Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
🎓Literature & Writing (B.A)
🎓Film & Writing (M.A)
🎓Secondary English Education (PgDipEd)
đź“ŤBirmingham, UK
Stories (1942/0)
Bob Dylan's 'Time Out of Mind' and Telling Two Parts of the Same Story
The album Time Out of Mind (1997) is well-known for being one of Bob Dylan's darker albums, in which the songs, instead of depicting just the image of the American Folk Hero, tend to also depict a time extreme desperation. Even in the epic "Highlands," though of poetic genius, is darker than other Dylan epics, such as "Visions of Johanna"or even the song "Hurricane."
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
My Top Ten Favourite Songs by Bob Dylan (Pt. 11)
As we all know, I wasn't actually going to leave it at 100. Consider this to be bonus material. I am currently thinking about doing a part 12 as well, but this is what we'll have to deal with for now. Bob Dylan is a great soul, he's one of those people that you talk about when you talk about poetry. He's one of those people that you cannot mention folk music without mentioning. He's one of those people that you cannot even mention music without mentioning. Bob Dylan changed the way modern music was written and listened to, and has since become a thing of legend though, he is still alive.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Bob Dylan's "The Vandals Took the Handles (An Opera)" and Translating the Political Nightmare of the 1960s
Sigmund Freud has stating in his works upon numerous occasions that it is the "latent" and not the "manifest" dream-thoughts that we use to decipher the meanings of dreams and of nightmares. The "manifest" content is the work itself whereas, the "latent" content is the exact thing we need to acquire meaning. Using one to receive the other is a very common practice and is often done through the translation of symbolism in literary works.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
My Top Ten Favourite Songs by Bob Dylan (Pt. 10)
Bob Dylan is like the superhero of modern poetry, his writing is phenomenal. You may not completely be on board with his singing voice (though, I am—all the time), but you have to admit that he is the greatest songwriter who ever lived. Bob Dylan didn't just spring out of nowhere though, he has many influences that we're going to talk briefly about in this introduction (or, more accurately, we're going to pick a few and talk about them). Bob Dylan's influences are some quite obvious, and some quite a bit out there. What we're going to look at are the ones that you can possibly relate to, in the world of folk, country, and rock music.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Bob Dylan and Three Modes of Autobiography
Bob Dylan has been known to intelligently use autobiography in his songs, but there are several songs in which Bobcats and Dylanologists have no idea whether Dylan actually put himself into them, or if he was entirely separate. However, I personally believe that there are three modes to which Bob Dylan refers to himself within his songs and each one of these is entirely different to the last. They are:
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
My Top Ten Favourite Songs by Bob Dylan (Pt. 9)
Bob Dylan is many things to many people. I have already explained to you what he means to me and who he is to me in the previous section in this series. I love how many people are loving and appreciating these posts on my top 100 favourite Bob Dylan songs.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
My Top Ten Favourite Songs by Bob Dylan (Pt. 8)
Unfortunately for you, I'm no Dylanologist. I'm a Bobcat. The Bobcat is a curious creature—they appreciate Bob Dylan's music but they're not as smart as the Dylanologists who theorise and create books of extensive research on it. I would love to be one of them though, they seem real smart. Some famous Dylanologists include Harold Lepidus, Clinton Heylin, Seth Rogovoy, Scott Marshall, James Adams, and many, many more. These people are the staples of Dylanology. There are also a number of stations including: Dylan Radio, Definitely Dylan and the podcast "Is it Rolling, Bob?" that talk about various topics and play various things to do with Bob Dylan.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
My Top Ten Favourite Songs by Bob Dylan (Pt. 7)
Bob Dylan is the beacon of hope for the music of the folk revival era. He is the stance of the great lyricist, the poet who writes personally about their own time and life rather than, what came before him—a string of impersonal songs about love. Bob Dylan experiments with dark lyrics, love songs of his own life, protest songs, songs that people have worked their entire lives trying to figure out and songs about things that only Bob Dylan could know.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Nicholas Lurwick and That Wild Southern Blues Sound
Folk Rock and Southern Blues are so closely associated with artists from the 1960s and the 1970s, and even further back than that, such as: Bob Dylan, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Band, Woody Guthrie, Paul Simon, and many more in this field, that sometimes it can be difficult for someone like me to find new music to listen to.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
My Top Ten Favourite Songs by Bob Dylan (Pt. 6)
Bob Dylan is one of the most timeless writers of music and lyrics who has ever lived. He is a magician of words and is able to write stories into his songs like no other person can. He has used numerous influences such as Moby Dick by Herman Melville, The Odyssey by Homer and even the Bible to write better, more epic songs in many different genres.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
My Top Ten Favourite Songs by Bob Dylan (Pt. 5)
Bob Dylan is one of the most versatile and famous musicians in all of human history. Normally called the greatest songwriter of all time, Bob Dylan's magic touch has brought us the bard in many genres, including: Rock and Roll, Folk, Folk Rock, Gospel, Christian Rock, Swing, and yes, even Dance/Electronic and New Wave.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
10 Essential Bob Dylan Albums
Bobcats are fascinating people if you get to know us. We love Bob Dylan for unique style and we look up to various Dylanologists who have made themselves known for analysing Bob Dylan and giving us great reading material (please refer to my article "10 Books on Bob Dylan" for more information). With his incredibly large catalogue, it's never easy becoming a Bobcat because you are really lost of what there is to listen too—there's so much choice!
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat