Show 6: Love Songs, Part I
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
From: Bill King
Length: 00:59:40
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This two part sequence begins by demonstrating Dylan's rejection of the phoniness of Tin Pan Alley love song as well as "protest" songs. This leads to a focus on his love songs. Some are really love song, some explore the artist/audience relationship, some are about spiritual love. This show closes with an analysis of "I Want You" as critique of popular love song tradition, with the Beatles portrayed in the final verse as "your dancing child with his Chinese suit."
A substantial companion web site is available at http:\\www.dylanalley.org
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Show 2: Dylan and the Three Kings
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Radical Solitude in "Just Like a Woman" and a Radio Drama
Show 1: Dylan as Poet
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Introduction to this series on Bob Dylan's Poetics with focus on "To Ramona"
Show 4: Ballads, Part I
(00:59:58)
From: Bill King
This show begins a two part series by focusing on ballads in the early albums released in 1963-65.
Show 11: Art/Artist/Audience in Dylan' Songs
(00:59:13)
From: Bill King
Dylan's Relationship to His Art, to himself as Artist, and to his Audience
Show 10: John Wesley Harding
(01:02:25)
From: Bill King
The JWH album traces Dylan's relationship with America and his spritual journey from outlaw to family man, from joker to thief.
Show 12: Dylan and the Traditions
(01:00:13)
From: Bill King
Dylan & the Traditions: Literature, Popular Song, Folk Song
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Piece Description
This two part sequence begins by demonstrating Dylan's rejection of the phoniness of Tin Pan Alley love song as well as "protest" songs. This leads to a focus on his love songs. Some are really love song, some explore the artist/audience relationship, some are about spiritual love. This show closes with an analysis of "I Want You" as critique of popular love song tradition, with the Beatles portrayed in the final verse as "your dancing child with his Chinese suit."
A substantial companion web site is available at http:\\www.dylanalley.org
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Think Twice | Dylan | Freewheelin' BD. | Columbia | 1963 | 04:55 |
| It Ain't Me, Babe | Dylan | Another Side of BD. | Columbia | 1964 | 05:00 |
| Oh, Sister | Dylan | Desire. | Columbia | 1978 | 04:15 |
| If Not For You | Dylan | Nashville Skyline. | Columbia | 1969 | 04:10 |
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