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Course Themes Genres Creativity Technology
America
Race
Gender
Major events
Class
Religion
Youth
Quotes count...
Album Black Sabbath
Song Black Sabbath
Artist Black Sabbath
Bob Dylan
Landscapes Weather
Girl From The
Sad-Eyed Lady Of The
Maggies
Talkin PicnicMassacre Blues
Nashville
Blowin In The
A Hard A-Gonna Fall
Idiot
Buckets Of
Shelter From The
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Biblical & Religious Imagery Knockin On .s Door
Obviously Five
Before The F.
The Ballad of Frankie Lee and ..
Every Grain of .
Gates of .
Grooms Still Waiting at the ..
I Dreamed I Saw .. .........
Hibbing, Minnesota
The Iron Range
200 houses and 20 brick buildings, one of which collapses, are moved from Old to New Hibbing
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A train line cuts the ground showing where the fathers and mothers
Of me and my friends had p icked up and movedFrom North Hibbing to South Hibbing
Old North Hibbing, deserted, already dead. There was no sound except for the wind
Blowing through the high grass, and the bricks that fell back to the dirt
Centralia, PA, where an underground coal fire cant be put out and will burn for 1,000 years
B J Rolfzen
Little Richard Roy Orbison Buddy Holly
Dylanwasatthisshow
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Country Rebel: Hank Williams 1959 1963: A folk music revival fills the cultural vacuumbetween the end of Rock & Roll and arrival of The Beatles
The Kingston Trio: Four LPsinTop 10 in November and
December 1959, a recordunmatched for more than 50 years.The group still ranks in the all time
chart for most weeks with a #1album, most total weeks charting
an album, most #1 albums, mostconsecutive #1 albums, and most
Top 10 albums.
Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley
1959 1963: A folk music revival fills the cultural vacuum
between the end of Rock & Roll and arrival of The Beatles
1959 1963: A folk music revival fills the cultural vacuum
between the end of Rock & Roll and arrival of The Beatles
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East
West
North
Harry Smiths
Anthology
Folkways
Moe Asch
Joe Hill & the IWWLittle Red Songbook
Woody Guthrie Pete Seeger
The Almanac Singers
God Bless America (Irving Berlin)
Kate Smith recorded this in 1938in the build up to World War II.
Greystone Park Asylum
Pete Seeger testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee:
I feel that in my whole life I have never done anything of any conspiratorialnature and I resent very much and very deeply the implication that I am anyless of an American than anyone else. I love my country very dearly, and Igreatly resent the implication that my opinions make me less of an American.
Seeger was sentenced to a year in prison for contempt of court
The Weavers
Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds)
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US Industrial Production
Wall Street
Oct 29 1929
1929-1932: 5,000 banks went bust
Billie Holiday God Bless The Child
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The Bonus Army
Over 10,000 WW1veterans camped
in Washington DC
Bing CrosbyBrother, Can You Spare ADime
Zuccotti Park, NYC St Pauls, London
Washington DC
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Deaths: 7,000
Homeless: 2,500,000
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US Route 66
Oklahoma migrantstransplanted Honky Tonk
country styles to California.
This is called the"Bakersfield Sound".
200,000,000 trees wereplanted from Canada toTexas in an attempt to
break the wind and holdthe soil in place.
Farmers were educatedon new techniques, suchas crop rotation
and contour ploughing.
Buck Owens, Act Naturally
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother
Florence Owens Thompson & Children, 1979
Marion Post Walcott
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Claude Monet 1891
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An allegory for the politics of the 1890s (novel), and the 1930s (film)
ThePanicof 1893 saw 19% unemployment. Withthe loss of lifesavings kept in failedbanks aonce-secure middle-class couldnolonger meet their mortgageobligations. Many walked away fromrecently built homes as aresult. This was the beginningof the
empty decayingVi ctorian "hauntedhouse tropeinAmerican popular culture
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Talkin' New York BluesThis Land Is Your Land
1959: Sees Buddy Holly, goes to University
1960: Dinkytown, Minneapolis, reads Bound For Glory
1961: Arrives in Greenwich Village NYC, visits Guthrie, gets glowing review inNY Times, signs record deal with Columbia
1962: Releases Bob Dylan, writes 250 songs, visits London
1963: Releases Freewheelin, visits Mississippi, plays first big shows (NYC &Newport)
1964: Releases The Times They Are A-Changin, meets The Beatles, releasesAnother Side
1965: Releases Bringing It All Back Home, films Dont Look Back, booed off atNewport, releases Highway 61 Revisited
1966: Releases Blonde On Blonde, Judas! incident in UK, motorbike accident
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I crammed my brain with as much as I could stand
I began cramming my brainwith all kinds of deep poems
Rimbeaud Coleridge
New York Times, Sep 29, 1961
Signed by John HammondRobert Johnson, Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Billie Holiday,
Count Basie, Big Joe Turner,Pete Seeger,Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan,George Benson, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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Hammonds Folly Albert Grossman
Peter, Paul & Mary Ritchie Havens Odetta
Peter, Paul & Mary Ritchie Havens Odetta
Albert Grossman gave Dylan $1,000 to buy back his publishing rights from Duchess Music, andsign instead to Witmark Music. Unknown to Dylan, however, Grossman had also negotiated a deal
with Witmark that gave him 50% of the income generated by any songwriter he brought to thecompany. This "secret deal" resulted in a bitter legal battle in the 1980s.
Grossman also tried to renegotiate Dylans deal with John Hammond at Columbia, as he had beenunder 21 when he signed, but Hammond persuaded Dylan to abide by t he original deal.
Grossman also persuaded John Hammond to step down from producing Dylan, and replaced himwith a young African American producer, Tom Wilson.
Themes: 1962-1964
1. Civil rights and social justice:Blowin In The WindOxford TownSeven CursesPercys SongBallad of Hollis BrownOnly A Pawn In Their GameThe Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
2. The Cold War:Let Me Die In My FootstepsCuban Missile CrisisPlayboys and PlaygirlsA Hard Rains A-Gonna FallMasters of WarTalkin World War III BluesWith God On Our Side
3. Love songs:Girl From The North CountryCorrinaCorrinaBoots of Spanish LeatherTo RamonaIt AintMe Babe
1. Civil Rights Songs:
Only A Pawn In Their Game
Byron De Le Beckwith Medgar Evars
1. Civil Rights Songs: The Lonesome Deathof Hattie Carroll
Hattie Carroll William Zantzinger
YeahIlltellyou somethingI think you'llunderstandwhenI say that somethingI wannaholdyour handI wannaholdyour handI wannaholdyour hand
Ohpleasesay tomeYou'lllet mebeyour man
Andpleasesay tomeYou'lllet meholdyour handI wannaholdyour handI wannaholdyour handI wannaholdyour hand
AndwhenI touchyouI feelhappy insideIt's sucha feelingthat my loveI can't hide
I can't hideI can't hide
Yeahy ougot that somethingI think you'llunderstand
Whenifeel that somethingI wannaholdyour handI wannaholdyour handI wannaholdyour handI wannaholdyour hand
WilliamZanzinger killedpoor Hattie CarrollWithacane that hetwirledaroundhis diamondring fingerAt aBaltimore hotelsocietygath'rin'.Andthecops werecalledinand hisweapontookfrom him
Astheyrode himincustodydown tothe stationAndbooked William Zanzinger for first-degree murder.
WilliamZanzinger, who at twenty-four yearsOwnsatobaccofarmof sixhundredacresWithrichwealthyparentswhoprovideandprotect him
Andhighofficerelationsinthe politics of Maryland,Reactedtohisdeed withashrug of hisshouldersAndswear wordsandsneering, andhistongueit wassnarling,Ina matter of minutes onbail wasout walking.
HattieCarrollwas amaidin thekitchenShewasfifty-oneyearsoldand gavebirthto tenchildrenWhocarriedthedishesand tookout thegarbageAndnever sat onceat theheadof the tableAnddidn't eventalkto thepeopleat thetableWhojust cleaned upall thefoodfromthe tableAndemptiedtheashtrayson awholeother level,Got killed bya blow, layslain bya caneThat sailedthroughtheair andcame downthroughtheroomDoomedand determinedto destroyallthegentle.Andshenever donenothingtoWilliamZanzinger.
Inthe courtroomof honor, thejudgepoundedhisgavelToshowthat all'sequaland that thecourtsareon thelevelAndshowthat thestringsin thebooksain't pulled andpersuadedAndthat eventhe nobles get properlyhandledOncethat thecopshave chasedafter andcaught 'emAndthat theladder of lawhas notop andno bottom,Staredat thepersonwhokilledfor noreasonWhojust happenedto befeelin' that way without warnin'.Andhe spokethroughhiscloak, most deep anddistinguished,Andhandedout strongly, for penaltyand repentance,WilliamZanzinger witha six-monthsentence.
October 1963
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1. Civil Rights Songs: Oxford Town
James Meredith, Ole Miss
2. Anti WarSongs
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Increased measurements of radioactive iodine per capita.
Q. Whats the connection between your iPhone andthe fifty ships of the German Imperial Navy scuttledin Scapa Flow (Scotland) after WW1?
A. The satellite. Background radiation affects these sensitiveorbiting communications devices. Only steel forged before Earthsfirst nuclear explosion in 1945 is completely free of radio active
isotopes, so these old ships are salvaged for that purpose.
Bikini Atoll, The Pacific Marshall Islands.
The bikini, whose launch coincided withthe inaugural nuclear test here in 1946,
was named after Bikini Atoll.
Mutually assured destruction is the essenceof the deterrence concept. We must possess an
actual assured-destruction capability that mustalso be credible. Any potential aggressor must
believe in our assured-destruction capability, andour unwavering will to use it.
Robert McNamara, September 18, 1967
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U.S. informed NATO that "the US may find it necessary to take military action and US Navy dropp ed depthcharges on a Soviet submarine unaware that it was armed with nuclear weapons and h ad orders to use t hem if
attacked. AU.S. spy plan e then accidentally over-flew the Soviet Union, causing MIG fighter s to scramble. This inturn meant American F-102s with nuclear air-to-air missiles were sent into eng agement.
Cuban Missile Crisis"Black Saturday" October 27, 1962
1958:United States Air Force loses a7,600 poundhyd rogen bomb off
Tybee Island, Georgia.
Bomb jettisoned after a mid-air collisionbetween B-47 bomber & F-86figh ter plane
Despite numerous searches it was never found.
Ahund red times more powerful than Hiroshima.
Masters of War
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?Ive stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountainsIve walked and Ive crawled on six crooked highwaysIve stepped in the middle of seven sad forestsIve been out in front of a dozen dead oceansIve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyardAnd its a hard, and its a hard, its a hard, and its a hardAnd its a hard rains a-gonna fall
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around itI saw a highway of diamonds with n obody on itI saw a black branch with blood that kept drippinI saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin
I saw a white ladder all covered with waterI saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all brokenI saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young childrenAnd its a hard, and its a hard, its a hard, its a hardAnd its a hard rains a-gonna fall
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?Ive stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountainsIve walked and Ive crawled on six crooked highwaysIve stepped in the middle of seven sad forestsIve been out in front of a dozen dead oceansIve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyardAnd its a hard, and its a hard, its a hard, and its a hardAnd its a hard rains a-gonna fall
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?Oh, what did you see, my darli ng young one?I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around itI saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on itI saw a black branch with blood that kept drippinI saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedinI saw a white ladder all covered with waterI saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all brokenI saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young childrenAnd its a hard, and its a hard, its a hard, its a hardAnd its a hard rains a-gonna fall
Lord Randall
Coining A Phrase
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?Ive stumbled on the side of twelve mi sty mountainsIve walked and Ive crawled on six crooked highwaysIve stepped in the middle of seven sad forestsIve been out in front of a d ozen dead oceansIve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyardAnd its a hard, and its a hard, its a hard, and its a hardAnd its a hard rains a-gonna fall
Oh, what did you see, my blu e-eyed son?Oh, what did you see, my darlin g young one?I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around itI saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on itI saw a black branch with blood that kept drippinI saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedinI saw a white ladder all covered with waterI saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all brokenI saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young childrenAnd its a hard, and its a hard, its a hard, its a hardAnd its a hard rains a-gonna fall
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3. Love Songs
Tom CruisePenelope Cruz
Vanilla Sky
Bob DylanSuze Rotolo
Freewheelin
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth (45s)
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationd deep, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
A self-ordained professor's tongue (2m15s)
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
My Back Pages
Assassination
AssassinationAttempted
Assassination
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Subterranean Homesick Blues
Johnnys in the basementMixing up the medicineIm on the pavementThinking about the governmentThe man in the trench coatBadge out, laid offSays hes got a bad coughWants to get it paid off
Maggie comes fleet footFace full of black sootTalkin that the heat putPlants in the bed butThe phones tapped anywayMaggie says that many sayThey must bust in early MayOrders from the D.A.
Subterranean Homesick Blues portrays lifeas a series of discrete, unc onnectedsensations, none of which take precedenceover another and which together constituteno coherent, meaningful reality
Hersch, C. (1998) Democratic Artworks:Politics and the arts from Trilling to DylanState University of New York Press (p.154)
Its Alright, Ma (Im Only Bleeding)
Disillusioned words like bullets barkAs human gods aim for their markMake everything from toy guns that sparkTo flesh-colored Christs that glow in the darkIts easy to see without looking too farThat not much is really sacred
While preachers preach of evil fatesTeachers teach that knowledge waitsCan lead to hundred-dollar platesGoodness hides behind its gatesBut even the president of the United StatesSometimes must have to stand naked
Advertising signs they conYou into thinking youre the oneThat can do whats never been doneThat can win whats never been wonMeantime life outside goes onAll around you
I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoesAnd just for that one momentI could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one timeYou could stand inside my shoes
Youd know what a drag it isTo see you
Edie Sedgwick
Like A Rolling Stone
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The opening snare
Al Kooper, the organ
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Oh God said to Abraham, Kill me a sonAbe says, Man, you must be puttin me onGod say, No. Abe say, What?God say, You can do what you want Abe, butThe next time you see me comin you better runWell Abe says, Where do you want this killin done?God says, Out on Highway 61
Now the rovin gambler he was very boredHe was tryin to create a next world warHe found a promoter who nearly fell off the floorHe said, I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done.Well just put some bleachers out in the sunAnd have it on Highway 61.
Genesis22:1-18
1 God did tempt Abraham. He said, Take now thine only son Isaac, andoffer him upon one of the mountains
3 And Abraham took Isaac his son, and went unto the place of which Godhad told him.
9 And Abraham built an altar and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaachis son and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 The angel of the LORD called unto h im out of heaven, and said,Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad: for now I know that thoufearest God
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Parable of the Old Man and the Young
Then Abram bound the youth with belts and traps,and builded parapets and trenches there,And stretchd forth the knife to slay hi s son.When lo! an angel called him out of heaven,Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,
Neither do anything to him. Behold,A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns;Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one.
Wilfred Owen
Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat
Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hatYes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hatWell, you must tell me, babyHow your head feels under somethin like thatUnder your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, you look so pretty in itHoney, can I jump on it sometime?Yes, I just wanna seeIf its really that expensive kindYou know it balances on your headJust like a mattress balancesOn a bottle of wineYour brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, I see you got a new boyfriendYou know, I never seen him beforeWell, I saw himMakin love to youYou forgot to close the garage doorYou might think he loves you for your moneyBut I know what he really loves you forIts your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
"Any bloody pop group could do this rubbish!
It was a bloody disgrace. It was.He wants shooting! He's a traitor."
Keith Butler, Manchester Free Trade Hall, 17 May 1 966
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