remix of the 2002 single “Six Days” by Machinedrum.
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“Beast” is from the debut Ex Hex album, Rips, out October 7, 2014 on Merge Records.
Ex Hex is led by former Helium frontperson (and ex-Wild Flag member) Mary Timony, and includes the Fire Tapes’ Betsy Wright and the Aquarium drummer Laura Harris.
Rips was recorded over two weeks in North Carolina with Mitch Easter (R.E.M.) and in the basement of Timony’s home in Washington D.C., Pitchfork reported.
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Here is a 1977 recording by the Tom Robinson Band of Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released.”
The recording was the B-side of Robinson’s first single, which reached #5 on the British charts.
During one interview Robinson said of his own political songs:
I never wanted it to become a fossilised museum piece about ancient injustices, it was always intended more as journalism than poetry. But to be honest it seemed a natural thing to do anyway. Bob Dylan was a big role model for me, and he constantly updates and changes lyrics when performing live. Part of the fascination of being a Dylan fan is hearing the different versions of “Tangled Up In Blue.” It’s fascinating to constantly get new angles on that dense and intriguing story.
Live version:
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Photo via St. Vincent’s Facebook page; photo by Kevin Mazur.
St. Vincent performed in Prospect Park, Brooklyn Saturday night.
The concert was broadcast on WFUV.
Check out the entire set.
Setlist:
“Rattlesnake”
“Digital Witness”
“Cruel”
“Marrow”
“Every Tear Disappears”
“I Prefer Your Love”
“Actor Out Of Work”
“Surgeon”
“Cheerleader”
“Prince Johnny”
“Birth In Reverse”
“Regret”
“Huey Newton”
“Bring Me Your Loves”
“Strange Mercy”
“Year Of The Tiger”
“Your Lips Are Red”
Thanks Stereogum!
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A few nights ago Patti Smith performed at the Brussels Summer Festival Place des Palais, Bruxelles.
Below are video clips of many of the songs.
Patti Smith, “Ain’t It Strange,” Brussels Summer Festival Place des Palais, Bruxelles August 8, 2014:
“Dancing Barefoot”:
“Redondo Beach”
“April Fool”
“Pissing in a River,” excerpt:
“My Blakean Year”:
“Beneath the Southern Cross”:
“Ain’t It Strange
Because the Night”:
“People Have the Power”
“Banga”
“Gloria” & “Rock N Roll Nigger”:
Plus:
Patti Smith, “Ghost Dance” at the Burg Herzberg Festival, Alsfeld, Germany, August 1, 2014:
And Patti Smith, “Perfect Day” at the Haldern Pop Festival, Haldern, Germany, August 7, 2014:
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Bob Dylan will be performing 15 shows in Australia beginning August 13 in Perth, Australia. He’ll also be in Melbourne, and Sydney.
So today you can check out some past performances and interviews Dylan did in Australia.
Dylan said some interesting things during the following 1986 press conference.
Journalist: What does Bob Dylan think of Bob Dylan?
Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan doesn’t ever think about Bob Dylan
Journalist: Are you shy man?
Bob Dylan: Yeah, most of the time.
Journalist: Because of being shy, is it a burden being Bob Dylan?
Bob Dylan: Who’s Bob Dylan?
[laughter]
Bob Dylan: I’m only Bob Dylan when I have to be Bob Dylan. Most of the time I can just be myself.
And later in response to a question about the past, Dylan says this:
Dylan: We live here in the present time. You get up and have to deal with today. Yesterday’s gone, tomorrow’s not promised. So this is all we have, really.
Dylan press conference, 1986, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
This was shot at a Dylan press conference in 1986. There’s 18 minutes of the press conference.
“Rollin’ and Tumblin’,” Byron Bay Bluesfest April 26, 2011:
“Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum,” Byron Bay Bluesfest April 26, 2011:
“Cold Irons Bound,” Byron Bay Bluesfest April 26, 2011:
“Tangled Up In Blue,” Byron Bay Bluesfest April 26, 2011:
“Highway 61 Revisited” / “Ballad of a Thin Man,” Byron Bay Bluesfest April 26, 2011:
“Like A Rolling Stone,” Byron Bay Bluesfest April 26, 2011:
Bob Dylan radio interview, Adelaide, Australia 1966:
“Ballad Of A Thin Man,” Sydney, April 13, 1966:
“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” Sydney, April 13, 1966:
“Positively Fourth Street,” Sydney, April 13, 1966:
“Visions Of Johanna,” Melbourne, April 20, 1966:
“She Belongs To Me,” Melbourne, April 20, 1966:
“Baby, Let Me Follow You Down,” Melbourne, April 20, 1966:
“Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues,” Melbourne, April 20, 1966:
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