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OK, We Didn’t Debut Dylan’s New Vid, But Who Exactly Are Slate’s “Dylanologists”?

12/8/06, 3:28 pm EST

Bob Dylan, Those hoping the video for Bob Dylan’s “Thunder On The Mountain” would feature hot-and-heavy scenes between Zim and Alicia Keys are going to be sorely disappointed. Instead, the filmmakers took forty years worth of Dylan footage — from Don’t Look Back to Masked and Anonymous — and mashed them all together. Slate debuts the video today, with a contest to win a guitar signed by Dylan. To win you need to identify the years that twenty stills from the video were taken and, in the event of a tie, write a four line couplet to the tune of “Thunder On The Mountain.” A panel of unnamed “expert Dylanologists” will serve as the judges. Who are these people? AJ Weberman?

The coolest thing about the video is seeing all that long bootlegged footage in pristine quality. I think I speak for all Dylan fans when I say it’s far past time for a DVD Bootleg Series. My sixth generation VHS copies of Hard Rain and the 1993 Supper Club shows just aren’t doing it anymore. Since that’s never going to happen, check out this insane collection of 375 Dylan videos on YouTube. Dylan pretty much got snubbed in the Grammy nominations yesterday, so let’s relive these past Dylan Grammy moments from 1980 , 1984 , 1991 and 1998. The tremendous speech from 1991 is reason enough to bring him back out next year.


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N.Y.O.B. | 12/8/2006, 4:03 pm EST

“Thunder on the Moutain”?!? Right there on the front page for all to see? Oh for fuck’s sake, looks like we’ve got another winner.

layla | 12/8/2006, 4:21 pm EST

great video

D | 12/8/2006, 4:31 pm EST

Where is the clip of ‘Soy Bomb’ crashing Dylan’s performance at the 98 Grammies while he was playing ‘Love Sick’ before the award was announced. Please, if somebody can find this post the link to it here. I haven’t seen that since it first aired and to the best of my memory Dylan gave a priceless look at the nutcase then continued performing like nothing out of the ordinary had happened.

Drunk and Obese | 12/8/2006, 4:31 pm EST

“A panel of unnamed Dylan ‘expert Dylanologists’ will serve as the judges.”

Redundancy Department of Redundancy

JudasConstant | 12/8/2006, 4:45 pm EST

Answers anyone?

marnr67 | 12/8/2006, 4:47 pm EST

thank god he shaved that pencil thin, pedofile mustache

Mr. G | 12/8/2006, 5:47 pm EST

Bobby Dylan is an American hero. Simple as that. Every fiber of what he has done is epic in every regard.

Seamus Donnelly | 12/9/2006, 12:12 am EST

Video was very well done

jonny345 | 12/9/2006, 10:37 am EST

jonny531

PjMacD | 12/9/2006, 11:48 pm EST

Unless it’s a performance, who watches videos anymore?

PjMacD | 12/9/2006, 11:59 pm EST

Having said that this is great song…as far as the Grammys go does anybody want to to see them get it really right? Where’s the fun in that? RocknRoll has got to accept that it’s not conducive to these kind of awards shows. Its like trying to bottle a hangover.

CGEffect | 12/10/2006, 1:01 pm EST

I didn’t even know Dylan made 20 music videos. Unless archive footage counts.

I guarantee you Dylan will be nominated next year. They did the same thing to U2 and then they all of the sudden cleaned house the next year.

Lety | 12/10/2006, 1:48 pm EST

D-”VH1’s 100 Most Shocking Rock Concert Moments”Soy Bomb 98 Grammy Awards clip-(Semaj’s Blog your Blog)

jonny306 | 12/17/2006, 12:01 am EST

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Videos for D | 12/30/2006, 12:23 am EST

lubo | 1/11/2007, 8:51 pm EST

I was listeing to BobDylan’s new record again last night. It’s really amazingly good. The Bells of Saint Mary reminded me of an old story I’d told Anne B, saying you’re supposed to be Saint Anne’s bark, and so “our daughter” is the Virgin Mary. In 2004 when they stole my car Mary Donald walked by. She married the Prince who’s Lutheran Queen mother is also the head of their church. he looked OK, as is she’s the virgin mary. But you see in 1972 Anne’s best friend was named jane donald. So is Mary Donald related to good old Jane? and that’s one of the best albums I’ve ever heard. But I was robbed you see and they got everything and even used my credit card interstate to stay at Formula One motel. It’s as if the guys renting me a room now, had a crew who stalked me since 2002 and Bob’s record kinda details that and the video has a likeness of the landlord now. Dodson, Deacon Dodso.
Anyway, Anne hates me. She lives in Dover heights in a 3 story townhouse, must be worth 2 million?
One million?
Best album Dylan’s ever done.
http://www.heatherjeane.com

don | 1/20/2007, 2:43 pm EST

some fantastic footage…I’ve read about Lennon and Dylan in Eat the Document but it was great 2 see them together on film..nice touch

Whalespoon | 5/1/2007, 4:09 pm EST

So much Renaldo and Clara footage in the video–when, o when, are we going to be able to legitimately purchase the 4 hour version, Bob???

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