Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits, ... Mystery Train.
"Greil Marcus" is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a much broader framework of culture and politics than is customary in pop music journalism.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous writers! More Greil Marcus on Wikipedia.I'm not even close to being sick of 'Like a Rolling Stone,' ... Every time I hear it, it's like the first time. I find that's even more true now than before. Now I don't just smile. I'm astonished.
It works on its own terms. It puts you on the spot. It asks of you the fear and courage that it asks of its subject.
It draws a line in the sand. Once you cross it, you can't go back.
It made itself a home on Top 40 radio.
[Telluride's programming often goes down to the wire, and additional titles could materialize. There are rumors of late-breaking sneak screenings that could include Martin Scorsese 's 3-1/2-hour Bob Dylan documentary] No Direction Home, ... Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads.
We fight our way through the massed and leveled collective safe taste of the Top 40, just looking for a little something we can call our own. But when we find it and jam the radio to hear it again it isn't just ours -- it is a link to thousands of others who are sharing it with us. As a matter of a single song this might mean very little; as culture, as a way of life, you can't beat it.
[And if he believed he was wrong, he'd say so:] He doubled back on himself again and again, ... Psychotic Reactions.
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