#ballad of hollis brown

[tobobby]

music review #1 - the ballad of hollis brown

rating: 10/10 song: the ballad of hollis brown album: the times they are a-changin' (1964) artist: bob dylan

just pre-dating dylan's electric era, this track is haunting and certainly a predecessor to songs like "it's alright ma (i'm only bleeding)". with its repetitive acoustic guitar chords and harrowing lyrics, this song is certainly one of my favourite dylan tracks, and i love it so much that i renamed my socials after the song.

the lyrics tell the story of a man named hollis brown who lives in a broken-down cabin & farm outside of a south dakota town. he has a wife and five children and is incredibly poor & jobless, with no one to help his family out. his family is going hungry & so they scream & cry, but still, hollis brown feels hopeless as he cannot do anything. and so, he uses the last of his money to buy shotgun shels and murders his children and wife and then himself. the song ends with the ominous lyric, "somewheres in the distance there's seven new people born".

first, i'd like to talk about the interesting lyric & rhyming pattern dylan utilises here. it's certainly unique, as it has the pattern of:

line 1 [A] line 2 [B] line 1 [A] line 2 [B] line 3 [C] line 4 [B]

it is quite repetitive, but also very impactful. another interesting aspect of the lyrics is the point of view. very few writings in general are written in second person point of view, and here, this pov is used to make the song all the more visceral. you are hollis brown; you walk the floor and wonder why with every breath you breathe; your wife screams are stabbin' you like the dirty driving rain; your eyes fix on the shotgun that you're holdin' in your hand. this certainly allows for the listener to, at the very least, make more sense of what brown's thought process it is, no matter how fucked up it is. dylan places the listener in the position of brown, and by doing this forces the listener to wonder what they would do in this situation, if they would have any other option.

this technique is certainly effective and although seemingly small is quite important in what makes this such a good song. another detail is the descriptive lyrics, setting, & similes dylan uses. there's a lot of scene-setting, such as the lines "way out in the wilderness a cold coyote calls" and "seven shots ring out like the ocean's pounding roar". it's extremely important to the listener as it helps visualise the setting of the song and understanding exactly how brown feels / what he is experiencing.

one of my favourite lyrics of the song has to be the line:

you walk the floor and wonder why with every breath you breathe.

there are SO many interpretations to this line. brown could be wondering why his life is so terrible, why he's stuck in this cycle of poverty. this could also take to mean that he's wondering why he's even alive (explained more in this genius lyric annotation), hinting at his suicidal tendencies early on in the song. or, it could be about his baby, as the line before this mentions his baby tugging at his sleeve. maybe he's curious as to what the baby wants from him, after he's tried everything he can. and again, this line (like most of the song) is written in second person, meaning you're placed in the shoes of brown, left to decide for yourself.

another one of my favourite verses is:

your brain is a-bleedin’ and your legs can’t seem to stand your eyes fix on the shotgun that you’re holdin’ in your hand

i love this lyric because it's so explicit. the bleeding - metaphorical at this point, but affecting brown physically; the shotgun in brown's hand, the final moments before he murders his family. dylan slowly hints at this moment the entire song making this climax incredibly effective. i just adore the uneasiness of it all.

finally, the last lines of the song (likely the most important, summing up the moral) is ambiguous and fascinating.

there’s seven people dead on a south dakota farm somewhere in the distance there’s seven new people born

that last line. "there's seven new people born". again, this can be taken to mean multiple things; is he referring to the fleeting nature of human existence, how easy it is to murder seven human beings and them being replaced immediately? is he referring to the cycle of poverty, that these seven new people will also be born into poverty and repeat brown's cycle? that it's easier to replace seven people than it is to keep them from dying?

many questions arise when listening to this song, and rightfully so. this song makes me think a lot, and i love it. it's an incredibly underrated track and i hope you all listen to it and love it as much as i do.

#iris reviews #iris' picks #music review #music reviews #ballad of hollis brown #the ballad of hollis brown #bob dylan #song review #music #song reviews #album #albums #bob dylan review #60s music #the times they are a changin'

[ivebeenmade]

Watch "Bob Dylan - Ballad of Hollis Brown (Official Audio)" on YouTube

#bob dylan #ballad of hollis brown #Youtube

[peninsularian]

1991

#stephen stills #the ballad of hollis brown #bob dylan #acoustic

[adamshallperish]

okay so we have a hollis brown ass situation going on here

#would not be shocked if kripke is a bob dylan fan #one of the episodes this season already took place in dylan's hometown #and this episode's ghost haunting story is a lot like the ballad of hollis brown #spn liveblog #1x17

[r3tr0r0ck3r]

Lyrics below the fold:

Hollis Brown

He lived on the outside of town

Hollis Brown

He lived on the outside of town

With his wife and five children

And his cabin broken down

Oh he looked for work and money

And he walked a ragged mile

Oh he looked for work and money

And he walked a ragged mile

And your children are so hungry

That they don't know how to smile

Your baby's eyes look crazy

They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve

Your baby's eyes look crazy

They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve

You walk the floor and wonder why

With every breath you breathe

The rats have got your flour

Bad blood it got your mare

The rats have got your flour

Bad blood it got your mare

If there's anyone that knows

Is there anyone that cares?

And oh, you prayed to the Lord above

Oh please send you a friend

And oh, you prayed to the Lord above

Oh please send you a friend

Your empty pockets tell you

That you ain't a-got no friend

Your babies' eyes are crying

It's pounding on your brain

Your babies' eyes are crying

It's pounding on your brain

Your wife's screams are stabbin' you

Like the dirty drivin' rain

Your grass it is turning black

There's no water in your well

Your grass is turning black

There's no water in your well

You spent your last lone dollar

On seven shotgun shells

Way out in the wilderness

A cold coyote calls

Way out in the wilderness

A cold coyote calls

Your eyes fix on the shotgun

That's hangin' on the wall

Your brain is a-bleedin'

And your legs can't seem to stand

Your brain is a-bleedin'

And your legs can't seem to stand

Your eyes fix on the shotgun

That you're holdin' in your hand

There's seven breezes a-blowin'

All around the cabin door

There's seven breezes a-blowin'

All around the cabin door

Seven shots ring out

Like the ocean's pounding roar

There's seven people dead

On a South Dakota farm

There's seven people dead

On a South Dakota farm

Somewhere in the distance

There's seven new people born

#Nazareth #The Ballad Of Hollis Brown #Loud 'n' Proud #Loud and proud #1974 #seventies #rock #hard rock #psychedelic rock #70's #music #songs to listen to when playing red dead redemption #rdr1 #bob dylan cover

[janegreythequeen]

hey if anyone is better at ao3 than i am im looking for a fic and need help. its din djarin/ luke skywalker its a modern au and din is fathering grogu. i cant remember the title but i know that it was pretty long and luke helped a guy named hollis brown because the author took inspiration from “the ballad of hollis brown” if you want more details i probably can try to help

#gay #star wars #the mandalorian #luke skywalker #din djarin #ao3 #fic finder #help me #the ballad of hollis brown #grogu #the child #please

[character-estudio]

Spotify Character Study Masterpost

Below the cut is the current list of fandom/ character playlists. Many of these playlists are ever-growing because I keep adding more songs, if you have any requests for a playlist or song recommendations for a playlist, the inbox is open!

Movies:

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Barbie

Veronica Sawyer (Heathers)

Christine Daae (Phantom of the Opera) 

Jennifer Check (Jennifer’s Body)

Ginger Fitzgerald (Ginger Snaps)

Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

Bonnie & Clyde (1967)

Series:

Hazbin Hotel (NEW!)

Doctor Who

Good Omens

Our Flag Means Death

Reservation Dogs

Fleabag

Stranger Things

What We Do In The Shadows

Character from a series:

Twelfth Doctor

Fourteenth Doctor

Fifteen Doctor

Wednesday

Lucifer Morningstar

Thomas Shelby (Peaky Blinders)

Aubrey Thyme (Good Omens fic) (NEW!)

Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Crowley (Good Omens)

Tanis (Letterkenny)

Willie Jack (Reservation Dogs)

Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks)

BJ Hunnicutt (M*A*S*H)

Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H)

Marvel & DC:

Hobie Brown

Peter Parker

Bucky Barnes

Yelena Belova

Loki

WandaVision

Moon Knight

Werewolf By Night

Harley Quinn

Harley & Ivy

Star Wars:

The Mandalorian

Ahsoka Tano

Obi Wan Kenobi

Anakin Skywalker

Anakin & Padme

Animated Movies:

Howls Moving Castle

Kat Elliot (Wendel & Wild)

Luca

Bruno Madrigal (Encanto)

La Familia Madrigal

Animated Series:

Alastor's Radio (NEW!)

Hazbin Hotel (NEW!)

Marceline (Adventure Time)

Gravity Falls

Pink Diamond (Steven Universe) 

Bee and Puppycat 

#spotify #music #fandom #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #study #character #hunger games #good omens #our flag means death #marvel #movies #star wars #animated #series #tv shows #barbie #reservation dogs #disney #cartoon network #hulu #amazon prime #netflix #max

[permanentreverie]

books read in 2023

1) get a life, chloe brown -> talia hibbert: jan 1 - 3

2) the night circus -> erin morgenstern (reread): jan 9 - 11

3) lost in the never woods -> aiden thomas: jan 6 - 15

4) on earth we're briefly gorgeous -> ocean vuong: jan 12 - 15

5) clap when you land -> elizabeth acevedo: jan 17 - 18

6) comfort me with apples -> catherynne m. valente: jan 18

7) not here to be liked -> michelle quach: jan 19 - 23

8) night sky with exit wounds -> ocean vuong (reread): jan 25

9) time is a mother -> ocean vuong: jan 27

10) anatomy: a love story -> dana schwartz: jan 28 - 30

11) babel, or the necessity of violence: an arcane history of the oxford translaters' revolution -> r.f. kuang: jan 24 - feb 2

12) next of kin -> hannah bonam-young: feb 3 - 4

13) tokyo ever after -> emiko jean: feb 5 - 6

14) once upon a broken heart -> stephanie garber (reread): feb 2 - 6

15) the ballad of never after -> stephanie garber: feb 7

16) tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow -> gabrielle zevin: feb 7 - 11

17) tokyo dreaming -> emiko jean: feb 11 - 13

18) the cruel prince -> holly black (reread): feb 15 - 16

19) the no-show -> beth o'leary: feb 17 - 20

20) time is a mother -> ocean vuong (reread): feb 20

21) sweet bean paste -> durian sukegawa: feb 22

22) before the coffee gets cold -> toshikazu kawaguchi: feb 24

23) the wicked king -> holly black (reread): feb 23 - 24

24) the queen of nothing -> holly black (reread): feb 25 - 26

25) tales from the café -> toshikazu kawaguchi: feb 26 - 27

26) daisy jones & the six -> taylor jenkins reid (reread): feb 28 - mar 2

27) before your memory fades -> toshikazu kawaguchi: feb 27 - mar 4

28) ninth house -> leigh bardugo: mar 3 - 6

29) hell bent -> leigh bardugo: mar 7 - 9

30) a good girl's guide to murder -> holly jackson: mar 10 - 11

31) portrait of a thief -> grace d. li: mar 12 - 15

32) good girl, bad blood -> holly jackson: mar 15 - 18

33) the last children of tokyo -> yōko tawada: mar 19

34) tiny pretty things -> sona charaipotra & dhonielle clayton: mar 20 - 21

35) the youthful you who was so beautiful -> jiu yue xi (reread): mar 22

36) shiny broken pieces -> sona charaipotra & dhonielle clayton: mar 23 - 24

37) the scarlet pimpernel -> emmuska orczy: mar 25

38) as good as dead -> holly jackson: mar 26 - 28

39) addicted to you -> krista ritchie & becca ritchie: mar 29 - 30

40) one of us is lying -> karen m. mcmanus: mar 30 - 31

41) kill joy -> holly jackson: apr 2

42) carrie soto is back -> taylor jenkins reid: apr 1 - 3

43) human acts -> han kang: apr 4 - 6

44) tender is the flesh -> agustina bazterrica: apr 6

45) this time it's real -> ann liang: apr 6 - 10

46) idol, burning -> rin usami: apr 11

47) i'll give you the sun -> jandy nelson: apr 12 - 14

48) the boundless -> kenneth oppel: apr 14 - 17

49) the great gatsby -> f. scott fitzgerald (reread): apr 17

50) beautiful little fools -> jillian cantor: apr 18 - 19

51) schoolgirl -> osamu dazai: apr 20

52) the witch haven -> sasha peyton smith: apr 22 - 23

53) the witch hunt -> sasha peyton smith: apr 24 - 27

54) a little life -> hanya yanagihara: apr 28 - 30

55) beach read -> emily henry (reread): may 1 - 2

56) no longer human -> osamu dazai: may 2 - 3

57) my dark vanessa -> kate elizabeth russell: may 3 - 4

58) the setting sun -> osamu dazai: may 5 - 6

59) the bridge kingdom -> danielle l. jensen: may 5 - 8

60) king of pride -> ana huang: may 8 - 10

61) happy place -> emily henry: may 11

62) the vegetarian -> han kang: may 10 - 12

63) the red palace -> june hur: may 14 - 17

64) the traitor queen -> danielle l. jensen: may 13 - 22

65) the sky is everywhere -> jandy nelson: may 22 - 23

66) beartown -> fredrik backman: may 24 - 25

67) deathless -> catherynne m. valente: may 26 - 28

68) notes on an execution -> danya kukafka: may 29 - 30

69) once upon a k-prom -> kat cho: may 24 - 30

70) almond -> sohn won-pyung: may 30

71) the white book -> han kang: may 31

72) my mechanical romance -> alexene farol follmuth: may 31

73) a room with a view -> e.m forster: jun 4

74) the poppy war -> r.f kuang: jun 5 - 6

75) the dragon republic -> r.f kuang: jun 7 - 10

76) the drowning faith -> r.f kuang: jun 11

77) the burning god -> r.f kuang: jun 11 - 15

78) emma -> jane austen: may 30 - jun 16

79) greek lessons -> han kang: jun 16 - 18

80) when marnie was there -> joan g. robinson: jun 18 - 20

81) bandstand -> richard oberacker: jun 21

82) white nights -> fyodor dostoevsky: jun 21

83) twisted love -> ana huang: jun 20 - 22

84) twisted games -> ana huang: jun 27 - 28

85) the bloody chamber -> angela carter: jun 28 - 29

86) my deepest secret -> hanza art: jun 22 - 30

87) coraline -> neil gaiman: jun 30

88) twisted hate -> ana huang: jul 1 - 3

89) sadie -> courtney summers: jul 4 - 5

90) twisted lies -> ana huang: jul 5 - 6

91) take a hint, dani brown -> talia hibbert: jul 6 - 7

92) better than the movies -> lynn painter: jul 16 - 17

93) act your age, eve brown -> talia hibbert: jul 18 - 20

94) beyond the story: 10 - year record of bts -> kang myeong-seok & bts: jul 17 - 20

95) love and other words -> christina lauren: jul 19 - 22

96) diary of a void -> emi yagi: jul 23

97) in five years -> rebecca serle: jul 24

98) us against you -> fredrik backman: jul 24 - 25

99) sirena -> donna jo napoli: jul 26

100) small things like these -> claire keegan: jul 26 - 28

101) exit, pursued by bear -> e.k. johnston: jul 28

102) red, white, & royal blue -> casey mcquiston (reread): jul 29 - 31

103) conveniance store woman -> sayaka murata: jul 31

104) the hurting kind -> ada limon: aug 2

105) one true loves -> taylor jenkins reid: aug 2 - 3

106) the deep -> rivers solomon: aug 6 - 7

107) all the lovers in the night -> mieko kawakami: aug 9

108) caraval -> stephanie garber: aug 6 - 10

109) we hunt the flame -> hafsah faizal: aug 16 - 18

110) we free the stars -> hafsah faizal: aug 18 - 19

111) i'm glad my mom died -> jennette mccurdy: aug 20

112) the ballad of songbirds and snakes -> suzanne collins: aug 21 - 22

113) kim jiyoung, born 1982 -> cho nam-joo: aug 22

114) legendary -> stephanie garber: aug 11 - 24

115) king of wrath -> ana huang: aug 23 - 24

116) the sisterhood of the traveling pants -> ann brashares: aug 27

117) out on a limb -> hannah bonam-young: aug 29 - 31

118) the winners -> fredrick backman: aug 1 - 31

119) the second summer of sisterhood -> ann brashares: aug 28 - 31

120) girls in pants: the third summer of the sisterhood -> ann brashares: sep 4 - 5

121) forever in blue: the fourth summer of the sisterhood -> ann brashares: sep 5

122) strange the dreamer -> laini taylor: sep 3 - 9

123) crying in h mart -> michelle zauner: sep 9 - 10

124) sisterhood everlasting -> ann brashares: sep 7 - 11

125) finale -> stephanie garber: sep 13 - 14

126) little thieves -> margaret owen: sep 11 - 16

127) les misérables -> victor hugo (reread): apr 3 - sep 18

128) business or pleasure -> rachel lynn solomon: sep 17 - 19

129) out there -> kate folk: sep 23 - 24

130) wuthering heights -> emily brontë: sep 18 - 24

131) painted devils -> margaret owen: sep 20 - 27

132) the foxhole court -> nora sakavic: sep 24 - 27

133) the raven king -> nora sakavic: sep 27 - 29

134) the hate u give -> angie thomas: sep 29 - oct 2

135) the king’s men -> nora sakavic: sep 30 - oct 3

136) the dead romantics -> ashley poston: oct 4 - 5

137) a discovery of witches -> deborah harkness: oct 6 - 12

138) mexican gothic -> silvia moreno-garcia: oct 13 - 14

139) the haunting of hill house -> shirley jackson: oct 15 - 18

140) the girl from the other side (vol. 1 - 11) -> nagabe: oct 19

151) fourth wing -> rebecca yarros: oct 22 - 26

152) king of greed -> ana huang: oct 26 - 29

153) yellowface -> r.f. kuang: oct 30 - 31

154) a curse for true love -> stephanie garber: nov 1 - 3

155) a study in charlotte -> brittany cavallaro: nov 5 - 7

156) dracula -> bram stoker: may 5 - nov 8

157) the joy luck club -> amy tan: sep 9 - nov 9

158) the murder of roger ackroyd -> agatha christie: nov 9 - 10

159) the last of august -> brittany cavallaro: nov 10 - 12

160) kamila knows best -> farah heron: nov 12 - 13

161) the case for jamie -> brittany cavallaro: nov 14 - 15

162) a question for holmes -> brittany cavallaro: nov 16 - 17

163) howl’s moving castle -> diana wynne jones (reread): nov 17 - 18

164) if we were villains -> m. l. rio (reread): nov 18 - 19

165) masters of death -> olivie blake: nov 20 - 22

166) jane eyre -> charlotte brontë (reread): nov 22 - 29

167) the name drop -> susan lee: dec 2 - 3

168) divine rivals -> rebecca ross: dec 6 - 7

169) the lightning thief -> rick riordan (reread): dec 9 - 11

170) the sea of monsters -> rick riordan (reread): dec 12 - 13

171) the titan’s curse -> rick riordan (reread): dec 14

172) the battle of the labyrinth -> rick riordan (reread): dec 16 - 18

173) the last olympian -> rick riordan (reread): dec 18 - 19

174) a study in drowning -> ava reid: dec 23 - 29

175) little women -> louisa may alcott (reread): dec 21 - 29

176) shadow of night -> deborah harkness: nov 1 - dec 30

177) the upside of falling -> alex light: dec 30

178) slade house -> david mitchell: dec 31

179) much ado about nothing -> william shakespeare: dec 31

180) romeo and juliet -> william shakespeare (reread): dec 31

#books read in 2023

[madamlaydebug]

𝙹𝙰𝚉𝚉 :. We love empress Nina as she is constantly dj’n imagery through song, this is no exception.

 style: the muse of the music, the vibes of the diaspora, the ascension of art; the mood-myriad of styles, the amazingly talented skill in the nation of nina.

…

^ Note: eunice Kathleen Waymon (known professionally as ‘Nina Simone’), was an american singer, songwriter, pianist, activist, creative, visionary, innovator & icon. her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, rnb & popular music. We absolutely love hearing Nina Simone. We love learning from Nina Simone. We love her as a performer, classical musician, jazz artist & activist. every time she starts speaking. every time she starts. every. single. time. applause. here, she delivers ‘the ballad of hollis brown’. 

[francesderwent]

I read 32 new books this year, and will probably finish the 33rd this evening! and on top of that, I reread at least 34 books that I can remember (Modern Faerie Tales/Darkest Part of the Forest/FOTA, The Hero and the Crown, Scorpio Races, Scholomance, P&P, most of the Wimsey books, most of L&C, Assassin's Apprentice, Ronan of Rin, THG), for a grand total of 67!

new book list under the cut, books I would recommend marked with an asterisk:

*Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb Tempests and Slaughter, Tamora Pierce The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins *Classic Scrapes, James Acaster *The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope *Lord Peter Views the Body, Dorothy Sayers Arrows of the Queen, Mercedes Lackey *A Shilling for Candles, Josephine Tey *Busman’s Honeymoon, Dorothy Sayers Queen of Blood, Sarah Beth Durst Nine Liars, Maureen Johnson *The Mysterious Affair at Styles, *Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie Mistborn & The Well of Ascension, Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson Jennifer the Damned, Karen Ullo *Midnight for Charlie Bone, Jenny Nimmo *The Stolen Heir, Holly Black *The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne (Being an Account of Their Daring Exploits and Audacious Crimes), Jonathan Stroud Vespertine, Margaret Rogerson *Piranesi, Susanna Clarke *The Screaming Staircase, *The Whispering Skull, *The Hollow Boy, *The Creeping Shadow, & *The Empty Grave, Jonathan Stroud *Small Spaces, Katherine Arden *Anne of Windy Poplars, L.M. Montgomery *The Bodyguard, Katherine Center *Woodwalker, *Ashes to Fire, & Creatures of Light, Emily B. Martin

#cate reads #if I miscounted. that is not surprising bc I am an idiot

[savethelifeofmychild]

maybe hir best song

#Spotify

[longliverockback]

Bob Dylan The Times They Are a-Changin’ 1964 Columbia ————————————————— Tracks: 01. The Times They Are A-Changin’ 02. Ballad of Hollis Brown 03. With God on Our Side 04. One Too Many Mornings 05. North Country Blues 06. Only a Pawn in Their Game 07. Boots of Spanish Leather 08. When the Ship Comes In 09. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll 10. Restless Farewell —————————————————

Bob Dylan

* Long Live Rock Archive

#BobDylan #Bob Dylan #The Times They Are a-Changin #LP #Folk #1964

[orangiewriting]

My 2024 TBR

Since I've gotten a kindle I've been devouring books in such a high speed, it's' difficult to keep track. It's especially difficult to keep track of my TBR, because I keep adding more books to it. So: these are the books I want to read in 2024! (plus the dates I added them to my To Read shelf on Goodreads)

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. Jun 03, 2016.

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga. Jun 03, 2016.

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Sep 15, 2018.

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. Sep 22, 2018.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. Dec 19, 2018.

Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zetner. May 28, 2019.

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. May 28, 2019.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. Oct 06, 2021.

A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas. Jul 12, 2023.

In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune. May 23, 2023

Modern Faerie Tales Series by Holly Black. Dec 16, 2021.

The Prisoner's Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2) by Holly Black. Mar 14, 2023.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. Jul 12, 2022.

Happy Place by Emily Henry. Oct 19, 2022.

Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2) by Hannah Grace. Jul 27, 2023.

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Nov 08, 2023.

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Jul 24, 2022

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood. Dec 10, 2023.

The Brown Sisters Series by Talia Hibbert.

#tbr #book blog #books #reading #bookish #academia #fiction #ali hazelwood #v.e. schwab #six of crows

[professeur-stump]

À l'extérieur de la ville

2319. Ballad of Hollis Brown, David Lynch (David Lynch, The Big Dream, 2012) (Sunday Best, 2013)

⌘　bandcamp ⌘⌘

2320. Ballad of Hollis Brown, Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin', 1963) (Columbia, 1964)

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#David Lynch #Bob Dylan #Le Compost

[musicwithoutborders]

Bob Dylan / David Lynch, The Ballad of Hollis Brown I The Big Dream, 2014

#David Lynch #voice #nowhere #Bob Dylan

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Storia Di Musica #255 - AA.VV., Dylan In Jazz. A Jazz Tribute To Bob Dylan, 2018

Wagram è un sobborgo austriaco, appena fuori Vienna, e fu teatro di una delle più grandiose battaglie napoleoniche: il Generale Bonaparte conseguì una delle sue più grandiose vittorie, in una sanguinosa battaglia contro l’esercito degli austriaci comandati dall'Arciduca Carlo. È anche il nome di una stazione della metropolitana parigina, ed è lì che nacque ai suoi fondatori l’idea di fare una etichetta discografica indipendente, nel 1999. Fautrice di numerosi progetti interessanti, nel 2018 quelli della Wagram hanno pescato nel mare magnum delle cover di canzoni di Bob Dylan (sebbene il calcolo è per forza di cosa approssimativo, si contano accreditate cover su 300 canzoni con autore o co-autore Dylan da parte di oltre 1500 artisti) delle riedizioni particolari dei classici del menestrello di Duluth. Ne è uscita fuori una compilation dal grande gusto e dalle scelte niente affatto scontate, che è il piccolo regalo di Natale di questa rubrica. Il titolo, Dylan In Jazz, spiega solo in parte le scelte e gli artisti, in una selezione che nasconde delle storie niente affatto male. Tutte le registrazioni erano presenti in dischi precedenti, ma insieme mostrano una amalgama sfiziosa e logica. Si parte con la riedizioni blues di Master Of Wars di Eric Bibb, grandissimo nome della chitarra acustica blues, che con la sua voce cavernosa e i tocchi “tristi” alla sei corde racconta dei signori della guerra, classico di Dylan sfortunatamente sempre di attualità. Il secondo brano è la prima perla: Jack DeJohnette, formidabile batterista jazz, con il bassista Larry Grenadier, John Medeski alle tastiere (il quale collaborerà spesso con lo stesso Dylan nella sua carriera) e la chitarra di John Scofield, pioniere del jazz rock con Miles Davis, nel 2017 scrivono un disco a nome Hudson, in omaggio al fiume che attraversa New York, bellissimo e in cui fanno una cover strumentale, e riuscitissima, di Lay Lady Lay, classico da Nashville Skyline (1969). Ben Sidran, tastierista, produttore, ingegnere del suono, dedicò un intero disco a cover di Dylan, Dylan Different del 2009, da cui sono tratte le sue interpretazioni smooth jazz di Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door e Gotta Serve Somebody, una delle gemme meno conosciute di Bob Dylan, dal suo album “gospel” Slow Train Coming del 1979, canzone tra l’altro che vinse il Grammy come migliore canzone rock maschile nel 1980. Abbey Lincoln, cantante e compositrice jazz, attivista dei diritti civili e femminili, moglie di Max Roach, rilegge con passione Mr. Tambourine Man, dall’ arrangiamento con spiccato groove della batteria. Joshua Redman, sensazionale sassofonista della ultima generazione, insieme all’altrettanto grandioso piano di Brad Meldhau, suona una deliziosa The Times They Are A-Changin’, uno dei pezzi più belli della carrellata. C’è una bella parentesi di black music: la versione R&B/soul/funk dei Neville Brothers di The Ballad Of Hollis Brown, due artisti dimenticati come Stanley Turrentine con una versione, piuttosto modificata, di Blowin’ In the Wind, Girl From The North Country del compianto Howard Tate, fenomenale cantante soul la cui carriere non decollò mai del tutto per i suoi problemi di alcool e eroina. Il jazz ritorna nella scelta della storica cover che Keith Jarrett fece di My Back Pages, dal suo album Somewhere Before del1968, il mandolino elettrico di Bill Frisell in una versione strumentale struggente di Just Like A Woman, la ripresa di Ballad Of Thin Man di Jef Lee Johnson con Charlie Patierno e Yohannes Tona. Molto belle le cover cantate di Like A Rolling Stone, dalla cantante jazz danese Cæcilie Norby con un arrangiamento dolcemente caraibico, e una cover sentita di Everything Is Broken, singolo di Oh Mercy! del 1989, un disco che rilanciò nel mondo musicale Dylan, della cantante francese Louisa Bey. Personalmente è bellissima la cover di Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (che è una delle canzoni con più cover in assoluto) del duo franco-italiano composto dalla band el pianista Olivier Hutman e dalla voce, meravigliosa, di Alice Ricciardi. L’ultimo verso di uno dei testi più belli e dolorosi del Dylan giovanile (il brano è da The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan del 1963) dice:

Arrivederci, dolcezza Dove sono diretto non posso dirlo Ma ciao è una parola troppo bella, babe Così dirò solamente addio Non sto dicendo che mi hai trattato male Avresti potuto fare di meglio ma non mi interessa Hai solamente sprecato il mio tempo prezioso Ma non pensarci, va tutto bene.

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