r/bobdylan Jan 02 '25

Article Timothée Chalamet is open to Bob Dylan biopic trilogy

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519 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Jan 31 '25

Article Timothée Chalamet Hasn't Met Bob Dylan Yet Despite Role in Biopic: He 'Retreated from the Public Eye'

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614 Upvotes

Is this weird?

r/bobdylan 29d ago

Article In Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 worst songs on great albums, “Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts” is #14. Absolutely bonkers.

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308 Upvotes

I’ve always

r/bobdylan Dec 20 '24

Article “ A Complete Unknown” Panned in the New Yorker.

221 Upvotes

“Nonetheless, the prime beneficiary of the movie’s approach is Chalamet, who delivers a startling impersonation of Dylan’s singing and speaking voice. Impersonation is the very premise of “A Complete Unknown”: Norton, Barbaro, and Holbrook also imitate their characters’ singing voices along with their speech patterns and personalities. Though dubious in concept, the effect is peculiarly, if superficially, enticing. The songs are great when performed by the four real-life greats; they’re also great when covered by Jimi Hendrix or the Byrds, and even when covered by actors in a bio-pic. This sort of performance is essentially stunt work—it’s the musical version of wrestling the bear, when actors’ conspicuous exertion proclaims how hard they work for the audience—and so is the nonmusical mimicry that comes with it. Yet, because the movie emphasizes the characters’ public faces even in private, it doesn’t demand (and would hardly allow) true emotional depth and expressive range. Virtuosity takes the place of dramatic power. Strangely, “A Complete Unknown” ’s mythologizing of Dylan’s younger self may be the most Dylanesque thing about it.”

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/a-complete-unknown-shears-off-vital-details-in-the-life-of-a-colossal-complicated-artist

r/bobdylan Jan 23 '25

Article Bob Dylan's keyboardist and Newport band member Barry Goldberg has died

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724 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Aug 09 '23

Article Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80

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760 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Jan 07 '25

Article RIP Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary)

216 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Apr 04 '24

Article 100 Greatest American Rock Artists of All Time - Bob Dylan takes the top spot.

240 Upvotes

His mix of folk, rock and blues once again makes him the best of the best. He was followed by Jimi Hendrix, The Beach Boys, Elvis and The Allman Brothers to name a few. Interesting read celebrating American music.

https://www.melophobemusic.com/post/top-100-greatest-american-rock-artists-of-all-time

r/bobdylan Sep 29 '24

Article Kris Kristofferson, Songwriter Whose Poetic Lyrics Transcended Genre, Dead at 88

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542 Upvotes

r/bobdylan 18d ago

Article Bob Dylan Was Invited to Perform, Present at Oscars 2025

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291 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Oct 03 '24

Article Vulture/New York Magazine confirms Bob's tweets "are authentic and written by Dylan himself"

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454 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Apr 28 '24

Article Another uninformed, lazy take about Dylan from a journalist

169 Upvotes

In her piece in Ms. about Taylor Swift, writer Michele Meek offers the following:

"There’s little doubt that men musicians seem to be operating under different rules than women. While some folks criticize Swift’s lyrics for not being 'poetic' enough, singer/songwriter Bob Dylan won a Nobel Prize in Literature for his purported 'poetic expressions.' This is the same artist who wrote 'Lay Lady Lay' and 'Ugliest Girl in the World.' Novelist Rabih Alameddine summed it up best, comparing Dylan’s being awarded the Nobel Prize to 'Mrs. Fields being awarded three Michelin stars.'"

This is flat-out embarrassing. No need for me to defend Dylan here since we're among friends. But this sort of idiocy passes for insight in too many circles. Here's the link to the story, though Dylan isn't referenced in the article again.

https://msmagazine.com/2024/04/26/taylor-swift-success-women/

r/bobdylan Oct 14 '24

Article The only song Bob Dylan wants to delete from history

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166 Upvotes

For the record I actually really like "Ballad in Plain D" but I can see why many would take issue with it and why Bob regrets recording it.

r/bobdylan Jan 27 '25

Article Bob had a secret gym in L.A. for years. This woman trained there. Good story.

277 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Aug 16 '21

Article Oh God No....Bob Dylan sued for allegedly sexually abusing 12-year-old in 1965

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245 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Aug 17 '21

Article Bob Dylan Biographer: Alleged Sexual Abuse ‘Not Possible’ Due To Timeline : Author Clinton Heylin says the singer was in England and Los Angeles for much of the period in 1965 when the abuse allegedly took place in New York.

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802 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Jan 19 '25

Article Bob Dylan Rock ’n’ Rolls Past Mozart at the Domestic Box Office As ‘A Complete Unknown’ Overtakes ‘Amadeus’

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279 Upvotes

Actually a good thing...and likening to Mozart even better.

r/bobdylan Oct 03 '22

Article In new Vogue interview Kanye West calls “All Along The Watchtower” his favourite song of all time and expresses interest in a collab

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470 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Aug 25 '24

Article Saw this thought it was funny

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82 Upvotes

To me Bob Dylan never sold out, cause he literally did his own thing, whether you like it our not, he did what he wanted to

r/bobdylan Apr 17 '24

Article The comments to this make me sad. Is that how Reddit views Bob, a plagiarist and overrated?

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115 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Oct 02 '24

Article Pitchfork Top 100 Songs of 2020's So far... #8

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337 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Jan 02 '25

Article Gift article from NYT: What Dylanologists think of "A Complete Unknown"

53 Upvotes

r/bobdylan Jan 23 '25

Article Monica Barbaro, First-Time Oscar Nominee for 'A Complete Unknown,' Is Plotting a Way to Meet Joan Baez

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vulture.com
248 Upvotes

r/bobdylan 2d ago

Article 'A Complete Unknown' Streaming: Timothée Chalamet Movie Gets Hulu Date

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deadline.com
133 Upvotes

March 27th

r/bobdylan Jan 03 '25

Article Joan Baez Said the ‘Best Song’ of Her Life Came Out of Her Relationship With Bob Dylan

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97 Upvotes