How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll by Elijah Wald

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll by Elijah Wald

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll is an alternative history of American music that, instead of recycling the familiar cliches of jazz and rock, looks at what people were playing, hearing and dancing to throughout the course of the 20th century, using a wealth of original research, curious quotations, and an irreverent fascination with the oft-despised commercial mainstream.

Wald's argument is built through 16 chapters of well-researched and brilliantly argued historical contextualisingMartin James, Times Higher Education Fascinating new book...This is one of those rare books one wishes were longer. Charles Spencer, Sunday Telegraph One of the many pleasures of this meticulously researched, lucidly written, and sometimes startling book is that it makes you want to argue with it. Charles Spencer, Sunday Telegraph The reader is left in suspense while Wald explores the preceding 80 years of popular music, from the earliest days of recorded sound, deftly navigating the evolving complexities of American race relations and the social and economic upheavals of the last century. It's a tour de force. Jon Dennis, The Guardian Its both thrilling and provocative. Terry Saunton, Record Collector Wald explores...80 years of popular music,...deftly navigating the evolving complexities of ...the last century. John Dennis, The Guardian It's a tour de force. John Dennis, The Guardian this appealing book...will be particularly useful to those interested in the intersection of popular music and social climate M. Goldsmith, Choice Blasphemy? Maybe. A spirited and informed polemic? Definitely. Brian Boyd, The Irish Independent

Elijah Wald is a musician, writer and historian, whose books include Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues; Narcocorrido, about the modern Mexican ballads of drug trafficking; The Mayor of MacDougal Street (with Dave Van Ronk), and Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music. He is currently teaching at UCLA, and contributing regular pieces to the Los Angeles Times.

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ISBN 13	9780195341546
ISBN 10	0195341546
Title	How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll
Author	Elijah Wald
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2009-06-01
Number of pages	336
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