They chose this song, and a crapload of other Dylan songs for the Watchmen soundtrack because the graphic novel was chock full of quotes from songs he wrote. Every chapter was named after a snippet of a famous quote, and at the end of the chapters, the quote was given in full. Chapter one was called "At Midnight All the Agents..." and the quote at the end of the chapter was "At midnight all the agents and superhuman crew go and round up everyone who knows more than they do. -Bob Dylan." They did this with bible passages and song lyrics from a lot of 60's songs, mostly because the 60's were the era where the differences between the Watchmen's world and ours are easiest to see. As for everyone griping that this isn't MCR's song, it was done by Dylan first, chill out. So was "All Along the Watchtower," which, by the way, was also quoted in the book, correctly attributed to Dylan in the quote, and was put on the soundtrack. Most people think that was Jimmy Hendrix originally, but it was written by Bob Dylan. Dylan isn't pissed about it, so you shouldn't be, either. I think loverly23 has a bit of a point in saying that Dylan songs are best done by Dylan himself, except for Watchtower. Hendrix' version is much more brutally haunting, in my opinion. Sometimes the cover really is better than the original. Ever heard the original version of Mad World? Most people know it as the song from the final minutes of Donnie Darko, performed by Gary Jules. But it was a cover of a Tears for Fears song. The T4F version was, quite frankly, not even very musically significant. Jules turned it into a bittersweet masterpiece. This is why I always give covers a chance. Including this one, which I thought was a great interpretation.
You seem to know a lot more about Watchmen and Bob Dylan than I do, but I thought that the bit that says:
You seem to know a lot more about Watchmen and Bob Dylan than I do, but I thought that the bit that says:
Now at midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see
That nobody is escaping to
Desolation Row
Now at midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see
That nobody is escaping to
Desolation Row
was written by My Chemical Romance themselves and the rest of the song was...
was written by My Chemical Romance themselves and the rest of the song was written by Bob Dylan. That part does sound like something that Gerard would write..?
They chose this song, and a crapload of other Dylan songs for the Watchmen soundtrack because the graphic novel was chock full of quotes from songs he wrote. Every chapter was named after a snippet of a famous quote, and at the end of the chapters, the quote was given in full. Chapter one was called "At Midnight All the Agents..." and the quote at the end of the chapter was "At midnight all the agents and superhuman crew go and round up everyone who knows more than they do. -Bob Dylan." They did this with bible passages and song lyrics from a lot of 60's songs, mostly because the 60's were the era where the differences between the Watchmen's world and ours are easiest to see. As for everyone griping that this isn't MCR's song, it was done by Dylan first, chill out. So was "All Along the Watchtower," which, by the way, was also quoted in the book, correctly attributed to Dylan in the quote, and was put on the soundtrack. Most people think that was Jimmy Hendrix originally, but it was written by Bob Dylan. Dylan isn't pissed about it, so you shouldn't be, either. I think loverly23 has a bit of a point in saying that Dylan songs are best done by Dylan himself, except for Watchtower. Hendrix' version is much more brutally haunting, in my opinion. Sometimes the cover really is better than the original. Ever heard the original version of Mad World? Most people know it as the song from the final minutes of Donnie Darko, performed by Gary Jules. But it was a cover of a Tears for Fears song. The T4F version was, quite frankly, not even very musically significant. Jules turned it into a bittersweet masterpiece. This is why I always give covers a chance. Including this one, which I thought was a great interpretation.
You seem to know a lot more about Watchmen and Bob Dylan than I do, but I thought that the bit that says:
You seem to know a lot more about Watchmen and Bob Dylan than I do, but I thought that the bit that says:
Now at midnight all the agents And the superhuman crew Come out and round up everyone That knows more than they do Then they bring them to the factory Where the heart-attack machine Is strapped across their shoulders And then the kerosene Is brought down from the castles By insurance men who go Check to see That nobody is escaping to Desolation Row
Now at midnight all the agents And the superhuman crew Come out and round up everyone That knows more than they do Then they bring them to the factory Where the heart-attack machine Is strapped across their shoulders And then the kerosene Is brought down from the castles By insurance men who go Check to see That nobody is escaping to Desolation Row
was written by My Chemical Romance themselves and the rest of the song was...
was written by My Chemical Romance themselves and the rest of the song was written by Bob Dylan. That part does sound like something that Gerard would write..?
Yeah, and I went to the library looking for it, turns out Dylan was the author of the novel. :/
Yeah, and I went to the library looking for it, turns out Dylan was the author of the novel. :/