"After a period of discussion, the Academy has just reached an agreement to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to the following..."
In the golden waiting room surrounded by reporters, an elegant lady came out holding a list of winners. At the same time as she spoke, the impatient reporters who had been waiting for the syllables in her mouth couldn't help but get nervous. They listened with bated breath. They didn't even dare to relax their eyelids. They stared straight at the scene in front of them and waited. The answer is on the horizon.
"The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan"
As soon as the name came out, all the reporters in the audience heard surprises, cheers and applause. They looked around, unable to calm down for a long time. Perhaps they also knew that this was the moment when the fusion of music and literature was recognized.
"Award goes to Bob Dylan for creating a new poetic mood in the great American ballad"
This year, Dylan was 75 years old.
At the moment when the Nobel Prize for Literature was announced, in addition to many voices of surprise and admiration, there were naturally also doubts and dissatisfaction. A lot of people were asking, why Bob Dylan?
Yeah, why him? And why this time the award is no longer an article but just a song?
When people in the newspapers often write articles about Dylan, they often add the words "bard" in front of him to describe his wonderful lyrics, but nowadays, can it really be considered that Dylan can also become a poet? Or, can a song also be literature?
When we have these questions, the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Literature probably answers our question very well: literature is broader and richer than we imagined.
So we revisit the definition of literature here:
Literature is a way and means of expressing the objective world and subjective understanding by using spoken language or writing as a medium.
The traditional European literary theory classification method divides literature into three categories: poetry, prose, and drama. In modern times, literature is usually divided into four categories: poetry, fiction, prose, and drama (play).
Literature is thus a way and means endowed with other thoughts and emotions that can be mediated by a wide range of genres. This also shows that the genre of literature is very free and broad, it expresses the author's inner feelings more profoundly, and enriches the spiritual connotation of the text.
Having said that, the answers to all the previous questions may be ready to come out. Dylan can be not only a great ballad singer, but also a great poet. The award this time also just proves that song and poetry are inextricably intertwined, proving the inseparable connection between song and literature.
Dylan was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1941, to both Jewish parents. In 1947, the family moved to Hibbing. Dylan has shown extraordinary musical talent since childhood and taught himself guitar, harmonica, piano and other instruments at the age of 10. In 1961, Dylan dropped out of the University of Minnesota, signed with Columbia Records, and began to devote himself to the music business.
In 1962, Dylan released his first album "Bob Dylan"
On August 28, 1963, a bustling crowd gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, USA, in the morning light of day, in what was the largest demonstration in the city's history. 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial, leaving behind the heat of the blazing sun and the discomfort of being crowded, to "March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom" for the civil and economic rights of African Americans in the United States. ), they also demanded racial justice and confrontation with police brutality.
This is a day that can be remembered in history. On this day, here, for the first time, Dylan sang in front of such a large audience, and Martin Luther King Jr. gave Americans his most famous speech: "I have a dream"...
At that time, Dylan had just debuted for two years, and many people were more familiar with the song "Blowin' in the Wind" from his second album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan". Repeatedly used rhetorical questions, asking questions over and over again, emphasizing the cruelty of war.
Singing this song in front of 250,000 people, singing ballads with mind-boggling lyrics, as if without a shred of suspicion, Dielen deserved to be their spiritual leader, like those old Like the folks, as Dylan's admired predecessor Woody Guthrie wrote on his guitar: "Guitar kills fascism," everything seemed reasonable.
America in the 1960s was a time of turmoil and trouble. After Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Johnson was succeeded as president. At that time, the situation in the United States was turbulent and social problems emerged one after another. There are three main points:
First, the civil rights movement. Serious issues of racial discrimination have been afflicting American society. These unresolved problems have caused people's resistance and struggle. It was not until 1964 that the U.S. Congress formally passed the Civil Rights Act to abolish the segregation system.
Second, the Vietnam War launched by the United States brought huge casualties to the United States. Young students opposed the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam Civil War, and held mass rallies and demonstrations everywhere. However, despite the opposition of public opinion at home and abroad, Johnson continued to expand the war, so that the Vietnam War gradually escalated throughout the 1960s, causing young people's strong dissatisfaction with the real society.
Finally, it is the deterioration of the ecological environment. Such as serious air and water pollution, shortage of oil and gas, deforestation, etc., also make many people doubt the development prospects of the modern industrial society.
It is for these reasons that many young talents have frequently launched demonstrations and demonstrations against authority, tradition (including traditional culture), and the existing order.
Dylan has written lyrics from his rich past travels into his songs. At the beginning, Dylan came with the spirit of his youth, with a ballad full of arrogance and protest. At that time, he was supported and loved by young people, and it also represented the voice of this new generation and a new era. .
In 1964, Dylan released a new album, The Times They Are A-Changin'.
"I'm not there"
Dylan has made three appearances at the Newport Folk Festival, the first time being introduced by "Queen of Folks" Joan Baez, when he joined Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, and other festivals The performers sang "Blowin' in the Wind" together, and Dylan used a guitar and a harmonica to interpret the simplicity and purity of the ballad to the fullest.
In 1965, Dylan appeared on the stage of the Newport Folk Festival (Newport Folk Festival) for the third time, but this time the audience's reaction was very different from the previous two times. boo.
It turned out that there was an entire plug-in band that followed Dylan on stage. Accompanied by the band, Dylan performed the new song "Like a Rolling Stone" from the just-released album Highway 61 Revisited, featuring Mike Bloomfield on lead guitar and Al Kooper on rhythm guitar. Among them were two other members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band: bassist Jerome Arnold and drummer Sam Lay.
Part of the audience liked his performance, but the other half said it was difficult to accept. Therefore, many people began to shout and hope that Dylan would sing the previous folk songs again, and the scene was out of control for a time. After three songs, Dylan took the band off stage, but host Peter Yarrow begged him to sing another ballad to calm the audience.
Hearing Peter's words, Dylan asked, "What have you done to me?"
But in the end, he reluctantly came back and sang the three folk songs the audience wanted to hear. Two lines of tears silently slid down his cheeks as he sang "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." We have no way of knowing what was on his mind at the time, but Dylan never returned to the Newport Folk Festival stage until 2002, when he wore a wig and a beard. music Festival.
However, the festival became a great scene where folk and rock were redefined, combining folk and rock into a new music genre: Folk Rock.
About Folk Rock:
Folk rock draws on the simple and direct melody of folk music and the strong rhythm of rock music, and expresses philosophical song themes in a more popular way. It has high requirements for the aesthetic value of musical traditions, such as Bob Dylan sings current affairs and politics in poetic language.
Rock music adapted for folk instruments and technical performances, based on the structure and themes of folk songs. This kind of music is concentrated in the works of Bob Dylan. Bob uses electric guitars, drums, keyboards and other instruments in folk music to form a unique style.
On May 17, 1966, Dylan performed in Manchester, England. During the first half of the show, Dylan played a ballad as usual with a guitar. In the second half, he began to plug in with the band. After a while, a loud "Judas" came from the otherwise quiet auditorium, and then the whole scene began to spiral out of control.
But Dylan just glanced at where the sound came from, replied, "I don't believe you. You liar!" (I don't believe you, you liar), then turned to the band behind him and said, "Play it fucking loud!" (a little louder) and continued his singing.
The following British shows were always half-pro, half-against this way, until on July 29, 1966, when Dylan was involved in a car accident in Woodstock.
"The darkest night before dawn"
The restored Dylan is no longer in the public eye as often as he once was, and has also pulled out of the 1969 Woodstock festival. He continued to make folk albums, recording his own voice on those albums, but rarely showed up.
In 1975, Dylan released the album Blood On The Tracks.
On May 20, 2016, Dylan, 75, released his next album, "Fallen Angels," which is basically a cover of the love songs of white jazz king Frank Sinatra to bring those old songs back to the public. in sight.
Last year, in 2020, Dylan once again released his new album Rough and Rowdy Ways. The media gave them five-star reviews.
Back in 2016, Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. When his name was read from the staff, it attracted the surprise and shock of everyone on the scene, the outside media and the audience. No one could think that a singer would actually Won the Nobel Prize in Literature for the song.
Until now, many people are also questioning whether Dylan is eligible for this award, but Dylan doesn't care about these doubts and honors. He sent an award speech after winning the award for a period of time, just like in the music festival before Like on the stage, no matter how noisy the audience is, he just sings his own song, does what he wants to do, and shouts: "I don't believe you", and then there is no trace of turbulence. He turned around and left without any direction or huge desire. He just continued to wander in the era, leaving only a piece of glory wherever he passed.
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