{"id":1553,"date":"2022-11-02T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2022\/2022\/11\/02\/bob-dylan-new-book-spins-philosophical-on-66-modern-songs\/"},"modified":"2022-11-02T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:30:00","slug":"bob-dylan-new-book-spins-philosophical-on-66-modern-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2022\/2022\/11\/02\/bob-dylan-new-book-spins-philosophical-on-66-modern-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Dylan\u2019s New Book Spins Philosophical on 66 Modern Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 12 years in the incubator, Bob Dylan\u2019s long-awaited book on songwriting,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Philosophy-of-Modern-Song\/Bob-Dylan\/9781451648706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Philosophy of Modern Song<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Simon &amp; Schuster), has finally landed with a very big splash.\u00a0 This, of course, is as it should be as he is, with little doubt, the most revered songwriter of the latter part of the 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Century, the first and still only rocker to earn a Pulitzer Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with everything Dylan,&nbsp;<em>The Philosophy of Modern Song<\/em>, is not really what you think it will. It is not a literal analysis or anatomical study of these tunes as told by their makers. It is something grander, more ambitious and maybe more revealing about Dylan himself \u2013 his life\u2019s experiences, observations and opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Philosophy-of-Modern-Song-cover-art.jpg\" alt=\"bob dylan book\" class=\"wp-image-436560\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<script>\n\n\/* In-Read - Nysmusic.com *\/\n\n(function() {\n\n   var opts = {\n\n       artist: \"\",\n\n       song: \"\",\n\n       adunit_id: 100005083,\n\n       detect_artist: true,\n\n       div_id: \"cf_async_\" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999))\n\n   };\n\n   document.write('<div id=\"'+opts.div_id+'\"><\/div>');var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== 'undefined')c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(\"script\"),s=document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0];r.async=!0;r.src=\"\/\/srv.tunefindforfans.com\/fruits\/apricots.js\";r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(\"loaded\"==r.readyState||\"complete\"==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)};\n\n})();\n\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book employs 66 widely varied songs as jumping off points for some dazzlingly impressionistic essays. These are his philosophical jams on the subject matter at the heart of each song \u2013 from romantic betrayal\/divorce to the faith of the Vegas gambler to career crashes, war, alienation and so much more. It\u2019s a Monet, J.W. Turner or other great Impressionist painters take on a book.&nbsp; It\u2019s super misty and foggy but the soft focus of it may impart greater emotional resonance than something photo realistic.&nbsp; In most cases, these elegant prose forwards are followed by a second essay, one that more literally relates to the songwriters and performers, the historical backdrop for the songs and the like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per the promotional press release: \u201cWhile they are ostensibly about music, these are really meditations and reflections on the human condition\u2026 a series of dream-like riffs that resemble an epic poem.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; Along the way, readers will get plenty of Dylan\u2019s dry and devastating humor, served up with some oddball trivia about the artists and his beliefs on what makes a song great.&nbsp; Want to know how a single extra syllable can ruin a song or how bluegrass is the father of heavy metal?&nbsp; If so, this is the book for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selections in the book demonstrate Dylan\u2019s reverence for many genres of song. There\u2019s old-timey Americana, classic country and Delta and Chicago blues, the crooners of the Great American songbook, Laurel Canyon rock, Motown and Philly Soul, the R&amp;B and rockabilly influenced rock-n-roll pioneers of \u201850s, some classic rock radio staples and even Top 40 kitsch.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elvis Costello\u2019s \u201cPump It Up\u201d is the perfect \u201cboiling point song, the anthem of an alienated hellcat\u201d per Dylan. He calls the artist a fusion of silent screen icon Harold Lloyd and Buddy Holly, two masters of minimalist precision in their work.&nbsp; Likewise, this song is a \u201cstreamlined classic,\u201d one better than others by Costello which Dylan sometimes finds \u201ctoo wordy\u201d and full of \u201ctoo many thoughts.\u201d&nbsp; Dylan\u2019s views on the blues classics \u201cKey to the Highway\u201d and \u201cBig Boss Man\u201d are testaments to the power of their architects \u2013 Little Walter and Jimmy Reid, whom Dylan dubs \u201cthe essence of electric simplicity.\u201d&nbsp; On Elvis Presley\u2019s \u201cMoney Honey,\u201d Dylan waxes poetic and a little leftist provides on the value of money. It\u2019s all about power, the difference between rich and power and how we are all equal in the end when we shed the bone suit.&nbsp; His riff on Willie Nelson\u2019s \u201cOn the Road Again\u201d may serve to explain why he is still on his so-called \u201cEndless Tour.\u201d&nbsp; Willie\u2019s version is an update on Kerouac\u2019s hipster\/beatnik classic&nbsp;<em>On the Road<\/em>, in luxury bus vs. Neil Cassady\u2019s ramshackle \u201849 Hudson . Why the road?&nbsp; Because you will never be bogged down by any of life\u2019s trivial responsibilities like doing the laundry per Dylan. It\u2019s all about to the road that leads to the next performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dylan\u2019s offering on Ricky Nelson\u2019s \u201cPoor Little Fool\u201d sets out to secure Nelson his rightful place on the pantheon of early rockers. Per Dylan, Nelson was the person who really brought this new music to a nation through his weekly performances on his family\u2019s hit TV show, \u201cThe Adventures of Ozzie &amp; Harriet\u201d in the mid-\u201850s .&nbsp; According to Dylan, Nelson was \u201cmore than Elvis the ambassador of Rock-n-Roll.\u201d&nbsp; This section also charts the starring role \u201cthe fool\u201d has had in many eras and genres of popular music, in hits from Hank Snow, Aretha Franklin, Bobby Bland, The Beatles, The Main Ingredient, Elvis Presley, The Grateful Dead and Anthony Newley.&nbsp;&nbsp; Dylan\u2019s book also riffs on a duo of Little Richard standards, \u201cTutti Fruitti\u201d and \u201cLong Tall Sally.\u201d&nbsp; The former is really Richard \u201cspeaking in tongues\u201d about the undercover gay subculture, while the latter provides the platform for a head scratching fantasy about 12-foot-tall ancient Egyptians!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dylan on <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/2022\/05\/31\/the-who-the-who-hits-back-2022-bethel-woods\/\">The Who<\/a>\u2019s \u201cMy Generation\u201d is a rumination on the \u201ccockiness of youth\u201d and how each new generation will always somehow take from the one before it \u2026 and resent the fact!&nbsp; The Eagles \u201cWitchy Woman\u201d is the runway for a rant on the kinds of women you should avoid, \u201ca hallucinogenic amalgamation of succubus and thaumaturge.\u201d It\u2019s also a deep dive into the life and end of the legendary New Orleans voodoo queen, Marie Laveau. With his study of \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Be Misunderstood,\u201d Dylan addresses how being misunderstood and getting lost in translation \u201cruins your enjoyment of life.\u201d There\u2019s cool trivia here about how the label that put out Nina Simone\u2019s classic version, ESP, was first founded to help spread the new universal language, Esperanto, before it became the home to avant-garde jazz greats like Albert Ayler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the chapter on \u201cIt\u2019s All in the Game,\u201d we learn how a melody created by a man who would become Vice President to Calvin Coolidge made the hit parade.&nbsp; Here, Dylan spouts on the history of American politicians as musicians, referencing Nixon\u2019s piano chops and Bill Clinton\u2019s yakety sax to name a few.&nbsp; This chapters contains what I think are the most unfortunate collection of words in the book, when he calls former Arkansas governor and Fox News staple Mike Huckabee \u201can accomplished bass player.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201870s Stax Records classic, \u201cCheaper to Keep Her\u201d by Johnnie Taylor, is a song reflection what Dylan calls \u201cthe school of street wisdom.\u201d Perhaps a reflection of his own experience, Dylan uses it to rail against \u201cthe $10 Billion a year divorce industry\u201d and lawyers in \u201cthe business of family destruction.\u201d His solution?&nbsp; Embracing polygamy and having&nbsp;<em>only&nbsp;<\/em>as many children as you can afford!&nbsp; And speaking of questionable occupations, Dylan\u2019s take on Cher\u2019s quasi-novelty hit, \u201cGypsys, Tramps and Thieves,\u201d concludes with him saying that these are \u201cthe three types of people\u201d a person might have the most fun having dinner with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For me, Dylan\u2019s most eye-opening take came with Hank Williams\u2019 \u201cYour Cheatin\u2019 Heart.\u201d&nbsp; To Dylan, it\u2019s a song of nuance, one that can be viewed from two perspectives. First, and most obvious, is the person who has been cheated on. But for Dylan, maybe the song is really or also about the cheater, the person who is questioning his own compulsion to be unfaithful again and again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Credit must go to whoever art directed this long-awaited book.&nbsp; The text is complemented with over 150 curated photos which serve to set the time and emotional tone for Dylan\u2019s subjective, profound and sometimes humorous investigations of some our most beloved and underappreciated popular songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bob Dylan, Rick Danko &amp; Levon Helm - Your Cheatin&#039; Heart\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/40BI_P2r2VU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 12 years in the incubator, Bob Dylan\u2019s long-awaited book on songwriting,\u00a0The Philosophy of Modern Song\u00a0(Simon &amp; Schuster), has finally landed with a very big splash.\u00a0 This, of course, is as it should be as he is, with little doubt, the most revered songwriter of the latter part of the 20th\u00a0Century, the first and still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":402,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[359,2,6,25,29],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-features","category-genres","category-reviews","category-rock","tag-bob-dylan"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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