Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The Ballad of Bob Dylan
The book I chose to read for my research paper is, "The Ballad Of Bob Dylan", by Daniel Mark Epstein. This book takes a holistic look on Dylan's family, friend, and professional life. One of the cool things I like about the book is that a lot of the chapters start out by describing a concert. The author sets the mood, then describes the key and time signature of the song he's performing. The book analyzes Dylan by analyzing his song lyrics. I have only read the first half, and so I plan on finishing the book as my "second" book. One of my favorite parts in the book is the description of Bob Dylan and his fascination with Woody Guthrie. Something about these artists just gives my an idealistic view of what life should be like; it makes me nostalgic for past times that I have not even existed in. One of my dreams is to be able to go back and live in the time of the Civil Rights Movement, and experience it along with all of the other social problems we had.
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I think it would be awesome to be able to take part in the civil rights movement! Definitely would change how I see life and how I chose to live my life. Even with all the bad things that happened during that era. Some of the best music ever made came out of that sad time.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great artist! It would be really interesting to see if some of his (amazing) lyrics reference that time, it would totally change the way you would listen to that song. I think that the coolest thing about your topic is that you could potentially approach the songs, that you love so much, in a totally different way. Years from now you would still be able to take and apply your research paper topic to something that you love and listen to in your daily life.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really cool book to read. It's amazing how much one man can influence a whole generation by his songwriting. It'd be cool to go back in time during that era and go to one of his concerts or live in that time I agree.
ReplyDeleteThe way that book is set up sounds incredibly intriguing. Carefully analyzing the song lyrics of such an amazing artist in such an importan time period should be a powerful and meaningful experience.
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