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B-sides, undercurrents and overtones : peripheries to popular in music, 1960 to the present / / George Plasketes



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Autore: Plasketes George Visualizza persona
Titolo: B-sides, undercurrents and overtones : peripheries to popular in music, 1960 to the present / / George Plasketes Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
Disciplina: 781.640973/09045
Soggetto topico: Popular music - United States - History and criticism
Music - United States - History and criticism
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-201) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Preface: My Back Pages; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Flip Side: Let It B; 1 Get Your 45's On: Terry Melcher, Lost in the Surf and Sun of the 1960's Sound Waves; 2 How the Midwest Was Won: The Chicago Suburbs Seven, a Mid-1960's Regional Rotation; 3 Covering Outside the Lines: Hans Fenger and the Langley Schools Music Project; 4 Geffen Records v. Neil Young: The Battle of the Brands; 5 Music and Movie Mutuality: Ry Cooder, the Involved Bystander; 6 World Music Missionaries: Cross Cultural Convergences
7 The Vital Visual Voice of the Videotape Editor: Seamlessly Sculpting Graceland: The African Concert 8 Rock Around the Cop: Bochco's Broadway Blue Print as Television Musical Muse and Martyr; 9 Must Sing TV: Pop Rock Sitcom Cameo Obscuras; 10 Umbilical Musical Chords: Lineage, Legacy and Mom and Pop Pedigree; 11 Die Another Day: Warren Zevon's Desperado "Deteriorata"; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: There are undercurrents and peripheral taste preferences that are a defining part of our individual and collective cultural experience. Music is no exception. Professor George Plasketes adapts the iconic 'A-side/B-side' dichotomy from the 45 r.p.m. for use as a unique conceptual, critical, historical, and cultural framework for exploring and threading together a variety of popular music and media texts. The profiles and perspectives focus on the peripheries; on texts which might be considered 'B-sides' - overlooked, underappreciated, and unsung cases, creators, patterns and productions that...
Titolo autorizzato: B-sides, undercurrents and overtones  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-317-17113-6
1-315-57040-8
1-317-17112-8
1-282-24339-X
9786612243394
0-7546-9382-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811565903321
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Serie: Ashgate popular and folk music series.