| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
672 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
An electrifying collection of the finest, most entertaining, & illuminating writing on & from the rock & roll scene-from its earliest days to the present, from the brightest moments of he biggest stars to obscure but compellingly significant treasures. The crazy, exhilarating, endlessly creative world of rock & roll has fascinated us-& some of our best writers-since the earliest days of he genre. This anthology of almost 100 essays includes Joan Didion writing on a Doors recording session, Tom Wolfe on the Beatles, Patti Smith recalling her first response to the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa testifying before Congress, and Yoko Ono explaining John Lennon's death to the press and her son. The offerings are divided into eight sections: a definition of rock 'n roll, ancestors of the genre, superstardom, weirdness (the excess of fame), first-hand rock experiences, soul, the critics, and tributes. A rock's gallery of glossy b&ws occupies the middle pages. McKeen is journalism chair at the University of Florida where he teaches courses on rock and roll. |
| Contents |
Introduction : falling into place / Peter Guralnick -- Bringing it all back home / Bob Dylan -- In me around me and everywhere / Irvine Welsh -- Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy / Peter Townshend -- Looter / Nick Hornby -- A world worthy of our yearning / Salman Rushdie -- And if it dances / Levon Helm, Martin Scorsese, and Robbie Robertson -- From the introduction to the sound of the city / Charlie Gillett --Me and the Devil / Robert Johnson -- The land where the blues began / Alan Lomax -- Blind Willie McTell / Bob Dylan -- From the delta to Chicago / Robert Palmer -- The myth of Staggerlee / Greil Marcus -- King of the delta blues / James Miller -- Jerry Lee Lewis sees the bright lights of Dallas / Nick Tosches -- Fats / Grace Lichtenstein and Laura Dankner -- Up against the wall with Little Richard / Bumps Blackwell -- 706 union avenue / Colin Escott and Martin Hawkins -- The five styles of rock'n'roll / Charlie Gillett -- Do you remember? / Brian Wilson -- Elvis, Scotty, and Bill / Peter Guralnick -- Got to be rock and roll music / Chuck Berry -- The godfather of soul / Nelson George -- A good stomping band / Philip Norman -- Words to the wild / Tom Wolfe -- Dog dream / Patti Smith -- Hendrix in black and white / Charles Shaar Murray -- These are the good old days / Joel Selvin -- Next year in San Francisco / Richard Goldstein -- Return of the King / Peter Guralnick -- Riding the lapping tongue / Terry Southern -- I dreamed I was onstage with Kiss in my maidenform bra / Jaan Uhelszki -- Worth dying for / Bob Marley and Timothy White -- A life at the crossroads / Anthony DeCurtis -- I wanna know if love is real / Dave Marsh -- Primadonna / Joyce Millman -- Precious oddball / Jon Pareles -- Articulate speech of the heart / Gavin Martin -- Testimony in the payola hearings / Mae Boren Axton -- The Plane Crash -- A fool in love / Tina Turner with Kurt Loder -- Merchants of filth / Dave Marsh -- More popular than Jesus / Maureen Cleeve -- Inflatable Phil / Ronnie Spector with Vince Waldron -- Altamont / Stanley Booth -- Gear / Richard Goldstein -- Every inch of my love / Pamela Des Barres -- Free of old saints and martyrs / Don DeLillo -- The ballad of John and Yoko / John Lennon -- Ruined for life / Jon Savage -- Rock and roll tragedy / Robert McG. Thomas, Jr. -- Fed by the things we hate / William S. Burroughs and Devo -- Statement to the Senate Commerce Committee / Frank Zappa -- Strangelove / Lynn Hirschberg -- Our little Satan / Jeffrey Rotter -- Treatise on the blues / Doc Pomus -- The T.A.M.I. show / James Brown with Bruce Tucker --Rise of the sacred monsters / Patti Smith -- How does it feel? / Al Kooper with Ben Edwards -- A teen-age hymn to God / Jules Siegel -- Waiting for Morrison / Joan Didion -- Woodstock nation / Bill Graham and Robert Greenfield -- Video pioneer / Michael Lindsay-Hogg -- The load-out / Jackson Browne -- Tribal rights of the new saturday night / Nik Cohn -- Punk apostles / Legs McNeil and Gilliam McCain -- Integrating MTV / Tom McGrath -- License to download / Jason Gross -- Girl groups / Lucy O'Brien -- A change is gonna come / Daniel Wolff -- Life according to motown / Patricia Smith -- Otis Redding, king of them all / Jon Landau -- Dan and Spooner / Robert Gordon -- The queen of soul / Jerry Wexler with David Ritz -- Soul men / Gerri Hirshey -- The Commitments / Roddy Doyle -- What's going on / David Ritz -- The mothership connection / Rickey Vincent -- My father named me Prince / Michael Gonzales -- Hip-hop defined / Greg Tate -- Little Willie John / Joe McEwaen -- Rock lyrics are poetry (maybe) / Robert Christgau -- All along the watchtower / Paul Williams -- Reviews of after the goldrush and live dead / J. R. Young -- Of cock ring kings and other dinosaurs / Cintra Wilson -- Inside the cages of the zoo / Ellen Sander -- The delicacy of rock and roll / Dave Hickey -- Fanzine / Jeff Gomez -- Psychotic reaction and carburetor dung / Lester Bangs -- Saving Jimi / Lewis Shiner -- Where were yous when Elvis died? / Lester Bangs -- Statement to the press / Yoko Ono -- More than "the piano player" / Joel Selvin -- Kurt Cobain's road from nowhere / Mikal Gilmore -- Save the last dance for me / Phil Spector |
| Subject |
Rock music -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
McKeen, William, 1954-
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| ISBN |
0393047008 |
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9780393047004 |
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