This Is Pop: In Search of the Elusive at Experience Music Project
- Author: Weisbard, Eric
Just about anyone interested in understanding pop music will find something here. -- R. D. Cohen — More…
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Contents
- Introduction: Who'll Write the Book of Love? Pop Music and Pop Prose Eric Weisbard I. Narratives
- 1. "And I Guess It Doesn't Matter Any More": European Thoughts on American Music Simon Frith
- 2. US and Them: Are American Pop (and Semi-Pop) Still Exceptional? And by the Way, Does That Make Them Better? Robert Christgau
- 3. How Come Jazz Isn't Dead? Gary Giddins
- 4. Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Prehistory of "Women in Rock" Gayle Wald
- 5. The Birth of the Blues Luc Sante
- 6. Richard Speaks! Chasing a Tune from the Chitlin Circuit to the Mormon Tabernacle RJ Smith
- 7. Interrupted Symphony: A Recollection of Movie Music from Max Steiner to Marvin Gaye Geoffrey O'Brien
- 8. Burnt Sugar: Post-Soul Satire and Rock Memory Daphne A. Brooks II. Authorship
- 9. Bits of Me Scattered Everywhere: Ray Davies and the Kinks Robert Polito
- 10. Authenticity, Gender, and Personal Voice: She Sounds So Sad, Do You Think She Really Is? Sarah Dougher
- 11. All the Memories Money Can Buy: Marketing Authenticity and Manufacturing Authorship David Sanjek
- 12. Authorship Meets Downpression: Translating the Wailers into Rock Jason Toynbee
- 13. Creativity and Band Dynamics Deena Weinstein
- 14. "O Secret Stars Stay Secret": Rock and Roll in Contemporary Poetry Stephen Burt
- 15. Compressing Pop: How Your Favorite Song Got Squished Douglas Wolk
- 16. Rapping about Rapping: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Tradition Kelefa Sanneh III. Values
- 17. Bread and Butter Songs: Unoriginality in Pop Ann Powers
- 18. Good Pop, Bad Pop: Massiveness, Materiality, and the Top 40 Joshua Clover
- 19. The Carly Simon Principle: Sincerity and Pop Greatness Chuck Klosterman
- 20. Groove as Niche: Earth, Wind & Fire Robert Walser
- 21. Unpacking Our Hard Drives: Discophilia in the Age of Digital Reproduction Julian Dibbell
- 22. Lost in Music: Obsessive Record Collecting Simon Reynolds
- 23. Topless at the Arco Arena: Looking for the Line between Abandon and Irresponsibility During the Dot-com Explosion Tim Quirk
- 24. More Rock, Less Talk: Live Music Turns Off the Voices in Our Heads Carrie Brownstein
- 25. The Persistence of Hair John Darnielle Notes Contributors Acknowledgments Index