Things Have Changed

Things Have Changed ( German mutatis mutandis: Things have changed) is a song by Bob Dylan from 2000 Unlike most other known pieces Dylan's bluesy, underlaid with New Orleans jazz set pieces ballad first appeared exclusively as a single.. As the only Dylan recomposing it was also part of the soundtrack for the film Wonder Boys with Michael Douglas. With the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song as well as an Oscar for best film song of the year 2000, the song received two prestigious awards equal.

History

Chronologically, the single release, Things Have Changed lies between the two studio albums Time Out of Mind (1997) and Love And Theft ( 2001). Both are considered important stations were made around the turn of the millennium Neuhinwendung Dylan to the roots of American music - blues, country, folk, western swing and jazz. Things Have Changed was created as a composition for the soundtrack to Wonder Boys - a rotated from LA Confidential director Curtis Hanson film about an aging college professor and author who is stuck in a creative crisis. Bob Dylan had written the song in 1997, after a serious illness. As one of the few new recordings, made between the two listed albums, Things Have Changed was held in abgespecktem Roots Rock Blues Style, published in the following year the album Love And Theft - topped up by an orchestration in the New Orleans jazz sound, which the melancholy mood the piece reinforced. As a blues ballad it represents the reasoning advanced by the singer history to the forefront. The text gives the idea of an aging man again, reflecting on his life and thereby raises the question of whether things have just changed so or happened by his doing so. Although he has dabbled previously strong in life, he notes, finally, that he did not actually participate in it.

The publication of the piece took place on different media. In May 2000, Things Have Changed was released as a 7 inch single. The single contained the long five minute version. B-side was a live version of Blue piece Blind Willie McTell, one written in 1983 ode to the late 1959 country blues pioneer Blind Willie McTell. In Europe, Things Have Changed came first as three and a half -minute radio edit on the market, complemented by another live recording: the title of To Make You Feel My Love. The third release on CD single contained the short version of the song as well as the additional tracks To Make You Feel My Love Song to Woody and Hurricane. The latter was a sample taken from the album Desire 1976; the live - recordings used were from the years 1997 to 2000 The long version was also also part of the album Dylan Alive Volume 3 -. Japanese Extended Play.

To accompany the film Wonder Boys Things Have Changed was brought as a video clip on the market. The video turned - director Curtis Hanson Wonder Boys. In the clip put Bob Dylan and film lead actor Michael Douglas a surreal acting role in splitting scene in which she playfully faced the identities of an old and a young man today. More use was the song in the soundtrack of the TV series Brotherhood and NCIS. Unlike The Wonder Boys themselves, who received an Oscar, Things Have Changed was immediately rewarded with two awards: Academy Award Oscar jury as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The placement in the music charts, however, fell from mediocre. The highest ranking was No. 58 in the UK Singles Chart.

Cover versions

Compared with the well-known pieces Dylan from the 1960s and 1970s such as Blowin 'in the Wind, Like a Rolling Stone or Knockin ' on Heaven 's Door moves the number of cover versions of Things Have Changed in the manageable range. The piece was covered, among others, the roots rock performers and declared Dylan admirers Curtis Stigers, musician Michel Montecrossa, Pat Nevin and the band String Swing - a side project of the Swedish modern jazz singer Josefine Cronholm. The iTunes Music Store from Apple listed in the fall of 2013 about two dozen different versions - of the more notable artists such as Barb Jungr and Tony Burrows to recordings of unknown cover artist.

From Bob Dylan himself circulating different live recordings of the piece, for example on the video platform YouTube - some with well-known guest musicians like guitarist Mark Knopfler. Regular CD was released the song in 2008 as a live version in the Bootleg Series on the album Bootleg Series Vol 8: Tell Tale Signs. With respect to the oeuvre Dylan's Things Have Changed is considered an important until outstanding song of the years around the turn of the millennium. Dylan -author Olaf Brenziger writes about in his work to the music Dylan's Things Have Changed was in the years after 1997, the only standout Dylan production have been. Also on his concert tours - such as during a presentation in Berlin in October 2013 - Dylan used the piece regularly as a draft horse.