{"product_id":"dylan-a-man-called-alias-by-richard-williams-hardback","title":"'Dylan: A Man Called Alias' by Richard Williams (Hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 0-7475-1084-9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION: USED \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo popular entertainer has been more closely scrutinized than Bob Dylan. His garbage has been emptied, his lyrics computer-scanned, his daily wherabouts logged with an obsessive thoroughness worthy of J. Edgar Hoover's G-men. And still he is a mystery. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbove all performers, Dylan showed his generation how to seize the licence they unanimously demanded: the right to express themselves. Before him, Elvis loosened the restrictions of class and race; then the Beatles and the Stones subverted the outmoded codes of domestic and public behaviour. But Dylan did more: his use of language liberated lyricists, moving them beyond Tin Pan Alley's teenagers-in-love themes, and his attitudes shaped the development of other performers who would themselves influence millions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is usually said that Dylan has constantly re-invented himself. Only in such a way can his extraordinary changes of direction - such as the espousal of electric rock in 1965-66, the dive into Nashville balladry in 1969, the conversion to born-again Christianity in 1979 - be explained. So extreme, so demanding of both himself and his audience were these shifts that it seemed they could only be the produce of a kind of perverse cunning. However, according to him, his evolution has been natural, consistent, a series of logical responses to both inner growth and outside pressures. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis story is now told within that frame of reference, establishing a more accurate interpretation of the relationship between Dylan's life and his art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROWDYS RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46611727908995,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/5057\/0883\/files\/DYLANAMANCALLEDALIAS.jpg?v=1771722767","url":"https:\/\/rowdysrecords.com.au\/products\/dylan-a-man-called-alias-by-richard-williams-hardback","provider":"ROWDYS RECORDS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}