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Bob Dylan: New Morning _by Uncle WhimpyI never believed that I would use Bob Dylan to draw parallels forthesociety-at4arge again, but perhaps I must. The 1960V are over and for America they may be looked upon as a decade of chaotic, self-destructive turmoil. We have lost not just 40,000 soldiers and some of our most inspiring leaders, but in many cases, a sense of national and personal identity and unity. My own generation has, as a group, floundered in the evils of drugs and politics and seemed unable tofind a comfortable path from adolescense to adulthood.Now the 70’s are upon us and hopefully we’ll never return to the frantic years behind us. Something about a hew decade seems to grant us reprieve from the self-imposed sentences of the past.Regardless of Kent, regardless -of Jackson State, and all our other failures, I still feel that 1970 is a year for hope. The 60’s ended with the Mets winning a World Series and the Beatles actually breaking up so the impossible can still happen (For the times, they areachangin’).Dylan lived and grew with us in the 60’s. He’ll be 29 years old on December sixth of this year and the angry young man, possessed by a seemingly demonic agony, is gone. The leather was softened, with age; *r *On this album lie for the first time draws upon contemporary musical influences who spent their early years feeling his own powerful influence. His singing is no longer whihy but comfortable. His lyrical phrasing is reminiscent of Paul McCartney and his piano work is as subtlygentle as Neil Young’s best./The most interesting cut on the album is a talking poem called “If Dogs Run Free”. It contains a soft jazz piano, backed guitar and drums and overlaid by a wispy female scat vocal.My favorite song is “Sign on the Window”, a wondering melody about personal hopes and dreams. It will probably be called romantic and trite but for me it’s a beautiful example of unselfconscious joy.“Get me a cabin up in Utah, Marry me a wife and catch rainbow trout,Have a bunch of kinds that call me Pa.,That must be what it’s all about.It’s a New Morning.
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Erie Nittany Cub
Erie, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Nov 19, 1970
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