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Author |
: Robert Webb |
Publisher |
: McNidder and Grace Limited |
Total Pages |
: 238 |
Release |
: 2013-07-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857160577 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0857160575 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis 100 Greatest Cover Versions by : Robert Webb
Which Blondie Top Five was originally a flop for a West Coast power pop band? Who wrote Alice Cooper's 1973 hit 'Hello Hurray', and which folk singer first recorded it? Who launched their career with a tear and a cover of a little known Prince song? Where was Joe Cocker sitting when he came up with the idea of covering 'With a Little Help from my Friends?'. Everybody likes a good song and a good story. The 100 Greatest Cover Versions traces the histories of some of the great songs you may know only as second-hand recordings and explores some unusual and creative takes on a few of pop's well-known tracks. Based on the Independent's popular long-running Story of the Song column, this collection features previously unpublished pieces alongside fully expanded, updated stories. Robert Webb details the background to each song how it was written, who first recorded it and how it came to be covered and explains how, in some cases, the cover version has become more popular than the original. Artists range from Patti Smith to the Happy Mondays, David Bowie to Florence + the Machine, and Stevie Wonder to Robert Wyatt. The book also includes additional further listening suggestions and a bonus track. Whether you download, rip from CD or stream your music, the Ultimate Playlist series provides the perfect accompaniment to your personal compilation. The series aims to guide listeners through large and often bewildering back catalogues of the major artists as well as key genres and styles in popular music. If you love music and you enjoy knowing more about the history behind some of pop's greatest songs, then you will love this book.
Author |
: JP Ahonen |
Publisher |
: Abrams |
Total Pages |
: 203 |
Release |
: 2014-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781613127049 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1613127049 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sing No Evil by : JP Ahonen
Twenty-something guitarist Aksel stutters when he sings, and the latest reviews say he has the voice of a crow with throat plague. That’s not a compliment, even for the avant-garde music his band Perkeros plays. Aksel is having a hard time keeping the band together, stopping his girlfriend from kicking him out, and not getting eaten by his drummer (who happens to be a cranky brown bear). There are also the rival bands that Perkeros find themselves in battle with to save the city from supernatural forces set loose by ancient music. The key to it all could be in the music Aksel hears in his dreams—if it doesn’t drive him mad first. With a visual soundtrack that blasts off the page, Sing No Evil is a wild ride through otherworldly dangers and the power of pure rock’n’roll.
Author |
: Haruki Murakami |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2007-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307430014 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307430014 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Vintage Murakami by : Haruki Murakami
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the greatest modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions. “Murakami’s bold willingness to go straight over the top is a signal indication of his genius. . . . A world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks.” —The Washington Post Book World Not since Yukio Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata has a Japanese writer won the international acclaim enjoyed by Haruki Murakami. His genre-busting novels, short stories and reportage, which have been translated into 35 languages, meld the surreal and the hard-boiled, deadpan comedy and delicate introspection. Vintage Murakami includes the opening chapter of the international bestseller Norwegian Wood; “Lieutenant Mamiya’s Long Story: Parts I and II” from his monumental novel The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; “Shizuko Akashi” from Underground, his non-fiction book on the Toyko subway attack of 1995; and the short stories “Barn Burning,” “Honeypie.” Also included, for the first time in book form, the short story, “Ice Man.”
Author |
: Alan Light |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781451657852 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1451657854 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Holy Or the Broken by : Alan Light
Praised as "brilliantly revelatory...a masterful work of critical journalism" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), The Holy or the Broken is the fascinating account of one of the most-performed rock songs in history--Leonard Cohen's heartrending "Hallelujah." How did one obscure song become an international anthem for human triumph and tragedy, a song each successive generation seems to feel they have discovered and claimed as uniquely their own? Celebrated music journalist Alan Light follows the improbable journey of "Hallelujah" straight to the heart of popular culture.
Author |
: Roy Shuker |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 381 |
Release |
: 2017-03-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317189541 |
ISBN-13 |
: 131718954X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Popular Music: The Key Concepts by : Roy Shuker
Now in an updated fourth edition, this popular A-Z student handbook provides a comprehensive survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture. With new and expanded entries on genres and subgenres, the text comprehensively examines the social and cultural aspects of popular music, taking into account the digital music revolution and changes in the way that music is manufactured, marketed and delivered. New and updated entries include: Age and youth Black music Digital music culture K-Pop Mash-ups Philadelphia Soul Pub music Religion and spirituality Remix Southern Soul Streaming Vinyl With further reading and listening included throughout, Popular Music: The Key Concepts is an essential reference text for all students studying the social and cultural dimensions of popular music.
Author |
: Nicholas Pegg |
Publisher |
: Titan Books (US, CA) |
Total Pages |
: 1305 |
Release |
: 2016-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781785655333 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1785655337 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Complete David Bowie (Revised and Updated 2016 Edition) by : Nicholas Pegg
The biggest edition yet – expanded and updated with 35,000 words of new material Critically acclaimed in its previous editions, The Complete David Bowie is widely recognized as the foremost source of analysis and information on every facet of Bowie’s career. The A-Z of songs and the day-by-day dateline are the most complete ever published. From the 11-year-old’s skiffle performance at the 18th Bromley Scouts’ Summer Camp in 1958, to the emergence of the legendary lost album Toy in 2011, to his passing in January 2016, The Complete David Bowiediscusses and dissects every last development in rock’s most fascinating career. * The Albums – detailed production history and analysis of every album from 1967 to the present day. * The Songs – hundreds of individual entries reveal the facts and anecdotes behind not just the famous recordings, but also the most obscure of unreleased rarities – from ‘Absolute Beginners’ to ‘Ziggy Stardust’, from ‘Abdulmajid’ to ‘Zion’. * The Tours – set-lists and histories of every live show. * The Actor – a complete guide to Bowie’s career on stage and screen. * Plus – the videos, the BBC radio sessions, the paintings, the Internet and much more.
Author |
: Jeffrey Paul Smith |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0231108621 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780231108621 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sounds of Commerce by : Jeffrey Paul Smith
A detailed historical analysis of popular music in American film, from the era of sheet music sales, to that of orchestrated pop records by Henry Mancini and Ennio Morricone in the 1960s, to the MTV-ready pop songs that occupy soundtrack CDs of today..
Author |
: Robert Reynolds |
Publisher |
: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 100 |
Release |
: 2019-12-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781387927098 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1387927094 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Music of the 4 Seasons Featuring Frankie Valli by : Robert Reynolds
The 4 Seasons & Frankie Valli, rank among the top American vocal acts of all time. Collectively, they amassed seven #1 hits, 18 Top Ten, and an incredible 61 singles in the Hot 100. They also placed 32 LPS on the top albums charts. Their hit making years spanned more than a half-century. Their hits include: Sherry, Big Girls DonÕt Cry, Walk Like a Man, Rag Doll, Working My Way Back to You, CanÕt Take My Eyes Off of You, My Eyes Adored You, December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night), GreaseÉ Their stardom was no overnight success, as they struggled through lean years and recorded many flops while searching for that elusive hit record. The rag-to-riches story has been told via an award-winning Broadway musical & a Clint Eastwood produced motion picture. Learn about the hits, misses, obscure album tracks and B-sides as they sang their way from delinquents to esteemed members of the R&R Hall of Fame. The book examines the music they made famous and tells of all the glorious years that passed between.
Author |
: Yiu-Wai Chu |
Publisher |
: Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2017-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789888390588 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9888390589 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hong Kong Cantopop by : Yiu-Wai Chu
Cantopop was once the leading pop genre of pan-Chinese popular music around the world. In this pioneering study of Cantopop in English, Yiu-Wai Chu shows how the rise of Cantopop is related to the emergence of a Hong Kong identity and consciousness. Chu charts the fortune of this important genre of twentieth-century Chinese music from its humble, lower-class origins in the 1950s to its rise to a multimillion-dollar business in the mid-1990s. As the voice of Hong Kong, Cantopop has given generations of people born in the city a sense of belonging. It was only in the late 1990s, when transformations in the music industry, and more importantly, changes in the geopolitical situation of Hong Kong, that Cantopop showed signs of decline. As such, Hong Kong Cantopop: A Concise History is not only a brief history of Cantonese pop songs, but also of Hong Kong culture. The book concludes with a chapter on the eclipse of Cantopop by Mandapop (Mandarin popular music), and an analysis of the relevance of Cantopop to Hong Kong people in the age of a dominant China. Drawing extensively from Chinese-language sources, this work is a most informative introduction to Hong Kong popular music studies. “Few scholars I know of have as thorough a knowledge of Cantopop as Yiu-Wai Chu. The account he provides here—of pop music as a nexus of creative talent, commoditized culture, and geopolitical change—is not only a story about postwar Hong Kong; it is also a resource for understanding the term ‘localism’ in the era of globalization.” —Rey Chow, Duke University “Yiu-Wai Chu’s book presents a remarkable accomplishment: it is not only the first history of Cantopop published in English; it also manages to interweave the sound of Cantopop with the geopolitical changes taking place in East Asia. Combining a lucid theoretical approach with rich empirical insights, this book will be a milestone in the study of East Asian popular cultures.” —Jeroen de Kloet, University of Amsterdam
Author |
: Associate Professor of Music Education Clint Randles |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 329 |
Release |
: 2024-08-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780197693216 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0197693210 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Growing Songwriting by : Associate Professor of Music Education Clint Randles
The history of music education over the past 100 years has centered on traditional band, choir, and orchestra models. Yet music education has always secured a prominent place in the curriculum when it captures the musical imagination of the masses, and research has shown that more and more students are seeking alternative opportunities to engage with music. Songwriting is a 21st Century curricular offering that considers who we are as a society--our desires, our goals, our passions. Most often, songwriting occurs in Modern Band classes that are beginning to pop up all around North America and many parts of the world. This book provides curricular support for those efforts as we look to the present and future of music teaching and learning.