Thunder On The Mountain video: encore

Thanks to Martin Cowan:

“As underwhelmed as I was, it was at least encouraging to see that Dylan's office has all that glorious footage, including the Hard Rain video and live stuff from the God tours. Maybe one day we'll see a legitimate release of all that stuff.

“Just one thing - there WAS a visual link between the line ‘I sucked the milk out of a thousand cows’ and ‘60s-era Dylan in a field with - you've guessed it - cows!”



Original article:

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 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 all these clips.