Review: The Philosophy of Modern Song, by Bob Dylandoi:10.1525/jpms.2024.36.3.132Jason GuthrieJournal of Popular Music Studies
the ghost writer, doing it long hand. I can visualize that song; see it in my mind’s eye. “Strangers in the Night,” that, too. A couple of people who don’t know each other on the dark side of things. I don’
"The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a master class on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes ...
Dylan was born in Hibbing, Minnesota, a tough working town, and the vicinity of one of the largest open-pit iron ore mines anywhere. He hails from Turkish Jews who somehow wound up in the wilderness of Northern Minnesota. His father sold repurposed goods to the good working people...
“The Philosophy of Modern Song” will be “a master class on the art and craft of songwriting” by other musicians, including Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone.
I’ve readHonkers and Shouters, Nick Tosches’Dino, Guralnick’s Elvis books, some others. ButThe Philosophy of Modern Songis more of a state of mind than any of those. Some of the artists here had pretty colorful – and sometimes checkered – histories. What do you think about the ...
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