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Bob Dylan is the latest artist to get in on the interactive track video trend. And, boy, did he not disappoint.
Behold: Dylan’s first legit track video for his 1965 hit “Like a Rolling Stone,” during which viewers use their keyboard to flip via more than a few fake television channels, featuring folks mouthing along to the lyrics while performing out their respective TV programming. One of the most shows are totally fictional; others are very real presentations that includes their very actual solid individuals.
On one channel, Drew Carey hosts The Value is Proper whereas lip-syncing a few diplomat carrying on his shoulder a Siamese cat; on any other, comic Marc Maron hosts his radio show; and on every other, the forged of Pawn Stars negotiates a value whereas mouthing the lyrics. ESPN protection of a tennis in shape additionally seems on one channel, in addition to a children’ caricature exhibit, a faux cooking convey, an HGTV show, a History Channel doc, a cable information broadcast, a truth dating convey, and rapper Danny Brown consuming a number of foods (together with matzo) whereas lip-syncing.
The whole thing is gloriously peculiar; and inscrutable in the best way that best Bob Dylan can pull off. Some critics might bitch this cheapens the sanctity of Dylan’s persona, but they clearly haven’t watched the video or grow to be acquainted with his history of relishing in the unpredictable.
Bonus for those with curious eyes. Listed below are some of the Internet’s other great examples of interactive movies: Dying Grips’ “I’ve Viewed Footage,” Arcade Hearth’s “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains),” Queens of the Stone Age’s “Vampyre of Time and Memory,”
Ah, how does it feel? Well, watch the video beneath and in finding out, via Bob Dylan:
right Here’s hoping for an interactive video for “Brownsville Woman” through which users stand in line to peer a film starring Gregory P.c. prior to flashback-ing to more than a few memories of an ex-lover and engage within these dream sequences. Your welcome. Ship your tests to andrew@mediaite.com
