Legendary singer Bob Dylan is all set to take a rather unlikely turn.
London, July 27 : Legendary singer Bob Dylan is all set to take a rather unlikely turn.
The mercurial musician has consented to the first hip-hop remix of one of his classic songs, Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine).
Dylan has sanctioned Mark Ronson, the dance world's hottest producer, to rework on the bittersweet break-up song from his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde.
After years of declining all offers to remix his record, Dylan, has decided that a hip-hop renovation is the finest way to initiate his generation-defining work to a new teenage audience.
The London-born Ronson is the DJ hitmaker behind Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen. He recently turned a song by The Smiths into a pop hit.
Ronson, the DJ hitmaker behind Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen, will revise Dylan's bluesy track and Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe will give the song its first airing next week.
Dylan's record company, Columbia Records, is hoping to prompt Dylan's revised work in a similar fashion to Elvis Presley's 'A Little Less Conversation' campaign.
"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. We hit on You'll Go Your Way because it already has a great rhythmic breakbeat. It's also got a timeless, universal lyric," Timesonline quoted Mike Smith, managing director of Columbia Records, as saying.
"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 severe criticism when he went electric in 1966, and reports are circulating that this hip-hop transition may provoke howls of protest as well.
ANI