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Bob Dylan could soon voice sat nav systems
Bob Dylan, the legend of folk and rock music, could soon be directing drivers down Highway 61 as car giants frantically bid to sign him up as the new voice of their sat nav systems.

Bob Dylan could soon be directing drivers down Highway 61as car giants frantically bid to sign him up as the new voice of their sat nav systems. The singer - a global superstar who has sold more than 70 million albums in a 45-year career - revealed that two major motor manufacturers had approached him to provide a audio road map commentary.

The 68-year-old is currently enjoying radio success on BBC 2 and 6 with his unique "Theme Time Radio Hour" show delivered in tone once described as "sandpaper singing".

He disclosed the offers from the sat nav firms on his radio show on BBC6 on Sunday night.

Dylan told his late-night radio audience: "I am talking to a couple of car companies about being the voice of their GPS system. I think it would be good if you are looking for directions and hear my voice saying somnething like: left at the next street, no a right - you know what? Just go straight.

"I probably shouldn't do it because which ever way I go I always end up at one place Lonely Avenue."

Dylan has been an acknowledged influence on artists from John Lennon and Paul McCartney to Bruce Springsteen and David Bowie.

In April this year his latest album "Together Thru Life" went straight to the top of the UK album charts as well as the Billboard 200 in America.

Other celebrity voices already available as sat nav commentaries include a bossy John Cleese, a husky Kim Cattrall, the star of "Sex in the City", Homer Simpson, Alan Partridge and Mr T.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/bob-dylan/6080312/Bob-Dylan-could-soon-voice-sat-nav-systems.html

"Nat pa tessy tonert, saka nite."

"What?"

"Oooo... Noo misled nit. Nat pa tessy tonert, psak a meft."

"What? What the hell's wrong with this thing......"

"Cough, hack, wheeze...."

"I think it's broken."

That is funny.... isn't he famous for getting lost himself Wow, wonder if he would have himself in his own Cadillac......

You're right LJ! Dylan probably has the worst voice for a sat-nav.

It'd be good if it was a Dylan themed one.....

'This is where I was arrested by the police for looking like a hobo...'

I love how the media jump on a little playful joke by Bob and report it as news.

Yeah, but it's good press. Some good fluff for once.

If I owned a car, a GPS with Dylan's voice would be my choice for navigation. It would be a wonderful idea. In the background we'll probably be be hearing You Ain't Goin' Nowhere.

Or else 'Ninety Miles An Hour Down A Dead End Street'.

Entering the car - 'Jump into the wagon, love, throw your panties overboard'

Highlands: "Well, I'm lost somewhere, I must have made a few bad turns."
and...
"Well, my heart's in the Highlands at the break of day
Over the hills and far away
There's a way to get there, and I'll figure it out somehow..."

My friend has Eddie Izzard for his GPS system.

I'll tell you though, hearing Dylan's voice giving directions are a long night of heavy drinking would be some scary stuff indeed.

Man, you shouldn't be driving after a long night of heavy drinking!

What's he supposed to do, walk??? Think before you post.

Don't drink and drive. You might spill some.

So apparently this was a pretty old story, and has been de-bunked a couple of times. The good news, though, is ER got a shout-out!

http://www.examiner.com/x-21829-Bob-Dylan-Examiner~y2009m9d1-More-on-Bob-Dylans-GPS-story

At first, I thought this whole thing had to be a deliberate put-on by the UK's Telegraph newspaper, but it seems that they actually took his Theme Time announcement seriously.
And some arrogant Europeans have the nerve to say that it's Americans who don't do irony!!!

Mind you, I had a similar experience recently on a Dylan message board (which shall remain masked and anonymous). I got told off for presenting what I thought was an obviously tongue-in-cheek fictional piece as if it were factual! Quelle horreur! My thread even got itself deleted. Good to know I'm not alone in this. Rock on, Bob!


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Keeps telling me to find my own way home.