In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's it is Magokoro Brothers performing a cover of "My Back Pages"
In the past we have highlighted The Byrds, Coulson-Dean-McGuiness-Flint, The Hollies, Joan Osbourne, Mountain, Betty LeVette , Reggae Covers and many more.
For November RtBE will be showcasing covers that appeared on Masked & Anonymous: Music from the Motion Picture
From our first cover take on this tune:
The original has taken upon itself a cultural importance, and the chorus has simply become iconic. I doubt Dylan intended such, but it toes the line of out and out protest and illustrative questions. He puts down everyone from evangelists to girls, but the language snakes and flows so magically that it doesn't seem as harsh as "Positively 4th St" or "Ballad in Plain D". The sense of exhaling desperation or at least the realization that age confuses things even more seems to be what I take from this tune after each listen, but things can change...or can they?
Cover:
Thoughts on Cover Artist:
This is the first time we have heard Magokoro Brothers who are a Japanese band.
Thoughts on Cover:
A cool easy rocking version with organ, electric guitar and firm drums keep the tune moving in upbeat folk rock fashion. The music owes to The Byrds version while the lyrics are sung in Japanese. It is very cool to hear Bob in another language.
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