Born May 24, 1941 - Bob Dylan, 80 today.
23 May '21 21:58:0112
As a commemoration of Bob Dylan's 80th birthday today, May 24th, we'll post this story from the July 2011 edition of ROLLING STONE magazine.
Enjoy.
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“If I was me, I’d cover my songs too” - the story of rock’s enduring love affair with Bob Dylan
Louder
From The Byrds to Guns N’ Roses via Jimi Hendrix’s unimpeachable All Along The Watchtower, we look at the Bob Dylan covers where the students eclipsed the master
Why Bob Dylan Matters
Case Western Reserve University
Why Bob Dylan Matters Richard F. Thomas November 16, 2017 Sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities
Bob Dylan 2016 Nobel Lecture in Literature
Nobel Prize
Bob Dylan received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
Leonard Cohen on Bob Dylan Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature
Painted Passport
Leonard Cohen's final public appearance, speaking at the Canadian consulate in Los Angeles, on October 13, 2016, the day Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
Musicians have always appreciated Dylan for his genius with melodic poetry. But there's another level to his early albums. In this period he was a folk hero who smashed illusions and gave a voice to the voiceless.
A song like Times Are a Changin' resonates today with increased force. The dark satire of Highway 61 Revisited seems to have been written more for this era than the 60s.
The bitterness in A Murder Most Foul showed us that his heart is still broken by the evil of this world. He's no narcissist.
There's an interview where he says that this world is just transitional. Something you need to move on from, like a test.
If you've never really sat down and listened to him, you need to, today.
100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time
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What you say and feel above is underwritten by this great documentary I've just watched, and could not stop.
It is suggested he was scared and terrified by the gunning down of the President in broad daylight.
We can see this in hindsight when he chose to put out that last year haunting expressionist anthem Murder Most Foul. I think that will be his last . . .
When you listen to these old folk music & popular music raconteurs, holding him in awe, you can appreciate how he came to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Of course as an artist who was able to do what he did for its own sake, for the sake of creation, for personal expression, he did not need the endorsement of a committee in Europe to sanctify his work. I think that was why he was initially of two minds about accepting the prize.
How would Jesus feel if Caesar in Rome decided to award him the O.R.E. (Order of the Roman Empire) "for services to religion"?
Anyway, enjoy this doco. It is captivating for anybody who lived through the 1960s
How Bob Dylan Catapulted Folk Music | Roads Rapidly Changing (Full Documentary) | Amplified
Amplified
The story of the Greenwich Village Folk Revival, and the part Bob Dylan played in it. This film tells the story of Dylan's entry into and departure from the US Folk Revival, and features new interviews with many of the big players from the scene as it unfolded, as well as an abundance of timely footage, rare performances and numerous other features. Content licensed from Monarch. Any queries, …