Hello dear readers! Welcome to another musical edition of this blog. Are you sit and comfy? Good, let's begin then.
Today I decided to bring you one hit of a true worldwide music legend, a "sacred monster" who needs no introduction. I'm talking about Bob Dylan and the hit " Beyond Here Lies Nothin' ". Well, first of all I got to say I'm not exactly a fan of Bob Dylan, I'm not sure what makes me dislike his music, maybe it's his voice. Nonetheless, I acknowledge the invaluable contribution of the North-American singer/songwriter to Music, whose extensive legacy will endure forever. He's a source of inspiration of numerous artists, many of them well known to the grand public, who made countless covers of Bob Dylan's hits and had them included in their own repertoires.
Bob Dylan is an all around artist. Besides composing his own songs, he does the lyrics, sings and play instruments like the guitar, piano or harmonica. He's also an established poet and painter. Active in the world of Music since 1959, Bob Dylan won numerous awards, from Grammys to Golden Globes, and was inducted in 1982 into the Songwriter Hall of Fame and in 1988 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There's even a road with his name in his home state of Minnesota, USA, since 2008. Well, there's no point for me going further dissecting the man and the artist, since he's well known to all of you and otherwise the post would be gargantuan, because of the myriad of things to say about Bob Dylan.
Let us focus, then, on the hit called " Beyond Here Lies Nothin' ". I must say I've listened to this song countless times and I can't stop myself from listening and singing it, it's pure genius! It's included in Bob Dylan's 33rd (!) album titled Together Through Life, released in 2009, hitting the number one spot in the charts of countries like USA, UK, Austria, Denmark, Canada, Sweden, Argentina, Belgium or Portugal. The musical genre of the song is somewhere between Folk Rock and Blues and it was nominated for the Grammy Award for "Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo" at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010. In TV, this song was used in the final episode of Season 2 of (amazing!) TV series True Blood, whose title was precisely " Beyond Here Lies Nothin' ".
The official video I present you is directed by movie stunt and stunt double Nash Edgerton with Joel Stoffer and Amanda Aardsma in the acting. The video portrays an extremely violent struggle between man and wife, so the images are not exactly pretty!
Today I decided to bring you one hit of a true worldwide music legend, a "sacred monster" who needs no introduction. I'm talking about Bob Dylan and the hit " Beyond Here Lies Nothin' ". Well, first of all I got to say I'm not exactly a fan of Bob Dylan, I'm not sure what makes me dislike his music, maybe it's his voice. Nonetheless, I acknowledge the invaluable contribution of the North-American singer/songwriter to Music, whose extensive legacy will endure forever. He's a source of inspiration of numerous artists, many of them well known to the grand public, who made countless covers of Bob Dylan's hits and had them included in their own repertoires.
Bob Dylan is an all around artist. Besides composing his own songs, he does the lyrics, sings and play instruments like the guitar, piano or harmonica. He's also an established poet and painter. Active in the world of Music since 1959, Bob Dylan won numerous awards, from Grammys to Golden Globes, and was inducted in 1982 into the Songwriter Hall of Fame and in 1988 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There's even a road with his name in his home state of Minnesota, USA, since 2008. Well, there's no point for me going further dissecting the man and the artist, since he's well known to all of you and otherwise the post would be gargantuan, because of the myriad of things to say about Bob Dylan.
Let us focus, then, on the hit called " Beyond Here Lies Nothin' ". I must say I've listened to this song countless times and I can't stop myself from listening and singing it, it's pure genius! It's included in Bob Dylan's 33rd (!) album titled Together Through Life, released in 2009, hitting the number one spot in the charts of countries like USA, UK, Austria, Denmark, Canada, Sweden, Argentina, Belgium or Portugal. The musical genre of the song is somewhere between Folk Rock and Blues and it was nominated for the Grammy Award for "Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo" at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010. In TV, this song was used in the final episode of Season 2 of (amazing!) TV series True Blood, whose title was precisely " Beyond Here Lies Nothin' ".
The official video I present you is directed by movie stunt and stunt double Nash Edgerton with Joel Stoffer and Amanda Aardsma in the acting. The video portrays an extremely violent struggle between man and wife, so the images are not exactly pretty!
Apparently, Bob Dylan drew his inspiration from a Blues hit of the 50s by North-American musician Otis Rush, titled "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)". Since the hit is very good, it deserves to feature here and be heard by all of you dear readers (that and also because I'm extremely generous!). Compare the two songs and listen the resemblances here and there. To me, despite some obvious initial similarities, it seems the two carry on through different paths which, in the end, results in two very different songs. See you next time!
