The Pop Corporation

Bob Dylan is contributing a song to a new biopic about the life of Ronald Reagan and we absolutely want to mention the massive rumour relating to the phrase ‘THROAT GOAT‘. If you don’t know the rumour, then you’re really missing out. However, we’ve got more factual based things to talk about.

The new movie stars Dennis Quaid as the titular president and Dylan has recorded a version of the American classic ‘Don’t Fence Me In’. After being in the works for years, the film is set for release in late August over the States – as for the UK, we’re not sure, but seeing as streaming is a thing now, it’ll probably be roughly the same time.

Want to see a trailer? Quaid’s impression is pretty good. Sometimes. You’re not supposed to completely mimic someone in a good biopic are you? And Nancy? Well, we refer to the rumour at the top of the piece.

Quaid said in another interview elsewhere: “I was honoured to have Bob join our film. We gave him the freedom to do any song he wanted to do, whether an original or a cover, and he chose ‘Don’t Fence Me In.’ That was extra special since it was a song that Gene [Autry, a relation to Quaid] made famous.”

“Bob is a great lover of the American Songbook and we were delighted with the way he delivered the song. He’s a national treasure and was the perfect addition to the film,” Quaid added.

Whether this will deal with some of the more thorny issues surrounding Reagan and his wife’s politics, we’ll have to wait and see. These things can amount to soft balls, and Ronnie Raygun is bafflingly popular among Americans, but y’know, he was a total shit in certain aspects. Still, we’ll always have those rumours about Nancy’s sword swallowing.