Thoughts on Songwriting
1966 was, arguably, pop’s Annus Mirabilis. I mean, imagine this much incredible music dropping in 12 months today: The Who: A Quick One The Rolling Stones: Aftermath Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde The Mothers of Invention: Freak Out The Byrds: Fifth Dimension Patrick Sky: A Harvest of Gentle Clang Harry Belafonte: A Calypso in Brass …
I know, I know – it’s an inflammatory title, but bear with me here – for I am NOT about to plunge into an argument about their relative contributions to The Beatles, who had the best post-Beatles career or which one wrote the worst tributes to their wives. Instead, I’m going to take a brief …
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