by Scott Calhoun (2012)
"This thoughtful and timely collection recognizes U2's music both as art and commentary on personal journeys and cultural dialogues about contemporary issues. It offers insights and critical assessments that will appeal not only to scholars and students of popular music and culture studies but also to those in the fields of theology, philosophy, performing arts, literature and intellectually curious U2 fans." -- cover.
Katherine Charlton
This book blends musical commentary into anhistorical and social framework as it traces the development of rock music from its roots in country and blues to the most contemporary trends. Through well-chosen song examples and easy-to-read listening guides, studentswill experience firsthand the defining characteristics ofrock styles and develop the ability to make connectionsbetween the popular music of yesterday and today. - Publisher.
Simon Reynolds
Despite having rejuvenated rock, by the summer of 1977 punk had become a parody of itself. This book looks at what happened next, with the emergence of post-punk bands such as PiL, Joy Division, Talking Heads, The Fall and The Human League -- Global books in print.
Matt Anniss
"Describes the beginnings and evolution of punk and indie music, spotlighting important artists and songs"--Provided by publisher.
Leslie Woodhead
The music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo played a part in waking up an entire generation of Soviet youth, opening their eyes to seventy years of bland official culture and rigid authoritarianism. Soviet leaders had suppressed most Western popular music since the days of jazz, but the Beatles and the bands they inspired-both in the West and in Russia-battered down the walls of state culture. Leslie Woodhead's How The Beatles Rocked the Kremlin tells the unforgettable-and endearingly odd-story of Russians who discovered that all you need is Beatles. By stealth, by way of whispers, through the illicit late night broadcasts on Radio Luxembourg, the Soviet Beatles kids tuned in. "Bitles," they whispered, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah."