Understanding popular music culture Roy Shuker
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge, 2008.
ISBN: 0415419050
DDC: 781.64
LCC: ML3470
Edition: (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:
Rev. ed. of: Understanding popular music. 2nd ed. 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-305), discography (p.
267-271) and index.
"Every 1's a winner": music as a cultural industry -- "Pump up the
volume": music and technology -- "I'm just a singer": making music
and the success continuum -- "So you want to be a rock'n'roll star?":
auteurs and stars -- "Message understood"?: musical texts -- "It's
just rock'n'roll to me": genres, covers, and the canon -- "Shop
around": retail, radio, and the charts -- "U got the look": film,
television and MTV -- "On the cover of the Rolling Stone": the music
press -- "My generation": audiences, fans, and collectors -- "Sound
of our town": subcultures, sounds and scenes -- "We are the world":
state music policy, globalization, and national identity -- "Pushin
too hard": moral panics -- "Revolution": social change, conscience
rock, and identities.
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