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The writings that stood out were the ones that told the story of his life. He wrote about hope and fear, new love and heartbreak. He wrote of God and faith as much as failure and the darkness of the human spirit. Some were hits, and some were not.
He went for lengthy periods without writing at all. He felt that inspiration for writing came through experiencing life, good and bad alike. His poetry and songs would not come from simply sitting and putting a pen to paper. He said that if he marked his calendar to write at 6 p.m., inevitably he wound up not writing. But if he went to his farm, walked in the woods, and sat still watching clear water flowing over stones in the creek, then at 6 p.m., he would most likely write a song.
In addition to his songs and poetry, this book is about those writings too. He wrote many powerful letters to others, from Billy Graham to Bob Dylan, but to me, the letters to himself hold the most insight and import. They bring the reader as close as possible to knowing the genuine man.
Violent song lyrics increase negative emotions and thoughts that can lead to aggression, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 84, No. 5).
The study challenges the ancient Greek "catharsis hypothesis" that claims that expressing aggressive emotion will later decrease aggressive behavior. Instead, researchers from Iowa State University and the Texas Department of Human Services found that aggressive music lyrics increase aggressive thoughts and feelings, which might perpetuate aggressive behavior and have long-term effects, such as influencing listeners' perceptions of society and contributing to the development of aggressive personalities.
In five experiments, Anderson and his colleagues asked more than 500 college students to listen to such violent songs as "Shoot 'Em Up" by Cypress Hill and "Hit 'Em Hard" by Run DMC, and such nonviolent songs as "Finger Lickin' Good" by the Beastie Boys and "Love vs. Loneliness" by the Suicidal Tendencies. Researchers also included the lyrics of humorous violent and nonviolent songs like "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash and "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh" by Allan Sherman.
After listening to the songs, the students performed various word-association tasks to test whether they linked more non-aggressive words with aggressive words or filled incomplete words with vowels to make aggressive words. They also reported their feelings of hostility as measured by the State Hostility Scale, ranking sentences based on their emotions after hearing the songs.
The results indicate a relationship between violent song lyrics and increased aggressive thoughts and feelings of hostility. Humorous violent songs also increased aggression levels, relative to humorous nonviolent songs, according to Anderson. The findings held even after the researchers controlled for the listeners' gender and personality differences, as well as their reactions to the different performing artists and musical styles.
While more research on effects of violent lyrics must be done, says Anderson, yet another type of entertainment media, when referring to violence, "now has been demonstrated to have some negative effects."
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I noticed that the vast majority of songs don't have lyrics for the user to read available. Spotify should have a staff team to transcribe lyrics accurately whilst syncing it to the song. I recently took up multiple transcriptionist jobs, typing around 120wpm, and thought that this would be an amazing idea for convenience and increased user experience.
Musixmatch sucks because on most of the songs that I would like to transcribe the lyrics it just tells me that its locked even tho there aren't any lyrics which doesn't even let you add lyrics to some songs. Lowkey yall should partner up with Genius since they let you at least add lyrics and information and at least it isn't strange like musixmatch.
Lots of songs still don't have lyrics posted (I'm a premium user and it's still a problem for me), even after being out for months/years. Users should be able to submit lyrics for them if they want to do so for free. Maybe have a feature where that's possible and, if someone uses it badly for some reason, a way to block people who do that from doing it if needed.
Today could have been the day
That you blow out your candles
Make a wish as you close your eyes
Today could have been the day
Everybody was laughing
Instead I just sit here and cry
In the arms of an Angel far away from here
From this dark, cold hotel room, and the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of an Angel;
may you find some comfort here
And you probably don't want to hear tomorrow's another day
Well I promise you you'll see the sun again
And you're asking me why pain's the only way to happiness
And I promise you you'll see the sun again
And as I float along this ocean
I can feel you like a notion that won't seem to let me go
Cause when I look to the sky something tells me you're here with me
And you make everything alright
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
but I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now
Oh Lord there's just so much to be done
Oh lord, so many souls to be won
Oh lord, this world is falling apart
Dying for love from a broken heart
Here am i, send me, though there's really not that much I can do
What I have seems so small, but I want to give it all to you
And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me, I was only nineteen
And wherever you've gone
And wherever we might go
It don't seem fair... Today just disappeared
Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars
A letter to you on a cassette
'Cause we don't write anymore
Gotta make it up quickly
There's people asleep on the second floor
There's no aphrodisiac like loneliness
Truth, beauty and a picture of you
Is it getting better, or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you, now you got someone to blame?
You say one love, one life, when it's one need in the night
One love, we get to share it
Leaves you baby if you don't care for it
Yes we'll be movin' on, with no sad good byes
But it's only the deepest part of our love, that will keep us together
But while this cold wind blows, and tears fill your eyes
I'm counting the days, and learning the ways of a broken heart
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints, and the crack
Oh we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By making us yesterdays men sure as hell
By making us yesterday's men
You don't bring me flowers
You don't sing me love songs
You hardly talk to me anymore
When you come through that door at the end of the day...
I remember when you couldn't wait to love me
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The 2024 Outlaw Music Festival Tour features an unprecedented lineup including headliners Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and John Mellencamp with Brittney Spencer, Celisse, and Southern Avenue. Billy Strings will also join the tour for one special night at The Gorge in Washington.
Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years.
This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting.
Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you.
Bob Dylan
Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1962 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1990. Malvina and her husband were on their way from where they lived in Berkeley, through San Francisco and down the peninsula to La Honda where she was to sing at a meeting of the Friends Committee on Legislation (not the PTA, as Pete Seeger says in the documentary about Malvina, Love It Like a Fool). As she drove through Daly City, she said Bud, take the wheel. I feel a song coming on.
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