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Recipes that "rock"!
Food writer and former professional baker and magazine editor Margie Lepanja and teamed up with Cindy Coverdale (wife of David Coverdale, lead singer of Whitesnake, Deep Purple, and Coverdale Page) to issue a unique cookbook that showcases musician owned restaurants, musical cookbooks and songs about food, chefs who perform as well on stage as they do in the kitchen, and recipes that "rock"! From Spicy Chicken Wingers; Pasta Alle Bossi with Pizza Bead; Ty Peanut Sauce with Rice and Veggies; to Garlic Rubbed Rock & Roll Rib Steak; Pennsylvania Funnel Cakes; and Oatmeal Honey-Butter Biscuits, Food That Rocks are recipes that would grace any dining occasion. Enhanced with "Players' Hot Links" websites and "Hospitality Suite" acknowledgements, Food That Rocks is an enthusiastically recommended cookbook.

THESE LADIES ROCK!
I had the good fortune to chat with Cindy (one of the authors) and she was delightful. The recipes ARE really good and different tham the usual staid cookbooks. The bits on the musicians is worth the price alone - the good food is a bonus. I'm praying I don't gain too much as I go through the book.

Hey Cindy - how about using a recipe from me in the next book?!?

Backstage pass and complete access
Authors Margie Lapanja and Cindy Coverdale have gathered recipes from people from all over the music world: superstars, divas, session players, and disc jockeys. You'll also find out which musicians own restaurants or have written their own cookbooks. But "Food That Rocks" is more than that. It's your very own private concert. You get a backstage pass and complete access to a myriad of recipes. It's a cookbook like no other! You have the opportunity to read all sorts of fun facts about your favourite musicians and get a glimpse into their lives because they are sharing their most-loved recipes and childhood recollections. Being a huge David Coverdale fan, the first recipe I tried, of course, was the Soulful Shrimp Soup, a delightful southwestern dish. Serve it with a salad and some corn chips and you've got a meal that is not only tasty but healthy as well. "Food That Rocks" is a great gift idea but get yourself a copy also. I can guarantee it will sit among your very favourite cookbooks and that you will be using it regularly. These are real, time-honoured recipes that are easy to make and also delicious! I can't wait to try them all. Too bad eating the same food as all these musicians won't make me any more talented! :-)

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The authors have gathered recipes from people from all over the music world: superstars, divas, session players, and disc jockeys. You'll also find out which musicians own restaurants or have written their own cookbooks. But "Food That Rocks" is more than that. It's your very own private concert. You get a backstage pass and complete access to a myriad of recipes. It's a cookbook like no other! You have the opportunity to read all sorts of fun facts about your favourite musicians and get a glimpse into their lives because they are sharing their most-loved recipes and childhood recollections. Being a huge David Coverdale fan, the first recipe I tried, of course, was the Soulful Shrimp Soup, a delightful southwestern dish. Serve it with a salad and some corn chips and you've got a meal that is not only tasty but healthy as well. The book is a great gift idea but get yourself a copy also. I can guarantee it will sit among your very favourite cookbooks and that you will be using it regularly. These are real, time-honoured recipes that are easy to make and also delicious! I can't wait to try them all. Too bad eating the same food as all these musicians won't make me any more talented! :-)

Backstage pass and complete access
Authors Margie Lapanja and Cindy Coverdale have gathered recipes from people from all over the music world: superstars, divas, session players, and disc jockeys. You'll also find out which musicians own restaurants or have written their own cookbooks. But "Food That Rocks" is more than that. It's your very own private concert. You get a backstage pass and complete access to a myriad of recipes. It's a cookbook like no other! You have the opportunity to read all sorts of fun facts about your favourite musicians and get a glimpse into their lives because they are sharing their most-loved recipes and childhood recollections. Being a huge David Coverdale fan, the first recipe I tried, of course, was the Soulful Shrimp Soup, a delightful southwestern dish. Serve it with a salad and some corn chips and you've got a meal that is not only tasty but healthy as well. The book is a great gift idea but get yourself a copy also. I can guarantee it will sit among your very favourite cookbooks and that you will be using it regularly. These are real, time-honoured recipes that are easy to make and also delicious! I can't wait to try them all. Too bad eating the same food as all these musicians won't make me any more talented! :-) ... Read more

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This sheet music was newly engraved from early and authoritative editions. ... Read more

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Co-published by MENC: The National Association for Music Education A valuable new resource on the trends and issues related to the use of popular music in the classroom, this collection of essays by well-known scholars and educators addresses many important topics. Includes a discussion of the many possible definitions of popular music, information on how popular musicians learn, and specific examples of educational programs that incorporate popular music with suggestions on how to choose high quality repertoire. Fourth in the Northwestern University Music Education Leadership series. ... Read more

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Uproariously funny and relentlessly thought-provoking, I Hate New Music is one man's crusade against everything that isn't what rock ought to be. Author Dave Thompson examines the sacred cows of the past 30 years - from U2 to Days of the New, from Radiohead to The White Stripes - and then slaughters them for their sins against our souls in this un-put-downable compendium of outrageous opinion, hilarious anecdote, and wild accusations. ... Read more

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He's right, you know...(with a proviso...)
The proviso being, yes, he's Caucasian centered, "rock" oriented, so he's critisizing that which he knows; don't confuse that with racism.

That said--and I'm only half way thru this book--I agree with everything he's said (except maybe a few examples he uses aren't bands I'd count as highly as he does).Does that mean that if HE'S right, then I'VE been right all along, because I've thought along the same lines?Possibly.Like any rant, you take it with a grain of salt as a knee jerk reaction.However, when you're as passionate about the music you listen to, and have the knowledge to analyze why the music you don't enjoy sucks, it borders on science.So when other music fans--nay, the full word, "fanatics"--say much the same thing....

I say he's got something here.Take it seriously, and don't mistake passion--or age--for curmudgeonly behavior!If even one tenth of newer artists were as passionate about their music
as those bands in the era Thompson takes as great, things would be a lot less formulaic, and dull, these days.But then, try and wrest creativity from Big Money...which is the root of all formula.And, no, new music doesn't all suck--that would be the curmudgeonly knee jerk reaction--you just have to dig around on the internet and elsewhere to find it.

It's a quick fun read and almost a music history primer for those who are curious about why us old curmugeons--long time music fans--are up in arms.I cracked a wide grin when I saw this book on the shelf...Damn straight, Dave!

(NOTE: I've finished reading this and my opinion has changed a bit.He digresses from the argument at exactly the next chapter i would have read next--12 I think--and goes off into laudatory praise
for who he holds in high esteem.This veers away from the premise.Plus he starts praising 8 TRACK TAPES of the pre-recorded variety.HUH?They were godawful dreck, maybe handy in the car, but at home, forget it!Gobs of tape hiss, and that blasted track change clunk in the middle of songs at times! The last chapter, he finally comes around and makes a fair enough point in summation.But then again he digresses into comedy--a short bit centered on what John Lennon's career would be like now--and a list of 100 songs he thinks are legendary from the era he's studying.Four fifths of these are just the usual pop that was alright to hear on the radio, but I for one wouldn't buy it, and would definitely not call legendary.I'm knocking a star off...
Kudos for having nailed the whys and wherefors; but due to the digression, also a little bit self serving.)

Hilarious
This is a hilarious quick read. And, some of the sections provide useful information that will make you run to your iPod or MP3 player to update songs or listen to some of the classics.

This is not a serious read, but rather the author's opinion regarding the heyday of is favorite music, rock n roll. (Note no use of the ampersand or and). One of my issues with the book, though is that it's very anglophone and male focused. It's a veritable sausage party without any analysis.

That said, he is critical of the over-commercialization of rock music or new music of today. Anyone interested in music and pop culture will enjoy this book.

I Hate I Hate New Music
Dave Thompson is like that old man in his robe and slippers who goes out to pick up the morning paper only to find that his yard is T.P.ed and the kids are doing doughnuts on his front lawn. He shakes his cane at them, telling them that they will rue the day...

Was it Alice Cooper who said something similar about himself, since now he is semi-retired and mainly plays golf to while away his golden years? Or some so-called Rock Critic, trying to make a name for himself? Who cares? Iggy Pop is now Iggy Grand Papa, and even Dave Thompson is saying that Ozzy is too old and should never have appeared at Oz Fest, even though it was named for him. Finally, did anyone see The Who at the Super Bowl? It was rather sad to hear the most famous primal scream in Rockdom as the half time's most anti climactic Daltry moment.

I Hate New Music, the Classic Rock Manifesto, does bring up a valid point--that 1959 to 1976 was a very fertile period for music, and it is best when Thompson displays his passion about music that he really loves, or even when he is mourning the death of the 8-Track tape format! Where it falters is when he is just attacking new music easy targets, like shooting Phish in a barrel, or when he vents about things like Sgt Pepper's and how over rated it is.

I like a good screed as much as the next guy, but Thompson failed to impress me. Plus, he is very inconsistent, for instance, in his Classic Rock Manifesto, he claims that synthesizers have no place in rock, yet on his list of the top 100 Classic Rock tracks, there are synthesizers up the Grand Wazoo. He even lists an Emerson, Lake, and Palmer tune, as well as The Who.

Though this book was published in 2008, there is hardly any mention of rap or hip hop. You'd think that he'd be all over that, but he pretty much ignores it all together. I would have liked to hear a sharp critique of rap and hip hop, but the bands that he spends the most time berating are most often ones that at least try to carry on the Rock 'N' Roll tradition. They are derivative, while bands like Radiohead at least try to deconstruct the rock paradigm of Guitar, Bass, and Drums. So, if bands carry on the tradition, they are derivative, but if they try something new, he doesn't like them because they aren't carrying on the tradition. Also, punk rock is dismissed with hardly a mention. What about The Clash? Joy Division? The Smiths? Green Day? Smashing Pumpkins?

I just read another book on Rock that I liked much better. It was by John Perry, and it was all about The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. Too bad that book is out of print. It made a very good case for Exile being one of the milestones of The Rolling Stones' long and illustrious career. Another book that I liked more than I Hate New Music was Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock'N'Roll by Lester Bangs. That book was also the inchoate ramblings of an old man, but with infinitely more style and panache. Even when he was absolutely 100% wrong he was still entertaining to read.

Darn Thompson's got me doing it now. OK, I'll admit that I had a little fun reading this book, and Thompson does know quite a bit about the music, but what was up with an extended credenza on Jim Dandy and Black Oak Arkansas? Yet not a word about Link Wray's Rumble, or Be Bop a Lula by Gene Vincent?

I thought reading I Hate New Music would be like hanging out with Barry the opinionated record store clerk played by Jack Black in High Fidelity, but instead I am stuck with the dad who wanted to buy his daughter "I Just Called to Say I Love You" for her birthday.

"Everywhere I hear the sounds of marchin' chargin' feet, boy. 'Cause summer's here and the time is right for risin' in the streets, boy."

Schirmer's Classic Rock Albums Series, Editor Clinton Heylin: Exile On Main St.; The Rolling Stones, By John Perry (Paperback - 1999)

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll by Lester Bangs (Paperback - Sept. 12, 1988)

Beggars Banquet
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Don't Look Back, More Than A Feeling
Led Zeppelin 1
Frampton Comes Alive!
Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult
One More from the Road, Free Bird
Machine Head, Smoke on the Water

"But what can a poor boy do, except to sing for a Rock'N'Roll band? 'Cause in sleepy London Town there's just no place for a street fighting man. No."

God Bless Him!!!! Perfect!!!!
I've been waiting 4 years to someone write something like that!
If you have "D ear" to undestand music this is your book. I luv it! Perfection on Earth!!!
D Best!!!

Nice history, but I disagree with a lot of his opinions
I was born the year that good music died according to Thompson. I abandoned most new music around the time I graduated from high school and started in college, in favor for classics by Led Zepellin, Bruce Springsteen and the likes. I enjoyed reading this book from the aspect of his historical description of the evolution of Rock music, especially since I was not around to witness it myself, but disagree with most of his opinions regarding new music and technology, and have a hard time believing that 8-Track tapes are superior to Compact Discs. ... Read more

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Arranged by Dan Coates. Songs include: Always * Everything I Do (I Do It for You) * From a Distance * The Greatest Love of All * I Swear * I Will Always Love You * Music Box Dancer * Over the Rainbow * The Rose * Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love) * The Wind Beneath My Wings and many more. ... Read more

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The study of popular music composition is a new field in which the standard rules of traditional music theory do not apply. Learn how to write top 40 hits in every style from alternative rock to country pop. Discover the way chords are constructed and used in pop music, the Nashville numbers system and the role of scales in pop music harmony. Learn how to arrange a lead-sheet chart for a small ensemble so your entire band can learn a song in minutes. No more listening to a cd over and over to figure out a guitar riff when you can learn to recognize chord progressions and easily transcribe music from recordings. You will master the ability to play chord changes for self-accompaniment as well as composition. Finally you will learn how to use the scales for improvisation and "ad libbing" so you can become a soloist with your own unique sound. ... Read more

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Rock Music Styles blends musical commentary into anhistorical and social framework as it traces the development of rock music from its roots in country and blues to the most contemporary trends. Through well-chosen song examples and easy-to-read listening guides, studentswill experience firsthand the defining characteristics ofrock styles and develop the ability to make connectionsbetween the popular music of yesterday and today. ... Read more

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Rock Music Styles
the book was in good condition, just wish it could have been shipped out a little sooner

Disappointed
Seller did not state the condition of the book. While the cover was presentable, once you open it though... there were many pages highlighted and underlined in pen. (Pen marks were various colors too.) Also, various pages were folded or even torn. If I had known this, I would have probably gone to a different seller for this book, with a clear, specified "used condition discription." I was under the assumption that this book was in ->at least<- good condition. Due to it's arrival timing (my fault for ordering it late), I didn't have time to reorder a new copy for class.

Rock history book
This is a great book for an overview of the history of rock and roll. It provides a look at the music from the last 50 years. I especially like the listening guide for songs. You have to find your own listening examples on youtube or buy them. Without listening the book only covers so much about the development of rock music. Outstanding book.

A balanced, comprehensive look at rock from the beginning.
Ms. Charlton's History is the rare rock book written from a musician's point of view. She starts from the very beginning in blues and jazz, and traces the various developments in what we call "rock". Forexample, she shows there could be no Rolling Stones without Little Richard,and no Little Richard without Howlin' Wolf and gospel.Ms. Charlton iseminently democratic in her even-handed discussion of ALL important rockacts, from Chuck Berry and Bill Haley to Ten Inch Nails. The roles of thesegroups are musicians are woven together in prose that is always calmlyreflective and thorough, while never without enthusiasm. Ms. Charltonobvious loves rock music, and her book is an enduring trust for all thosewho love it also. ... Read more

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Young people all over the world know how powerfully music communicates. Yet popular music was neglected as an area of scholarly inquiry in communication and media studies until late in the last decade. The appearance of the first edition of James Lull's edited collection of essays Popular Music and Communication was a pioneering effort that helped introduce and legitimize the serious study of popular music and its relation to social and cultural interaction.

Now the editor has assembled an expanded second edition of Popular Music and Communication. Core essays from the first edition by scholars such as Simon Frith and Larry Grossberg have been thoroughly revised and updated. Fascinating new articles appear on subjects such as the communicative potential of modern music recording technologies, popular music and social dance, the visual pleasure of music video, how musicians themselves articulate their communicative intention, disruption caused by popular music in the political upheavals of Eastern Europe and the cultural roles of popular music among Vietnamese immigrants in the United States.

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One thing pop musicians love to do is think out loud. From the bilious whining of the rich and famous to the pseudo-wisdom of pop's so-called intelligentsia, listening to musicians make noises with their mouths has been almost as much fun as listening to them make noises with their instruments. Quotable Pop collects the best and the worst of these quotations

Some of the quotes from Quotable Pop

"Beethoven I used to really like and a guy called Handel wrote finger exercises that amazed me."- Suzi Quatro

"I don't wear the school suit -- the school suit wears me."- Angus Young, AC/DC

"Nobody's too old to rock 'n' roll but there is a difference between being 40 and being 30."- Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull

"I asked a ouija board once if I'd ever be in a rock band. It said no and I was crushed."- Fred Schneider, B52s

"When I'm on stage, it's me up there."- Lene Lovich

"I'd love to record with Streisand, that would be good for humanity and for artistic merit."- James Brown

"You know, I resent the word 'subtle'."- Gene Simmons, KISS

"Q: What kind of birth control do I use?A: Let's get back to music."- Nick Tosches interviewing Deborah Harry from Blondie

"My motto? The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection."- Rik Ocasek, The Cars

"My real message? Keep a good head and always carry a light bulb."-Bob Dylan

"I would say the navy has an interest in communicating opportunities in the service, and the Village People seem to fit in very well with young people."- Lieutenant Commander Fred Gorell, navy spokesman ... Read more

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Blah Blah Blah!
Quick--who said, "The (music) industry is just rife with jealousy and hatred. Everybody in it is a failed bassist." Even if you know (it was none other than former Smiths' frontman Morrisey) you'll find plenty of entertainment in perusing the other 800-plus quotes in Quotable Pop :Five Decades of Blah Blah Blah compiled and edited by Phil Dellio and Scott Woods.

Dellio and Woods, who previously published the hilarious "I Wanna Be Sedated", a primer on pop and rock music of the seventies, are clearly rock critics in the Lester Bangs/Robert Christgau mold.As such, they find plenty of humor in the things rock musicians have been saying through the years, and you will too.This is the perfect book for a bunch of music fans sitting around with too many six-packs and a free Friday evening.

No matter what kind of music you like, you'll find something here. Though musicians from the sixties on up are better represented than the early rockers, you'll find some interesting bon mots from Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and, of course, Elvis (actually both Presley and Costello are represented).

Special mention must also be made of Mike Rooth's glorious caricatures, which are really sharp and add a lot to the book-check out the cover illustration of the Gallagher Brothers as a two-headed monster. For anyone who enjoys popular music to excess, Quotable Pop is an enjoyable read.Now, who said "I'm a total beer slob"? ... Read more

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The Magnificent Music Trivia Book is a thoroughly researched, Internet-tested collection of trivia games about the songs of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. The questions are entertaining and thought-provoking, and they focus on the lyrics that we all remember (or think we remember) from our favorite songs. Every question shows the percentage of correct answers from the people who originally played these games on the Internet. ... Read more

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The generously illustrated inside account of how Bryan Ferry invented the legendary rock band Roxy Music, by "perhaps the most accomplished writer of his generation" (GQ).

In 1972 an English rock band released its first album to instant critical acclaim: Roxy Music. Here was a group that looked as though it came not only from another era, but also from another planet--a band in which art, fashion, and music would combine to create, in Bryan Ferry's words, "above all, a state of mind." Written with the assistance, for the first time, of all those involved, including Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay, and Phil Manzanera, Re-Make/Re-Model tells how Pop Art, the 1960s underground, and Swinging London were transformed into a unique sound and look--theatrical, arch, literate, clever, sexy, thrilling. In the tradition of Jean Stein and George Plimpton's Edie, Re-Make/Re-Model is the story of extraordinary individuals and exceptional creativity--and nothing less than the history of an era in music and pop culture. ... Read more

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Look elsewhere for a full musical history of Roxy Music
I first heard Roxy Music in 1972 on a WLS AM radio ad in Chicago promoting "For Your Pleasure".I was hooked.This book is fine for exploring the early years of RM, although perhaps a bit over-wrought.Instead, look to "Both Ends Burning" for a thorough analysis of Roxy's music.

It's a History Book
This may be much more significant as a picture of England in that strange and significant decade of the Sixties than as a book about pop and a particular group. It is the story of how cultural clashes and interrelationships form into something else. How the quickening sourcesof trans-Atlantic rock and roll stars and pop art fed and nurtured and inspired musicians and artists who kind of felt the Beatles and the Stones were not quite "IT". Who were aware of the Irony of it all, the disillusion, the questioning, the rebelliousness, the hypocrisy of society, the sense of it all having been done, but still the need to create. And who also had a sense of history themselves, who actually liked Frank Sinatra as well as Otis Redding and Bob Dylan. As somebody said, Bryan ferry doesn't meet Eno until threequarters through the story - but that is exactly why it is such a good story. You kind of know what happened then. It's hard work but truly rewarding and tells of things you had no clue about. Newcastle-upon-Tyne?? Who knew?

Not worth the effort

I found this book almost completely unreadable.I guess if you are interested in the obscure machinations of the avant-guarde art scene in 1950s/60s Newcastle then you might be able to slag through the leaden prose.I found it hard going.I just wanted to learn more about Roxy Music, how they formed, why, the stories behind some of their songs and albums, etc.Pretty hard to ferret that out of this book.To each his own.

And, yes, I did actually read it.

Including anecdotes on some of the artistic 'giants' of the times
The story of how Bryan Ferry invented the rock band Roxy Music makes for an involving study written for the first time by all band members involved, who chart how a combination of social change and music transformation led to the band's rise and fall. It's a key exploration of a volatile era in rock music focusing on music trends, artistic development, and including anecdotes on some of the artistic 'giants' of the times: any collection strong in rock music history will find it a 'must'.

Art History
This is a history of how Pop art was disseminated across Britain, and how the Sixties turned into the Seventies, as much as it is a story about Roxy Music. Bryan Ferry doesn't meet Brian Eno until page 335, of a ~400-page book! But Ferry, Eno and Andy Mackay didn't just pop out of suitcases in 1972; their careers started much earlier, in Newcastle, Reading, and Ipswitch, and this book brilliantly tells you how. He draws heavily on Jonathon Green's "All Dressed Up" (suppressed for idiotic reasons, but highly recommended) in explaining the milieu of Sixties art and fashion, and how important these provincial players ended up being. The stuff on Richard Hamilton in Newcastle, especially, is fascinating, and opens up the real Sixties in ways that more conventional rock bios could never approach. Roxy was an art project, and if you don't understand the art background, you don't understand the music.

I didn't give it five stars because of the exceptionally poor quality of the photo reproductions -- the book calls them "plates" but they look more like hundred-year-old newspaper cuts. You can barely make out what's in them, which is a shame. ... Read more

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From Janis Joplin to P.J. Harvey, Women and Popular Music explores the changing role of women musicians and the ways in which their songs resonate in popular culture. ... Read more

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Rockin' Out offers a comprehensive social history of popular music in the United States that takes the reader from the invention of the phonograph to the promise of the Internet, from the heyday of Tin Pan Alley to the present day sounds of singer-songwriters, pop country crossovers, rock, and contemporary hip hop. It offers an analysis and critique of the music itself as well as how it is produced and marketed, including such recent phenomena as the rise of television idols, the introduction of reggaeton, and the return of protest music. 

Accessibly written, this text is organized chronologically and thematically around particular genres/styles of music and addresses such dimensions as race, class, gender, ethnicity, technology, copyright and the structure of the music industry as they affect the development of the music.

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Cool textbook!
The book gives a good, detailed history of American popular music and the musicology surrounding it. ... Read more

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Organised chronologically and spanning seven decades, "The MOJO Collection" presents an authoritative and engaging guide to the history of the pop album via hundreds of long-playing masterpieces, from the much-loved to the little known. From The Beatles to The Verve, from Duke Ellington to King Tubby and from Peggy Lee to Sly Stone, hundreds of albums are covered in detail with chart histories, full track and personnel listings and further listening suggestions. There's also exhaustive coverage of the soundtrack and hit collections that every home should have. Like all collections, there are records you listen to constantly, albums you've forgotten, albums you hardly play, albums you love guiltily and albums you thought you were alone in treasuring, proving "The MOJO Collection" to be an essential purchase for those who love and live music.This work covers the greatest albums of all time...and how they happened. It is redesigned, and fully updated and revised with new entries. In addition to the main text, each comes with: recording and production details, release dates and chart histories, full personnel and track listings, further listening and reading suggestions. ... Read more

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Excellent Transaction
This book is difficult to find and is expensive. I was able to get a copy-in excellent condition at a low price. More over I received it promptly. I would not hesitate to purchase other items from this seller. ... Read more

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Here is a lively and nostalgic look back at the forgotten era that gave us "Hooked on a Feeling", "Dancing in the Moonlight", "I Am Woman", "Seasons in the Sun", and more. The early '70s brought a "Convoy" of popular music--everything from the cheesy to the classic. The authors, true-blue '70s fanatics, have put together this irresistably readable book to transport readers back to a time when people wore smiley-face buttons, went to singles bars, and heartily sang along with Mac Davis. Illustrations throughout. ... Read more

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Amusing, irreverant
Well-written and frequently hilarious take on an astonishingly narrow musical genre:Pop music in the 1971-75 period.Written by Canadians, which has both its pluses (they know how to write) and minuses (a chapter on Canadian pop music?Puhleese!).Will be of most interest to those born between roughly 1957 and 1963.An easy read, and an amusing one, but best to borrow this one from the library or buy it used.

Have A Nice Day!
Fantastic book - a MUST read companion piece for anybody who ever bought one of the "Have a Nice Day" 70's compilations. If you were listening to the radio in the 1970's this book will do three things: 1) make you laugh; 2) make you remember a lot of great (and some terrifically, wonderfully god-awful) tunes, and 3) make you laugh some more. Witty and informative - HIGHLY recommended.

This book ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could not put this book down! It is AWESOME!!
The Breithaupt brothers know thier 70's music inside and out.
Each chapter is divided into categories from bubblegum music to disco. The chapter on Self-pity pop kept made me laughing until I cried. I loved this book. I can't wait to read thier second book: Night Moves Pop music in the late '70s.

A Look at the First Half of the 70's
Canadian brothers Don & Jeff Breithaupt examine the first five years of the 70's music scene in Precious & Few.Each chapter is broken up to cover a certain type of music like bubblegum or examine a particular group like The Rolling Stones.The chapter heading lists essential songs from the subject.The brothers interject personal accounts into the stories that make for a nice touch.The book is a quick, easy and completely enjoyable read.

A time trip
Perhaps the teenagers of today perceive the music of the 70's as one,indivisible universe. But for those who were teenagers at the time (likeme) there is a clear division between the first and the second half. Thisbook is about the first half. Those were the days before punk rock andfabricated disco music. It was a time of innocence and fun, the years ofthe first Beatles solo albums, progressive rock, glam rock and silly,harmless, disposable singles. For people like me, this book is a trip downmemory lane - I, like the Breithaupt brothers, also discovered my passionfor music in 1971. But it also provides invaluable reference about thoseformative years of what turned out to be a "classic" decade forpop music. ... Read more

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Piano/Vocal songbook (Piano/Vocal/Chords. Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). 81 popular songs and standards. A must for all collectors of popular sheet music. ... Read more

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Easy to read & a pleasure to play
Nice selection of modern music.Nicely printed for ease of reading.A wonderful addition to my library. ... Read more

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"French Frenzies" is a lively history of French popular music that responds to a real need: how to understand the cultural differences between France and the English speaking countries of Britain and North America? The book is unique in showing how French forms of cultural expression are rooted in social and political tensions that, although shared by other countries, are not generally commented upon in songs with the same degree of clarity. In France, the persistence of strong literary and political traditions continues to nurture an exceptional current of criticism in songs and musical expression. ... Read more

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Completely revised, of special interest in this new edition is the index and recording information in the discographies section. ... Read more

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Dan Coates adds his expert touch to these easy piano arrangements of Warner

Bros. Publications' most requested, top-selling standards and pop songs. Titles include: All My Life; Bye, Bye, Bye; Evergreen; I Swear, I Want It That Way, I Will Always Love You, Oops!..I Did It Again; The Rose; There You'll Be; Un-Break My Heart; and many others ... Read more

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The Ultimate Pop Sheet Music Collection 2000: Easy Piano
Since I play a clavinova.....music that will be able to cross over into "lots of instruments" sometimes needs to be easier than harder in the presentation. This book allowed me to use the music to make a variety of versions using the different instruments that the clavinova affords me so that I can play them in a variety of styles.

I am pleased
One of my loves is playing the piano. And this book is a good book to learn the songs you love on the instrument you love. So I would recommend it. Plus it comes with an array of different types of songs so yo uget a little of everything. Enjoy. I know I will be. ... Read more