Like a Rolling Stone
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (750 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586482548 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 283 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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So began a dedicated and enduring relationship between Bob Dylan and America's finest critic of popular music - in the words of Nick Hornby "simply peerless not only as a rock writer but as a cultural historian." In Like a Rolling Stone, Marcus locates Dylan's six-minute masterwork in its richest, fullest context, capturing the heady atmosphere of the recording studio in 1965 as musicians and technicians clustered around the mercurial genius from Minnesota, the young Bob Dylan at the height of his powers. He didn't know the name of the scruffy singer who had a bit part in a Joan Baez concert, but he knew his performance was unique. Forty years later it is still revolutionary as will and idea, as an attack and an em
"Why not "Dire Wolf?''" according to Dave Goldberg. The premise of this book ultimately throws me.Is "Like a Rolling Stone'' supposed to be the seminal song of rock and roll? Of Dylan's career? Of the 60s? To me, it's none of the above. Why not something on the Dead's "Dire Wolf?'' At least Robert Hunter acknowledged that he and Garcia didn't know that the prehistoric animal they chornicled was more like a medium-sized dog than "Why not "Dire Wolf?'' Dave Goldberg The premise of this book ultimately throws me.Is "Like a Rolling Stone'' supposed to be the seminal song of rock and roll? Of Dylan's career? Of the 60s? To me, it's none of the above. Why not something on the Dead's "Dire Wolf?'' At least Robert Hunter acknowledged that he and Garcia didn't know that the prehistoric animal they chornicled was more like a medium-sized dog than "400 pounds of sin.'' Dylan acknolwedges nothing here.I've always been a fan of Dylan but this didn't floor me when it came out. I noted it was long for a single, but so what? Everything was changing in . 00 pounds of sin.'' Dylan acknolwedges nothing here.I've always been a fan of Dylan but this didn't floor me when it came out. I noted it was long for a single, but so what? Everything was changing in . Orville B. Jenkins said What Did You Say this Book is About?. This is about Bob Dylan, based on the title of his most famous song, or maybe about his music and others who also sang his songs. Or maybe it is about the culture and trends of that time, or about the uncertainty of American cultural identity. I don't know. I was left puzzled and a bit frustrated.The author writes very impressionistically, and it is sometimes hard to tell what he is talking about. He includes some interesting details about particular songs and their performances, but this is not a chronological epic. The author jumps around and uses creative associations and m. "The biography of a song" according to ewomack. Here lies a biography of a single song. Of course, not just any song, but the "how does it feeeeeel?" song that refuses to disappear since its release as a two-sided The biography of a song ewomack Here lies a biography of a single song. Of course, not just any song, but the "how does it feeeeeel?" song that refuses to disappear since its release as a two-sided 45 in 1965. Has any other or, maybe a better question would be, can any other song receive the in-depth, subterranean, data mined, ultra-nuanced treatment that Greil Marcus gives to Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone"?That the song remains legendary no one probably doubts. That it stands as one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded may also not meet with much dissidence. But over two-hundred pages on a single so. 5 in 1965. Has any other or, maybe a better question would be, can any other song receive the in-depth, subterranean, data mined, ultra-nuanced treatment that Greil Marcus gives to Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone"?That the song remains legendary no one probably doubts. That it stands as one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded may also not meet with much dissidence. But over two-hundred pages on a single so
Marcus successfully convinces readers that (in the words of hit songwriter Gerry Goffin), "Dylan managed to do something that not one of us was able to do: put poetry in rock n' roll and just stand up there like a mensch and sing it." Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . All rights reserved. Part scholarly discourse and part beatnik rambling, the book is chockfull of lively metaphors and includes 20 pages of studio outtake banter. From Publishers Weekly Marcus's engaging exegesis on the musical and cultural ramifications of Dylan's 1965 six-and-half-minute hit is not just a study of a popular song and a historic era, but an examination of the heroic status of the American visionary artist. Marcus displays a comprehensive kno