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Author: Bob Dylan Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1451648723 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 429
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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 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. In 2020, with the release of his outstanding album Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan became the first artist to have an album hit the Billboard Top 40 in each decade since the 1960s. The Philosophy of Modern Song contains much of what he has learned about his craft in all those years, and like everything that Dylan does, it is a momentous artistic achievement.
Author: Bob Dylan Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1451648723 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 429
Book Description
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 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. In 2020, with the release of his outstanding album Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan became the first artist to have an album hit the Billboard Top 40 in each decade since the 1960s. The Philosophy of Modern Song contains much of what he has learned about his craft in all those years, and like everything that Dylan does, it is a momentous artistic achievement.
Author: Nate Sloan Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0190056657 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 225
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Pop music surrounds us - in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist - but how often do we really hear what's playing? Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been hailed by NPR, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly for its witty and accessible analysis of Top 40 hits. Through close studies of sixteen modern classics, musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding shift pop from the background to the foreground, illuminating the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. In 1939, Aaron Copland published What to Listen for in Music, the bestseller that made classical music approachable for generations of listeners. Eighty years later, Nate and Charlie update Copland's idea for a new audience and repertoire: 21st century pop, from Britney to Beyoncé, Outkast to Kendrick Lamar. Despite the importance of pop music in contemporary culture, most discourse only revolves around lyrics and celebrity. Switched on Pop gives readers the tools they need to interpret our modern soundtrack. Each chapter investigates a different song and artist, revealing musical insights such as how a single melodic motif follows Taylor Swift through every genre that she samples, André 3000 uses metric manipulation to get listeners to "shake it like a Polaroid picture," or Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee create harmonic ambiguity in "Despacito" that mirrors the patterns of global migration. Replete with engaging discussions and eye-catching illustrations, Switched on Pop brings to life the musical qualities that catapult songs into the pop pantheon. Readers will find themselves listening to familiar tracks in new waysand not just those from the Top 40. The timeless concepts that Nate and Charlie define can be applied to any musical style. From fanatics to skeptics, teenagers to octogenarians, non-musicians to professional composers, every music lover will discover something ear-opening in Switched on Pop.
Author: Hal Leonard Corp. Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN: 1480394084 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 849
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(Fake Book). Melody, lyrics, and chords, for over 220 acoustic favorites! Songs include: American Pie * Big Yellow Taxi * Cat's in the Cradle * Closing Time * Don't Know Why * Dust in the Wind * Everything I Own * Fast Car * Give a Little Bit * Hallelujah * Ho Hey * I Got You Babe * I'll Be * The Lazy Song * Leaving on a Jet Plane * Meet Virginia * More Than Words * Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) * Peaceful Easy Feeling * Put Your Records On * Running on Empty * Summer Breeze * Sunny Came Home * Tom's Diner * Walking in Memphis * Yellow * You've Got a Friend * and many more.
Author: Hal Leonard Corp. Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN: 1495009416 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 438
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(Easy Guitar). A great big collection of 75 popular favorites arranged at an easier level, including: All of Me * Bad Day * Brave * Counting Stars * Dark Horse * Get Lucky * Happy * Ho Hey * Home * How to Save a Life * Human * I Gotta Feeling * Jar of Hearts * Let Her Go * Let It Go * Little Talks * Radioactive * Royals * Say Something * Stay with Me * Summertime Sadness * Teardrops on My Guitar * Titanium * Toes * Torn * Unwell * What Makes You Beautiful * Yellow * You're Beautiful * and more. Standard notation only (no tab.)
Author: Paul Sperry Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486267494 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 192
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42 of the best songs of a halcyon period in American music, richly varied in mood, sentiment and musical character, including classics by Edward MacDowell, Charles Ives, Amy Beach, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Oley Speaks, Ethelbert Nevin, John Philip Sousa, Charles Wakefield Cadman and 14 other composers. Reprinted from rare original song sheets in full piano and vocal arrangements.
Author: Erik Didriksen Publisher: Quirk Books ISBN: 1594748292 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 129
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A Goodreads Choice Award nominee The Bard meets the Backstreet Boys in this collection of 100 classic pop songs reimagined as Shakespearean sonnets This hilarious book of poetry transforms disco staples, classic rock anthems, and recent chart-toppers into hilarious iambic pentameter! All your favorite songs are here, including hits by Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, Katy Perry, Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, and many others. An entertaining journey into the world of Elizabethan poetry, and based on the immensely popular Tumblr of the same name, Pop Sonnets is the perfect gift for Shakespeare fans and music lovers alike. “Ever wonder what Taylor Swift and Beyoncé would sound like in iambic pentameter? We hadn’t either, but now we can't get enough.” —TIME
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Author: Joseph Edwards Carpenter
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