Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? – The Hold Steady
Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again – Cat Power
Goin’ To Acapulco – Jim James with Calexico
Pressing On – John Doe
I’m Not There – Bob Dylan
Even though 1967 was the year that Dylan retreated from the public eye, it was also his most prolific year as a writer, spawning the Basement Tapes and John Wesley Harding. ‘I’m Not There’ was recorded during the Basement Tapes sessions, but it was put to one side, and was never officially released until this soundtrack. The hook line, “I’m not there/I’m gone” seems fitting for the year when Dylan went to earth. Sonic Youth’s version on the album’s first disc is also excellent.
Have you heard I’m Not There? What are your favourite tracks?
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A movie I keep meaning to see!
It’s good – especially Blanchett – and especially if you don’t mind some incoherence.
I love this soundtrack. Some fun interpretations of Dylan here
Do you have favourites?
I’m with you on the Cat Power and Jim James with Calexico covers, but I am also partial to the one by the kids from Once, Hansard and Irglovà. And you’re right about the “especially Blanchett”, though Gere was pretty good too.
Really great film and some very fine choices from a pretty impressive soundtrack. I’d have Jim and Cat Power in my own 5, but I’d have them alongside Tweedy’s rendition of Simple Twist of Fate, Malkmus’ Ballad of a Thin Man, and Lanegan’s Man in the Long Black Coat.
Those are all great too – your list has a bit of crossover from your favourite vocalist list last week.
I guess Lanegan and James tend to be default artists for me.
And they’re both excellent.
The use of One More Cup Of Coffee when he’s riding into town on horseback is a favorite moment, I love how that scene visualizes the lyrics. For some reason I haven’t listen to the soundtrack as stand-alone, only the music featured in the film.
Roger McGuinn has recorded a few Dylan covers in his time too.
Heard of this but never heard it or looked into it. My loss. Some off the path artists that I dig on this. Like J I also like the Tweedy cut.
Sounds like a Tweedy song really, fits him very well.
I;m starting to take Jeff for granted. Time to stop that,