- 296 pages
- English
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About this book
An incredibly wide-ranging critical account of popular music. The book is an essential resource for all staff and students in the field? - John Storey, Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland
Organized in accessible sections and covering the main themes of research and teaching it examines:
• The key approaches to understanding popular music
• The main settings of exchange and consumption
• The role of technology in the production of popular music
• The main genres of popular music
• The key debates of the present day
Barbazon writes with verve and penetration. Her approach starts with how most people actually consume music today and transfers this onto the plain of study.
The book enables teachers and students to shuffle from one topic to the other whilst providing an unparalleled access the core concepts and issues. As such, it is the perfect study guide for undergraduates located in this exciting and expanding field.
Tara Brabazon is Professor of Communication at University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).
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Index
A-ha 20, 79, 111
Take On Me 20, 79, 111
Abba 78, 178
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A man after midnight) 178
Abbey Road, 64
AC/DC 52, 162, 165
Back in Black 162
High Voltage 162
TNT 162
Anderson, Chris 204, 230–1, 238
Long Tail, the 238
Andrew Sisters 214
Anka, Paul 218
Arctic Monkeys 169–70, 231
I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor 169
Astaire, Fred 25, 71, 73
Avalon, Frankie 218
Back, L 13, 17
Bad Religion 168
Baez, Joan 3, 132, 134, 236, 237
We Shall Overcome 237
Band, the 62, 106
Music from Big Pink 129
The Weight 109
Bauman, Zygmunt 6
Liquid Modernity 6
Beastie Boys 173
Beatles, The 10, 19–21, 31, 35, 57, 67–8, 72, 77–8, 94–5, 97, 106, 121, 130, 133, 143, 150, 162, 181, 202, 215, 218–19, 222, 224, 242
Ballad of John and Yoko 202
Paperback Writer 77
Penny Lane 77
Rain 77
Rubber Soul 143
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club 19, 35, 186
Strawberry Fields Forever 77
Yellow Submarine 72
Bee Gees, the 111, 113, 164, 178, 218
Bennett, A 8, 56, 93, 98
Berry, Chuck 75, 105, 129, 139, 142–3, 209, 2...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Walking On the Dance Floor
- I APPROACHES
- II MUSIC SPACES
- III INSTRUMENTS OF/FOR STUDY
- IV GENRE AND COMMUNITY
- V DEBATES
- Conclusion: Walking Off the Dance Floor
- References
- Sonic Sources
- Visual Sources
- Index