Okay, I have to say that Bob Dylan is actually pretty good. The documentary we watched for class bored me to death but after reading up on some of the songs and listening to him, I actually like his music and lyrics. I enjoyed looking up the song I was a assigned which was "Like a Rolling Stone." It was difficult to find but I found this one page off Wikipedia where this guy went nutz dissecting the song. He did all the patterns of the song like the lay out of the lyrics and the ABAB kind of lines, he did the meaning of the lyrics and an in depth analysis. I found out that the song was pretty much written about a girl who is blind to see what's going on around her. How her wealthy life has taken over and made her blind to see everything in life. Now that she has fallen down from this social structure, she is able to learn and grown to see what's around her. This enslavment is what prevented her from being creative. This is also something that many people deal with as well. They have all their material possession, wealth, and status to stop them from being creative and appreciating art. I totally agree with this idea and it's true. Everyone is materialistic and maybe that's what's stoping most from seeing their own creative side. This ties in with everything that we have been learning. For instance why people have issues bringing out their creative sides. It is said from writers block and all that kind of stuff. Maybe it's from this idea that we all have hammered into our brains of how society wants us to be. I respect Dylan for want us to rebel from conforming to society.
Even before reading about all of this for my song, I absolutely loved his "Mr. Tambourine Man" song. I really liked the beat of it and him singing. I couldn't stop listening to it in the car everyday where ever I went. I even played it with my boyfriend in the car, and he looked at me like I was crazy since I don't really like any singers like Dylan. I enjoy a lot of the rock music groups like Guns N Roses and Ozzy and stuff but I would never listen to Dylan. My boyfriend is obssessed with Johnny Cash, who I absolutely hate, so to see me listening and enjoying a bit of Dylan was different and scary. So yeah, I like his music now. =)
2 comments:
There is one thing that Mike said that would come true.
"You will leave this class liking at least one of Bob Dylan's songs."
It wasn't his exact words, but it touches the surface. I also am starting to like Dylan.
I'm glad that a few Dylan songs were interesting to you. Nice post.
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