The Philosophy Of Modern Song
- Autor: Oscar Isaac
- Narrador: Rita Moreno
- Editora: Simon & Schuster
- Duração: 6:37:35
Sinopse
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. The audio is narrated by an all-star lineup including Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Jeffrey Wright, and Renée Zellweger!
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 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.
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021 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter20 OnTheRoadAgainWillieNelson
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022 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter21 IfYouDontKnowMeByNowHaroldMelvinAndTheBlueNotes
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023 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter22 TheLittleWhiteCloudThatCriedJohnnieRay
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024 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter23 ElPasoMartyRobbins
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025 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter24 NellyWasALadyAlvinYoungbloodHart
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026 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter25 CheaperToKeepHerJohnnieTaylor
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029 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter28 OnTheStreetWhereYouLiveVicDamone
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030 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter29 TruckinTheGratefulDead
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031 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter30 RubyAreYouMadOsbourneBrothers
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032 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter31 OldViolinJohnnyPaycheck
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033 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter32 VolareNelBluDipintoDiBluDomenicoModugno
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034 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter33 LondonCallingTheClash
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035 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter34 YourCheatinHeartHankWilliamsWithHisDriftingCowboys
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036 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter35 BlueBayouRoyOrbison
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037 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter36 MidnightRiderTheAllmanBrothers
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038 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter37 BlueSuedeShoesCarlPerkins
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040 ThePhilosophyOfModernSong Chapter39 DirtyLifeAndTimesWarrenZevon
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