The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Introduction: The Song Doesn’t Remain the Same
• • “Reading” through Listening
• • Covering Cover Songs
• Part One—Judging a Song by Its Cover
• 1. National Anthems: “The ­Star-Spangled Banner”• Jimi Hendrix (Woodstock, 1969)
• • Whitney Houston (Super Bowl XXV, 1991)
• 2. The “Anti-Cover”: Punk and the ­Avant-Garde
• • Sid Vicious: “My Way” (The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle, 1980)
• • The Residents: The Third Reich and Roll (1976)
• • Hardcore and the ­Anti-Cover
• Part Two—Anatomy of a Cover: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
• 3. “Satisfaction” and Rock: The Rolling Stones (Out of Our Heads, 1965)
• • The ­Anti-Beatles
• • “Satisfaction” as Manifesto
• • Under My Thumb: Altamont and Rock Totalitarianism
• 4. “Satisfaction” and Soul: Otis Redding (Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, 1965)
• • Paint It Black: Race and Rock in the 1960s
• • Soul Brands: Motown and Stax
• • “Satisfaction” as Protest
• 5. “Satisfaction” and Punk: Devo (Q: Are We Not Men?
• A: We Are Devo!, 1978)
• • A Postmodern Protest Band (or, Anarchy in Akron)
• • “Satisfaction” as Deconstruction
• • Marketing Opposition
• 6. “Satisfaction” and Pop: Britney Spears (Oops! … I Did It Again, 2000)
• • The Lolita Next Door
• • Blonde Alienation
• • “Satisfaction” as Commodity
• Part Three—Signs of the Times: Cover Songs in Context
• 7. Music from the Waist Down: Covers, Gender and Sexuality
• • King Curtis: “Whole Lotta Love” (Single, 1970)
• • Van Halen: “You Really Got Me” (Van Halen, 1978)
• • The Flying Lizards: “Sex Machine” (Top Ten, 1984)
• • Kim Wilde: “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (Another Step, 1986)
• 8. Black Musicians, White Songs: Race and Covers in the Late
• Counterculture
• • Rufus Harley: “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” (Recorded
• in 1969; Released on Courage: The Atlantic Recordings, 2006)
• • The Isley Brothers: “Ohio/Machine Gun” (Givin’ It Back, 1971)
• • The Four Tops: “A Simple Game” (Single, 1972)
• 9. Dance with Laibach: Covers and the Critique of the ­Nation-State
• • The Laibach Project
• • NATO (1994)
• • The Dilemmas of Laibach
• 10. In with the Old: Covers and Generational Politics
• • The Midlife Crisis of Rock and Roll
• • Frank Sinatra: “Something” (Single, 1970)
• • “So Bad It’s Good”: Covers and Camp
• • Pat Boone: “Smoke on the Water” (In a Metal Mood: No More
• Mr. Nice Guy, 1997)
• • Johnny Cash: “Hurt” (American IV: The Man Comes Around,
• 2002)
• Conclusion: The Politics of Listening
• Chapter Notes
• Bibliography
• Index