02982cam a2200397 4500 1868624297 TxAuBib 20250122120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781797129525 179712952X 75b3ec0d-02fb-4551-9e51-954e821a2715 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 8822523 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Dylan, Bob, 1941- The Philosophy of Modern Song [Bridges Audiobook]. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 182MB. HTML:<b><i>The Philosophy of Modern Song</i> is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's <i>Chronicles: Volume One</i>—and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. The audio is narrated by an all-star lineup including Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Jeffrey Wright, and Renée Zellweger! </b><br /> Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal. These essays are written in Dylan's unique prose. They are mysterious and mercurial, poignant and profound, and often laugh-out-loud funny. And while they are ostensibly about music, they are really meditations and reflections on the human condition. Running throughout the book are a series of dream-like riffs that, taken together, resemble an epic poem and add to the work's transcendence.<br /> <br /> In 2020, with the release of his outstanding album <i>Rough and Rowdy Ways</i>, Dylan became the first artist to have an album hit the Billboard Top 40 in each decade since the 1960s. <i>The Philosophy of Modern Song</i> contains much of what he has learned about his craft in all those years, and like everything that Dylan does, it is a momentous artistic achievement. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Essays. Music. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-01-21 20:00:03. Woodard, Alfre, 1953- Wright, Jeffrey. Zellweger, Renée, 1969- Bridges, Jeff, 1949- Buscemi, Steve, 1958- Goodman, John, 1952- Isaac, Oscar. Mirren, Helen. Moreno, Rita. Spacek, Sissy. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=75b3ec0d-02fb-4551-9e51-954e821a2715&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)