is used, it is plain ♪ ♪ for the politician's gain as he rises to fame ♪ >> up until the time of bob dylanere the singers. dylan started writing his own music. >> he says, i am going to comment on the world, i'm going to comment on the nature of this human experience. bob dylan was sort of in this white-hot moment of saying more in the popular song than anyone ever had before. ♪ only a pawn in their game [ cheers and applause ] >> after the revolution of bob dylan, the music world moves west. ♪ got to go where you wanna go, do what you wanna do with whoever you wanna do ♪ >> royal canyon becomes the epicenter of the rock revolution. >> the music scene was not happening in new york anymore. it was now l.a. everybody moved to laurel canyon. >> actors, musicians, artists, and so it was a kind of whole community, very open. if you were driving over laurel canyon and you saw somebody hitchhiking, you'd just automatically pull over. hey, brother, get in, you know? where are you going? >> laurel canyon was an incredibly interesting place to live in those days. i lived on lookout mountain with joa

woodstock, new york was a bohemian community and a lot of musicians lived there off and on including bob dylan, the band, richie havens, and others.

woodstock, new york was a bohemian community and a lot of musicians lived there often on including bob dylan, the band, richie havens, van morrison, the organizers called their company woodstock ventures and they started looking for a place for their festival. they could not find a place in woodstock that was large enough. they found a property that might was down thehich road from woodstock but that fell through and out of desperation they found in middletown,ark near new york and it was very flat, kind of an interesting land, but it had good transportation access. they started building, they started advertising, the built artistses, they had creating art installations and everything was going smoothly until the locals caught wind of what they were doing and it was not going to be a 50,000 person folk festival after all, what they were promised. jimi hendrix had been booked and non-folk bands were hooked -- were booked very prominently and the town rewrote its laws to outlaw the festival. that left woodstock ventures with about four weeks to find another location. that is when they came in

place i'm going to ♪ >> in 1964, during that first tour, the beatles had the opportunity to meet bob dylanst about dylan going electric, but it's also about the fusion of an emerging tradition in popular music that was really political, with rock 'n' roll which had largely not been overtly political. >> there's nothing like the feeling of your audience not being with you and walking out on you. people took it personally. >> you know, who needs him anymore? he's a part of your establishment and forget him. >> they're all my friends. >> they felt betrayed, like you're supposed to be our woody guthrie and you sold out. ♪ how does it feel ♪ how does it feel ♪ to be on your own ♪ with no direction home >> not only did he take it, but he managed to just chokehold them all and make them see his vision. ♪ like a rolling stone ♪ >> other musicians started bringing poetry and politics and soul-searching to popular music. ♪ men shall know and men shall see ♪ ♪ we all are brothers and we all are free ♪ >> it was obvious to me and the hollies that we had a responsibility as artists to reflect our world

especially for chris colley, who was told he was going to be bob dylan's driver. swimming about in the foam. and as they prepare for their anniversary concert, it's a chance to reflect on a moment, a shared spirit that was reflected both here and in woodstock. # we are stardust...# it was about more than just music, wasn't it? oh, absolutely, yes. it was about other ways to make this world work. the counterculture being people who were coming on pilgrimages to the isle of wight festival. believing that there was a better world to be found. # back to the garden.# david sillito, bbc news, the isle of wight. fantastic. now is it festival weather? alina jenkins is here to weather? alina jenkins is here to tell me. it's a quieter day, we have blue skies and sunshine here this afternoon, a very different data yesterday when many of us saw plenty of rain. the satellite picture tells a story, this is yesterday's weather, the band of cloud moving away, this is coming our way tomorrow, but in between a slice of something drier. there are one or two showers around this after

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bob dylan, the beatles, the rolling stones. so all of it blown up, including this idea that rock is a history of progress. the last one is ellen willis. you've probably had enough. i'm getting looks. but work with me. because these ideas, those of you who had to do this assignment, analyzing these sources, you know what i'm talking about. these are a little more complicated. so it's worth being careful and laying the foundation. ellen willis, 1941. pioneering rock music critic. here's a woman at the center of rock culture, she was the rock critic of the "new yorker" magazine for a number of years. also a feminist activist. she was a member of two founding radical feminist groups. the new york radical women, who helped organize that atlantic city protest against miss america, and then a follow-up group, the red stockings. willis was a creative and original thinker across a range of areas. she's really interesting for us because she liked rock music. there's much more struggle within the piece i gave you than there is in, say, co

a lot of musicians lived there off and on, including bob dylan, richie havens, van morrison. they called the company woodstock ventures. they started looking for a place for the festival. they could not find a place in woodstock that was large enough. they found an industrial park in the town of wallkill. they started advertising. they started creating art installations and everything was going smoothly. the locals found out what they were doing and it wasn't going to be a 50,000 person festival after all. the town of wallkill rewrote its laws to outlaw the festival. that left woodstock ventures with about four weeks to find another location. when they came to this property, it was a perfect shape, perfect size for the rock festival they wanted to have. the rest is history. host: the background on woodstock. as you look at the names of the people who performed, arlo guthrie, the grateful dead, janis joplin, creedence clearwater revival, jefferson airplane, what brought all of these musicians to this location? guest: it was an all-star roster. it was a music festival not far f

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especially for chris colley, who was told he was going to be bob dylan's driver.n a moment, a shared spirit that was reflected both here and in woodstock. # we are stardust...# it was about more than just music, wasn't it? oh, absolutely, yes. it was about other ways to make this world work. the counterculture being people who were coming on pilgrimages to the isle of wight festival. believing that there was a better world to be found. # back to the garden.# david sillito, bbc news, the isle of wight. the weather worked all right on that occasion. but see what it is doing this time around. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. not too bad for much of the uk today. some spells of sunshine around but there is rain in the forecast. while we start this evening dry, some of the cloud will increasing as the night goes on and rain piling in scotland, western fringes of england and wales. not much lower than 14—15d —— 14—15 degrees. notice how the isobars are close together. so it is notjust wet. it is windy as well. rain across scotland and western

the holiday inn in nashville hosted icons like bob dylan and prince, martin luther king jr.he finishing touches on his "i have a dream" speech at the willard intercontinental in washington, d.c. today on "leaders with lacqua," we meet keith barr.

best known for his films about rock music including the classic don't look back, which followed bob dylancademy honorary award — or lifetime 0scar — in recognition of his work. the irish prime minister leo varadkar has taken part in belfast‘s pride parade. as well as a celebration the parade aimed to highlight that, unlike the rest of the uk, gay people cannot get married in northern ireland. clodagh rice reports. pride has been celebrated in belfast for more than 20 years, but this is the first time the rainbow flag has flown at city hall to mark the event. it's the first year, and i don't think it will be the last year. i think that everybody in this city must feel that they are part of the city. and i think city council has sent a very powerful message today that if 60,000—70,000 people parade through our city, they do so under the pride flag for the very first time. it's poignant because we celebrate the 50th anniversary of stonewall. in another first, the taoiseach leo varadkar marched in the parade, and it was also the first time bbc pride has marched in northern ireland. well, desp

best known for his films about rock music — including the classic "don't look back", which followed bob dylanes about politics. in 2013 he was given an academy honorary award — or lifetime 0scar — in recognition of his work. police in western france have fired tear gas at protesters after a vigil for a man who drowned when police raided a concertinjune. steve maia canico was among 14 people who fell into the river loire in nantes after police broke up a techno party. it took 38 days for his body to be recovered. the demonstrators accuse the police of a cover—up over what happened on the night, and say they were heavy—handed. 12 more people in the democratic republic of the congo have been ordered to undergo testing for possible ebola infectionjust days after three people in goma tested positive for the disease. it comes as the man co—ordinating official efforts to tackle the spread of the disease says the current outbreak could continue for another two or three years. this is bbc news. our main headline: at least 20 people have been killed after a shooting at a shopping centre in the texas ci

poets of oureat poem bob dylan, wrote a called blowin in the wind. ,ung by peter, paul and mary who sang at that march on washington in 1963. i want to read you six lines from that poem. many times must a cannonballs fly before they are forever banned? how many times can a man turn pretend that he just didn't see? takeany deaths will it that too many "eople have died? the song says the answer my friend is blowin in the wind. say the answer my fellow citizens is in the house of representatives. and we have acted. citizens,, my fellow is in the united states senate and the courage to summon up senator mcconnell, the willingness to put one small answer on the floor. observed, more needs to be done. this is a start. a consensus start, a start with the overwhelming number of americans support. minutes, the united states senate will have what we call a pro forma session , that is not a session to act. simply havenot to silence. the time is not simply for reflection. the time is not for a moment of senate, the time for the is to act, the time for the senate in the house and the white house to a

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"blowing in the wind," it was the first exposure of america to the work of bob dylan.eaked on the charts the week before the march on washington in '63. so we sang it, but we didn't sing it alone. we were not singing two people, just as you just sang with joe. the people held hands, and what they said together with that expression of singing together, was our hearts are united. and we are united in doing something that is considered by many to be unamerican, by many to be unpatriotic. we were not following the rule of law. the rule of law supported at that time lynchings for which there was no possibility of some kind of legal recourse, no prosecutions. you go to washington, d.c., if you were a person of color you could not use a bathroom or a public bathroom or a public water fountain unless it said "for colored only." what we were supporting was the point of view that challenged the law. it challenged what doing -- you do your duty. you follow this law. no. for the first time, we said, as moral citizens, we have to do what is right for our country. our country is not

especially for chris colley, who was told he was going to be bob dylan's driver. on pilgrimages to the festival. believing there was a better world to be found. david sillito, bbc news, the isle of wight. passengers and crew on board a russian airliner have had a remarkable escape after their plane made an emergency landing in corn field. there were 233 people on board the ural airlines flight, which was forced down after birds were sucked into the aircraft's engines. the plane had taken off from moscow's zhukovsky airport bound for crimea. now it's time for a look at the weather. another topsy—turvy week of weather. todayis another topsy—turvy week of weather. today is one of the quieter days, mainly dry, some warm spells of sunshine, quite noticeable and gusty westerly breeze, one or two showers around this afternoon, fairly few and far between. most will have a much drier afternoon than yesterday. in the sun, feeling warmer, 22 to 23 across england and wales, just 14 for the northern isles. dry this evening, clear skies before cloud gathers and then rain arrive

a lot of musicians lived there ,ff and on, including bob dylan richie havens, van morrison. they call the company woodstock ventures. they started looking for a place for the festival. they could not find a place in woodstock that was large enough. they found an industrial park in the town of wallkill. they started advertising. creating art installations and everything was going smoothly. the locals found that what they were doing and it wasn't going to be a 50,000 person festival after all. the town of wallkill rewrote its laws to outlaw the festival. that left woodstock ventures with about four weeks to find another location. when they came to this property, it was a perfect shape, perfect size for the rock festival they wanted to have. the rest is history. host: the background on woodstock. theou look at the names of people who performed, arlo guthrie, the grateful dead, janis joplin, creedence clearwater revival, jefferson airplane, what rot all of these musicians to this location? all of these musicians to this location. guest: it was an all-star roster. it was a music

i knew the town somewhat, and it was very famous for its musician residents, particularly bob dylan and the band and later janis joplin but at the time paul butterfield and van morrison i think was living there then. in any case, i decided to move to woodstock, which is what i did, and take it to the next stop. >> ok. so, you know, woodstock did have this history really going back to the early 1900s of being an arts community that attracted not only independent freethinkers but musicians and artists and seemed like the perfect place for michael to be, having these interests and being in coconut grove. and he did, of course, end up hanging out on the scene, meeting people, but also participating in some events. michael, why don't you tell them a little bit about the sound outs there that also kind of added to your idea of an outdoor festival after your miami experience? >> sure. there was a woman named pam who was a local realtor and owned a farm just outside of woodstock. every weekend, she ran these sound outs, which were concerts out on her farm. we had a stage that was six inches off

especially for chris curry, who was told he was going to be bob dylan's driver.out more than just music, wasn't it? oh, yes. it was about other wild ways to make this world work. the cou ntercultu re ways to make this world work. the counterculture being people who are coming on pilgrimages to the festival. believing there was a better world to be found. david sillitto, bbc news, the isle of wight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. take—away chicken boxe5, featuring warnings about the dangers natalie critchlow wa5 natalie critchlow was in the west indies. she was attacked in bed. family are raising funds to attack —— repatriate her body. no arre5ts have been made. more men are being encouraged to get into nannying and childminding as part of a new campaign. jo55 cambridge—simmons works a5 a nanny in london. he says we need to rethink our approach to men in the early yea r5 ca re sector. in most cultures, men ain't seen as the caregivers. whether you're black, white, asian, chinese, any other

the holiday inn in nashville hosted icons like bob dylan and prince, martin luther king jr.ishing touches on his "i have a dream" speech at the willard intercontinental in washington, d.c. today on "leaders with lacqua," we meet keith barr. chief executive of ihg. thank you for joining us on "leaders with lacqua."

bop d bob dylan's version and stepanwolf's "born to the wild," so it became like a sound track for thattion dealing with lsd, marijuana and the famous open road that walt whitman long ago wrote about. >> there's the song right 50 years old, this film had a budget of about $400,000. it went on to gross $60 million, and the fact that it was part of a revolution in hollywood, how can that be? >> it is pretty amazing. and for the time, it's revolutionary. there are stories about the shooting of the film and some of the crazy things that went on. they shot in a cemetery in new orleans without permission. peter did an interview in which he said they shot in new orleans without any permission, and used extras because they figured they could use people for free because they were already in costume for mardi gras. things that would just never happen today. >> jane fonda put out a statement about her brother's passing, saying i'm very sad. he was my sweethearted baby brother. the talker of the family. i've had beautiful alone time with him his last days, and he went out laughing. was part of his

this bob dylan imitating paul mccartney imitating me. ready? that. >> yes now this is not a layered impression this is my impression of my sex life [ laughter ] >> jimmy: very good. very good. >> yeah, that was good >> jimmy: now jon -- [ applause ] >> i'm very happy to hear you laughing >> jimmy: i met you -- [ laughter ] i met your dog backstage by the way. what a cute dog. >> oh, my dog. yeah, i love him his name is jerry bruckheimer iii. [ laughter ] >> what? >> jimmy: named after jerry bruckheimer, the famous movie -- >> the film producer yeah, i'm -- i'm very good friends with him i like to name my animals after my friends i did have cats, jerry and linda bruckheimer but linda was -- the cat was nuts. i had to get rid of her. [ laughter ] and then my cat jerry, passed away it was very sad. and then i was in a rescue pet store, and i saw this dog, jerry, and he was so great but, you got to get one. he rescued me. i mean, they're unbelievable but i actually have a cat named jimmy fallon [ light laughter ] and it's crazy people call me on the

it has got bob dylan in this, adele, it is a $530 million bond backed by all of the music rights?ic rate bond. it is interesting, because yields are so low. this is a place where investors are looking. it has a bit of pick for its complexity and those deals are doing well. caroline: time to get into your music maestros. always interesting for all parts of the credit market. coming up, a bloomberg scoop. we will be talking more about credit. we work is seeking $6 million a head of a stock market debut. the steps it is taking on the path to an ipo. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: as president trump escalates his trade war with china, huawei has seen a dramatic slowdown in sales growth as it deals with u.s. efforts to curb its business. shery ahn has an exclusive interview with we ways chief security officer. they discussed how huawei is addressing the matter. >> we are under the gun in the united states. the u.s. president has been putting a lot of pressure on us and we seem to be increasingly caught in the middle of the trade talks, the geopolitical issues between the u.s. and china

the who, jimi hendrix walking off tour with the monkees, bob dylan playing his gig after going electric nearly 20 years until 2013 when luba brought mumford & sons in for a show. >> it was just concrete, and we did it full general admission. and then about halfway through, about 8:30, people started backing down the stairways where if you went to the bathroom, you couldn't get back to your girlfriend or husband or wife. the first like 300 emails we got were, that was awful. the porta uponies were gross. i couldn't get back to my mom. it stunk. send me back my money. i'm never coming back again. but we refunded $400,000 that night and that signaled to the neighborhood we weren't messing around. >> i think that first show, someone had do it. someone had to get that show on the books. >> reporter: and there are no regrets, according to band member ben lovett. mumford & sons has now played forest hills three times. >> we would love to keep coming back. it kind of has the same gravity as hollywood bowl or red rocks. it's that important, i think, to the venues of america. >> reporter: support

joni mitchell and bob dylan were inspirations, and just last weekend she got the chance to play the newportare you now" comes out august 16th. and now making her national television debut, here's madison cunningham with "pin it down." ♪ ♪ when i stand back i see a little clearer now when i stair at a pixilated picture ♪ ♪ when i shut it out it still hurts the same somehow and i'm standing right where i thought i would never be ♪ ♪ i can't pin it i can't pin it down i can't pin it but i think we've been here once before ♪ ♪ i think we've been here once before ♪ ♪ ♪ when you looked at me were my defenses drawn was i cutting through the floor i was standing on ♪ ♪ this cold-blooded pride in me won't go down quietly and i'm standing right where i said i could never be ♪ ♪ i can't pin it i can't pin it down ♪ ♪ i can't pin it but i think we've been here once before ♪ ♪ yeah, i can't pin it i can't pin it down ♪ ♪ i can't pin it but i think we've been here once before ♪ ♪ i think we've been here once before ♪ ♪ ♪ when i look into your eyes there's nowhere to hide no edge to hold ♪ ♪ are we so wil

and listening to music, what kind of coffee was it, and did he play a little bit of johnny cash, bob dylan, and neil young? host: he is gone now but we will let our guest answer what you asked. guest: he has the benefit of drinking warm coffee in space. on the lunar module, they did not have hot water to heat up their coffee or food, so they were eating cold food, but in the command module, one of the technologies that was introduced for the apollo program was hot water, so he had coffee. it was lukewarm, but it was coffee. you can actually listen to the soundtrack from the apollo 11 mission. it is an interesting combination , onusic, but you go online spotify they put together a list. it is fun to hear the music they were listening to. i am not sure what my calling -- what mike collins was listening to when he was alone by himself. host: and talk about the first meal on the moon? guest: the first meal on the moon was more of a snack. bacon squares, which were some of the most popular food items in the space program because they were salty and flavorful. when you are in space, you lose a l

a lot of musicians lived there ,ff and on, including bob dylan richie havens, van morrison.hey call the company woodstock ventures. they started looking for a place for the festival. they could not find a place in woodstock that was large enough. they found an industrial park in the town of wallkill. they started advertising. creating art installations and everything was going smoothly. the locals found that what they were doing and it wasn't going to be a 50,000 person festival after all. the town of wallkill rewrote its laws to outlaw the festival. that left woodstock ventures with about four weeks to find another location. when they came to this property, it was a perfect shape, perfect size for the rock festival they wanted to have. the rest is history. host: the background on woodstock. theou look at the names of people who performed, arlo guthrie, the grateful dead, janis joplin, creedence clearwater revival, jefferson airplane, what rot all of these musicians to this location? all of these musicians to this location. guest: it was an all-star roster. it was a music fe

drinking coffee and listening to music, what kind of coffee was it ended he play any johnny cash, bob dylan, or neil young? >> well, he's gone now. >> he had the benefit of drinking warm coffee in space. on the lunar module they didn't have hot water to heat up their coffee, or their food, so they were eating cold food. in the command module one of the technologies that was introduced for the program was hot water. it was lukewarm, but it was coffee. you could actually listen to the soundtrack from the mission. it's an interesting combination of music, but if you go online you can google it and you will find it.'s modifier has the list. i'm not sure what mike collins was listening to buy himself, but had a range of options. the first meal was more of a snack. that bacon squares which were the most popular food items in the space program. when you are in space you lose a lot of your taste because because her nasal cavity is field. in space people tend to like the spicier and more saltier food because it's harder to taste foods. it was a late meal. after they did the moonwalk which was 2 1/2

bob dylan saying that johnny was the north star you can set your guide ship, he would be your guide. so that is going to be a big thing. check it out. thank you, guys. steve: straight ahead, the white house reacts to the media's recession rhetoric over the weekend. kellyanne conway live from the white house when we come back. ♪ the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. join the fight with the alzheimer's association. who used expedia to book the vacation rental which led to the discovery that sometimes a little down time can lift you right up. expedia. everything you need to go. (client's voice) remember that degree you got in taxation? (danny) of course you don't because you didn't! your job isn't understanding tax code... it's understanding why that... will get him a body like that... move! ...that. your job isn't doing hard work... here. ...it's making her do hard work... ...and getting paid for it. (vo) snap and sort your expenses to save over $4,600 at tax time. (danny)

drinking coffee and bit music, what kind of coffee was it and did he play a little johnny cash, bob dylan neil young. >> well, he's gone now but we'll let our guest answer what she o can. >> yeah, i n spaccan. he had the benefit of drinking e warmy coffee in space. h so on the lunar module, they didn'tt have hot water to heat p their coffee or their food, so a they were eating cold food. but in the command module, one of the technologies that was introduced for the apollo program was hot water. so he had coffee.o 11 it wasas lukewarm but it was coffee. can actually listen to the soundtrack from the "apollof 11" mission. mus it's an interesting combination of music. but if you go online, you can google it and findnd it.it spotify has put together the wee list. it's fun to hearng to. the musin were listening tog in space on that mission. i'm not sure what mike collins was listening to when he was onh board by himself but he had a range of options. it's an eclectic mix of music. >> since you mentioned food, talk about the first meal. >> it was more of a snack.pace it wasn't a robust full mea

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