The self-described “song-and-dance man,” Nobel-winning singer-songwriter is headed to the silver screen. With everybody’s heartthrob Timothée Chalamet starring as the Bard himself, Bob Dylan is due to prolong yet again his relevance to a new generation through James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, scheduled for general release today in the U.S.
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Across a lifetime, his myth and music have circled the planet many times over, from his emergence in the 1960s as the 20-something would-be voice of his generation, through to his never-ending tour that has touched down in 1,000 cities in at least 54 different countries.
That leaves us with the only possible real limit to his reach: language. It was inevitable that his songs — from classics like “Blowin” in the Wind” and “Like a Rolling Stone” to more hidden gems like “Farewell Angelina” and “Simple Twist of Fate” — would end up translated and sung in other languages.
We’ve pulled together Mr Bob sung in 11 different languages, from Spanish to French, Swedish to Chinese…and beyond!
