Bob Dylan Writings, 1968-2010 by Greil Marcus. EPUB (Perseu)

The book begins in Berkeley in 1968, and ends with a piece
on Dylan's show at the University of Minnesota-his very
first appearance at his alma mater-on election night 2008.
In between are moments of euphoric discovery: From Marcus's
liner notes for the 1967 Basement Tapes (pop music's most
famous bootlegged archives) to his exploration of Dylan's
reimagining of the American experience in the 1997 Time Out
of Mind. And rejection; Marcus's Rolling Stone piece on
Dylan's album Self Portrait-often called the most famous
record review ever written-began with "What is this shit?"
and led to his departure from the magazine for five years.
Marcus follows not only recordings but performances, books,
movies, and all manner of highways and byways in which Bob
Dylan has made himself felt in our culture. Together the
dozens of pieces collected here comprise a portrait of how,
throughout his career, Bob Dylan has drawn upon and
reinvented the landscape of traditional American song, its
myths and choruses, heroes and villains. They are the result
of a more than forty-year engagement between an unparalleled
singer and a uniquely acute listener.

Bob Dylan: Writings, 1968-2010
By: Greil Marcus
ISBN13: 9781586489199
Format: EPUB
Language: EN
Pages: 972