Ke$ha Calls Bob Dylan Cover 'An Emotional Purging'

Pop singer sings 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right' for Amnesty International anniversary album.
By Jocelyn Vena


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<P>It's hard to associate Ke$ha with songs about anything other than hot guys, body glitter and partying. But she's defying her usual topics of interest for human rights organization Amnesty International. The singer is one of the many musicians on the org's <i>Chimes of Freedom</i> compilation of Bob Dylan's music, out January 24. </p><div class="player-placeholder right" id="vid:720838" width="240" height="211"></div><p> When MTV News spoke with K-Dollar Sign last week about her all-star remix of "Sleazy," she also opened up about switching gears vocally and emotionally for her version of Dylan's classic "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right." "I mean, I think it's pretty well known that he's one of, if not my most, favorite artists of all time and ... one of the most amazing lyricists as well &#8212; the original storyteller," she explained. "So I love Bob Dylan and this was just, like, a dream. When they asked me to do a cover, I was just, like, salivating and going through all my records. It was so fun. It was the best homework assignment you could possibly have." K's version of Dylan's song is a slow-burning, heartbreaking ode to the already heartbreaking classic, where she channels Dylan through lyrics like "Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say/ To try and make me change my mind and stay/ We never did too much talkin' anyway/ So don't think twice, it's all right." </p><div class="player-placeholder right" id="vid:642810" width="240" height="211"></div><p> Ke$ha had originally intended to record another Dylan track, but when she heard that someone else had their sights set on it, she settled on "Don't Think Twice," prompting a catharsis she could never have imagined. "This song was kind of an accident. I sat down and this is the first take that I ever sang," she recalled. "I just sat down on my bed for the first time after months of being on tour and I just started crying, and it was kind of like an emotional purging, and you can hear it on the record." In addition to Ke$ha and her contribution, the album will feature 75 other Dylan classics recorded by nearly 80 artists including Adele, Miley Cyrus, "Glee" star Darren Criss, My Chemical Romance, Evan Rachel Wood and Sugarland. The album pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International.</p>

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Amanda Knox Signs $4 Million Book Deal


Amanda Knox, the American college student who spent nearly four years in an Italian jail for murder, only to have her conviction overturned, is read to tell her story.

And be paid handsomely for it.

The international drama that unfolded on TV and in newspapers is now about to be told from the inside, in a subjective and profitable account, by Amanda Knox herself.

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Knox, who was freed last fall after her conviction in the murder of Meredith Kercher was thrown out, has sold her book to HarperCollins for what is said to be $4 million.

"It is a story everyone else seems to have told except for the person at the center of it all," Jonathan Burnham, the publisher of HarperCollins, told The N.Y. Times.

"There has been plenty of rumor and conjecture about her, the role she played in events, and speculation about what happened. This book will tell the full story from her point of view for the very first time, and it will be told in her own words."

Amanda Knox, 24, kept prison diaries, the newspaper reports.

In addition, her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, who was also cleared in the killing of Meredith Kercher, is said to be preparing to sell his own memoir.

Are you interested to hear what Knox's book has to say?

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?Soul Train? Creator, Don Cornelius, Dies At 75

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This is no death hoax folks, the creator of ?Soul Train? has died. At around 4 a.m. this morning, Don Cornelius, apparently took his own life at the age of 75. He might?ve not been the father of soul, but Cornelius was an important figure in the music industry who helped pave the way for many artists we now regard as legends. It?s a sad day for soul. We?ve got the details on what happened below.

According to Bloomberg, officers responded to a report of a shooting near Cornelius? Mulholland Drive home in Los Angeles. Reports say that the police found him dead with a gunshot wound to the head. It appears Cornelius took his own life.

Cornelius is best known for his famous long-running series ?Soul Train,? which was on the air from 1971 until 2006. Many famous soul singers like Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, James Brown, Whitney Houston and even the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, appeared on the show during its early days. In 1987, Cornelius expanded the television show and created the Soul Train Music Awards, which still takes place annually.

Since the show?s inception in the early 70s, Cornelius hosted ?Soul Train? until 1993. It was one of the longest-running syndicated shows in television history.

Cornelius will be remembered as a man who paved the way for singers, musicians and dancers. Many artists owe their careers to him because he was a pioneer and took chances. It?s a shame he?s gone.

Below is a video of Cornelius dancing the famous ?Soul Train? line:

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'Life Without Limbs' Author Nick Vujicic Honeymoons in Hawaii

Australian motivational speaker and author of "Life Without Limbs" Nick Vujicic hung out on the beach taking pics of his hot new wife Kanae Miyahara, while on their honeymoon in Hawaii on Thursday.29-year-old Vujicic was born with Tetra-amelia…

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