All Along The Watchtower Analysis

Many folk artists such as Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie heavily influenced the work of Mumford and Sons. An especially vital influencer to the band was Bob Dylan. Marcus Mumford has even said, “We wouldn’t be playing music at all if it wasn’t for Dylan”. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan is viewed as one of folk music’s finest works because it highlights the influence Dylan brings to the world of folk and popular music. From a young age, Dylan had an interest in music and was driven by several entertainment icons such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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The poster features the musician’s side profile as a silhouette with his hair shaped into many different curves and filled in with vibrant colours. This is an ingenious way of designing, as many people who are fans of Bob Dylan would instantly recognise him from his big, slightly wavy hair. His name ‘Dylan’ is also included at the bottom right of the poster in a ‘block’ type typeface which Milton himself created as well. The famous poster was influenced by Marcel Duchamp’s self portrait which was created in 1957, about 10 years before the iconic poster was created. “This silhouette cutout by Marcel Duchamp was in the back of my mind when I created the Dylan poster.

In line 60, Chavez says how the people want to “avoid senseless violence.” Chavez also states that victory through violence is not a true victory in lines 65 to 70. In lines 74 to 77, Chavez states that “violence doesn’t work in the long run.” Chavez describes the negative effects violent resistance had on the oppressed throughout history in lines 78 to 86. By using strong diction, Chavez shows how violent resistance is not a good idea and how it hurt the people. Chavez also uses diction to support his argument for nonviolent resistance. Lines 12 to 16 illustrate how nonviolence helps the cause of the oppressed.

War and protest music comes in many genres, but Creedance Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” was released in the upbeat, rock manner that society in the 1960s was just becoming familiar with. The music video used is not original, but instead is a collage of videos taken from Vietnam War. The video shows the carnage endured by American soldiers during the battle and demonstrates the realities of war. This work fits the overall theme because although the song does not explicitly mention Vietnam, Creedance Clearwater Revival intended for the song to be seen as a means of protest against U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Many civilians during the 1960s were against the United States entering the war in Vietnam, and males were worried that they would be picked in the draft.

Though Hendrix was enamoured with the protest songs of Bob Dylan and was sympathetic towards the civil rights movement (as illustrated by his performance at Woodstock), interviews with the guitarist reveal his intention for his music to transcend racial boundaries and to instead be considered “a spiritual thing… part of the race of man”. Although unrelated to music, I can’t help but be reminded of comments made a few years ago by the actor Morgan Freeman about Black History Month when reading the two different schools of thought presented in Waksmen’s chapter. In an interview with 60 Minutes, Freeman remarked that he found the idea of Black History Month insulting, suggesting that it is inappropriate to “relegate [his] history to a month”. I feel that this is the equivalent to only viewing Jimi Hendrix through the lens of being a black artist. Such categorising is

Public Enemy also further expresses Black Power-era nationalism in their song “Don’t Believe the Hype,” they express the idea of “nation time” by making several plays on the word “time,” rapping, “Again I said I was a time bomb/In the daytime radio 's scared of me/Cause I 'm mad, plus I 'm the enemy/They can 't come on and play me in prime time/Cause I know the time, cause I 'm getting mine.” In these lyrics, Public Enemy calls out how they are excluded from mainstream media because they are too political and “mad.” They “know the time” - as in they have knowledge of the history, politics, and culture of oppression that Black people in America have dealt with and also have Black consciousness - an awareness and pride in themselves and their identity as Black people. This consciousness and knowledge contributes to this goal of “getting mine,” which, in this case with the influence of Black Power-era nationalism, can mean creating “self-sufficient” (Decker 67) media platforms, so that Black Americans can be on their own “time” within their own Black

Artists like the Beatles were quite famous for their music as they incorporated the American blues and rockability into their concepts. This was all during the time America faced a sudden loss of their President. Soul music was more different than

Slaughterhouse-Five’s main story deals with Billy Pilgrim’s memory of the war were supported by situations that would not come close to being real like a time warp and their four dimensional points of view. Though Vonnegut achieves to appeal the readers with the sadness of Dresden in the 1960s, Billy however is too weak to fight against wars or to protect any type of peace. This is why Kurt adds the other story of the writer who speaks of Billy’s story, to complement Billy’s story. This idea speaks to these literary and psychological techniques Vonnegut used in Slaughterhouse-Five to create an anti-war novel in the 1960s from his World War II

This along with Ozzy’s voice in the background creates an image of impending doom or better yet the state of being paranoid. His voice is timed along with the guitar in the foreground giving a complexity to sound between the two as if his words are drowned out by this driving force. The rough, mechanical heavily distorted guitar solo at 1:22 punctuates the rhythm of song almost disjointing the song in half creating the feeling constant paranoia or the image of dread dragged along with no end in sight. It’s as if the unravelling cloth has no end and it is only when the original riff and rhythm return does the driving force continue. This driving force continues the unravelling of the cloth until the very end of the song.

The “new” band traveled the US preforming as an opening for other bands. The group had produced their first album Led Zeppelin I. This album was liked by some and hated by others. However, it was their second album that made them widely known and shaped the genre of hard rock, heavy metal, and blues rock. Led Zeppelin II was released on October 22, 1969.

But in his short lifetime Cedrone managed to become very successful with the guitar and shot is band forward. Born in New York, Danny’s career began in 1940’s, and later formed a group called The Esquire Boys. Playing lead guitar on Rock the Joint, he used his jazz side to produce one of the best solos of the recording. Later Cedrone rejoined with Hailey’s group in 1954 to record Rock Around the Clock. Sadly, after his death the hit record would then reach number one which would of flew his career

In that article, the reader gets to understand how blues and jazz impacted the rock’n’roll world and created the type of music the Beatles would become famous for producing. This article would talk about the upbringing of rock’n’roll music to the United Kingdom by the way of people brining back records from the United States on trips. This was similar to the Beatles going on tour in Hamburg then coming back to Liverpool with better unheard of rock’n’roll music. People would leave for the United States and come back with this music people in the UK were not exposed to thus giving the UK population exposure through imported music. I believe that the article on Paul McCartney’s upbringing is the least like this article because it just tells the story of Paul McCartney and the creation of the band from his point of view.

Cambodian, Laotians, and Vietnamese fought for their freedom from the French. America sided with the French to manipulate Vietnam. Robert McNamara was a Secretary of Defense, who had the reports about the United States ' plan proceeding on Vietnam. Mainly, they were seriously secret matters : also known as Pentagon Papers. Ellsberg wanted the public to know about his opinion that the federal government 's involvement was a sinister and needless war, so he offered the information of the reports to the New York Times.

Joyce Carol Oates dedicated “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” to Bob Dylan, the story was influenced by Dylan’s haunting song “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” Many aspects of Bob Dylan are mirrored is the character Arnold Friend. Author considered them as a physical double; In the 1960s, people had an idea of Dylan being otherworldly or messiah person. However; Arnold Friend was a darker version of this type of figure. In the story, Arnold came to take Connie away, and she is ultimately powerless to defy him. Oates’s recreation of Bob Dylan is purposeful, and meaningful particularly during the time period in which it takes place.