Understanding Popular Music Culture

Contents

• Introduction 'What's Goin' On?': Popular music culture
• 1. 'Every 1's a Winner': The music industry and the record companies
• 2. 'Pump up the Volume': Music and technology
• 3. 'I'm Just a Singer': Making music, the rock musician and the success continuum
• 4. 'So You Want To Be a Rock'n'Roll Star?': Auteurs and stars
• 5. 'Message Understood': Musical texts
• 6. 'The Real Thing': Authenticity, covers and the canon
• 7. 'It's Still Rock'n'Roll To Me': Genre
• 8. 'Shop around': Marketing and mediation
• 9. 'U Got the Look': From film and television to YouTube
• 10. 'On the Cover of The Rolling Stone': The music press.
• 11. 'My Generation': Consumption, identity and fandom
• 12. 'Sound of Our Town': Subcultures, sounds and scenes
• 13. 'Revolution': Social change, politics and conscience rock
• 14. 'Pushin too Hard': Moral panic, state regulation and censorship
• 15. 'We Are the world': Globalization and State music policy
• 16. 'Time Will Pass You By': Histories and popular memory.
• Conclusion 'Wrap it up': Making music, making meaning
• Appendix 1: Chapter song titles
• Appendix 2: Musical analysis
• Appendix 3: Popular Music Timeline