Pop when the world falls apart : music in the shadow of doubt / edited by Eric Weisbard.
Hearing Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan once said, was "like busting out of jail." But what happens when popular music isn't as simple as rock-and-roll rebellion? How does pop respond to such events as a decade-long war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina? In Pop When the World Falls Apart, a dive...
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| Language: | English |
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2012.
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| Summary: | Hearing Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan once said, was "like busting out of jail." But what happens when popular music isn't as simple as rock-and-roll rebellion? How does pop respond to such events as a decade-long war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina? In Pop When the World Falls Apart, a diverse array of music writers, scholars, and enthusiasts reflect on popular music's role-as commentary, as refuge, and as rallying cry-in times of military conflict, social upheaval, and cultural crisis. Drawn from presentations at the annual Experience Music Project Pop Conference-hailed by Robert Christgau as "the best thing that's ever happened to serious consideration of pop music"-the essays in this book include inquiries into the sonic dimension of war in Iraq; the cultural life of jazz in post-Katrina New Orleans; Isaac Hayes's reappropriation of a country song, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," as a symbol of black nationalism; and punk rock pranks played on record execs looking for the next big thing in central Virginia. Offering a diverse range of voices, perspectives, and approaches, this volume mirrors the eclecticism of pop itself. |
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| Item Description: | "An EMP Museum publication." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822394693 0822394693 9786613523631 6613523631 9781280119583 1280119586 |
| DOI: | 10.1215/9780822394693 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |