Roy Orbison: Invention Of An Alternative Rock Masculinity
- Author: Lehman, Peter
Lehman sheds new light on Orbison's elusive character...this is a skillfully written book dealing with Orbison's darker, masochistic side —
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$35.25Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. There Are Many Roy Orbisons
- 2. Mystery Man: The Evolution of a Dark, Mysterious Persona
- 3. "Radical Left Turns": The Voice and the Music
- 4. In (and Out of) Dreams
- 5. "Crawling Back": The Masochist Aesthetic
- 6. In David Lynch's Dreams: Roy Orbison at the Movies
- 7. "The Finest White Pop Singer on the Planet": "Oh, Pretty Woman," 2 Live Crew, and Discourses of Race
- 8. Beyond the End: Roy Orbison's Posthumous Career and LegacyAppendix: Analysis of Songs and RecordingsNotesWorks CitedSong AcknowledgmentsIndex