Polizzotti, Mark
Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (33 1/3) (33 1/3)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780826417756
- author:
- Polizzotti, Mark
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Continuum
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2007
- Pages:
- 168
- Genre:
- Music, Stage & Screen / Music
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited is a deeply affecting album that continues to resonate with listeners today. Its enduring emotional appeal lies in its unique blend of intensely personal and universally relatable themes. The songs on this album, including "Like a Rolling Stone", "Ballad of a Thin Man", and "Desolation Row", are masterful examples of Dylan's songwriting skill. With their vivid imagery, gallows humor, and atmospheric intensity, they have become iconic in the world of rock music. This book provides a detailed analysis of these songs, exploring what makes them so affecting and how they work together as a suite. By examining the lyrics, melody, arrangements, and Dylan's biography, Mark Polizzotti sheds new light on this pivotal moment in Dylan's career. The result is a nuanced understanding of an album that has become synonymous with the mid-1960s counterculture movement.
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