Saturday, August 22, 2009

Hurricane vs. John Prine




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posted by Isaac @ 10:30 a.m. 

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Blogger Benjamin said...

There has never, nor will there ever be a song writer as great as Bob Dylan. Born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet and latter-day disc jockey who has been a major influence on popular music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of his songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for both the civil rights and the anti-war movements.

Dylan's early lyrics incorporated political, social and philosophical, as well as literary, influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. While expanding and personalizing genres, he has explored many traditions of American song, from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll and rockabilly to English, Scottish and Irish folk music, and even jazz and swing.

Dylan performs with guitar, piano and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting.

He has received numerous awards over the years: Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008 a Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singer's honor in his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for what they called his profound impact on popular music and American culture, "marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." He has also been awarded two honorary degrees, the first from Princeton in 1970 and the second from St. Andrews in 2004.

His most recent album Together Through Life, his 33rd, was released on 28 April 2009. It reached number-one spot on both the Billboard 200 and the UK album charts in its first week of release.

In short, there is no one else better.

11:26 a.m., August 22, 2009  
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11:46 a.m., August 22, 2009  
Blogger Rob Burts said...

John Prine, voted People Magazines #73 sexiest man in 1997, is not only a musician and entertainer but also a poet. His writing flows off his pen as if being sucked from his very soul. A soul filled with deep secrets and dark mystery. Here's to you, John.

"He aint got laid in a month of sundays
I caught him once and he was sniffin my undies
He aint too sharp but he gets things done
Drinks his beer like its oxygen
Hes my baby
And Im his honey
Never gonna let him go"

4:00 p.m., August 25, 2009  

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