When I heard Bob Dylan had put out a Christmas album, my first thought was “This is a joke right…?”
And my second was “Had he covered the world’s most grating festive tune – Feliz Navidad?”
The answer to that is no. But there’s plenty of other classic carols to satisfy all your seasonal cravings.
Pitchfork describes it best: “When Bob Dylan– the patron saint of sneering, disaffected poets– announced he was releasing a collection of classic Christmas songs for charity, smirkers got smirkier: What, after all, is more absurd than a beloved iconoclast embracing the schmaltziest, most achingly commercial genre of all? It sounded insane. And it is insane, sort of.”
The idea of it is insane yes, but listen to it. Somehow pretend it’s not Dylan, more like a record from the dusty collection of your errant uncle and it all becomes okay. Plus it’s all going to charity. The perfect soundtrack to the Christmas joys of cuddling your lover and looking at lights. Preview the merry wee album at Bob Dylan’s site.
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Hi Amber,
On behalf of Bob Dylan, many thanks for plugging “Christmas In The Heart”, the charity album benefiting Feeding America, Crisis and the World Food Programme … .. and, if your readers want good quality, non-pirated, previews, then “Must Be Santa” is available for fans and bloggers to post / host / share etc from http://www.myspace.com/bobdylan and a special widget is also available from http://www.bobdylan.com/#/christmas-in-the-heart-donate... .. for further details of the album, on-line promotions, videos and 2009 / 2010 shows, check-out http://www.bobdylan.com and http://www.youtube.com/bobdylantv... .. and keep an eye on these official sources for details of further news and preview material.
Please do visit the official web-sites of Feeding America, Crisis and the World Food Programme for information on their charitable work and on how to make donations : help to make this Christmas special for those in need.
Thanks again for your plug.
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