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Bob Dylan iPod ad on Apple.com
Even the great Mr. Dylan is getting in on the iPod promo fun, as a new iPod ad featuring the man himself has been posted on Apple's site. This particular iPod ad seems to break away from the norm, featuring a non-silhouetted Dylan, a plain white background and a dancer + iPod. It's also a promotion for Bob's new album, Modern Days (iTMS link), which we blogged a while back (that mega box set, titled The Collection, is also now available - iTMS link).In fact, in the same vein of this ad's breakaway theme, it doesn't even look that good. The white is an ugly off-white, and they might as well have made Bob a silhouette - given that the lighting on him is so crummy. The guy may be a little older these days, but he's still an icon, y'know?
Either way, it's nice to see a truly influential cultural figurehead like Bob Dylan receiving the iTunes + iPod love.
Thanks Andrew
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JC said 11:05AM on 8-29-2006
Who the heck is Byb Dylan? Is he Bob Dylan's illegitimate father's son twice removed on his mothers side?
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Mark Rickert said 11:22AM on 8-29-2006
Great ad.
I've always loved Bob Dylan.
My favorite song: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=16047754&s=143441&i=16048017
Trust me... you'll LOVE IT.
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byb Dylan said 11:59AM on 8-29-2006
I am offened... I'm Byb Dylan and I never authorized myself to be in iTMS. I will SUE apple for that... confusing me with that two bit hack Bob Dylan... he is crap! Now Go and FIX THIS please
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Bootes said 12:14PM on 8-29-2006
They've always had it so that you could faintly see the famous people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjDVMVkuZ44&mode=related&search=
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ulysseshead said 12:15PM on 8-29-2006
you know what ticks me off? yeah, i know you care too, anyway, they've got a "rare tracks" section which you can only get if you download the whole frickin thing. i've been a huge dylan fan (bob not byb) for years so i have everything i want already. why do they do this??!! grrrrrrr. i'll find the songs now, but you'd think they'd make it easier for us and make a little $$.
thank you. good night.
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Andy said 12:39PM on 8-29-2006
Whatever. Apparently Dylan doesn't care much for modern recording means or playback, so why is he in an iPod ad? Oh yeah...cause he likes to get paid a lot and sell lots of records, then turn around and complain about modern recording and music?!?!
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Alexander Micek said 12:54PM on 8-29-2006
For what it's worth, that's a pretty cool microphone featured in the ad. It's the Bottle by Blue Microphones ( http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Bottle ) And yes, it's over 4,000 dollars.
That said, I thought the silhouette/poorly lit Bob looked pretty good.
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Tony said 12:57PM on 8-29-2006
@Andy:
What does "modern" recording (such as overproduced Pro Tools crap) have to do with an iPod? Last I checked, you could play whatever music you like on your iPod. So, if Bob (or Byb) wants to play nothing but Leadbelly or Robert Johnson on his iPod, then he can rock out with his @#&! out, and no "modern" recording means or music need be involved.
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Uncle Jerry said 12:57PM on 8-29-2006
I liked this one. The old ones and the colors they were using where getting old. This is a nice change. Also with the dancer moving less than in the other ads, it's got a nice feel to it. Go Bob and Apple! :o)
Although it does remind me of the old GAP ads where they had muscians playing...
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Jon said 1:36PM on 8-29-2006
"In fact, in the same vein of this ad's breakaway theme, it doesn't even look that good. The white is an ugly off-white, and they might as well have made Bob a silhouette - given that the lighting on him is so crummy. The guy may be a little older these days, but he's still an icon, y'know?"
It's not "crummy" lighting, it's a deliberate artistic choice. I quite like the way it looks actually.
It'd be great to be Bob Dylan... you get paid millions just to play a guitar for 5 mins.
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John Russell said 2:45PM on 8-29-2006
I actually like the colour of the advert. It has a sort of vintage but still new feel to it.
Maybe had you gone with my tip, you would've spelled Bob correctly.
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arkowi said 3:51PM on 8-29-2006
"it doesn't even look that good"
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why i don't come to tuaw for design news and opinions.
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Daniel said 10:03PM on 8-29-2006
Well, this is an iPod+iTunes ad. Alot of them arent silloutted. Mainly just the iPod ads.
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Radu Dutzan said 6:04PM on 8-29-2006
I'd guess that's how they start to build a silhouette ad. Maybe this one was rushed out and was only half-cooked.
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kai said 4:56AM on 8-30-2006
isn't it a sillhouette?
I think it is. not black on colour, but black on white.
The iPod is as well "glowing", like in sillhouette-ads. and against the off-white you can see the glowing white of the iPod.
And, if you pay dillan enough to be there, you want people to be able to see him, wouldn't you? just check U2's Vertigo+iTunes or M&M's (sorry, Eminem's)promotion videos. That's why you get to see something more than black.
as a graphic designer I find it nice and artsy, I just don't like how the girl dances. it doesn't fit the music.
cheers!
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Jimmie said 12:53AM on 9-01-2006
7. For what it's worth, that's a pretty cool microphone featured in the ad. It's the Bottle by Blue Microphones
Actually, that's NOT the bottle, that's the BABY bottle (the regular bottle is about twice as long and fat). And if anybody cares, the baby bottle (which I own) is only $600.
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