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| "'''Chimes of Freedom'''" is a song by ]. It has been covered many times by various artists including ], ], and ] |
"'''Chimes of Freedom'''" is a song by ]. It has been covered many times by various artists including ], ], and ]. Dylan reportedly based the song on "Chimes Of Trinity," a song passed along by ] from his grandmother. | ||
| ] is also the title of a book, subtitled ''The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art'', by Mike Marqusee (The New Press, NY, 2003) - the book's purpose, (according to reviewer Mike Davis), is to rescue Dylan's early work "from the condescension of his own later cynicism". | ] is also the title of a book, subtitled ''The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art'', by Mike Marqusee (The New Press, NY, 2003) - the book's purpose, (according to reviewer Mike Davis), is to rescue Dylan's early work "from the condescension of his own later cynicism". | ||
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"Chimes of Freedom" is a song by Bob Dylan. It has been covered many times by various artists including Bruce Springsteen, The Byrds, and Roger McGuinn. Dylan reportedly based the song on "Chimes Of Trinity," a song passed along by Dave Van Ronk from his grandmother.
Chimes of Freedom is also the title of a book, subtitled The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art, by Mike Marqusee (The New Press, NY, 2003) - the book's purpose, (according to reviewer Mike Davis), is to rescue Dylan's early work "from the condescension of his own later cynicism".
As Marqusee notes, the song marks a transition between Dylan's earlier "protest song" style (a litany of the down-trodden and oppressed, in the 2nd half of each verse) and his later more free-flowing poetic style (the fusion of images of lightning, storm and bells in the first half)
The song has often been used as a template as a near-perfect protest song. Most notably, it formed a strong influence (almost to the point of plagiarism) for Billy Bragg's song ideology.
Chimes of Freedom is also the name of the 1988 live Bruce Springsteen EP featuring Dylan's song. It was released to support the No Nukes Tour and featured three other songs, including a slowed-down acoustic version of Born to Run.
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