Book contents
- The Beatles in Context
- Composers In Context
- The Beatles in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Part I Beatle People and Beatle Places
- Part II The Beatles in Performance
- Part III The Beatles on TV, Film, and the Internet
- Part IV The Beatles’ Sound
- Chapter 16 Abbey Road Studios
- Chapter 17 Producing Sound Pictures with Sir George Martin
- Chapter 18 Rock ’n’ Roll Music! The Beatles and the Rise of the Merseybeat
- Chapter 19 Positively Bob Dylan: The Beatles and the Folk Movement
- Chapter 20 “Listen to the Colour of Your Dreams”: The Beatles Writ Psychedelic
- Chapter 21 Getting Back
- Chapter 22 On the Record! (Dis)Covering the Beatles
- Part V The Beatles as Sociocultural and Political Touchstones
- Part VI The Beatles’ Critical Reception and Cultural Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 19 - Positively Bob Dylan: The Beatles and the Folk Movement
from Part IV - The Beatles’ Sound
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2020
- The Beatles in Context
- Composers In Context
- The Beatles in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Part I Beatle People and Beatle Places
- Part II The Beatles in Performance
- Part III The Beatles on TV, Film, and the Internet
- Part IV The Beatles’ Sound
- Chapter 16 Abbey Road Studios
- Chapter 17 Producing Sound Pictures with Sir George Martin
- Chapter 18 Rock ’n’ Roll Music! The Beatles and the Rise of the Merseybeat
- Chapter 19 Positively Bob Dylan: The Beatles and the Folk Movement
- Chapter 20 “Listen to the Colour of Your Dreams”: The Beatles Writ Psychedelic
- Chapter 21 Getting Back
- Chapter 22 On the Record! (Dis)Covering the Beatles
- Part V The Beatles as Sociocultural and Political Touchstones
- Part VI The Beatles’ Critical Reception and Cultural Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
While the folk revival movement traces back to the 1930s, the 1960s saw a new phase: the combination of traditional folk and rock, two seemingly dichotomous genres. Bob Dylan remains the primary symbol of 1960s folk, and American artists such as the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Simon and Garfunkel continued the charge. In the UK, musicians such as Donovan, the Searchers, and Fairport Convention added British folk traditions to the movement. During this folk-rock boom, the Beatles released the acoustic guitar-heavy album Rubber Soul, often cited as their venture into the genre and heavily influenced by Dylan. However, the Beatles and folk rock had a reciprocal relationship, with the Beatles’ early work shaping the movement and, in turn, the music transforming John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s songwriting. A close examination of three Beatles albums – Beatles for Sale, Help!, and Rubber Soul – reveals this symbiotic relationship.
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- The Beatles in Context , pp. 196 - 205Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020