Hide Article Text (OCR)
IN THIS POLITICAL YEAR: when down men are prone to act like lithle children s while {he nation watches, think it, worthwhile 10 devote 2 Tew words (9 the talents of a very young man of inveterate wis dom. [his name is Bob Dylan. This twenty-two-year old re cording artist has litle in com mon with pelvis rotating or shaggy-headed contemporaries. Vis rele is that of the wander ing minstrel and social com mentator. Mis steadily selling Columbia album. The Freewheelin’ Bob Delan vest Wustrates the point with its inclusion of Blowin’ In the Wind and Masters of War niming a host of similarly in clined Dylan originals. His songs rejeet, rather than the cynicism of many an off. Broad way saliist, a passion to com municate the “tugh as he sees it. Dylan's mode of expression is folk music in the traditional, not the college — fraternity,' sense of the word. Wis style is an eclectic one garnered from the Teas American folk singers of the first half of this century. But as far as Dylan is con cerned how he sings is Subordi nale to What he says, AS A SOCIAL REFORMER. Though, he suffers from the same paradox that plagues William Ruckles and Lenny Bruce and all missionaries in this age of conformity. Most of the people whose opinions he wants to change have never heard of him, while those among his followers were al ready predisposed to his view point — whether for rational, conditioned or reaction-forma tic reasons=-when they dis covered him. Nevertheless the world does change, if imperceptibly at any given time, and only because people such as Dylan feel too need a change it- THANK GOODNESS once in a while a record enmnany does something now. In this Case 's RCA Victor that's done it in recording The Concert Sound of Henry Mancini. Instead of the standard “OK, Think, Give me twelve tacks .. alternate tempos... no more thanwo Latins... and stick in a “cuteroony’,” the album is composed entirely of four ex tended tacks. An Academy Award amddley, a tribute to Victor Young, a music of Da vid Rose grouping and by Pes ter Gurt Meets My Lucky spt add up to 40 minutes of Mancini as its host. Arrange ments for the concert orchestra , are lively and thoughtful, and the transitions sound amazingly fresh. SHORT CUTS: In The World of Lonely People (Columbia) Anita Bryant sings to the overt arrangements of Frank Bunter. Behind:her wall modulated voice is that contrived psuedo-coun* try sound that was happily miss ing from her last set, As Long! As We Needs Me. She I need.’ but violins with echo chambers, and back-beats I don't. . Similary, Anthony Newly, dors, seem to be shown to his best advantage in the new, Victor album In My Salii tude, which he produced and so can take the blame for. A, top yate composer, lyricist, hy brettist, comic, showman—yes, Balladier, ‘no, FOR SWANGERS: The Dou ble Six of Paris wail through a’ arch of jazz classics in Swing, in’ Singing’ (Philips). Lambert, Hendricks Bavan look out you're outnumbered,
Newspaper Details
Lawton Constitution and Morning Press
Lawton, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Jul 19, 1964
Page 32
Full Page
Clipped by
Chris H.
GB 07 Jun 2026
Other Publications Near Lawton, Oklahoma
Lawton Constitution Democrat
Lawton Sunday Constitution
Lawton Cannoneer
Lawton Morning Press
Lawton Constitution
