auto

Okay, it also features some more reasonable participants.

Pretty insane compilation! 75 tracks! Does look like some gems will be included. Wonder how much this will cost?

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International

Tracklist:

Disc 1
01. Raphael Saadiq – Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
02. Patti Smith – Drifter’s Escape
03. Rise Against – Ballad of Hollis Brown
04. Tom Morello The Nightwatchman – Blind Willie McTell
05. Pete Townshend – Corrina, Corrina
06. Bettye LaVette – Most of the Time
07. Charlie Winston – This Wheel’s On Fire
08. Diana Krall – Simple Twist of Fate
09. Brett Dennen – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
10. Mariachi El Bronx – Love Sick
11. Ziggy Marley – Blowin’ in the Wind
12. The Gaslight Anthem – Changing of the Guards
13. Silversun Pickups – Not Dark Yet
14. My Morning Jacket – You’re A Big Girl Now
15. The Airborne Toxic Event – Boots of Spanish Leather
16. Sting – Girl from the North Country
17. Mark Knopfler – Restless Farewell

Disc 2
01. Queens Of The Stone Age – Outlaw Blues
02. Lenny Kravitz – Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35
03. Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli – One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
04. Blake Mills – Heart Of Mine
05. Miley Cyrus – You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
06. Billy Bragg – Lay Down Your Weary Tune
07. Elvis Costello – License to Kill
08. Angelique Kidjo – Lay, Lady, Lay
09. Natasha Bedingfield – Ring Them Bells
10. Jackson Browne – Love Minus Zero/No Limit
11. Joan Baez – Seven Curses (Live)
12. The Belle Brigade – No Time To Think
13. Sugarland – Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (Live)
14. Jack’s Mannequin – Mr. Tambourine Man
15. Oren Lavie – 4th Time Around
16. Sussan Deyhim – All I Really Want To Do
17. Adele – Make You Feel My Love (Recorded Live at WXPN)

Disc 3
01. K’NAAN – With God On Our Side
02. Ximena Sariñana – I Want You
03. Neil Finn with Pajama Club – She Belongs to Me
04. Bryan Ferry – Bob Dylan’s Dream
05. Zee Avi – Tomorrow Is A Long Time
06. Carly Simon – Just Like a Woman
07. Flogging Molly – The Times They Are A-Changin’
08. Fistful Of Mercy – Buckets Of Rain
09. Joe Perry – Man Of Peace
10. Bad Religion – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
11. My Chemical Romance – Desolation Row (Live)
12. RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
13. Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren – Abandoned Love
14. Darren Criss featuring Chuck Criss and Freelance Whales – New Morning
15. Cage the Elephant – The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
16. Band of Skulls – It Ain’t Me, Babe
17. Sinéad O’Connor – Property of Jesus
18. Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project – Shelter From The Storm
19. Ke$ha – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
20. Kronos Quartet – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Disc 4
01. Maroon 5 – I Shall Be Released
02. Carolina Chocolate Drops – Political World
03. Seal & Jeff Beck – Like A Rolling Stone
04. Taj Mahal – Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream
05. Dierks Bentley – Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Live)
06. Mick Hucknall – One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
07. Thea Gilmore – I’ll Remember You
08. State Radio – John Brown
09. Dave Matthews Band – All Along the Watchtower (Live)
10. Michael Franti – Subterranean Homesick Blues
11. We Are Augustines – Mama, You Been On My Mind
12. Lucinda Williams – Tryin’ To Get To Heaven
13. Kris Kristofferson – Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
14. Eric Burdon – Gotta Serve Somebody
15. Evan Rachel Wood – I’d Have You Anytime
16. Marianne Faithfull – Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Live)
17. Pete Seeger – Forever Young
18. Bob Dylan – Chimes Of Freedom

cungar

Think I'll pick and choose the ones I want to download. No way in the world I'm paying for Kesha or Miley Cyrus crap.

DJLinus

I think Flogging Molly is just a *tad* bit more respectable than Miley and Ke$ha.

Interesting group of artists. I, too, will have to pick and choose.

Guru Askew

I can't wait to hear Dylan's take on "Chimes of Freedom".

Norm de Plume

^Dylan's own version from Another Side... is nice, but the ultimate version is the one by The Byrds.

Guru Askew

Sarcasm doesn't always translate so well online.

auto

He should have done a Ke$ha song.

auto

I have zero clue who they are but I could never get into a band with such an awful name.

cungar

A Statement from Kesha:


"OK like Check this out, there's this dude, Dylan. And he like totally used to write songs that said our government was bad. And he's really old and he sings like he just drank Drano. So like they asked me to sing one of his songs and I was like totally stoked dude. And this song is called Don't Think Twice It's Alright, dude. I think it's about like not thinking twice. And it'll be like totally Alright. Bitchin' huh?"

cungar

I always had that problem with "Godspeed You! Black Emperor"

kstublen

Her statement is obviously tongue-in-cheek and for her fans that might not know who Bob Dylan is. Ke$ha herself is absolutely familiar with with Bob Dylan and his music; people give her a lot of crap, but she's just playing a part. And she's good at what she does: writing well-constructed, catchy pop songs.

Decker

How about DMB's version of Watchtower. I'm sure this recording will cover all sorts of new musical territory not explored in their 15 previously recorded versions of that song.

DJLinus

Ah, gotcha. I'm drawing a blank right now, but I'm sure are other bands I feel that way about.

Flogging Molly put on a hell of a live show. Very fun and energetic.

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Ropes Pierre

i think it must be the holidays and the copious amounts of booze and a full belly, but i am curious what the Ke dollar sign ha take will sound like. I find her goofy music secretly intoxicating and would secretly or publicly love it if she actually nails a good serious attempt at a song here.

I am also surprised there is no GaGa on this.

Looking very forward to the gaslight anthem, steve earle, knopfler and kris Kristofferson songs.

auto

A crappy name can always be overcome if a band is awesome but I don't think these guys are gonna do it for me.

Thanks for the vid though. Always willing to try.

PopcornTreeCt

Adele performing "Make You Feel My Love" has been around for awhile. Pretty well done.

wendersfan

I'd much rather hear Miley Cyrus do "You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" than endure Sting's inevitably pretentious interpretation of "Girl From the North Country."

CRM114

Performed on a lute, I'm sure.

I don't know. I'm more than happy with the 2-disc I'm Not There soundtrack if you want a good Dylan tribute.

kstublen

Ke$ha - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

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Gerry P.

What an obnoxious voice. Was she drunk when she recorded this?

My Other Self

This is what she sounds like without autotune.

Ropes Pierre

i think with the haunting sound effects in the background and her pained delivery this could be played to signify a particularly poignant or dramatic moment during Grey's Anatomy.

Meredith...your baby will have three heads.

"...don't think twice...(constipated Ke$ha intones mournfully)...it's alright..."

DRG

So true.

Norm de Plume

Someone unplug her mic!

creekdipper

^ ^ ^

Painful to listen to. Sounds like she's badly in need of a laxative.

Tribute albums are always hit or miss. Usually a few original spins, a few horrible butcherings, and a lot of adequate covers that don't vary the original...just adds a new voice.

In Dylan's case, some people seem to prefer the covers due to their aversion to his voice. At any rate, it's a sure bet that most won't sound exactly like his vocal stylings.

Kind of intrigued by this due to the large amount of tracks for around $20 (I believe I saw it on Amazon or BN at that pre-order price). Don't know whether to wait & pick up a used copy later & read the reviews when it comes out or just buy the thing now knowing the inevitable downside.