{"title":"Bob Dylan","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"bob-dylan-in-the-1980s-decades-series","title":"Bob Dylan in the 1980s (Decades)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDon Klees\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14.99 x 1.12 x 21.03 cm | 144 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSonicbond | 2022 | \u003cspan\u003e9781789521573\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eDecades\u003c\/em\u003e series looks at a specific decade in the life of a band or artist.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNo period of Bob Dylan’s six-decade career confounds fans more than the 1980s. The singer began the decade with \u003cem\u003eSaved\u003c\/em\u003e, the second in a trio of explicitly religious records, and a tour in which he declined to play his older songs because of concern they were anti-god. Dylan's ambivalence about the songs that made him an icon was mirrored by fans, many of whom found his post-conversion messages strident and judgmental. This made \u003cem\u003eSaved\u003c\/em\u003e his worst selling album in years and set a pattern for the next several years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite being a prolific time, in which the singer released seven studio albums, the decade was defined by inconsistency. Throughout the 1980s, some of his most profound work alternated with lacklustre compositions and indifferent performances - sometimes on the same album. However, even as Dylan struggled artistically, all of his albums contained reminders of why he continued to be celebrated. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the end of the decade, his perseverance - both on stage and in the studio - and a spontaneous collaboration with some of his peers coalesced into his best received releases since the 1970s. Rather than closing a book, the combination of \u003cem\u003eOh Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e and the first Traveling Wilburys record pointed to new chapters. 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In the mid-sixties, rock music was about to explode into psychedelia, prog and jazz fusion. Meanwhile, Bob Dylan had made an enormous impact on songwriting with his first four all-acoustic albums. He had created a different way of writing songs, by embracing themes such as civil rights, anti-war protests and social issues, which lifted the subject matter from teenage love songs to serious poetic works of art, rife with symbolism. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith Bringing It All Back Home, Dylan shot his lyrics through with surreal hard-edged beat poetry while the music contained both acoustic songs and blues-based loud electric rock. It alienated him from many of his peers in the folk community but nonetheless contains classic cuts like ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ ‘Maggie’s Farm’ and ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’. Dylan had opened the door to experimentation. 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