Word: ballads
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...deeper social disillusionment. Love comes at the purgative ending of The Wild Bunch, when gunslinger Pike Bishop tries to save Mexican rebel Angel from the torture of the Federales--only to be slaughtered in a suicidal attack both epic and glorious. It becomes muted, perhaps sadder, in The Ballad of Cable Hogue: Hogue's woman leaves him and his desert home, and returns too late to share his life. She brings back San Francisco finery, and the circa 1910 auto that kills...
...Ballad of Davy Crockett...
...This first song was done by Johnny Horton; after that we got a Bo Diddley number. We're going to do the Johnny Horton song like Bo Diddley and the Bo Diddley song like Don Covay...Actually, this is just another ballad...
...extremely lyrical and musical qualities of Thomas's language transform the simple depiction of this "back water of life" into a lilting modern folk ballad, and it is plain to see that young Bob Zimmerman knew what he was doing when he changed his name to Bob Dylan. Influenced as he was by this evocative heritage, the revival of Thomas's dramatic scheme can still ring true for the present generation. Often more lyric verse than drama, a performance of Under Milk Wood tickles the fancy and intoxicates the cars with continual pranks on the English language and hilarious word...
...tunes, with only two new songs (which comprise two-thirds of Bonnie's song-writing output). One of the originals, "Finest Lovin' Man" is a straight blues, featuring exciting instrumental work by Bonnie, Junior Wells on harp, and Danny Freebo on Bass. "Thank You" is a pretty ballad in the Curtis Mayfield vein, with Bonnie on piano and Willie Murphy playing a beautiful soft lead guitar...