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Lyrics: 1962-2001
by
Bob Dylan
This collection contains Bob Dylan's lyrics, from his first album, Bob Dylan, to 2001's "Love and Theft."
Hardcover, 624 pages
Published
October 19th 2004
by Simon & Schuster
(first published January 1st 2004)
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DARK EYES
Oh, the gentlemen all are talking
And the midnight moon is on the riverside,
They're drinking up and walking,
And it’s time for me to slide…
I live inside another world
Where life and death are memorized,
Where the earth is strung with lovers' pearls –
And all I see are dark eyes.
A cock is crowing far away,
Another soldier's deep in prayer,
Some mother's child has gone astray,
She can't find him anywhere.
But I can hear another drum
Beating for the dead that rise,
Whom nature's beast fears as...more
I was hoping to learn a little bit more about Dylan and how he went about his business of writing song lyrics by reading them myself. Much has been said about Bob Dylan "The Poet", but nobody has really said he isn't, until me. Yes, Bobby can rhyme. He can write great lyrics. But he is not a great poet. I am not concerned what the experts have to say on this matter regarding the merits of his poetry. I am telling you, stick to Wallace Stevens, Emily Dickinson, Jack Gilbert, or me, if what you ne...more
okay, i've had enough what else can you show me?
The first edition of this book (long out of print) was probbaly the best. It included drawings by Dylan and some brief typewritten stream of consciousness stories. Very cool. That edition, however, cuts off at 1971 or so. It remains one of my favorite books from my high school years. The current edition has all the lyrics through 2001.
Although this is on my read-shelf I didn't actually read it from first to last page. But I listened to Bob's albums hundreds of times, sometimes reading along the lyrics from this book. Sometimes it makes me wonder how a single man could write so many great songs, still going strong. It just makes me happy to live at the same time on the same planet as "His Bobness" being able to see him live on stage on his never-ending-tour.
Dylan se merece siempre *****, pero algunas de las traducciones de las letras de la versión bilingüe son tan horrorosas.
¿A quién se le ocurre inventar toda una letra para que rime? For Bob's sake! Me recordó a las "invenciones" de Whitman por parte de Borges.
¿A quién se le ocurre inventar toda una letra para que rime? For Bob's sake! Me recordó a las "invenciones" de Whitman por parte de Borges.
Todas las geniales letras de Dylan reunidas en un solo volumen, con ilustraciones de los propios L.P. originales y con una excelente traducción al español en modo bilingüe
Lo confieso soy un Dylaniano empedernido, este bebé de más de mil páginas lo he leído por segunda vez, y mis primeras impresiones sólo se volvieron más patentes.
La edición en español tiene la bendición de ser bilingüe, además de contar con un apartado de notas explicativas sobre los contextos, referencias y datos poco conocidos de cada una de las canciones que escribió en esos 39 años.
El único GRAN pero:
Algunas traducciones son insufribles, ignorantes del contexto y clavadas en la propia interpr...more
La edición en español tiene la bendición de ser bilingüe, además de contar con un apartado de notas explicativas sobre los contextos, referencias y datos poco conocidos de cada una de las canciones que escribió en esos 39 años.
El único GRAN pero:
Algunas traducciones son insufribles, ignorantes del contexto y clavadas en la propia interpr...more
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Matthew Moes
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If you wonder why Bob Dylan matters, this is why. This is a voluminous compilation of his lyrics. Bob Dylan the poet.
pure genius, as Dylan so often accomplishes!
Genious! Nobel worthy!
no comment. MASTERPIECES!
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I testi sono tradotti benissimo, con cura, e soprattutto alla fine ci sono quasi un centinaio di pagine di note del traduttore che aiutano a capire i testi dal punto di vista oggettivo.
His lyrics go deep inside of me. His is the writing you wish to be the muse of.
The ultimate "sing-a-long" book for those who don't know the lyrics....
Half of the pages are pure genius. The rest...
this man is god
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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, poet, and, of late, disc jockey who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal chronicler and a reluctant figurehead of American unrest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times T...more
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