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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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Contents

  • 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