Ways of Hearing: A User's Guide to the Pop Psyche, from Elvis to Eminem

Ways of Hearing: A User's Guide to the Pop Psyche, from Elvis to Eminem
ISBN-10
0575068094
ISBN-13
9780575068094
Category
Music
Pages
327
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Gollancz
Author
Ben Thompson

Description

"Someone once said that 'pop music is an argument that anyone can join in'. Ways of Hearing turns that argument into a riotous bar-room brawl, as a frontier town of unruly pop pioneers (from Lee 'Scratch' Perry to Lemmy from Motorhead, from Captain Beefheart to The Chemical Brothers to Sir Cliff Richard) punch it out in a gleeful free-for-all." "Tapping into pop's imaginary world at its intersections with film, TV and literature, Ben Thompson zeroes in on music's power to transform - both those who make it and those who listen to it. Part pop hall of fame, part self-help manual, and part visionary manifesto, Ways of Hearing cuts through the waxy build-up of conventional wisdom and gains direct access to the soul's inner ear."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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