Bob Dylan se fait remixer (décidément…)
Lu sur le net ce matin : Bob Dylan vient de donner son accord pour qu’un producteur réalise un remix hip-hop d’un de ses titres. Bon, le producteur choisi n’est autre que Mark Ronson, probablement l’un des mecs qui a le plus de connexions dans l’industrie du disque, mais l’info est suffisament intéressante pour être mentionnée sur ce blog. Comme quoi tout est possible !
Legendary singer Bob Dylan recently consented to the first hip-hop remix of one of his classic tracks, after declining several offers in the past.
According to foreign press, the singer has sanctioned Mark Ronson (leading producer in the dance world) to rework his classic song, “Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine),” a break-up song from Dylan’s 1996 album, Blonde On Blonde.
With the new remix, Dylan hopes the rework will introduce his work to a whole new generation of teenage fans, despite declining requests to remix the record before.
“It is the first time Bob has agreed to anything like this. We want to bring his music to an audience unfamiliar with Dylan in a similar fashion to the Elvis campaign,” said Mike Smith, managing director of Columbia Records. “We hit on ‘You’ll Go Your Way’ because it already has a great rhythmic breakbeat. It’s also got a timeless, universal lyric…
“It’s not such a familiar song that people will cry, ‘Sacrilege’. It will also confound people’s expectations of Bob, which he has done throughout his career. We hope the fans will see this as an addition to the canon, not a desecration. It’s a new interpretation of Bob’s world and adds to the mystery. We all approached the remix with respect and awe,” he added.
Dylan faced criticism in 1966 when he went electric, and with this new move into hip-hop, many feel it may provoke protest as well.
London-born Ronson is one of the dance world’s most popular DJ/producers. He is responsible for producing music for both Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen, and recently turned a song by The Smiths into a pop hit.
Source : ballerstatus.net
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