Though most icon-meets-icon collaborations are a tad underwhelming, it doesn't really get any bigger than this.
UK rag The Daily Express reports:
Just weeks after Bob Dylan announced he wanted to collaborate with fellow legend Sir Paul McCartney, moves are afoot to bring the two superstars together.
Industry insiders say Macca is set to team up with Dylan in California over the summer, where the pair are expected to work on new songs as a duo.
The news comes after Dylan declared this month that he found the idea of working with the former Beatle “exciting”.
McCartney’s spokesman then declared their man would be “very interested” in a collaboration.
“Paul has a home in California not too far from Bob’s so the idea is for the two to meet when Paul is in California over the summer,” says a well-placed mole.
Both artists are no strangers to collaboration, even the notoriously reclusive Dylan. McCartney teamed with Michael Jackson for "Say, Say, Say" (remember that one?) and Dylan has a long list ranging from great (Traveling Wilburys) to WTF (Michael Bolton).
Hopefully the two most accomplished living songwriters in Rock and Roll will yield something more like Dylan's version of "Yesterday" and less like Bolton's "Steel Bars", which Dylan co-wrote (really). We'll know soon enough.
Have a favorite Dylan or McCartney collaboration? The club is open!
