03627nam 2200769Ia 450 991108895000332120251116234913.09786612772634978128277263212827726359780520944640052094464X10.1525/9780520944640(CKB)2670000000016115(EBL)785209(OCoLC)497190777(SSID)ssj0000333775(PQKBManifestationID)11297157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333775(PQKBWorkID)10377747(PQKB)10293840(DE-B1597)520412(DE-B1597)9780520944640(Au-PeEL)EBL785209(CaPaEBR)ebr10343497(CaONFJC)MIL277263(Perlego)552433(MiAaPQ)EBC785209(EXLCZ)99267000000001611520090501d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr1989 Bob Dylan didn't have this to sing about /Joshua Clover1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20091 online resource (205 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780520267879 0520267877 9780520252554 0520252551 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Introduction: The Long 1989 -- Part One. 1989 (the unconfined unreckoned year) -- Part Two. "1989" (a shout in the street) -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Works Cited -- IndexIn a tour de force of lyrical theory, Joshua Clover boldly reimagines how we understand both pop music and its social context in a vibrant exploration of a year famously described as "the end of history." Amid the historic overturnings of 1989, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, pop music also experienced striking changes. Vividly conjuring cultural sensations and events, Clover tracks the emergence of seemingly disconnected phenomena--from grunge to acid house to gangsta rap--asking if "perhaps pop had been biding its time until 1989 came along to make sense of its sensibility." His analysis deftly moves among varied artists and genres including Public Enemy, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, De La Soul, The KLF, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, U2, Jesus Jones, the Scorpions, George Michael, Madonna, Roxette, and others. This elegantly written work, deliberately mirroring history as dialectical and ongoing, summons forth a new understanding of how "history had come out to meet pop as something more than a fairytale, or something less. A truth, a way of being."Popular music1981-1990History and criticismRap (Music)History and criticismElectronic dance musicHistory and criticismGrunge musicHistory and criticismNineteen eighty-nine, A.DPopular musicHistory and criticism.Rap (Music)History and criticism.Electronic dance musicHistory and criticism.Grunge musicHistory and criticism.Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D.781.6409/048LS 48000rvkClover Joshua1831788MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK991108895000332119894761417UNINA