Bob Dylan thinks of himself as a storyteller and his songs as being stories. This process starts off with the guitar, which is the background, then he came up with the lyrics. He got inspiration for his lyrics from folk music, he would constantly listen to folk music for a couple of years to get inspiration for his lyrics. Many of his songs had political elements, including songs such as Blowin’ in the Wind and Times Are a Changin, became civil rights anthems. His lyrics also had a range of social, philosophical and literary influences. He started off as a folk artist but turned into a blues, rock and pop artist. He also covered many more genres over the course of his long career.
The song I’m analysing is Blowin’ in the Wind, which is off his second album. This song is believed to be about the civil rights movement and the theme of blowin in the wind is taken from the passage of Woody Guthrie’s autobiography Bound For Glory. Dylan was known for his protest songs and this one was no different, making references to the old phrase “the skys the limit” and how no one should be refused to follow their dreams due to colour of the skin. This song is in the key of D major, is played in 4/4 and has a BPM of 175. The instruments used was a bass, vocals, piano and string ensemble. The structure of the song is verse, refrain which is repeated two more times.
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish is relevant to this project as her and her brother Finneas are bedroom producers. Which is what we will be doing this project wityh our songs.
The song I’m analysing is ocean eyes. This song was written by Finneas, and it is a love song where the narrator, Billie Eilish is talking to her “lover”, and says how his eyes compare to the ocean and how she’s falling in love with them. The song is in the key of E minor, is in 4/4 and has a tempo of 145 bpm. The song structure is verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus. Apart from the vocals, there are no other recorded instruments. All the other sounds are from Logic.