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While remarking on the "contradictions between art and commerce," music industry veteran Danny Goldberg situates Bob Dylan in the context of his time.
Goldberg believes that when Dylan went electric, he was not "selling out" his folk music background, but "buying in" to rock culture.
Danny Goldberg discusses some of 1965's watershed moments in which "the rock and roll business was in the middle of a dramatic expansion and reinvention."
Goldberg mentions the beginning of the Beatles, Dylan's first electric album and The Rolling Stones album Out of Our Heads.
Music industry veteran Danny Goldberg traces the history of Jimmy Page's considerable influence on Led Zeppelin.
Goldberg adds that while "the stories about drugs and groupies are not false," Page was a "very serious musician."
Music industry veteran Danny Goldberg shares his opinion on the difference between "active" and "passive" audiences.
Goldberg contrasts bland commercial radio to the innovative music on internet radio stations.