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The Case for 'Joey'
For those of you who don’t know, “Joey” is a song by Bob Dylan from his Mexican-Themed album “Desire” on which lies the great song “Romance in Durango”, the Cinco de Mayo song “Isis” and obviously, the revolutionary “Hurricane” of which the subject is the boxer, Rubin ‘The Hurricane’ Carter. Apart from these songs plus one of my personal favourites, “One More Cup of Coffee”, the great “Black Diamond Bay”, the start of the ‘divorce era’ song “Sara” and the confusing “Mozambique” - the song “Joey” seems to be universally hated for some odd reason.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Ode to Fugue Symphony
"Art is never finished, only abandoned." - Leonardo Da Vinci Da Vinci is one of my idols. His Art has always inspired me to be better and perfectionate my creative projects in my journey as an Artist. As his quote suggests, the process of creating Art, in any medium, is an alchemical reflection of its creator.
By Facundo Raganato5 years ago in Beat
Another Jeff Tweedy Story: A soundtrack to joy and grief
I will admit, I am an unabashed Jeff Tweedy fan. His two 2018 releases, WARM and WARMER touched on themes ubiquitous within us all. With songs about American regret and the search for meaning in an increasingly chaotic world, they caught the feeling of the times. Tweedy continues to elucidate our journey into the unknown with his latest release, Love Is King.
By Peter Carriveau5 years ago in Beat
Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released"
The song “I Shall Be Released” by Bob Dylan has been covered by many, many artists over the years with my personal favourite being by Nina Simone. The song itself is a great testament to life and death in which Bob Dylan explores the point of imprisonment and the way in which someone’s own reflection can be seen in a place which is without any mirrors. Now, what we talk about in the posts of “Dylan in a day” is not the critical analysis behind the songs but instead what we think the songs might be about. I have read way too many books on Bob Dylan’s songs to start giving a citation for everyone I use, so instead I want to talk to you about what I take from the song myself. “I Shall Be Released” has to be one of my favourite songs by Bob Dylan and it actually appears in two different main forms: one being on “The Greatest Hits” album along with “Watching the River Flow” and the other on the “Raw” or “Complete” version of “The Basement Tapes”. By general consensus, the latter seems to be the one that is more liked of the two.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Bob Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
This is a song that I have loved for many years in many forms. There’s the album version on “Highway 61 Revisited” (1965) and then there’s the version on “No Direction Home” which is also pretty amazing in a different key. I want to have a quick look at what I think this song means and honestly, I want to have a look at how the song sounds. I think there’s enough critical analysis on deeper meanings in Bob Dylan’s lyrics for you to check out by people who have, to Bob Dylan’s own dismay, studied him for fifty or so years. My reviews on Bob Dylan are purely for entertainment purposes. Why? The poetics are great, the lyrics are amazing and wild, the song sounds good and his singing voice is seriously underrated.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Halloween Sounds
The year is now 2020 and I have made a list of Halloween songs to share in this article. The list that I am going to share includes more up to date and classic songs to check out. Yes, that is right It is the month of Halloween and I know that those who love this month are looking for just the right tracks to play for this month. I have some perfect songs for you to check out. Go ahead and start making your own list to have your Halloween songs ready for your party or just to greet people on Halloween night.
By Shelly Bartley5 years ago in Beat
Bob Dylan's "Dignity"
Bob Dylan’s uplifting song “Dignity” may be, in beat and tone at least, happier than many of his other songs. But if we look deeper into the song, that purely is not the case. The song implies that everyone spends their most intimate moments alone, their most life-changing moments alive, searching for Dignity - well, at least that’s what I get from it. We all have to admit though that Bob Dylan’s singing voice on this song is absolutely iconic with a ton of intonation and animation that makes the song sound almost like a strange, oxymoronic story of people constantly looking for dignity as they “(look) into the lost forgotten years”.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Back in Blah - AC/DC is back with a brand ‘new’ single.
The Band, The Legacy Like many people AC/DC was pretty special to me throughout my life, growing up my father would blast Bon Scott era classics like “Big Balls” and eventually the Back in Black album, which was still a relatively new addition to their catalog when we got it for $1 from Columbia House. I would inevitably become a wild and unruly teenager, shotgunning wine coolers to Stiff Upper Lip and knowing that I had all of life figured out (SPOILER ALERT: I did not).
By Sabrina Johnson5 years ago in Beat
Blueberry Pancakes
A 21 year old upcoming artist by the name of Jacob Pnake has recently dropped a new single titled "BlueBerry Pancakes" which has been picking up numbers recently so I had to check it out. When I first stumbled across this song my first question was why is the song name "BlueBerry Pancakes"? Well I went and asked the artist "How exactly did you come up with the song name Blueberry Pancakes." He said " The song name came to me after I made the beat. I wanted the playfulness of the piano to influence whatever I wrote to it. Blueberry pancakes is what came forth." He said that "it's a lighthearted song with a emphasis on the bounce it has"
By riphaleyedits5 years ago in Beat
Interview with Accent Sorrow
So, to begin with, I met the artist who would become Accent Sorrow about 5 or 6 years ago through one of my closest friends. I didn't have too many initial reactions of him, though I did know I wasn't a tremendous fan of his taste of music. Coincidentally, it was indirectly through this particular set of musical tastes that I came to determine that my thinking about music had ossified, and I'd reached the age where I thought the music "of my generation" was the best, and everything new sucked.
By Creativity Risk5 years ago in Beat
