Thunder On The Mountain video – a Dylan collage

The new Thunder On The Mountain video, just screened on Channel 4, is a collage of clips from across Dylan’s history on film. The clips run parallel to the Modern Times album track, with no link between sound and vision.

While it poses a worthwhile challenge to hardcore fans - ID all the clips – it reminds you of a fan mash-up on YouTube, presumably the design brief. It’s the visual equivalent of a hits album, aimed at expanding the market, though most of the clips aren’t commercially available.

Interesting. Worth having. Slightly underwhelming. Collectors will already have full versions of most of these clips.


Gerry Smith