Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on Spotify.Over that time, popular music has transformed the world in which we live. Its rhythms have influenced how we walk down the street, how we face ourselves in the mirror, and how we handle the outside ...

No artist offered a more incisive and accurate portrait of the troubled landscape of the 1970s than David Bowie. Cultural historian Peter Doggett explores the rich heritage of Bowie's most productive and inspired decade, and traces the way in which his music reflected and influenced the world around him. From 'Space Oddity', his dark vision of mankind's voyage into the unknown terrain of space, to the Scary Monsters album, Doggett examines in detail Bowie's audacious creation of an 'alien'...

This chronicle of the aftermath of The Beatles' breakup and enduring legacy is "a dark but compelling endnote to rock's greatest story" ( Rolling Stone ).A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the YearWhen Paul McCartney told the world in 1970 that he had no plans to work with the Beatles again, it was widely viewed as a cultural tragedy by the media and publi...

Vous pensiez tout savoir sur les Beatles ?Avril 1970. Par un simple communiqué de presse, Paul McCartney annonce la séparation des Beatles. Tragédie pour des millions de fans, c'est aussi un geste symbolique, qui marque la fin d'une époque bénie. Et, paradoxalement, le début d'une des périodes les plus passionnantes et les plus mal connues de l'histoire du groupe. Les Beatles, leurs familles, leurs entourages vont en effet vivre à partir de cette date une cohabitat...

Between 1965 and 1972, political activists around the globe prepared to mount a revolution, from the Black Panthers to the Gay Liberation Front, from the Yippies to the IRA. Rock and soul music supplied the revolutionary tide with anthems and iconic imagery; and renowned musicians such as John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan were particularly influential in the movement. This is the definitive account of this unique period in modern history; a compelling portrait of an era when revolutio...

Were the 1960s really a great time of liberation and joyful experimentation? Growing Up takes an unflinching look at the dark underbelly of the sexual revolution.No era in recent history has been both more celebrated and vilified than the 1960s. And at the heart of all that controversy - the music, drugs, fashion, hopes, dreams and political movements - is sex.In this wide-ranging and eye-opening survey of the sexual landscape of the 1960s, Peter D...

The Man Who Sold the World is a critical study of David Bowie's most inventive and influential decade, from his first hit, "Space Oddity," in 1969, to the release of the LP Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) in 1980. Viewing the artist through the lens of his music and his many guises, the acclaimed journalist Peter Doggett offers a detailed analysis—musical, lyrical, conceptual, social—of every song Bowie wrote and recorded during that period, as well as a brilliant explo...

Read the definitive biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, whose music and career illuminate the legacy of 1960s counterculture.Between 1969 and 1974, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were the most successful, influential and politically potent rock band in America. More than any of their peers, they channelled and broadcast all the radical anger, romantic idealism and generational angst of their era. The vast emotional range of their music, from delicate acous...

Un elegante, ameno y completo panorama de la música popular: desde el ragtime hasta el rock. Hay una lista autorizada de los más importantes eventos de la historia musical, que todos coincidimos en reconocer y una galería de álbumes clásicos y de singles capaces de cambiarnos la vida, de géneros vitales, de añoradas eras —eternamente nuevas, eternamente maduras— listas para ser descubiertas. ¿Qué escucha la gente? ¿De dónde viene lo que escuchan? ¿Por qué les gusta? ¿Qué añade a sus vidas?...

**“**Particularly poignant ... tasteful and compassionate” ShindigCapturing all the pain and glory of this incredible family saga, Surf’s Up is the definitive tribute to a remarkable band - and the genius who made it all possible.If any man in pop history deserved the tag of genius, it was Brian Wilson. As leader, producer and chief composer of the Beach Boys, he displayed an instinctive command of melody, harmony ...

From his childhood paintings to the song he recorded on the day he died, here is a complete catalogue of Lennon's work across many fields: songwriting, performing, drawing, painting, film, poetry, prose and conceptual art.This magnificent book also contains detailed information about all of the Lennon recording sessions as part of the Beatles, as a solo artist and with Yoko Ono. Plus a complete UK and US discography, home demo recordings, composing tapes, studio out-takes, live rec...

Das unentbehrliche Handbuch, vollgepackt mit Informationen zur Musik Eminems. Album für Album informiert es detailreich über sämtliche Songs, die jemals von Eminem veröffentlicht wurden - von Mainstream bis Underground, von 'Infinite' (1996) bis 'Encore' (2005).Zu allen Alben und Songs gibt das Buch Auskunft über die Orte, Daten und Produzenten der Aufnahmen und nennt die Autoren der Songs. Zusätzliche Kapitel informieren über seine Arbeit mit D-12 sowie die mehr als 150 Tracks, di...