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First American edition. |
| Descript. |
xxii, 599 pages ; 25 cm |
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volume rdacarrier. |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber Limited [in 2013] under the title Yeah, yeah, yeah : the story of modern pop"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [557]-559) and index. |
| Contents |
Part one. Flip, flop and fly : Bill Haley and jump blues -- A mess of blues : Elvis Presley -- Put your cat clothes on : Sun Records and rockabilly -- Teenage wildlife : rock 'n' roll -- Rock with the Cavemen : skiffle and British rock 'n' roll -- Whispering bells : Doo wop -- 1960 : it will stand -- Walk with me in paradise garden : Phil Spector and Joe Meek -- The trouble with boys : the Brill Building and girl groups -- |
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Part two. Act naturally : the Beatles -- Needles and pins : the beat boom -- Who's driving your plane? The Rolling Stones -- This is my prayer : the birth of soul -- The rake's progress : Bob Dylan -- America strikes back : the Byrds and folk rock -- Up the ladder to the roof : Tamla Motown -- 1966 : the London look -- Endless summer : the Beach Boys -- The golden road : San Francisco and psychedelia -- Pop gets sophisticated : soft rock -- Crying in the streets : deep soul -- I can't sing, I ain't pretty, and my legs are thin : hard rock -- Bubblegum is the naked truth : the Monkees -- |
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Part three. 1970 : Everything's gone gray -- Freddie's dead : electrified soul -- State of independence : Jamaica -- It came from the suburbs : glam -- The sound of Philadelphia : soft soul -- Progressive rock (and simpler pleasures) -- Young love : weenyboppers and boy bands -- See that girl : Abba -- Beyond the blue horizon : country and western -- Before and after the gold rush : Laurel Canyon -- 1975 : storm warning -- |
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Part four. Courage, audacity and revolt : the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and punk rock -- Cranked up really high : punk rock -- Pleasantly antagonistic : new wave -- Supernature : disco -- Islands in the stream : the Bee Gees -- Routine is the enemy of music : post -punk -- A shark in Jet's clothing : America after punk -- This is tomorrow : Kraftwerk and electropop -- Adventures on the wheels of steel : early rap -- Here comes that feeling : new pop -- American rock (Ooh yeah) -- Just a king in mirrors : Michael Jackson -- Highs in the mid-eighties : Prince and Madonna -- Some kind of monster : metal -- Poised over the pause button : the Smiths, REM, and the birth of indie -- 1985 : What the fuck is going on? -- We were never being boring : Pet Shop Boys and New Order -- |
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Part five. Chicago and Detroit : house and techno -- Smiley culture : acid house and Manchester -- 1991 : bassline changed my life -- All eyez on me : hip hop -- This is how you disappear : Bristol, shoegazing, and a new psychedelia -- As a defense, I'm neutered and spayed : grunge -- Ever decreasing circles : Blur, Suede, and Britpop -- A vision of love : R&B. |
| Summary |
An addictively readable, encyclopedic history of pop music that includes individual chapters to groups and individuals -- the Monkees, the Beach Boys, the Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna -- that changed the shape of pop music. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- History and criticism.
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Rock music -- History and criticism.
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| Add Title |
Story of pop music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé |
| ISBN |
9780393242690 |
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