{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-modern-song","title":"Bob Dylan: The Philosophy of Modern Song (Non-mint)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBob Dylan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHardcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18.73 x 3.3 x 23.18 cm | 352 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster | 2022 | 9781451648706\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Philosophy of Modern Song\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e offers Bob Dylan's extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He offers us 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 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2020, with the release of his outstanding album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRough and Rowdy Ways\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Dylan became the first artist to have an album hit the Billboard Top 40 in each decade since the 1960s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Philosophy of Modern Song\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLEASE NOTE: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThis is a NON-MINT title - a new book, but with slight imperfections to the dust jacket. Also, t\u003c\/span\u003ehis title has been 'remainder marked' by the publisher - a black dot on one outer edge - see final image.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47758249853186,"sku":"BK-SAS-BDPMS-001-E","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_4185_6cb72d2d-6bae-4f23-843c-ea2a02c0ebdf.jpg?v=1780412152","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/the-philosophy-of-modern-song","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}