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Throughout his career, Bob Dylan has delighted in confounding expectations and reveled in being cryptic, but few projects have been as deeply confounding and cryptic as his 2003 film, Masked and Anonymous, where he stars as rock legend Jack Fate, who has been jailed in a post-apocalyptic, "mythological third-world America" (the words of the film's director, Larry Charles) in the throes of a civil war, but is let out of prison to perform at a "dubious benefit concert" (the words of Alan Light, who contributes necessary but still confusing liner notes). Within this scenario pass scores of celebrity cameos, all eager to be seen onscreen with the legend himself, particularly after the career revival of Love and Theft, along with numerous Bob Dylan songs, only a handful of which are sung by him and most of which are in radical reinterpretations (several sung in different languages). Perhaps this all makes sense within the film -- Light claims it does in his liner notes and Salon.com's Stephanie Zacharek raved about it, both citing a sequence where a young girl sings an a cappella version of "The Times They Are A-Changin'," which is absent from the soundtrack (for the record, they were virtually the only two voices praising the film; most critics called it bizarre and embarrassing) -- but condensed to a soundtrack, it's merely baffling.
Some of the interpretations are no more radical than Dylan's own reworkings of his songs -- it is no great stretch to have Shirley Caesar sing "Gotta Serve Somebody" and the Grateful Dead's loping version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is hazily familiar, while Sertab emphasizing the inherent Mideastern vibe of "One More Cup of Coffee" makes sense (though it is not as compelling or risky as recent covers of the tune by Robert Plant and the White Stripes) -- but these are overshadowed by such oddities as the Magokoro Brothers singing an ethereal version of "My Back Pages" in Japanese and Articolo 31's Italian rap version of "Like a Rolling Stone." Standouts include a rollicking bilingual "On a Night Like This" from Los Lobos, the Dixie Hummingbirds recording of a new Dylan tune, "City of Gold," and four new tracks by Bob and his crack touring band of the early '90s, highlighted by a muscular "Down in the Flood" and a new version of "Cold Irons Bound." These, of course, make this necessary to the Dylanphiles who would have bought such an odd album anyway, but their presence makes it hard not to wish for a full album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Magokoro Brothers, Arranger, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Yoichi Kuramochi, Guitar, Producer, Translator - Bob Dylan, Composer, Lyricist - Hidetoshi Sakurai, Guitar, Producer - Terumasa Yabushita, Producer - Naoki Kanou, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Tatsuyuki Aoki, Drums - Yasuharu Nakanishi, Keyboards - Tony Cousins, Mixing Engineer - TSUYOSHI KAWAKAMI, Bass
(P) 1995 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Shirley Caesar, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bob Dylan, Composer, Lyricist - N/A, Producer
(P) 2003 Burning Rose Productions, Ltd.
Bob Dylan, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Unknown, Producer
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Sophie Zelmani, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bob Dylan, Composer, Lyricist - Lars Halpi, Producer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Sweden) AB
Bob Dylan, Arranger, Associated Performer, Main Artist - No producer credit, Producer - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Sertab Erener, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Demir Demirkan, Arranger, Producer - Bob Dylan, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment (Turkey) Muzik Ve Sanat A.S.
Francesco De Gregori, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Translator - Guido Guglielminetti, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Marco Cravero, Guitar - Fabrizio Viscardi, Guitar - Giulio Koelliker, Mixing Engineer - Michele Anselmi, Dobro - Emiliano Aimone, Percussion - Max Filannino, Percussion - Roberto Rossi, Drums - Carlo Gaudiello, Keyboards - Ferruccio Battaglino, Bass - Andrea Pozzoli, Horn - Bob Dylan, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (Italy) S.p.A.
Bob Dylan, Arranger, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Jeff Rosen, Producer
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bob Dylan, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Jeff Rosen, Producer
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Albumbeschreibung
Throughout his career, Bob Dylan has delighted in confounding expectations and reveled in being cryptic, but few projects have been as deeply confounding and cryptic as his 2003 film, Masked and Anonymous, where he stars as rock legend Jack Fate, who has been jailed in a post-apocalyptic, "mythological third-world America" (the words of the film's director, Larry Charles) in the throes of a civil war, but is let out of prison to perform at a "dubious benefit concert" (the words of Alan Light, who contributes necessary but still confusing liner notes). Within this scenario pass scores of celebrity cameos, all eager to be seen onscreen with the legend himself, particularly after the career revival of Love and Theft, along with numerous Bob Dylan songs, only a handful of which are sung by him and most of which are in radical reinterpretations (several sung in different languages). Perhaps this all makes sense within the film -- Light claims it does in his liner notes and Salon.com's Stephanie Zacharek raved about it, both citing a sequence where a young girl sings an a cappella version of "The Times They Are A-Changin'," which is absent from the soundtrack (for the record, they were virtually the only two voices praising the film; most critics called it bizarre and embarrassing) -- but condensed to a soundtrack, it's merely baffling.
Some of the interpretations are no more radical than Dylan's own reworkings of his songs -- it is no great stretch to have Shirley Caesar sing "Gotta Serve Somebody" and the Grateful Dead's loping version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is hazily familiar, while Sertab emphasizing the inherent Mideastern vibe of "One More Cup of Coffee" makes sense (though it is not as compelling or risky as recent covers of the tune by Robert Plant and the White Stripes) -- but these are overshadowed by such oddities as the Magokoro Brothers singing an ethereal version of "My Back Pages" in Japanese and Articolo 31's Italian rap version of "Like a Rolling Stone." Standouts include a rollicking bilingual "On a Night Like This" from Los Lobos, the Dixie Hummingbirds recording of a new Dylan tune, "City of Gold," and four new tracks by Bob and his crack touring band of the early '90s, highlighted by a muscular "Down in the Flood" and a new version of "Cold Irons Bound." These, of course, make this necessary to the Dylanphiles who would have bought such an odd album anyway, but their presence makes it hard not to wish for a full album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:30
- Main artists: Original Soundtrack
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Sony Music Soundtrax
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 1981/2003 Grateful Dead Productions, 1991 Arista Records, Inc., 1995 Ki/oon Records Inc., 1997 Serraglio Edizioni Musicali, 1998 Best Sound Srl., 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Sweden) AB., 2003 Burning Rose Productions, Ltd., 2003 Mammoth Record
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