Robert Hilburn
Robert Hilburn (born September 25, 1939) is an American pop music critic and author. As critic and music editor at the Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005, his reviews, essays and profiles have appeared in publications around the world. Hilburn's memoir, Corn Flakes with John Lennon (And Other Tales from a Rock ‘n’ Roll Life) was published on Oct. 13, 2009 by Rodale. He is a member of the nominating committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and lives in Los Angeles.
Early life
Born in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and lived until he was 5 mostly on his grandfather’s cotton plantation in nearby Campti. During those years and when visiting his grandparents in later summers, he was exposed to the blues and country music styles that eventually gave birth to rock ‘n’ roll. After a few years in Dallas, Texas, he moved with his family to Southern California, where he graduated from Reseda High School in 1957 and California State University, Northridge (journalism degree) in 1961. He worked as a news reporter on a suburban Los Angeles newspaper (the Valley Times TODAY) for two years, but tired of journalism and became a public information officer for the Los Angeles Unified School District in the mid-1960s. While there he began missing writing around the same time he fell in love with the work of Bob Dylan and the Beatles. Eager to write about music, Hilburn did a series of freelance pieces on such figures as Johnny Cash and Janis Joplin for the Los Angeles Times before being hired full-time by the paper.
Hilburn, Robert Filmography
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1986, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1986, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1986, role: actor , character name: Correspondent
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1982, role: actor , character name: Newspaper Reporter
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Music and Lyrics by Jane
Robert Hilburn wants to be young
Bobby Hilbrns got his tounge in cheek
Pose
Down real pat
Wonder what it's like to have fun
Hiburn
It's time to burn
It's burning
Time
For the times
Betcha think your really smart
We know better
Your a boring fart
New wave music makes good copy
Tell us Bob, could punk be art
Hilburn
It's time
To burn
It's burning
Time
For the times