Dylan: A Biography
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (966 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393307697 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 704 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Writer Bob Spitz, author of Barefoot in Babylon, the story of the 1969 Woodstock festival, spent years researching Bob Dylan's life, interviewing people who had known him ranging back to his earliest days in Hibbing, Minnesota. The book does document the recollections of some people important in Dylan's life, but it's an uneven read thanks to the persistently negative tone and Spitz's penchant for writing scenes in a hipster style that usually tends to work against the subject (who is, after all, more than hip enough on his own). --Robert McNamara. Spitz did get people to talk on the record, and w
"Spitz' Writing Misunderstood" according to A Customer. (This was written for a course assignment.)Though already ten years old, "Dylan - A Biography" by Bob Spitz is an incredible, often uncomfortable look into singer/songwriter Bob Dylan's life. "Uncomfortable" because Bob Dylan, admired and even idolized by so many, named the spokesman of his generation in the early 1960s, and supposedly a prophet of peace and goodwill, is uncovered as a frequently complete and utter jerk. But at the same time, Spitz writes with an understanding pen. "Dylan" is by no means a tabloid-style hatchet job, Spitz having set out to "unmask the hero." If anything, "Dylan" shows us. "Spitz takes the wrong perspective, again and again." according to A Customer. The author seems concerned only with Dylan's popular appeal in his analysis of the man's career. For instance, if an album sells well, then it is great. If it does not sell well, then it must be awful. Amazingly, Spitz refers to the brilliant Basement Tapes as "awful."His conclusions seem to cast Dylan as a washed-up has-been from about 1976 onward. Of course, this leads Spitz to discount some very good later works, and to generally belittle the many variations of Dylan's career.The only reason this book doesn't get one star is because of the early chapters detailing Dylan's childhood, which were well-wr. Arthur Glauberman said A facinating biography of Bob Dylan. A few months ago, I read Bob Spitz's biography, The Beatles. When the Beatles first came to America in 196A facinating biography of Bob Dylan Arthur Glauberman A few months ago, I read Bob Spitz's biography, The Beatles. When the Beatles first came to America in 1964 the one person they wanted to meet was Bob Dylan, who according to Spitz turned them on to marijuana as the Plaza Hotel. I found Spitz's book so entertaining and engrossing that I ordered his biography of Bob Dylan, even though it was published in 1985.As a teenager growing up in the 1960's, Bob Dylan was one of my great folk heroes. I was also a great fan of Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk, Phil Ochs, Peter Paul and Mary and of course Joan Baez. Bob Spitz's biography of Bob Dylan takes us on the incred. the one person they wanted to meet was Bob Dylan, who according to Spitz turned them on to marijuana as the Plaza Hotel. I found Spitz's book so entertaining and engrossing that I ordered his biography of Bob Dylan, even though it was published in 1985.As a teenager growing up in the 1960's, Bob Dylan was one of my great folk heroes. I was also a great fan of Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk, Phil Ochs, Peter Paul and Mary and of course Joan Baez. Bob Spitz's biography of Bob Dylan takes us on the incred
"Greil Marcus. "No other book captures it so well, understands so well