Access all eras [[electronic resource] ] : tribute bands and global pop culture / / edited by Shane Homan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458940003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, : Open University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-281-12938-0; 9786611129385; 0-335-22986-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HomanShane
• Disciplina: 781.64
• Soggetti: Popular music; Musical groups; Cover versions; Popular culture; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical and discographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART 1 INDUSTRIES AND AUDIENCES; Chapter 1 Even better than the real thing? Understanding the tribute band phenomenon; Chapter 2 'You've got to carry that weight': tribute acts in the entertainment supermarket; Chapter 3 Roses and rotten tomatoes: a case study of Liverpool's Mathew Street festival and the contested spaces of cultural redevelopment; Chapter 4 The Beatles live in Moscow, 1982: tribute audiences, music history and memory; PART 2 TRIBUTE CASE STUDIES; Chapter 5 The music goes on and on and on... and on - popular music's affective franchiseChapter 6 In the wake of Hendrix: reflections on a life after death; Chapter 7 Fabricating the Fab Four: pastiche and parody; Chapter 8 'Smoke gets in your ears': the Marlboro Flashback tour as agent of change in the Netherlands; Chapter 9 Yearning for eleki: on Ventures tribute bands in Japan; Chapter 10 All the King's Elvii: identifying with Elvis through musical tribute; Chapter 11 Selling out or buying in? The dual career of the original and cover band ; musician; Chapter 12 Toca Raul! Praise singers on Brazil's central plateauPART 3 COVERS AND ADAPTATIONS; Chapter 13 Tian ci - Faye Wong and English songs in the Cantopop and Mandapop repertoire; Chapter 14 Tribute without attribution: kopikat, covers and copyright in Papua New Guinea; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines the tribute and cover band phenomenon and its place within the global popular music industry. This book also looks at music industry attitudes towards imitation, including copyright issues and the use of multimedia performance techniques to deliver the 'authentic' tribute experience.