Bob Dylan on Music’s Golden Era vs. Streaming: ‘Everything’s Too Easy’

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By Jeff Slate

The iconoclast shares his thoughts on creativity, how technology might represent the end of civilization and why he thanked ‘the crew of Dunkin’ Donuts’ in his latest book

IN HIS 81 YEARS, Bob Dylan has seemingly lived 100 lives. He conquered the world in the 1960s as a singer-songwriter who defied convention, going on to sell millions of records. He’s earned countless awards, including 10 Grammys, an Oscar, although he didn’t even attend the ceremony to accept it, and even the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. And music is only part of his story; Mr. Dylan has also become known among fans and collectors as an accomplished painter, and his 2004 book “Chronicles, Volume One,” an international bestseller, won the National Book Award.

Last month, he added a second book to the catalog. “The Philosophy of Modern Song” (Simon & Schuster) reads both as meditation and fever dream; it is a history lesson about (mostly) songs from the mid-20th Century, but also a rare glimpse into the fertile mind of one of the most creative people of the modern era.

In a lengthy interview, Mr. Dylan ruminated on the explosion of technology and culture during the mid-20th century, when he was young, life in the TikTok age, his lockdown experience and songwriting.

 

Full article (option to listen to article ~8min) WSJ : https://www.wsj.com/articles/bob-dylan-interview-11671471665

Alternate Link (bobdylan.com): https://www.bobdylan.com/news/bob-dylan-interviewed-by-wall-street-journals-jeff-slate/

Edited December 19, 2022 by Esau.
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[edger]

I'd like to pick up these books. Thanks for sharing Greg! See you on Boxing day?

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1 hour ago, edger said:

See you on Boxing day?

Unfortunately its not looking good due to surgery on 23rd. Would love to though.