Week Seven Blog Post

 

Week Seven

Bradley Nelsen

        Rolling like a stone

    Bob Dylan

        One of Bob Dylan's most popular songs, Rolling Like a Stone, Is an excellent example of what his music is like and what things he tried to talk about in his music. Rolling Like a Stone is a good representative of Bob Dylan's Music. A balladic song that tells the story of how life has its ups and downs, how it feels to sometimes have someone you once trusted take from you. Albeit the words are a little confusing, and somewhat vague. But that is what makes Bob Dylan's music so unique. He tries to make his works universal, and applicable to any situation. The folk music that is played on electronic guitars is a unique genre of music that was a pioneer for the 60's famous psychedelic rock. 

        Bob Dylan as we all know started out as a folk singer until at a music festival in the 60s he had a rock and roll band play his songs in a new style of music. Even though he was booed off the stage, this new creative way to use rock in a more serious manner was adopted by a new group of people. the Infamous hippies in the 1960s into sex, drugs, and rock and roll.




Comments

  1. Josh WildeMarch 9, 2022 at 8:34 AM

    I am also a fan of "Like a Rolling Stone" from Bob Dylan for the story that it tells. I agree that it is a little bit hard to understand, but honestly almost every song is hard to understand because they have to write it in a more melodic than coherent way. None the less, it is a great song, and I respect Bob Dylan for making the connection between Folk and Rock.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week Six Blog post

  Week Six Bradley Nelsen              Be My baby     Performed by the Ronnets     Composed by Phil Spector          Be my Baby is such a simple song, A cookie-cutter, Upbeat, love song that has shaped several future songs for years to come. But despite its simplicity, this song is great, Not to mention a great example of love songs in this era and a great example of Phil Spector's work. Phil Spector is one of the greatest composers and songwriters of his time, who got to work some of the best bands of the era, like the Ronnets and even The Temptations. Phil Spector's "wall of sound" trope that he is famous for is extremely evident in this song. There are always Drums in the background paired with some fast-paced maracas. Be my baby, being a passionate song about love and kisses, is definitely targeted towards a younger audience, another cornerstone for Phil Spector's songs being claimed as "Teenag...
Read more

Week Eight Blog Post

  Week Eight Bradley Nelsen          Hotel California       The Eagles               California is one of America's most popular and populated areas across the nation. Often California is seen as this flawless place with friendly locals, local shops, and crafts with endless beaches with parties on every block on every weekend. But The Eagle's song "Hotel California" gives kind of a different tone to this supposed lovely place. "Hotel California" sings about the "excess in America" and how the California that was sung about by the beach boys in the 1960s isn't what it used to be. As I previously mentioned, California has been portrayed as this wonderful region, but in all reality, it's pretty... overrated. In the song, Don Felder asks the captain 'please bring me my wine' but the captain turns him down saying 'we haven't had that spirit since nineteen sixty-nine' meaning that California ain't what ...
Read more