Bob Dylan Highway 61

Bob Dylan, known for his great musical talents and achievements over the course of his event-full life, managed to craft such a beautiful album recognized as “Highway 61 revisited”. This album which still holds a spot in the Best Albums of All Time contains loads of poetic content that people in today’s standards would recognize as mastery of the musical world. The songs included in the album have a certain blues tone that made way for a whole new world of music. The Rolling Stone is the more famous song on the album and was in the top 200 songs of all time. Even to legend Paul McCartney he states “It seemed to go on and on forever. It was just beautiful ... He showed all of us that it was possible to go a little further”. Also the album contains many examples of poetic devices that portray his musical mastery.
Like A Rolling Stone
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
This song has a narrative tone to it which reveals a story of a person who was once wealthy and ignorant however finds himself becoming poor and now begging other people for help.

Ablum review: Boston

The album broke fast, with three singles becoming Top 40 hits. All eight of the songs on the album still receive regular airplay on classic rock radio. Taking a mere two months to earn an RIAA Gold Record Award (500,000 in unit sales) in 1976, and a Platinum Award (1,000,000 in unit sales) after three months, it was the fastest selling debut album for any American group. It has continued to sell very well, accumulating 9 million in sales by the ten-year anniversary in 1986, reaching diamond in 1990, and 17x platinum by 2003.

BlackMasking & Reverse Speech

1) Pink Floyd- Empty Spaces
In the song it supposedly says "Congratulations. You have just discovered the secret message. Please send you answer to old pink, care of the funny farm, Chalfont." I think this is defiantly blackmasking because when you play it forward it basically says gibberish but when you play it backwards you can really hear the voice and words so they really meant to use blackmasking.

2)The Beatles - Im so Tired -
it says "Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him. " This is an example of blackmasking because in the forward version it says completely nothing and you can't understand what he is saying. However played backwards it is clear and you can understand what he is say and you can tell the artist clearly meant to do this making it an example of blackmasking.

3)Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven
This was more of a confusing one where the words weren't completely clear but still had some signs of blackmasking. The verse blackmasking goes on for a long time than other blacking examples so it would lean more towards blackmasking than reverse speech.

4)Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
The backwards statement "Its fun to smoke marijuana" but why would anyone want to put this in there song. I think its just a by accident and somehow came out that way and makes English sense but no real meaning was involved meaning it would be Reverse speech.

5)Eminem- My Name Is...
You can clearly make out that the black masking was not an accident and both backwards and forwards go together as if completing one another.

6)Weird Al- Nature Trail to Hell
A verse that doesn't make any sense when played forward at regular speed. however played in reverse it says "Satan eats Cheez Whiz" clearly so you can tell it was blackmasking.

7)Michael Jackson - Beat It
"Tell you it's fair so beat it" is not really completely clear and cut but it can make sense if you listen hard for the exact words. I think it was just coincidence meaning it is reverse speech.

8)ELO- Fire on High
When the verse is played in normal speed forward it is just gibberish and doesn't make any sense. When played backwards the words are completely noticeable even without looking at the lyrics so it is defiantly considered blackmasking.

9)Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
"With you i lose my mind give me a sign"
backwards it supposedly says sleep with me I'm not to young" is a little over the edge for a young girl to be singing so i think it was by accident but makes sense so it would be considered reverse speech.

10)The Doors - Break on Through
"Treasures there" says "i am Satan" backwards. I do not think this is blackmasking because its to short to be a reasonable piece. I would consider it reverse speech.

Three songs I have chosen

My first song that I choose was Cowboy Casanova by Carrie Underwood. I’m not really a big fan of country but I thought taking a look at a country song couldn’t hurt. Carrie Underwood is one of the more famous country sings and explodes minds with her all but famed voice. The lyrics to the song are pretty straight forward. She explains how she wants to get away from her love but her heart wants her to stay. She references love to drugs how her love is addicting like some drugs. Then she states that he will say whatever you want to hear and how he will mess with your heart. Carrie warns others that it just a matter of time before he breaks your heart. The basic idea of the song is that love is risky and it is never easy.

The second song I choose was Never Say Never by the Fray. At first I didn’t know the song but after I listened to it I started to enjoy the song and its meaning. It begins by stating the people have bad moments in love, some worse than others. It also goes on to say that he doesn’t want to be alone. The next verse he explains how he will listen you her and will follow her and protect her. He sings that they pull apart then come together again and again. The whole song is from the singer’s point of view explaining that he will always be by her side and he can’t live without her.

The third song I chose was Break by Three Days Grace. It is a different style of music than the other two. It has more of a rock and hard rock tone. The song is from the singer’s point of view. He talks about how he is beginning to break away from everything. Then he starts to say that people should break away and get themselves away from the world. He message is saying that if your sick of the world then do something about it and change your view of the world.

Some Songs from my theme Genre

Fun/Parties in Classical Rock:
1.Boston/ Rock& Roll Band
2. Paradise City/ Guns' N' Roses
3. Notin But A Good Time/ Poison
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Mr. Brian Wilson

Mr. Wilson was rasied in Hawthorne, California home. Brian was always surrounded by music in his young years. Both his mother and father played the paino and he was so in pursuit to follow their example. It was not to long after being introduced to music that they discovered brian had an amazing sing voice. The begining to his huge career was imminent. His first ablums made big hits and soon raised to the tops of the charts. His career with the Beach Boys sky rocketed from there and their journey to fame was well on its way.