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Carregando... Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop (2013)de Bob Stanley
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) jarrettbrown | Jul 4, 2023 |   ) georgeybataille | Jun 1, 2021 | Everyone has their favourite acts, and Stanley is no exception. He doesn’t spend the entire book belabouring the point about which are his favourites, but he’ll certainly let you know which of two equally important acts he likes better, or his opinion of a popular song. It is interesting to read about his perspective and the enthusiasm he brings to the project as a whole. I still can’t say I understand house music or techno, but this book did leave me thinking I should go check out some groups I missed in the R&B/hip-hop genres, such as TLC. The chapters are short and there are a lot of them — I couldn’t believe how much book there was. This is the sort of book that would reward multiple readings, especially with a playlist in hand. Someone has in fact created a Spotify playlist for the book, if you use that service: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ij4uEGLKW4xaUZqyk5KV3 ( ) rabbitprincess | Nov 9, 2020 | meredithhylton | Oct 12, 2020 | ) spaceman5000 | Jul 23, 2020 |
 This excellent book enacts its own version of pop justice as it spotlights not only bands that have suffered condescension – such as the Bee Gees – but also forgotten DJs like the Light Programme's Jack Johnson and Detroit's The Electrifying Mojo.  Like an overenthusiastic Mastermind contestant, Stanley's remit is very broad – too broad, maybe – but you can't help but salute his dedication and loving tone. Stanley downgrades sacred cows, sprinkles in delicious droplets of arcane trivia as if he’s hosting the best pub quiz on the planet and pulls things together with analogies and metaphors that are erudite and apt but never feel as if he’s showing off. The overwhelming influence of Liverpool’s popular beat combo is a problem for music historians. One is faced with either writing a revisionist account that stresses the importance of the Swinging Blue Jeans, say, or else telling a story that everyone knows far too well, from Yeah Yeah Yeah to Ono. Stanley gets around the problem by focusing on each new flowering of pop, in 65 essays. I repeat: 65. This is a hefty work. No one who knows the history of Stanley's indie-dance band, Saint Etienne, will be surprised at his choice of heroes. When he and schoolfriend Pete Wiggs started the group it was with the intention of drafting in female singers for one use only (before they very sensibly decided to stick with Sarah Cracknell). So it is the faceless writers of the Brill Building, and studio mavericks like Joe Meek and Phil Spector, that earn his veneration. Pertence à série publicada
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. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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 Google Books — Carregando...GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)781.6409The arts Music General principles and musical forms Traditions of music Western popular music {equally instrumental and vocal} Biography And HistoryClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia: (4.34)
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