The Information Environment During the Making of a Bob Dylan Album :: Media Recording Music

The Information Environment During the Making of a Bob Dylan AlbumIn analyzing any of Bob Dylans albums and lyrics, one might receive very powerful, timely, political and social messages from the artist. Perhaps it is the way in which he influences or responds to his fans which allows him to always seem a step ahead of the public. Take, for instance, his addition of electric instruments to his medication in 1964 (Bob Dylan Desire - Ink Blot Magazine). Dylans use of these instruments, which are indicatory of the growing selective information environment of the time, outraged folk fans. Nevertheless, Dylan had merely created the more or less potent folk-rock ever recorded (Bob Dylan Desire). In essence, he moved frontwards from the mentality, in which a large part of the public during the 1960s still remained, in order to be better able to speak to his fans. He only tried a new invention for the purpose of making his euphony sound better and holding on to his listeners. At th e same time, though, when bands such(prenominal) as the Beatles had followed Bobs lead by creating blues and psychadelic-influenced music, Dylan retreated to his artless forms (Bob Dylan Desire). In other words, he spoke to the modern world, by progressing with the new, electric instruments, magic spell still reaching his older, perhaps more traditional fans, with his alternated use of country forms. He composes music about betrayal, paranoia, fear and desire, and influentially ties in large issues of the time, such as racial consciousness. Dylans album entitled Desire is indicative of the artists sense of and connection to the world around him.Perhaps the most influential song on the album, and indeed one of Bobs most politically and socially meaningful compositions, is Hurricane. The interesting chain of events which lead to the making of this song guide the information society of the time, as well as Dylans contribution to his information culture and influence in the public. Rubin Carter, the former champion African-American boxer, would precisely neer have known to contact Dylan had he not root listened to his lyrics of oppression and class differences. Thus, Dylans music is a powerful form of communication, a kind which would give a man such as Carter a glimpse of hope and justice. Without Carters book, The Sixteenth Round (Social Conscience Rubin Hurricane Carter), the song would neer have been made, and a greater public knowledge of the Ruben Carter case would never have been reached.