Grown Up All Wrong - 75 Great Rock and Pop Artists From Vaudeville to Techno

Informationen zum Autor Robert Christgau is Senior Editor and Chief Music Critic at the Village Voice . Klappentext Two generations of American music lovers have grown up listening with Robert Christgau, attuned to his inimitable blend of judgment, acuity, passion, erudition, wit, and caveat emptor. His writings, collected here, constitute a virtual encyclopedia of popular music over the past fifty years. Whether honoring the originators of rock and roll, celebrating established artists, or spreading the word about newer ones, the book is pure enjoyment, a pleasure that takes its cues from the sounds it chronicles. Zusammenfassung Christgau’s writings, collected here, constitute a virtual encyclopedia of popular music over the past fifty years, ranging from the 1950s singer-songwriter tradition through hip-hop, alternative, and beyond. With unfailing style and grace, Christgau negotiates the straits of great music and thorny politics, and commerce. Inhaltsverzeichnis Where "rock and roll" began; where "rock" began; snatched from the maw of commerce; smashing the state of the art; kings of rhythm; between punk and a pop place; they are the world; careers in iconicity; careers in semipopularity; nature's noblemen.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Christgau, Christgau Robert
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2000
• EAN: 9780674003828
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00382-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; USA, Rock, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Pop Music, History of the Americas, Popular Music