depicted into songs. Two influential compositions performed and written by Bob Dylan and Edwin Starr explicitly portray important issues during the era they were created. In addition to that they socially commentated their perspective and positioned the audience to effectively pursue their opinion. Both of the artists’ messages were greatly impacted from the social‚ cultural and political turmoils surrounding the era and it was vital in the development of both songs. Firstly Bob Dylan’s song of
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Bob Dylan is maybe one of the most famous rock n’ roll writer/singer in the 1970’s to the 1980’s. His songs were‚ considered by the public‚ really good‚ and some of the best. But unfortunately some kids have never heard of him in their life. Bob Dylan wrote and composed songs that changed the world of music with cultural rock n’ roll‚ creating a passion for music that was loved by many. Bob Dylan’s passion for music started when “he began writing poems at the age of ten”(galegroup.com). Then he
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Watching the River Flow I have never been one that was good at seeing the words and meaning past the words being sang in a song‚ but I’m sure going to try as I peel Bob Dylan’s song “Watching the River Flow”‚ apart stanza by stanza. In the first stanza he says that he says; What’s the matter with me I don’t have much to say Daylight sneakin’ through the window And I’m still in this all-night café Walkin’ to and fro beneath the moon Out to where the trucks are rollin’ slow To sit
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not only a set of words that have no meaning like most artists today. He had real lyrics that meant everything to him and how he tried to prove a point about the nature of human life. In his song “Ain’t No Man Righteous‚ No Not One” he explains the hypocrites in life and how they push for only their personal gain. “ Look around‚ ya see so many social hypocrites‚ Like to make rules for others while they do just the opposite”‚ this part of the song shows how Dylan can see people cheating and competing
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Analysis of "My Back Pages" "My Back Pages" Bob Dylan My guard stood hard When abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad I define these terms Quite clear‚ no doubt somehow Ah‚ but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now. "My Back pages" by Bob Dylan can be interpreted in any number of ways by any number of people for such is the beauty and artistry of his work. It possesses this quality which allows it to reach out
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During an interview with the Los Angeles Free Press in 1965‚ Bob Dylan said‚ “All I can do is be me‚ whoever that is‚” (Dylan) which perfectly describes the sentiment you get from his works. During his music career‚ he has changed many aspects of his image‚ music style and religion‚ going so far as to legally change his name from Robert Zimmerman to Bob Dylan. Living during a very fast changing society‚ his works reflect on the Civil Rights movement and other historically significant events. He is
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Every song tells its own unique story; however the stories they tell are often up to interpretation. Bob James‚ the creator of the song Orpheus‚ wrote the song based on his interpretation of the myth. The music of Bob James continued to evolve and captivate audiences thought the world. Discovered by Quincy Jones at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival in 1963‚ Bob recorded his first solo album‚ Bold Conceptions‚ that year for Mercury Records. 36 more solo albums would follow through four decades; that number
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Words in Songs." The Quarterly Journal of Speech 62 (1976): 242-49. Campbell‚ Horace. Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney. New Jersey: African World‚ 1987. Chaffee‚ Steven. "Popular Music and Communication Research." Communication Research 12 (1985): 413-24. Chesebro‚ James W.‚ Davis A. Fougler‚ Jay E. Nachman and Andrew Yannelli. "Popular Music as a Mode of Communication‚ 1955-1982." Critical Studies in Mass Communication 2 (1985): 115-35. Davis‚ Stephen. Bob Marley: The
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Aryan Azizian The Poetics of Bob Dylan Professor James Keane Final Paper December 16‚ 2011 The Freewheelin’: An in Depth Analysis on the protest Songs of Bob Dylan The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan is the second album released by Dylan in 1963. This album launched his career as a songwriter‚ and helped him gain notoriety within in the folk community. The album features many songs written by Dylan himself‚ as opposed to his first album that included many covers. The album covers a wide range of
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perform at least one song in a language besides English every year - in my four years in this choir‚ we were given songs in Latin‚ French‚ Hebrew‚ and Basque. While all of these songs contained specific challenges for native‚ monolingual American English speakers - in the Hebrew piece‚ for example‚ many people had trouble producing what (in hindsight) appeared to be a pharyngeal approximant‚ a phone which is much more evident in Semitic languages than in English - the song in Basque was perhaps
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