Bob Dylan: Mirror and Prophet
Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, in May, 1941, has been considered one of the most important figures of song, because of the way he gives music to his beautiful poetry, which has brought a social message to every single people´s ears. Dylan became known in 1961 with the release...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | Spanish English |
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| Online Access: | http://nas.ucuenca.edu.ec/BibliotecaDigital/ebooks/tli181.pdf |
| Summary: | Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, in May, 1941, has been considered one of the most important figures of song, because of the way he gives music to his beautiful poetry, which has brought a social message to every single people´s ears. Dylan became known in 1961 with the release of his first album, named after him Bob Dylan. Then, dozens of albums followed it. The era Dylan jump started to fame was full of social and political issues for the United States of America. The U.S. was facing external problems like The Cold War, The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Vietnam War. Moreover, inner affairs like racial discrimination, and the violation of human rights started to move people to react against unjust deeds. Many musicians were part of pacific struggles, Dylan was among them. In fact, Dylan is a builder of conscience. Almost all of his songs show his disagreement to war, to apartheid, to the destruction of the Earth, to nuclear weapons, to any kind of injustice. On the other hand, Latin American people were also passing through many problems, and they had their heroes, too. Musicians like Victor Jara, Mercedes Sosa, Silvio Rodriguez, Leon Gieco, Los Illiniza etc. represented people with their songs of revolution. Dylan´s songs are still foretelling a future of emptiness where people die in wars, where children starve, and where people raise again to fight against poverty and death. Dylan is a prophet who walks among us with his guitar and harmonic |
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| Physical Description: | CD 18 cm |
| Bibliography: | incl. ref. |