Beyond Here Lies Nothing video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Dylan’s agents

Beyond Here Lies Nothing is from the CD Together Through Life. The promo video uses photographs from Bruce Davidson’s Brooklyn Gang available from Magnum Photos.

This video was replaced by the official video from Blue Tongue Films. Before YouTube took the video down, more than 200,000 people saw this video on YouTube. Slightly more than 100,000 of those views were on our channel. All of them have been removed by YouTube.

The video was removed along with our YouTube account in late October 2009. Some might call that ingratitude: some might call it protecting copyright. We call it fan promotion of an artist during the early sales cycle of a new CD.

The song and video were available free online from BobDylan.com for one day March 29, 2009 reported BlogCritics Music

Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up! For one day — yes, I said one day — for one day only you — yes, you! — can download the first single from Bob Dylan’s 46th album absolutely, completely, and totally free. Free. That’s right. I said it. Free and at no additional charge. How can you get your free download of “Beyond Here Lies Nothin?'” Why it’s simple. Go to BobDylan.com and download your track, free.

All right, all shtick aside: For today — March 30, 2009 — only, you can download the first track and first single “Beyond Here Lies Nothin'” from Bob Dylan’s new record Together Through Life. The album is set for release April 28, 2009.

While you’re downloading, let’s talk a little about this first song and what it might mean for the upcoming record. In an interview published on Dylan’s web site, he admitted the classic Chicago Chess Records sound wasn’t too far from his mind when he recorded TTL. Chess is a good point of reference for “Beyond Here Lies Nothin,'” but as with much of Dylan’s catalog you make a mistake to fixate on any one thing. “Beyond” has just a hint of Eric Clapton’s cover of Otis Rush’s classic “All Your Love (I Miss Loving)” from Clapton’s time with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. It’s a blues joint with some mariachi trumpet, organ, and accordion.

From a production standpoint, “Beyond” is a little edgier than anything on Dylan’s previous record (Modern Times). The sound of Modern Times is wonderful and round and soft. There’s more snap and bite on “Beyond,” but it’s delivered without giving in to the static sounds of so many overly loud, distorted modern recordings.

LA Times reported good but not top sales for the CD Together Through Life

“Bob Dylan is back in a familiar place, landing at the top of the U.S. pop music chart for the fifth time in his career. His Columbia release “Together Through Life” sold 125,000 copies in its first week in stores, according to data provided by Nielsen SoundScan.

The sales are in line with Dylan’s recent past, with one exception. In 2006, his “Modern Times” debuted at the top of the chart with 192,000 copies sold. Sales three years ago benefited from a massive ad campaign for Apple’s iTunes store featuring Dylan, who in one of the commercials performed the album’s “Someday Baby” while sitting on a stool.”

For this critic, Modern Times is in constant rotation while Together Through Life is a slower build of interest. Together Through Life is a bleaker image although not lacking in wry humor such as the song My Wife’s Home Town.

There ain’t no way you can put me down
I just want to say that Hell’s my wife’s home town – words by Bob Dylan

Sony/Columbia put up a site that created a personalized video for the CD if you are feeling creative.

The video is copyright by Sony Music/Bob Dylan and used only to in commentary, criticism, and or news reporting. We recommend people purchase the music they like.