Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" is the opening track of Bob Dylan's 2009 studio album Together Through Life. The title is a quote from the ancient Roman poet Ovid.[1][2] The track was available as a free download on Dylan's official website from March 30 to March 31, 2009, and a photo montage set to the song premiered on Amazon on April 21.
| "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" | ||||
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| Single by Bob Dylan | ||||
| from the album Together Through Life | ||||
| A-side | "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" | |||
| B-side | "Down Along the Cove (Live at Bonnaroo 2004)" | |||
| Released | March 2009 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, Blues rock | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Frost (Bob Dylan) | |||
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Like much of Dylan's more recent work, he produced the song himself using the pseudonym Jack Frost.
The song was used in the trailer for the second season of HBO's True Blood, and was again featured in the final episode of the second season of the program,[1] "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'". Blue-Tongue Films created a music video for the song directed by Nash Edgerton and featuring Joel Stoffer and Amanda Aardsma in an extreme marital spat.[3]
The song was nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.
References
- "Archive for Ovid". Theancientpythoness.com. June 16, 2010. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- "Beyond Here Lies Nothin' by Bob Dylan". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- Margotin, Philippe; Guesdon, Jean-Michel (2015). Bob Dylan: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 9781579129859. OCLC 869908038.
A rather creepy music video for the song was produced by Nash Edgerton, starring Amanda Aardsma and Joel Stoffer.
