The Bob Dylan Copyright Extension Collection
2011 beschloss die EU eine Schutzfristenverlängerung von 50 auf 70 Jahre, nach denen die Rechte an Werken gemeinfrei werden. Diese Fristen-Verlängerung greift allerdings nur dann, wenn die Werke innerhalb der letzten 50 Jahre veröffentlicht wurden, das heisst: Songs, die nach 1962 nicht mehr veröffentlicht wurden, sind laut dieser Regelung gemeinfrei (die Regelung greift erst ab 2014, aber prinzipiell wäre dass dann so).
Was macht man da also als Label, wenn die Arbeiten eines der bekanntesten Songwriters der Welt auf einmal in die Public Domain fallen könnten? Klare Sache, man veröffentlicht hastig schlampig zusammengestellte Compilations wie „Motown Unreleased 1962“ oder am unverschämtesten natürlich Sony mit Bob Dylans „The Copyright Extension Collection“, die hundert mal gepresst wurde und mittlerweile auf Ebay für mehr als 1000$ weggeht. Selbstverständlich alles zum Wohle des Künstlers.
In 2011 the European Union revised its copyright laws to extend copyright to 70 years. The change is not yet in effect but will be by 2014. And there’s a catch, a “use it or lose it” provision: recordings cannot benefit from the 20-year extension unless they were published before the 50-year term expired. The recordings on “The 50th Anniversary Collection” were about to fall over that legal precipice. […]
There was another concern. In Europe smaller labels have been releasing recordings that have gone out of copyright as public domain compilations — so-called gray market discs — including some by Mr. Dylan. Typically, these companies have not had access to master tapes but have released material that has already appeared on bootlegs, often in superb but not master quality. Sony hopes to fight those labels with this release and any sequels.
Old Hardware-Junk plays Bob Dylan
Vimeo Direktbob, via Designboom
Schickes Commercial für ‘nen Druckerhersteller, in dem sie mit jeder Menge alter Hardware Bob Dylans „The Times they are a-changing“ spielen. Das Konzept ist zwar schon kräftig durchgelutscht, ist aber noch lange nicht wirklich durch, wenn’s so schick gefilmt und elaboriert aufgeführt wird, wie oben. Hier noch ein Makin-Of-Clip:
we decided to create a full-scale orchestra, made entirely out of discarded relics from the old world of printing. Printers, scanners, copiers, fax machines, modems, hard drives — a scrapheap symphony, reprogrammed and rewired to perform Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’”. Because the old world of printing has come to an end. And this is their swansong.
To [isthisgood?] fell the arduous task of making the discarded printer relics sing, through a rigorous process of soldering, reprogramming, hacking, and re-wiring. They even custom designed their own circuit board, so as to control all of the printers from one main computer.
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Old Hardware plays House of the Rising Sun
Ghostbusters on 8 Floppy-Drives
Alter Computerschrott spielt Radioheads „Nude“ – echt jetz!
Radiohead and 394 Floppys playing the Imperial March
The Neuroscience of Bob Dylan
Der Guardian hat einen sehr schönen Auszug aus Jonah Lehrers Buch “Imagine: How Creativity works”, in dem er ein paar Sachen über Bob Dylans “Like a Rolling Stone” erzählt. Das Buch ist auf meiner Must-Read-List und der Song ist seit hundert Jahren das erste Mittel der Wahl um Sachen zu machen. Like a rolling stone.
Although Dylan’s creativity remained a constant – he wrote because he didn’t know what else to do – there were increasing signs that he was losing interest in creating music. The only talent he cared about was being ruined by fame. The breaking point probably came after a brief vacation in Portugal, where Dylan got a vicious case of food poisoning. The illness forced him to stay in bed for a week, giving the singer a rare chance to reflect. “I realised I was very drained,” Dylan would later confess. “I was playing a lot of songs I didn’t want to play. It’s very tiring having other people tell you how much they dig you if you yourself don’t dig you.”
Bob Dylan-themed Birthday Party for 2yr old Kid
Der zweijährige Holden hat von seinen Eltern eine „Milton Glasers Bob Dylan-Poster“-themed Geburtstagsparty bekommen. Der Kleine wird mal mindestens Präsident des bekannten Universums, wahnsinnig grandiose Idee.
The moment Holden picked up his ukulele and stuck a harmonica in his mouth, we knew we had a tiny Bob Dylan on our hands. Naturally, the next logical step was to convert our building lounge into a rock club for his 2nd birthday party!
Holden’s favorite music teacher, John Carlin of The Kids Music Underground, was coming to perform so we created a kid-friendly stage area complete with theater curtain, custom music-themed posters (including our own version of Milton Glaser’s famous Dylan illustration), prop guitars and a Fender amp. Club-goers were given “admit one, age two” wristbands upon entering the party, and VIP family wore laminated all-access passes. The Dylan poster art appeared again on yet another cake crafted by the talented crew at Betty Bakery, and Holden’s lil rockstar buddies left the show with branded harmonicas as favors.
Junge Polizistin hält Bob Dylan für einen Penner, like a rolling stone, complete unknown
Das ist doch mal ein Zufall: Exakt 40 Jahre nach Woodstock (das Festival startete am 15. August 1969) Vergangenen Monat hat eine junge Polizistin einen scheinbar im Regen herumstreunenden Penner namens Bob Dylan aufgegriffen, weil der verdächtig aussah. Die neuen Terroristen: Bob Dylans.
“We got a call for a suspicious person,” Buble said. “It was pouring rain outside, and I was right around the corner so I responded. By that time he was walking down the street. I asked him what he was doing in the neighborhood and he said he was looking at a house for sale.”
“I asked him what his name was and he said, ‘Bob Dylan,’ Buble said. “Now, I’ve seen pictures of Bob Dylan from a long time ago and he didn’t look like Bob Dylan to me at all. He was wearing black sweatpants tucked into black rain boots, and two raincoats with the hood pulled down over his head.
“So I said, ‘OK Bob, what are you doing in Long Branch?’ He said he was touring the country with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. So now I’m really a little fishy about his story. I did not know what to believe or where he was coming from, or even who he was. We see a lot of people on our beat, and I wasn’t sure if he came from one of our hospitals or something,” Buble said.
New Jersey Homeowner Calls Cops on Bob Dylan (via BoingBoing)
Bob Dylan Mashup-Album
Hier einer für die Puristen unter Euch: Tomtom hat ein komplettes Bob Dylan Mashup-Album gemixt. Über das Ergebnis kann man streiten, für mich funktionieren die Tracks mit Dylan vs Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dylan vs Yeah Yeah Yeahs und Dylan vs Eagles of Death Metal am besten. Ich weiß ja, dass oben benannte Puristen gleich auf mich einprügeln werden, aber es tut gut, den ollen Protestsongwriter endlich mal im Mashup-Universum zu sehen und alle Tracks sind immer noch bessere Songs, als das Ding, das da jetzt auf der Demo gelaufen ist. Wenn schon Protestsongs, dann von Dylan. Jetzt auch als Mashup, hell yeah!
I Can’t Stand Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan vs. Police)
Freight Train Control (Bob Dylan vs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Rapture (Let me Follow You Down) (Bob Dylan vs. The Rapture)
Tambourines are from Barcelona (Bob Dylan vs. I’m from Barcelona)
The Man in Secret Plans (Bob Dylan vs. Eagles of Death Metal)
Subterranean Time Warp Blues (Bob Dylan vs. Rocky Horror Show)
Blowin’ in my Mind (2009 version) (Bob Dylan vs. Pixies)
Fire Coming Out of Oxford Town (Bob Dylan vs. Gorillaz)
Take me Out Blues (Bob Dylan vs. Franz Ferdinand)
Knockin’ on Ziggy’s Big Ego (Bob Dylan & David Bowie vs. Dr. Dre)
All Along the Love Lockdown (Bob Dylan vs. Kanye West)
Make it in the Morning (Bob Dylan vs. Queens of the Stone Age)
Lay Bittersweet Lady (Bob Dylan vs. The Verve)
Knockin’ on Ziggy’s Door (long mix) (Bob Dylan vs. David Bowie)
Dylan mashed (via Audioporncentral)
I Stole This Idea From Bob Dylan
So lass’ ich mir Hip Hop gefallen. Ausnahmsweise mal. Außerdem klingt’s eher nach Massive Attack in der „Mezzanine“-Phase. Video dazu nach dem Klick.
Gib mir den Rest, Baby…
Die Wahrheit ?ber alle Popsongs der letzten 35 Jahre
Bob Dylan, the so-called voice of a generation, is actually repsonsible for every hit song of the past 35 years.
Bob Dylan hatte ja jede Menge Hits. Dass er aber auch Fight for your Right to Party, My Humps und I like big butts geschrieben hat, das wusste ich bisher nicht.
How does it feel…
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?
People’d call, say, “Beware doll, you’re bound to fall”
You thought they were all kiddin’ you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin’ out
Now you don’t talk so loud
Now you don’t seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
(Bob Dylan – Like a rolling Stone, Live 1966 in Manchester)
