Indeed this is what Dylan said so clearly when he got his Oscar – he called it a song that “doesn’t pussyfoot around or turn a blind eye to human nature”. The voice is tired, the accompaniment controlled and well rehearsed, the pulse moderate, no attempt at any sort of virtuoso performance, no unexpected chord changes, because it is not the individual musicians that make the point – the point is the situation, the world gone wrong. In such a world you can hold onto the constancy of the music because there is no other constancy. The passion and power are still there, and when she got the chance to record Things Have Changed for Verve Records, the original home for many of the stars she had grown up listening to, LaVette leapt at the chance. Her manager, Jim Lewis, the person she credits with having the most influence on her career, drilled into her that the litmus test for a singer was a standard such as Billy Strayhorn’s ‘Lush Life’, performed by Verve stars Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.

After we had finalised details, I walked downstairs. They have a big collage of all their great past stars, people such as Louis Armstrong, Anita O’Day, Blossom Dearie, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker, and it reaches almost from floor to ceiling. There was my photograph. I almost collapsed. They almost had to carry me out of the lobby. Sexton, Paul (2020-06-16). "Watch Margo Price Cover Bob Dylan's 'Things Have Changed' | uDiscover". uDiscover Music . Retrieved 2020-12-09.

She adds that the training of knowing where to stand and how to perform on stage has served her well. As the veteran singer prepares for a US tour to promote Things Have Changed, she does stretching and yoga exercises to keep in shape. LaVette says that performing on tour is “like doing an aerobics workout for a 72-year-old”. “I’m glad of what I know and who I am now” On February 2, 2014, an arrangement of "Things Have Changed" was used in a commercial for the Chrysler 200, aired during Super Bowl XLVIII. [24] Dylan narrated and starred in the commercial, saying "When it's made here, it's made with the one thing you can't import from anywhere else—American pride ... So let Germany brew your beer, let Switzerland make your watch, let Asia assemble your phone. We will build your car". [25] Live performances [ edit ]

In fact, in the latter part of this 2007 recording, the music seems to portray the world going on as it always does while the singer stands beyond the music barking out short commentaries. It reminds me of the sad, lost old-timer on the street corner shouting at the traffic, for now things have not only changed, he’s changed too; he’s totally lost. a b Dansby, Andrew (March 26, 2001). "Dylan wins Oscar". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017 . Retrieved November 28, 2016. Now I am not arguing that Bob goes through thought processes like those I have tried to set out above, but rather that he continues to feel his way through each song, reflecting on it, and finding new ways to use the song, and finding new things to express within it. That is what he always does, and that is what makes the Never Ending Tour such an exciting concept. It is also what makes Mike’s collection of recordings such an utterly amazing resource.Her initial love of music was inspired by the jukebox in her childhood home. Her parents were not musical themselves, however. “The closest to show business was my father’s brother, who ran off with the circus in 1918. He was the only person in the family before me who had done anything so stupid,” she jokes. Things Have Changed: Golden Globes: 1 Nomination, 1 Win". goldenglobes.com. April 1, 2001. Archived from the original on December 18, 2018 . Retrieved November 29, 2016.