philosophy of modern song...

 another mini masterpiece by the maestro Bob Dylan.

it is a history or rather compendium of songs rooted in the 50's 60's and the latest date I have seen so far as this is a book that one tends to dip into rather than read from cover to cover is a Waylon Jennings song "I've Always Been Crazy (but it stopped me from going insane) from 1978. Waylon never stopped making his music till he died.

the corollary is post modern music is crap but I am going to let that one slide for now.

my point is in the entry for Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes  also contains a section on songs derived from classical music.

I'm showing off now by noting that my favourite song derived from the classics is the Moves "Night Of Fear". A classic itself  derived from the Tchaicovksys 1812 overture. I had always thought is was Bach so there ya go.

Bob has an encyclopedic knowledge of modern music but he cannot be expected to know everything that a smartass like me can throw up. hehehehe.

Goes both ways. I never thought "last Night" was by Little Walter. Always assumed it was written Nick Gravenites.

Using the philosophic dictum of necessary and sufficient conditions it can be supposed that as Bobs father owned a furniture shop in the days when furniture shops sold both STEREOGRAMS, i.e. record players and the records and his uncles owned two movie theatres Bob had the necessary exposure to the cultural products of his times in the 50's and early 60's when music and movies were part of a glorious cornucopia of a veritable fountain that has long since petered out into a dribble of drivel. Movie blockbusters derived from action comics and music derived from computer generated models or samples from when music was hand made.

The philosophy of post modern music will be a very slim volume indeed.

No 2 on the charts in New Zealand ( a miracle that "THEY" even let it on the charts.