.

Bob Dylan Debuts "Beyond Here Lies Nothin' " Photo-Montage Video

By 
April 20, 2009 12:52 PM ET

One week before his new album Together Through Life hits stores, Bob Dylan premiered the video for the album's opener "Beyond Here Lies Nothin' " on Amazon.com. The site will exclusively house the video from today until April 22nd, when it moves to Bob Dylan's official Website.

Spoiler alert: Dylan doesn't actually appear in the video. Instead, like Together Through Life's album cover, the clip makes use of the stark black-and-white photographs of Bruce Davidson's 1959 "Brooklyn Gang" series, creating a photo montage with "Beyond Here" as the soundtrack. A press release explains the history of Davidson's photographs, noting that he met a crew of Brooklyn teenagers who called themselves "the Jokers" in Spring 1959 and spent the summer shooting the gang "in their natural habitat," everywhere from street corners to the borough's Coney Island amusement park. Despite creating a narrative out of photos from a New York street gang, the video somehow works well to enhance the "seductive border-cafe feel" of the Together Through Life opener.

As Rock Daily previously reported, the LP features contributions from Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, who co-wrote the words on nine of the album's 10 tracks. Fans got a full sneak preview of Together Through Life this past weekend at the independent shops celebrating Record Store Day, officially comes out April 28th. For David Fricke's album review of Together Through Life, be sure to check out the current issue of Rolling Stone on stands now.

Related Stories:

• Bob Dylan Rep Confirms Robert Hunter Co-Wrote "Together Through Life" Lyrics
• Dylan Records Surprise Modern Times Follow-up
• Bob Dylan Reveals Together Through Life Track "Feel a Change Comin' On"

To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here

prev
Kelly Clarkson Calls Romantic Fantasies in "I Do Not Hook Up" Video "Comedy at Its Finest"
Music Main Next
Reunited Jane's Addiction Still Face Rocky Road, Says Farrell

Picks From Around the Web


blog comments powered by Disqus
Daily Newsletter

Get the latest RS news in your inbox.

Sign up to receive the Rolling Stone newsletter and special offers from RS and its
marketing partners.

X

We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy.

Most Popular

Photos & Videos

Go To Content

Random Notes: Hottest Rock Pictures

Go To Content Play Video

Video: Dave Grohl Sits in With the Rolling Stones

Go To Content

Gallery: Ray Manzarek Through the Years

Best Ever Lists
500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Other Lists

Song Stories

“Youth Knows No Pain”

Lykke Li | 2011

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”

More Song Stories entries »