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Bob Dylanmmm(Conti FiL»d from Pog* 6)tindsd up Ip New York City u Bob Dylan. Gaining m reputation! he was signed to a contractby Columbia Records in UH,A fter fcHjr albumfl Of mode m fdltmusic Imitating Woody Guthrie, his Idol, ho mad* the piling* Into folk rock with on album called 'BringiEL' it AO Back Home. Jte hit the top with mother folk rock sound, -Highway «1 Revisited,* an album that included hLs biggest single, Likea Rolling Stone*Whether or not Dylan's sqngs make any senae doesn't matterto Ms mUllCES of Ians. TheyIlk* everything he do** even Ifthe fioog titles don't have any•connection with the lyrics. Noonfl else as famous could saysomething incoherent, label Itwith a fake title and get so much praise, criticism, worship, abuse, interpretation and condemnation. Except maybe the Fro* aidant.What happened when Dylanturned over a rock Of mttfilc lathat the hip were hanging on andnow everybody has caught on and they are all going around In a whirlpool and can't get out. What he did am a put oo Is now a big success. People booed him at Newport when he first did folk rock, lust as they traced at the Hollywood Bowl In 1063 when befirst did his folk sound. Bothtimes, Mar,, whan the people thought they better understood hie messages they cheered him. Now they cheer those tame songs he sang at Newport. Dylan is putting them all on and enjoying H mors everyday. True, he still writes material that could becalled * great,* hut b* writesmore and more Junk all tbs time,one should listen to Ms albumcalled ■Another side of Bob Dylan* to catch a good image of the change.Ctf course what is printed about Dylan goes a long way and rumors are plentlM everywhere, sohe grants few interviews, U one call even believe that He leads bis own whirlwind life and presents an image to Ms followers ofcocky Independence and social contempt. He views publicity Interviews this way:, . '-no, I ihtU oot co-operatewith reporters' whims. They can build mi up according to their own term* so that they ars able to bust me down and 'expose' me. , „ I expose1 myself everytime I stop out on the stage,1Dylan has written more Influential songs for the modemgeneration than any other artistsuch as ■Blowin* in ihe Wind,1-Don't think twice, 11'a all right,1All I really want to do,* “Itain't me Babe,* Mr. Tambourine Man, and now ■Rainy Day Women, number IB 4 35* (everybody must get stoned), His earner social commentary about war, integration, fallout, andpho-ainesn carried mare weight behind it and wiB probably last longer than the material be Is do-trig now, but wasn't as coramor-etally popular as his folk rock sound. However, with a put-on attitude Dylan can sell lust shoutevery garbage can lyric be makes up. .Whether or not they have any reel meaning or significancemakes do dlffcrtmii, thsyTl gelplenty of attention.As an artist Dylan doesn't care If he makes a mint or a molehill, just as long os he can perform his “tradldlonal music* for hie own enjoy mint. Maybe he will be the first to land onthe moon if be gets any fartherout.
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