Bøger af Bob Dylan

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One — and since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.   Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over 60 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 analyses 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 nearly 150 carefully curated photos as well as a series of dream-like riffs that, taken together, resemble an epic poem and add to the work’s transcendence.   In 2020, with the release of his outstanding album Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan became the first artist to have an album hit the Billboard Top 40 in each decade since the 1960s. The Philosophy of Modern Song 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.

An unprecedented publishing event - the first volume in a series of memoirs by one of the most important and influential musicians and songwriters of our time.

Den legendariske singer-songwriter Bob Dylan fortæller om sit liv og sin fyrre år lange karriere i sine længe ventede erindringer. Bogen, der er på ca. 300 sider og særdeles velskrevet og underholdende, er den første i en serie på tre hvori Bob Dylan selv skriver om sit liv og sin karriere. Den omhandler bl.a. den unge Hibbing-drengs ankomst til New York og skildrer beatniks og bohemer på folkemusikscenen i begyndelsen af 60'erne.

Published for the first time in book form, the lecture delivered by the 2016 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan.

I årevis har den været udsolgt, men nu er den her igen på dansk: Bob Dylans eneste skønlitterære bog, den poetiske, kritiske og humoristiske prosabog Tarantula, der blev skrevet i 1966. I nogenlunde samme periode udkommer pladerne "Bringing It All Back Home", "Highway 61 Revisited" og "Blonde On Blonde" med vilde, intense og bevægende tekster om det splittede og sprængte moderne menneskeliv. Med disse - nogle af Dylans bedste - sange in mente er Tarantula uomgængelig læsning for alle med interesse i hans kreative proces. Udgivelsen blev udskudt gentagne gange, og i adskillige år cirkulerede Tarantula kun som stencilerede piratudgaver, indtil Dylan besluttede at udgive den i efteråret 1971. Med et sprog, der minder om poesi, fanger Tarantula tonen i tidsånden i den turbulente periode, den er blevet til i. Med sine 47 sprælske og burleske tekster tager Tarantula, udgivet første gang på dansk i 1972, i en stærkstrøm af ord og med et forunderligt billedsprog garneret med sort humor næsten alle aspekter af menneskelivet under kærlig handling: angst og kærlighed, vold og ømhed, melankoli og had, meningsløshed og håb, så det rykker og rusker i bogen karakterer - med bluessangerinden Aretha som ledestjerne.

A portable, abridged volume of Dylan's lyrics, from the beginning of his career through to the present day.

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan. "I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else." So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities--smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With the book's side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota, and points west, Chronicles: Volume One is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times. By turns revealing, poetical, passionate, and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences. Dylan's voice is distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful, and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns Chronicles: Volume One into a poignant reflection on life, and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art.

In seinen frühen Jahren war Dylan ein Singer-Songwriter, dessen Songs man auf den kleinen und bald auch größeren Bühnen New Yorks hörte, später wurde er zu einem Dichter, dessen Arbeiten man las. Seine einzigartige Karriere, die Anfang der sechziger Jahre in den Folkclubs begann, gipfelte 2016 in der Ehrung mit dem Literaturnobelpreis. Dylan verbindet in einer nie dagewesenen Kreativität Musik und Performance mit der Poesie, seine Lyrics waren dabei immer weit mehr als nur Texte zu seinen Songs. Dieser Band bietet zum ersten Mal eine zweisprachige Auswahl seiner besten Lyrics und Gedichte, herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort von Dylan-Kenner Heinrich Detering.

Bob Dylan - vinder af Nobelprisen i Litteratur 2016.THE LYRICS: 1961 - 2012Dette smukke værk indeholder Bob Dylans sangtekster fra begyndelsen af hans karriere til i dag - illustreret med grafisk kunst fra treogtredive pladeomslag og med håndskrevne revisioner, der ikke tidligere har været offentliggjort.Som det engang blev sagt af Al Kooper (der spillede orgel på ”Like a Rolling Stone”), ”er Bob lige så god som William Shakespeare. Hvad Shakespeare gjorde i sin samtid, det gør Bob i vores tid.”

I Den moderne sang giver Bob Dylan sine læsere en masterclass i sangskrivningens kunst i over 60 essays om tekster skrevet af de største musikere i den moderne sanghistorie.I Den moderne sang tager Bob Dylan læseren med ind i det musikalske værksted og fortæller om kunsten at skrive en sangtekst.Den ikoniske amerikanske musiker og modtager af Nobelprisen i litteratur har haft et album på Billboards Top 40 hvert årti siden 1960erne, men i bogen skriver han ikke om sine egne sange, han fokuserer på andres. I over 60 essays skriver Bob Dylan om sange af bl.a. Stephen Foster og Elvis Costello, Hank Williams og Nina Simone. Han dykker ned i, hvordan en enkelt stavelse kan skade en sang, analyserer det, han kalder det lette rims fælde og finder forbindelser mellem blue grass og heavy metal. Dylans essays handler umiddelbart om musik, men er også refleksioner over det at være menneske.Bogen er illustreret med næsten 150 fotografier.Bob Dylan (født 1941 i Duluth, Minnesota, USA) har udgivet 39 album og solgt 125 millioner plader. I 2016 modtog Bob Dylan Nobelprisen i litteratur for at "have skabt nye poetiske udtryk inden for den store amerikanske sangtradition."

Written in 1966, `Tarantula' is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of the times in which it was written, and gives a unique insight into Dylan's creative evolution.`The good samaritan coming in with the words "round & round we go" tattoed on his cheek / he tells the senator to stop insulting the lawyer.'`Tarantula' captures Bob Dylan's preoccupations at a crucial juncture in his artistic development, showcasing the antic imagination of a folk poet laureate who was able to combine the humanity and compassion of his country roots with the playful surrealism of modern art. Angry, funny and strange, the poems and prose in this collection reflect the concerns we find in Dylan's most seminal music: a sense of protest, a verbal playfulness and spontaneity, and a belief in the artistic legitimacy of chronicling everyday life and eccentricity on the street.`Tarantula' never made its publication date in Autumn 1966. To the delays added by Dylan's constant revisions was added the greater complication of his motorcyle accident - which left him with still undisclosed injuries and kept the book from publication until 1971. In the interim, it became a cult phenomenon, with `bookleg' editions photocopied from reviewer proofs circulating throughout the musical and literary demi-mondes. Reissued to coincide with the paperback release of `Chronicles Volume 1', `Tarantula' will finally find the wider audience it deserves.

Die Autobiographie des Literaturnobelpreisträgers 2016! Gelesen von BAP-Sänger Wolfgang Niedecken. Bob Dylan räumt auf mit den Mythen und Legenden, die sich um sein Leben und Werk ranken, und erzählt seine Geschichte selbst. Wie er Anfang der sechziger Jahre nach New York kam, wo seine Karriere in den Folkclubs begann. Wie er zur Zeit der großen Unruhen in Amerika um seine künstlerische Identität kämpfen und seine Familie vor der Öffentlichkeit schützen musste. Wie ihm ein alter Jazzsänger 1987 half, eine große musikalische Krise zu überwinden. Er blickt auf seine Kindheit zurück und schreibt leidenschaftlich über seine Musik, auch über die Einflüsse, die ihn geprägt haben, von Woody Guthrie bis hin zur "Dreigroschenoper". (Chronicles. Volume 2 und 3 sind bis dato nicht erschienen.)Bob Dylan, geboren 1941 in Minnesota, wurde mit seinen Schallplatten und Konzerten, seinen Filmen und Büchern zu einem der einflussreichsten amerikanischen Künstler der Gegenwart. 2016 erhielt er für seine Songpoesie den Literaturnobelpreis.

Published for the first time in a beautiful collectible edition, the essential lecture delivered by the 2016 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan.On October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognizing his countless contributions to music and letters over the last fifty years. Some months later, he delivered an acceptance lecture that is now memorialized in book form for generations to come. In The Nobel Lecture, Dylan reflects on his life and experience with literature, providing both a rare artistic statement and an intimate look at a uniquely American icon. From finding inspiration in the music of Buddy Holly and Leadbelly to the works of literature that helped shape his own approach to writingThe Odyssey, Moby-Dick, and All Quiet on the Western Frontthis is Dylan like you've never seen him before.

For the first time, a comprehensive, definitive collection of lyrics of music legend and poet Bob Dylan, complete with expert annotations

Written in 1966, 'Tarantula' is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of the times in which it was written, and gives a unique insight into Dylan's creative evolution.