Bøger om Popmusik

As a boy, Tony Bennett knew he wanted to sing to make people happy. Tony kept music with him throughout his life -- at his job as a singing waiter, as a soldier in World War II, and in night clubs. In 1952, his first album was released, and almost overnight, Tony was a star! Tony Bennett is a singing legend, and his music still entertains people today.

This book considers the intersection of music, politics and identity, focusing on music (genres) across the world as a form of political expression and protest, positive identity formations, but also how the criminalisation, censuring, policing and prosecution of musicians and fans can occur.

This volume examines the use of Black popular culture to engage, reflect, and parse social justice, arguing that Black popular culture is more than merely entertainment.

The must-have guide for Eurovision fans! Packed full of trivia, party games, high scores and nil points. Plus 32 pages of full colour photos. Hello, bonjour, Hola! It's Eurovision calling and what better way to celebrate the flamboyant show than with this ultimate (and unofficial) guide to the biggest singing contest in the world! How well do you know the Eurovision Song Contest? With this unofficial guide you'll know your Conchita Wurst's from your Alexander Rybanks, why we all love Kalush Orchestra, what made Sam Ryder the nation's sweetheart and which band takes top of the polls - Abba vs. Måneskin - or could it even be Scooch? This ultimate guide recaps the highs and lows of the decades old contest including its bangers and ballads, most shocking moments, photos of the worst dressed acts, top scoring countries - and those who score nil points, and plenty of games to play at your Eurovision party. Eurovision bingo anyone?

Selected writings on three decades of music from one of the most influential critics of his generation.

"In this thorough and illuminating book, Morgan Brown guides us song by song through the band's classic albums, charting their development from Sunset Strip upstarts to multi-platinum stadium rockers and beyond. We'll examine the music's ingredients and inspirations, and meet the characters behind the songs, including visionary guitar genius, the late Edward Van Halen, motormouth master showman David Lee Roth, and his replacement, powerful vocalist Sammy Hagar, who ushered in a new era for the band."--Publisher marketing.

The biography of Ronnie Lane, noted musician and songwriter famous for his roles in Small Faces and the Faces.

Packed with quotes, this little book is all about the Gibb brothers, the most successful family pop act ever.

"This book is a critical history of Sub Pop Records, the Seattle independent rock label that launched the careers of countless influential grunge bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It focuses in particular on the languages and personas of the 'loser,' a term that encompassed the label's founders and personnel, its flagship bands (including Mudhoney, TAD, and Nirvana), and the avid vinyl-collecting fans it rapidly amassed. The loser became (and remains) the key Sub Pop identity, but it also grounded the label in the overt masculinity, sexism, and transgression of rock history. Rather than the usual reading of grunge as an alternative to the mainstream, Lamestains reveals a more equivocal and complicated relationship that Sub Pop exploited with great success."

"The Monkees represent a vital problem for rock and pop, and perhaps the major question: is it the music that matters or the personality and image of the performers? This book explores the system behind the Monkees, the controversial made-for-TV band that scored some of the biggest hit records of the 1960s. The new rock criticism bewailed the fake band, while fans and audiences made it a major commerical success. More than any other group in the 1960s. the Monkees illustrate the genius of the system and its role in popular music"--Back cover.

Hearing Maskanda outlines how people make sense of their world through practicing and hearing maskanda music in South Africa. Having emerged in response to the experience of forced labour migration in the early 20th century, maskanda continues to straddle a wide range of cultural and musical universes. Maskanda musicians reground ideas, (hi)stories, norms, speech and beliefs that have been uprooted in centuries of colonial and apartheid rule by using specific musical textures, vocalities and idioms. With an autoethnographic approach of how she came to understand and participate in maskanda, Titus indicates some instances where her acts of knowledge formation confronted, bridged or invaded those of other maskanda participants. Thus, the book not only aims to demonstrate the epistemic importance of music and aurality but also the performative and creative dimension of academic epistemic approaches such as ethnography, historiography and music analysis, that aim towards conceptualization and (visual) representation. In doing so, the book unearths the colonialist potential of knowledge formation at large and disrupts modes of thinking and (academic) research that are globally normative.

'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' ObserverThe definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artistIn 2016 it was announced that Bob Dylan had sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reportedly for $22 million. As the boxes started to arrive, the Foundation asked Clinton Heylin - author of the acclaimed Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades and 'perhaps the world's authority on all things Dylan' (Rolling Stone) - to assess the material they had been given. What he found in Tulsa - as well as what he gleaned from other papers he had recently been given access to by Sony and the Dylan office - so changed his understanding of the artist, especially of his creative process, that he became convinced that a whole new biography was needed. It turns out that much of what previous biographers - Dylan himself included - have said is wrong; often as not, a case of, Print the Legend.With fresh and revealing information on every page A Restless, Hungry Feeling tells the story of Dylan's meteoric rise to fame: his arrival in early 1961 in New York, where he is embraced by the folk scene; his elevation to spokesman of a generation whose protest songs provide the soundtrack for the burgeoning Civil Rights movement; his alleged betrayal when he 'goes electric' at Newport in 1965; his subsequent controversial world tour with a rock 'n' roll band; and the recording of his three undisputed electric masterpieces: Bringing it All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. At the peak of his fame in July 1966 he reportedly crashes his motorbike in Woodstock, upstate New York, and disappears from public view. When he re-emerges, he looks different, his voice sounds different, his songs are different. That other story will be told in Volume 2, to be published in autumn 2022.Clinton Heylin's meticulously researched, all-encompassing and consistently revelatory account of these fascinating early years is the closest we will ever get to a definitive life of an artist who has been the lodestar of popular culture for six decades.

Introducing 'Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography' by the renowned author, Wendy Loggia. This captivating biography, published by Random House LCC US in 2023, provides an intimate look into the life of the pop sensation, Taylor Swift. The book belongs to the genre of biography, offering readers an in-depth understanding of Taylor's journey to stardom. From her humble beginnings to her meteoric rise in the music industry, this book covers it all. Wendy Loggia, with her engaging writing style, brings Taylor's story to life, making it a must-read for fans and music enthusiasts alike. Published by the prestigious Random House LCC US, this book is a testament to their commitment to delivering high-quality content. Read 'Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography' to get a glimpse into the life of this remarkable artist.

Analyzing Recorded Music: Collected Perspectives on Popular Music Tracks is a collection of essays dedicated to the study of recorded popular music, with the aim of exploring "how the record shapes the song" (Moylan, Recording Analysis, 2020) from a variety of perspectives. Introduced with a Foreword by Paul Théberge, the distinguished editorial team has brought together a group of reputable international contributors to write about a rich collection of recordings.Examining a diverse set of songs from a range of genres and points in history (spanning the years 1936-2020), the authors herein illuminate unique attributes of the selected tracks and reveal how the recording develops the expressive content of song performance.Analyzing Recorded Music will interest all those who study popular music, cultural studies, and the musicology of record production, as well as popular music listeners.

From the talented brother-sister duo of Stephen and Anita Mangancomes this exciting fully illustrated adventure.

Punktvise nedslag byder på et stjernespækket katalog af højdepunkter fra to års intens skriveaktivitet med dansk og udenlandsk musik- og filmstof sat op i kulturel dagbogsform. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie og The Who står som vigtige søjler blandt de 150 opslag, der hylder pionererne Sam Cooke, Ray Charles og Johnny Cash.Lou Reed, John Cale, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, David Byrne og Brian Eno har været stildannende inden for punkrock, new wave, electronica og verdensmusik, mens levende og afdøde koryfæer som John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Marianne Faithfull, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Paul Simon og Sting taler for sig selv.Filmens verden tæller Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Anna Karina, Michael Haneke, David Lynch, Steven Spielberg og Faye Dunaway. Danmark står desuden stærkt med blandt andet Kim Larsen, Gasolin, Sebastian, Billy Cross, Malurt, Johnny Madsen og Povl Dissing.