Comments on: We Heard That Who, Too!

We Heard That Who, Too!

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:22:00 -0800

Many a music fan out there in MeFitown and beyond was delighted with and intrigued by that now-vanished website, Dylan Hears a Who! It featured backing tracks that captured, with an astonishing believability, both the sound and the feel of Highway 61-era Bob, not to mention an uncannily good Dylan vocal imitation. And of course, as is now legend, "Dylan" was singing lyrics straight out of the wonderful works of the good Dr. Seuss. Well, back in April Salon magazine broke the story of the very, very talented individual who put the whole thing together. Those for whom this is old news please forgive me, but it's news to me, and I can't find any notice of it here at MeFi, so, here it is.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:12:18 -0800

I failed to download the tracks when the site was up. Is anybody willing to share?

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:20:35 -0800

I failed to download the tracks when the site was up. Is anybody willing to share? No need. Google "DylanHearsAWhoMP3s.zip" and Bob Zimmerman's your uncle.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:04:20 -0800

Doesn't surprise me that the Dr. Seuss estate purportedly wrote a chapter in the book on intellectual property. I'm hard-pressed to come up with a brand that takes up more shelf space in the bookstore, save Jesus. They shoulda signed this guy and put out an album of his stuff right between the Grisman/Garcia and the Harry Potter CDs.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:16:52 -0800

Heh heh. Here in Japan neither Seuss nor Jesus take up very much bookstore space at all! But, yeah, the Dylan/Seuss project was such fun, and done with so much love and respect for both Dylan and Seuss, it does seem a real shame that the Seuss Inc. had to wipe it off the map. I can certainly understand them wanting to shut down that horrible-sounding OJ-Simpson-story-in-the-style-of-Seuss thing mentioned in the Salon article, but this project of Ryan's, it's hard to see how that could've negatively impacted the Seuss brand at all. I guess the legal departments are just set up to do knee-jerk, across-the-board, instant shut-'em-downs on everything. It's a shame.

By: i_am_a_Jedi

i_am_a_Jedi — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:18:47 -0800

Thanks flapjax. I wondered what the fallout from this was.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:24:37 -0800

Aha! Thank you, Mayor. That ought to do the trick when I get home.

By: TechnoLustLuddite

TechnoLustLuddite — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:04:53 -0800

(listening to cat in the hat) HAHA! this is great! thanks!

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:11:35 -0800

I love this whole thing.

By: fish tick

fish tick — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:28:52 -0800

That's brilliant! I love his "Too Many Daves".

By: public

public — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:32:11 -0800

Coral Cached Link To The MP3s

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:01:46 -0800

I've got 'em now. Thanks, everyone!

By: dougzilla

dougzilla — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:37:25 -0800

Thanks a bunch. This is way cool. I am rockin out to Green Eggs and Ham. My daughter is going to love this.

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:48:15 -0800

This is great, though sad the Seuss foundation is going about things the way they are. And thanks, public, for the Coral Cache.