Word: tuned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...DYLAN: HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED (Columbia). Having breathed new strife into folk music's repertoire, Dylan's muse seems a little winded, and some of his new delirious diatribes have a wheezy, hollow sound. Devotees will still enjoy his rasping version of his hit tune, Like a Rolling Stone, as well as his eleven-minute talking blues, Desolation Row, where "everybody is making love or else expecting rain...
...mock-serious strings, followed by all that nonsense for the bassoons. Finally the inevitable tuba, and a great off-beat joke by the percussion utensils. The Dream of a Witches' Sabbath flaunted its own goodies, notably the raucous way the clarinets, flutes, and bassoons treat the witches' dance tune (a perversion of the Beloved's theme). The brasses' evil parody of the dies Irae plainchant seemed to have more downright nastiness to it than ever before...
...ever has heard of an electric violin? Or an electric singer?" There are at least nine patents on electric violins. Moreover, there are patents on electric musical instruments wherein the voice of a singer, say Crosby, is recorded note by note through his full range, so that any tune can be played on these instruments, with the Crosby voice emanating for all notes and chords fingered...
...another door, squares his shoulders and steps into a brightly lit room filled with the murmur of Muzak melo dies. The man is 37, married, and a fa ther. He is a steady wage earner with a $6,092-a-year income. He is also in debt (to the tune of $513) and pressed by his creditors. He is a typical customer who has come to solve his problems -at least for the moment - by borrowing from the Household Finance Corp., the oldest and largest of the nation's thriv- ing small-loan companies...
...recipient of their annual Paul White Award (named after CBS's first news chief). Aware that his Bogalusa experience has left Blumberg in need of far more than a silver cup, the TV men spontaneously passed the award around, filled it out of their pockets to the tune...