Bob Dylan - May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs of Bob Dylan

Title: May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs of Bob Dylan Artist: Bob Dylan Release Date: 7/15/2003 Label: BMG International Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 074321470880, 766482516940, 743214708828 Genre: Rock Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Tribute Albums Moods: Freewheeling, Rousing, Sardonic, Searching, Bittersweet, Enigmatic, Fiery, Intimate, Lively, Yearning, Melancholy, Swaggering, Warm, Humorous, Laid-Back/Mellow, Organic, Passionate, Plaintive, Playful, Rebellious, Rollicking, Snide, Urgent, Witty, Earthy, Gritty, Provocative, Spiritual, Sprawling, Uncompromising, Outrageous, Acerbic, Cerebral, Cynical/Sarcastic, Literate, Poignant, Reflective, Romantic, Wistful, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. All Along the Watchtower
2. Masters of War
3. Blowin' in the Wind
4. Chimes of Freedom
5. Never Say Goodbye ['97 Version]
6. Series of Dreams
7. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
8. When the Night Comes Falling From the Sky
9. Seven Days [Live]
10. Trust Yourself
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Subterranean Homesick Blues
13. Ballad of a Thin Man
14. All I Really Want to Do
15. Sign on the Window
16. I Shall Be Released
17. Blind Willie McTell
18. Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
19. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD BMG International 47088 2003 CD BMG International 74321

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With only a pair of exceptions (think Hendrix and the Byrds), Bob Dylan's compositions are associated most with and recorded or performed best by Dylan himself. Tribute albums or collections of covers can never possess the grit and fire of his best material, especially those songs either intensely personal ("Positively 4th Street," "My Back Pages") or polemical ("Masters of War," "Talking World War III Blues"). Still, especially for great fans of Dylan's songs, hearing them in unfamiliar versions can often add meaning to lyrics or themes. May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs of Bob Dylan, a collection from German BMG Ariola, compiles versions separated by over three decades, most of them quite far afield from the originals but many of them performed by distinctive artists with something to add to the originals. Two of the best open the collection: Michael Hedges' atmospheric "All Along the Watchtower" and a mournful "Masters of War" from José Feliciano. The Box Tops' 1969 version of "I Shall Be Released" is a splendid fusion of country and soul, though Harry Nilsson's contribution is a ragged "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from 1974. At least half a dozen of the songs come from artists with far too much Dylan influence to make it on their own, including the Zimmermen, "Europe's number one Bob Dylan tribute band." ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bobby Bare ? Carlene Carter ? Dream Syndicate ? Gotthard ? Hans Peter Bushoff Compilation, Concept, Liner Notes Jennifer Warnes ? Jimmy Barnes ? José Feliciano ? Leningrad Cowboys ? Michael Hedges ? Phil Carmen ? Rita Chiarelli ? Sports ? Steve Keene ? Steven Keene Performer The Box Tops ? The Hooters ? The Jeff Healey Band ? The Zimmermen ? Thomas Helmig ? Thomas Sassenbach Realization Wolfgang Eckart Coordination