This review analyzes the apocalyptic Bob Dylan in relation to historical, political, and religious backgrounds. Apocalyptic music in pop culture involves the assumptions on how one may express things in times of trouble or crises. Additionally, the cultural revolution of the 1960s in the United States was a time of crisis in the eyes of the youth. It was during the revolution. Dylan plays a vital role in the history of the apocalyptic themes in media. People considered him the spokesperson for the revolution. In ancient apocalyptic worldview notions, there is a sharp divide between evil and good people or beings. However, the question of what is to come after the apocalypse is still unclear.
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THE POLITICAL BOB DYLAN
Apart from apocalyptic music, his off-and-on engagement with politics is intriguing. In less than three years after releasing his first album, Dylan wrote about two dozen politically oriented songs. Similar to what many believe will come after the apocalypse, his creative lyrics and imagery reflected the changing mood of the postwar baby-boom generation. Dylan also showed that songs with leftist political messages could be commercially successful. Also, he inspired other artists, some of whom followed in his history of the apocalyptic themes. Some showed more commitment to the two major movements that were challenging America’s status quo. However, Dylan told friends and some reporters that he was no longer interested in politics.
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APOCALYPTIC BOB DYLAN-HISTORICAL AND HOW BOB DYLAN CHANGED HISTORY THROUGH MUSIC
This section discusses the history of apocalyptic themes in Bob Dylan’s music. The song ‘The times they are a changin’ by Dylan casts the cultural revolution of 1960s America in terms of an apocalyptic prophecy. Here, he also explains what would come after the apocalypse. He describes it in terms of a flood that would bring the old order to an end. This Dylan tune illustrates well the often unconscious presence of apocalypticism in the western imagination. The use of apocalyptic music by many artists indicates a similarity in imagination by western people. Lastly, Bob Dylan’s early music does indeed enlighten minds and penetrate perceptions.
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