As The Voice’s Season 25 Blind Auditions neared their conclusion Monday, we were introduced to a standout that one coach went so far as to liken to Brandy, a would-be winner who gave a performance that could only be called Dylanesque, and a country boy with as much gravel in his vocal as you’d find on a dirt road in Nowhereseville. Read on, and we’ll review all the singers who advanced from Night 5 of the Blinds.
Ronnie Wilson (Team Legend), “Pillowtalk” — Grade: C | Despite starting out his Zayn cover singing with the clarity of a bell, this 28-year-old...
Ronnie Wilson (Team Legend), “Pillowtalk” — Grade: C | Despite starting out his Zayn cover singing with the clarity of a bell, this 28-year-old...
- 3/12/2024
- by Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
In 2003, Bob Dylan starred in Masked and Anonymous, a movie he wrote with screenwriter Larry Charles. The film featured multiple big-name stars and was the fruit of an extended collaboration between Dylan and Charles. When it came out, though, Dylan told his co-writer point-blank that he would not see the movie.
Bob Dylan did not want to see the movie ‘Masked and Anonymous’
Dylan and Charles initially began collaborating on a slapstick comedy series for HBO. While the network green-lit the show, Dylan immediately decided he didn’t want to go through with it. Instead, he and Charles began working on a film.
The end product was Masked and Anonymous, which stars Dylan as a musician who has recently left prison to put on a charity concert. His co-stars were Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson, Val Kilmer, and Penelope Cruz, among others. Dylan was excited about the film,...
Bob Dylan did not want to see the movie ‘Masked and Anonymous’
Dylan and Charles initially began collaborating on a slapstick comedy series for HBO. While the network green-lit the show, Dylan immediately decided he didn’t want to go through with it. Instead, he and Charles began working on a film.
The end product was Masked and Anonymous, which stars Dylan as a musician who has recently left prison to put on a charity concert. His co-stars were Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson, Val Kilmer, and Penelope Cruz, among others. Dylan was excited about the film,...
- 7/16/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles were the unquestioned masters of popular music in 1966. Bob Dylan was one of the few musicians who could rival them, but even he took a back seat to the Fab Four. Their chart success decisively proved how wrong the singer who called John Lennon and Paul McCartney idiots was. Despite the success, Marianne Faithfull said The Beatles behaved like scared little boys when they met Dylan after one concert. They could barely speak that night. Yet The Beatles (eventually) had nice things to say about Dylan.
The Beatles were just ‘scared little boys’ in Bob Dylan’s presence, according to Marianne Faithfull
The Fab Four already had several No. 1 hits in England before they made it big in the United States. They stormed the U.S. in early 1964, placing 31 of the 64 singles that became top 100 songs on the Billboard charts that year. Dylan never had a No. 1 song.
The Beatles were just ‘scared little boys’ in Bob Dylan’s presence, according to Marianne Faithfull
The Fab Four already had several No. 1 hits in England before they made it big in the United States. They stormed the U.S. in early 1964, placing 31 of the 64 singles that became top 100 songs on the Billboard charts that year. Dylan never had a No. 1 song.
- 7/2/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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John Lennon said The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” could’ve been about a pudding basin.He discussed the tone of the song. John discussed another Beatles song where he mentioned a walrus. The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer
John Lennon said The Beatles‘ “I Am the Walrus” could have been about a “pudding basin” instead. In addition, he discussed the tone of the song. John said his attitude toward lyrics changed when he was writing one of his post-Beatles albums.
John Lennon said The Beatles’ ‘I Am the Walrus’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ included his avant-garde material that was ‘usable’
The book Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon includes an interview from 1980. In it, Yoko Ono said John produced some avant-garde material at his home.
“I would take the sort of most usable [material] and add it to The Beatles, or to my tracks of The Beatles,...
John Lennon said The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” could’ve been about a pudding basin.He discussed the tone of the song. John discussed another Beatles song where he mentioned a walrus. The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer
John Lennon said The Beatles‘ “I Am the Walrus” could have been about a “pudding basin” instead. In addition, he discussed the tone of the song. John said his attitude toward lyrics changed when he was writing one of his post-Beatles albums.
John Lennon said The Beatles’ ‘I Am the Walrus’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ included his avant-garde material that was ‘usable’
The book Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon includes an interview from 1980. In it, Yoko Ono said John produced some avant-garde material at his home.
“I would take the sort of most usable [material] and add it to The Beatles, or to my tracks of The Beatles,...
- 1/29/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Todd Haynes is known for his uniquely experimental approach to filmmaking, but 2007's "I'm Not There" might be his most ambitiously inventive project to date. So ambitious, it seems, that his characteristic directorial flair confused one of the film's stars — namely, Heath Ledger.
Having already taken on the entire Glam Rock era with 1998's "Velvet Goldmine," Haynes turned his attention to an even more daunting task: telling Bob Dylan's life story. The director first had to come up with a concept interesting enough to persuade the notoriously mercurial Dylan to grant permission to depict his life on-screen. Naturally, he came up with a film that, on the surface, didn't seem to be about Bob Dylan at all. Instead, six actors would portray six different characters with names like Arthur Rimbaud, Jack Rollins, and Robbie Clark — all versions of Dylan at various points in his life.
The inventive concept won over the iconic musician,...
Having already taken on the entire Glam Rock era with 1998's "Velvet Goldmine," Haynes turned his attention to an even more daunting task: telling Bob Dylan's life story. The director first had to come up with a concept interesting enough to persuade the notoriously mercurial Dylan to grant permission to depict his life on-screen. Naturally, he came up with a film that, on the surface, didn't seem to be about Bob Dylan at all. Instead, six actors would portray six different characters with names like Arthur Rimbaud, Jack Rollins, and Robbie Clark — all versions of Dylan at various points in his life.
The inventive concept won over the iconic musician,...
- 11/9/2022
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Wilco’s first big gesture when they formed in the Nineties was to leave behind the sound of co-founder Jeff Tweedy’s first band, Midwestern alt-country icons Uncle Tupelo. It was a smart move, since at the time even the kind of people who liked iconic Midwestern alt-country were starting to get word that the dread cult of “authenticity” was becoming toxic and freighted. It also helped that the band excelled at other stuff, especially on the sonically rangy 1996 double LP Being There and 2002’s post-rock-garlanded classic Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
- 5/27/2022
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Bruce Springsteen looks old. He doesn’t seem like he’s old — at 71, he appears to be in better physical shape than most of us were at 21. Judging from the vigor he shows in Letter to You, Thom Zimny’s documentary (it begins streaming on Apple TV on Oct. 23rd), you sense that he could walk onstage right now and easily knock out a four-hour live show, if live shows were still a thing. His songwriting hasn’t diminished, as this look at the recording of the album of the...
- 10/21/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
In the midst of President Trump’s impeachment hearings, Neon Indian is out with a new protest song that sounds like anything but a political dirge. Instead, it’s a super-bright, festive piñata — just packed with goodies that no one bargained for.
Alan Palomo dropped “Toyota Man” with a dizzying self-directed video that tells an alternate history of the Monterrey, Mexico, native’s life story (his parents make an appearance). Palomo kicks off the video standing at the U.S.-Mexico border flipping through Spanish cue cards — very Dylanesque — then...
Alan Palomo dropped “Toyota Man” with a dizzying self-directed video that tells an alternate history of the Monterrey, Mexico, native’s life story (his parents make an appearance). Palomo kicks off the video standing at the U.S.-Mexico border flipping through Spanish cue cards — very Dylanesque — then...
- 11/14/2019
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
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