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08-12-2011, 01:32 AM | #271 (permalink) |
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09-27-2011, 06:11 PM | #273 (permalink) | |
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He revolutionized perceptions of the limits of popular music. He defied existing popular music conventions. He added lyrical depth to rock n roll, which really didnt exist before him. Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning fifty years, has explored numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly, to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. Hes also very underrated as a musician. He didnt suck at guitar like some tend to think, he actually was pretty good. He was a good harmonica player, organist and pianist. Trust me, ive seen him live. I couldnt believe how good he was at the organ and harmonica, most of his records dont do him justice as an instrumentalist; mainly because his music is all about his words. You wanted an answer, here you go. |
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09-27-2011, 06:38 PM | #274 (permalink) | ||
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B) Yes, sixties were the time when protest was a trend. So, all of the protester sing-songwriters before him could be considered having a tougher gig. C) Anything he has explored beyond generic folk and rock probably can be attributed later in his career after his spotlight, and yes, when you have enough money to hire any producer, and musicians you can pull off any type of music, you don't even have to write it. D) His lyrics continually use "Sky Die Lie" rhyme schemes. He writes songs about getting stoned, and hating Vietnam at the time where any two bit hack could wow people with such content. E) I don't care who he influenced. If you ignore the massive folk tradition that influenced every aspect of him, you don't realize how dispensable he is. He was a poppy trend that fed people the opinions they wanted, without an iota of subtlety, the way that was in the fashion at the time. Not a revolutionary in any regard.
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09-27-2011, 08:02 PM | #276 (permalink) | |
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it's just he stamped his own trademark over whatever melodies he "borrowed" and that's good anough lots of people can imitate, but none can make what they imitate their own sound |
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09-27-2011, 08:26 PM | #277 (permalink) | |
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Lets look at this quote. "Everything Dylan did was folk norm. The lyrics, the sound was pioneered by people like Woody Guthrie(Who was inspired by the songbook of countless unheard of songwriters in America since the 1800s.). Dylan did NOTHING that hasn't been done ten thousand times over." If you look at it this way, then who didnt do something that had been done? Everyone was inspired by someone that came before them. I guess Robert Johnson, BB King and Stevie Ray Vaughan were all just doing something that had been done "ten thousand times over." I guess just about every musician has been doing something that has been done "ten thousand times over." This certainly isnt the case. As i said at the beginning of this post, musicians and artists alike take things that have been done and things that inspired them, and they put their own stamp on it. Folk is where Dylan got his start. He put folk on the map. Dylan Initially modeled his writing style on the songs of Woody Guthrie, but he added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 60s, infusing it with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry. Not all of his lyrics were in the folk fashion. He moved away from the protest songs and went on to something different. He referred to them as "finger pointing songs", and he no longer wanted to be a part of it. So, to say that all his lyrics were pioneered by Guthrie is false. Dylan was something in his own right. Professor of poetry at the Univeristy of Oxford, Christopher Ricks, published a 500-page analysis of Dylan's work, placing him in the context of Eliot, Keats and Tennyson, and claiming that Dylan was a poet worthy of the same close and painstaking analysis. Former British poet laureate, Andrew Motion, argued that Bob Dylan's lyrics should be studied in schools. Last edited by blastingas10; 09-27-2011 at 08:53 PM. |
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At the moment, I view Dylan as I view Nirvana... They both popularized the genres they worked with, and they are both hyped to death by the media. However, I would love to have my mind changed, though (it's just unlikely). |
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09-27-2011, 09:55 PM | #279 (permalink) | |
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It's his lyricism. When considering the social and political context of some of his releases, they become hugely significant. He gave a voice to people who felt they didn't have one. His words have the capacity to communicate with everybody on some level, which is one hell of an achievement I say. Also, he is a hugely influential musician, The Beatles, Byrds, Fairport Convention... All, to name a few, indebted to him in some way or another. |
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/\ 1942. Then again, being a black man in the 40s doing protest songs doesn't have the same appeal as a scruffy haired young white man in the 60s doing protest songs, does it? Then again, this style of music dates back to the freaking civil war: Civil War Music: The Rebel Soldier Both sides made songs like things, and from what I can tell, there some that date back even to the Mexican American war, and earlier. Dylan was not doing anything new, really... Quote:
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Dylan shouldn't even be accredited for being an inventor when he was obviously more a preserver. I honestly think he was a regressive preserver more than a progressive reserver, anyway. Again, I think the advantage of Bob Dylan was, as mentioned before with the 60s comment, time and place.
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