Description: Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal. These essays are written in Dylan’s unique prose. They are mysterious and mercurial, poignant and profound, and often laugh-out-loud funny. And while they are ostensibly about music, they are really meditations and reflections on the human condition. Running throughout the book are nearly 150 carefully curated photos as well as a series of dream-like riffs that, taken together, resemble an epic poem and add to the work’s transcendence. #music Condition: New. No tears, marks, or notes.
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Literary Movement: Modernism
Book Title: Philosophy of Modern Song
Item Length: 9.1in
Item Height: 1.3in
Item Width: 7.4in
Author: Bob Dylan
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Personal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Music
Item Weight: 34.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
