Bob Dylan's struggle against the expectations
of fans is a theme that is sounded often in his
autobiography, Chronicles, Volume 1

fans expected Dylan retain in his acoustic,
Woody Guthrie-like style,

later, he was expected to be a leader of the 1960s
anti-war movement and THE spokesman for his
generation

Dylan's interest was his music, his goal was
to evolve as an artist, and he pursued his goal

public reaction was ugly when he refused
to conform to expectations that would limit his
development

recently, i recalled Dylan's struggle against
expectations

i was reading that in May of this year, one of
Paul McCartney's classical compositions,
Ecce Cor Meum, won Album of the Year in the
Classical BRIT Awards

i realized that although a big fan of the Beatles
and of classical music, i had never heard
McCartney's classical music

i loved Paul the Beatle, but had absolutely no
interest in Sir Paul the classical composer

was this another instance of what Dylan objected to -
fans labeling artists and "putting them in a box" ?

i decided to give Ecce Cor Meum a listen

check out the soundtrack video below and
see what you think