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USA Today
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Dave Stewart was playing Dylan songs as a teen. Now he's made an album of them
Dave Stewart is known as half of '80s New Wave powerhouse Eurythmics. He's also well-regarded for his production and writing with Mick Jagger, Tom Petty, Jon Bon Jovi and Ringo Starr, and for crafting the music for Broadway's 'Ghost the Musical' and 'The Time Traveller's Wife.' But Stewart's 40-year friendship and collaborative relationship with Bob Dylan is a revelation for most. Then again, this is the guy who, at 72, cheerfully reminds you that he's 'always working on about five different things at once. If you've got the greatest job in the world, why stop? It's not like I'm going to retire from having a good time.' Stewart's affection for Dylan's lauded catalog is etched in his new 'Dave Does Dylan' album. Originally released in April exclusively for Record Store Day, the 14 tracks blend well-worn classics ('Lay, Lady, Lay,' 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door') with deep cuts ('To Ramona,' an album track on 1964's 'Another Side of Bob Dylan'). The Stewart-Dylan connection is perhaps deepest on 'Emotionally Yours,' a 1985 cut from Dylan's 'Empire Burlesque' album featuring a video shot by Stewart as Dylan wandered Camden High Street in North London. The charmingly chatty Stewart spoke last spring, and hadn't yet seen 'A Complete Unknown,' the fictionalized take on a portion of Dylan's career. But he shares plenty about his time with the bard. More: Lady Gaga thrills at theatrical Mayhem Ball tour kickoff: Review Question: You've known Dylan since 1985, so is this an album you've wanted to do for a long time, but your schedule interfered? Dave Stewart: Over the last year for fun I was putting my iPhone on a stick and singing a Dylan song (for social media). People were saying how much they loved them, so after doing about 24 videos, I thought, "Why not just do 14 songs that are exactly what you see on Instagram?" The iPhone was filming it and the mic was picking up what I was singing. I didn't think I was making an album, but I was! You mention that Dylan's lyrics and melodies have kept you company through the best and worst of times. How did you determine which songs fall in those categories? I could have made another album with all of the songs I left off. I was making it more for the people buying the vinyl album and how the songs flowed. When I was 15 I'd get into a folk club and sing "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and it would shock people because it was 1960s England and they were singing coal miner songs. Then I'd buy Dylan albums and lay on the floor stoned, listening to all four sides of "Blonde on Blonde." And then years later you heard from the man himself. I got a real shock in 1980something when the phone rang in the studio and the receptionist said, "Bob Dylan is on the phone." The minute he started speaking I knew it was real because it was impossible to imitate that voice. From then on we became friends. The back cover of your album is a photo of you shooting Dylan for the 'Emotionally Yours' video. It seems as if you have an easy rapport with the notoriously shy guy. When I'm with him, we just talk like two people talking. Bob talked in a '60 Minutes' interview that he knew something was different about him when he was a kid and then he realized it was a special thing. I know what he means when people ask me, "How did you write this or that song?" It's not that you don't want to explain, it's just some kind of feeling, and I understand that. More: Robert Plant announces fall 2025 US tour with Saving Grace: Cities, dates, tickets Back to your previous life, do you think you and Eurythmics partner Annie Lennox will ever do anything together again? We haven't toured since 1999, and we were offered touring. Annie says she can do some songs for other people (she performed for Joni Mitchell and Elton John at their respective Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concerts) but doesn't want to tour. Basically she's like, Eurythmics was then. But the songs live on, so I like playing Eurythmics songs. I think Annie is happy doing her own thing. But you, of course, are always working on something. I'm not a person who wants to control stuff. I like to relinquish control and let stuff happen. That could be chaotic to the people living it, but it's a fun thing that happens. When I look back at my life with things like the Traveling Wilburys recording in my back garden (Stewart lent George Harrison his California home and the supergroup with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Harrison was formed around his kitchen table), you have to let things just happen. It's a way of allowing your mind to actually be open to endless possibilities and not go bonkers.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘80s Music Icon Pays Tribute to His Legendary Friend of 40 Years
'80s Music Icon Pays Tribute to His Legendary Friend of 40 Years originally appeared on Parade. , best known as half of the groundbreaking '80s group Eurythmics, has been friends with for more than 40 years and he is paying tribute to the legendary songwriter on his latest solo album. Dave Does Dylanwas originally released as a limited-edition vinyl exclusive on Record Store Day, April 12, but on Friday, July 18 it's coming to all streaming platforms. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 The 14-song album features Stewart's one-take performances of Dylan classics, including 'Lay, Lady, Lay,' 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door,' and 'Forever Young.' The project took root while Stewart was on tour. In his hotel room and backstage at shows, he'd put his iPhone on a stand and record himself doing Dylan. 'Whenever I was waiting in-between something, I just started to put an iPhone on a little stick and sing a Bob Dylan song. I was just doing it for fun, and then I would put one up on Instagram every now and then and people would say, 'Oh, we love this! Why don't you make an album of this?'' Stewart told Billboard. For those fans still seeking the vinyl edition, there's good news. A new limited-edition version of the album on sky-blue vinyl is being offered exclusively through TalkShopLive, which will live stream an interview with Stewart on Aug. 13 in advance of the Aug. 29 release of the new vinyl variant. Stewart is also promoting the release with an episode of Recorded Live at Analog at Nashville's Hutton Hotel. He performed songs from Dave Does Dylan accompanied by strings, pedal steel guitar, and keyboards. The special premieres on public TV on Sept. himself has offered Stewart high praise in the past. 'Captain Dave is a dreamer and a fearless innovator, a visionary of high order, very delicately tractable on the surface but beneath that, he's a slamming, thumping, battering ram, very mystical but rational and sensitive when it comes to the hot irons of art forms. An explosive musician, deft guitar player, innately recognizes the genius in other people and puts it into play without being manipulative,' he said in a statement. 'With him, there's mercifully no reality to yesterday. He is incredibly gracious and soulful, can command the ship and steer the course, dragger, trawler or man of war, Captain Dave.' Meanwhile, Stewart is touring Europe this summer with Dave Stewart Eurythmics featuring , with the Australian singer stepping in for original Eurythmics vocalist . '80s Music Icon Pays Tribute to His Legendary Friend of 40 Years first appeared on Parade on Jul 17, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
Times
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
The Times Daily Quiz: Thursday July 10, 2025
1 Which apostle is known in Spanish as San Pedro? 2 How many people formed each of the music groups Eurythmics, Wham! and Outkast? 3 Act III of which Engelbert Humperdinck opera sees the titular children shove the witch into an oven? 4 In Leigh Hunt's poem The Nile, who is referred to as the 'laughing queen'? 5 The movie studio Titanic Studios is located on Queen's Road in which UK capital? 6 Introduced in 1959, in April what was named the 'best British car ever made'? 7 The Mariinsky Ballet in Saint Petersburg is also known by which former Soviet name? 8 Which 2017 Armando Iannucci film was billed as a 'comedy of terrors'? 9 In 1908, who succeeded his father Alfred as Conservative MP for West Worcestershire (Bewdley)? 10 The XJ6 (1968) was the last new Jaguar car launched under the leadership of which company founder? 11 A type of cyanometer, the Linke scale is used to measure the blueness of what? 12 What did Edmund Wilson say was 'the opium of the intellectuals'? 13 Philip Roth modelled Mickey Sabbath in Sabbath's Theater on which US painter, known for If Not, Not? 14 Ella Toone and Millie Turner play for which Women's Super League football team? 15 Which Talking Heads concert film is pictured? Scroll down for answersAnswers1 St Peter 2 Two 3 Hansel and Gretel 4 Cleopatra 5 Belfast 6 Mini 7 Kirov Ballet 8 The Death of Stalin 9 Stanley Baldwin 10 William Lyons 11 The sky 12 Marxism 13 RB Kitaj 14 Manchester United 15 Stop Making Sense
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ageless ‘80s Icon, 70, Looks and Sounds 'Beautiful' in Stripped Down Performance: ‘I Am 25 Again'
Ageless '80s Icon, 70, Looks and Sounds 'Beautiful' in Stripped Down Performance: 'I Am 25 Again' originally appeared on Parade. Annie Lennox, 70, looks and sounds like no time has passed since the Eurythmics burst onto the music scene in the 1980s. The singer—known as much for her signature short pixie cut as for her smooth, silky voice—recently shared a stripped-down performance of the band's 1983 hit 'Here Comes the Rain Again,' and fans can't help but notice that Lennox's voice and beauty have stood the test of hasn't released an album since Nostalgia, her 2014 collection of jazz and blues covers. But she's remained firmly in the spotlight as an activist and philanthropist. The award-winning singer-songwriter is also set to release a 200-page photo retrospective book in September 2025. That doesn't mean she's left music behind. In a video shared on social media earlier this year, Lennox appears seated alone at a piano as she delivers a soulful acoustic version of 'Here Comes the Rain Again.' Fans embraced the raw performance of one of the 1980s' defining songs, flooding the comment section with admiration.'Beautiful words from an amazingly beautiful badass who still has it, you go girl!' one fan wrote. 'Still like clean glass—beautiful,' said another. One admirer added, 'God, this woman is a treasure.' 'Still beautiful, still beautiful voice,' another fan noted, while one more confessed, 'When I hear your voice, I am 25 again.' We know the feeling. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Ageless '80s Icon, 70, Looks and Sounds 'Beautiful' in Stripped Down Performance: 'I Am 25 Again' first appeared on Parade on Jun 30, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
Tom's Guide
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
If I started playing guitar from scratch again this is the electo-acoustic guitar I'd buy right now — and it's 10% off at Guitar Center
My first memory of playing a guitar was sat on some steps near school trying (and failing) to learn the synth line from the Eurythmics classic Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). I fumbled about and hit the strings in a way that made some kind of sound. Fortunately, you don't have to make the same public embarrassment of yourself as I did, because the Lava Music Me Play acoustic guitar has a small smart display that acts as a tuner, tutor and recording studio and it's down to just $359 at Guitar Center. It looks like a slightly quirkier version of an electro-acoustic guitar (since that's what it is), so you don't need an amp to get started, but can plug it in if you want to turn up the volume. This is handy, since the body has an all-weather design so you can play it outside in summer sun without lugging equipment around. The Lava Music Me Play is easily one of the greatest guitars for beginners. It's portable, has a built-in digital tuner and metronome, and has effects, drum loops and a recorder all easily accessible, even when unplugged. It's aimed at new players, but also makes an excellent travel companion for all guitarists. As much as I'd normally say 'smart' things are usually a way to make you spend more on a product you'd need to upgrade pretty quickly (a standard acoustic guitar from 50 years ago can still play just as well today if taken care of, for example), I think there's a good reason to still put the Lava Music Me Play in your basket. The touchscreen display gives you access to a built-in digital tuner — I really hate needing to tune the guitar, so anything to make it easier is a plus in my book. But there are plenty of cheap tuners you can buy, so the real reason to pick up the Me Play is the effects and recording tools. The Lava Music Me Play uses the rear of the guitar as a speaker, so it can add effects even when you're playing on the go without any amplification. You can program drum loops, start a metronome so you can keep time, but the most interesting is the effects. Normally, you'd need a separate powered effects peddle, which means no interesting sounds while playing unplugged (plus, extra expense to buy the effects pedal). The Lava Music Me Play uses the rear of the guitar as a speaker, so it can add effects even when you're playing on the go without any amplification. It's an impressive feature, and means that you can loop parts, add effects and create beats to play a song, even when all you have is your acoustic guitar. GuitarZero2Hero described it as a "travel guitar" in their review, so if you're after something you can take around with you without compromising on sound and effects, you'll definitely want to check out the Lava Me Play, especially if you want to celebrate the reunion of 90s heroes Oasis by screaming your heart out playing Wonderwall.
