Pete Seeger / Bruce Springsteen

皮特·西格 / 布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀

Fresh Air

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2024-12-25

47 分钟
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The new biopic A Complete Unknown follows a young Bob Dylan as he arrives in New York and changes American folk music forever. Edward Norton plays folk icon Pete Seeger, who had a big impact on Dylan. Seeger was famous for his songs about working people, unions, and social justice. We're revisiting Terry's 1984 interview with Seeger, as well as her 2016 interview with Bruce Springsteen, who was compared to Dylan when he broke onto the scene. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • This is FRESH air.

  • I'm Terry Gross.

  • Merry Christmas.

  • I hope you're enjoying the holiday.

  • The new Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown opened today in theaters.

  • It stars Timothee Chalamet as Dylan.

  • Today we're featuring interviews from our archive related to Dylan.

  • We'll start with folk singer Pete Seeger, who influenced Dylan and is portrayed in the film by Edward Norton.

  • And later will feature an interview with Bruce Springsteen, who described Dylan as the father of my country and inducted him into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame.

  • Pete Seeger was famous for his songs about working people, unions and social justice.

  • He was one of the most important figures in 20th century American folk music and was at the forefront of the folk music revival.

  • In 1950s, he popularized the songs this Land is your Land and We Shall Overcome and wrote if I had a Hammer and Turn, Turn, turn.

  • In the 1940s, he sang Union songs with the Almanac Singers.

  • A few years later, he co founded the Weavers, who surprised everyone, including themselves when they became the first group to bring folk music to the pop charts.

  • Until they were blacklisted.