Melissa Goldsmith

Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre

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Produktbeschreibung

Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of this diverse and complex musical genre for scholars of classic rock and curious novices alike, with a focus on 50 must-hear musicians, songwriters, bands, and albums. Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre explores in detail the genesis, evolution, and proliferation of classic rock. It begins with a background on the development of classic rock and its subgenres. Next, an A to Z listing of artists (musicians, songwriters, and bands), albums, important concerts, and songs; a chapter on classic rock's impact on popular culture; a chapter on classic rock's legacy; and a bibliography. This organization gives readers the choice of starting from the beginning to learn how classic rock and each of its subgenres emerged after rock and roll or skip ahead to a specific artist, recording, or song in the Must-Hear Music section. This volume stands out from other resources on classic rock for its listening-centered approach. Most books on classic rock focus on trivia, history, terminology, or criticism. It also explores the sound of the music of important artists and offers musical analyses that are accessible to upper-level high school and lower-level undergraduates while at the same time maintaining the interest of classic rock aficionados and scholars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-Clio, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9781440865787
• ISBN-10: 1440865787
• Artikelnr.: 56011289

Autorenporträt

Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith is a musicologist and Visiting Associate Professor in the Music Department at Westfield State University, USA, and a Lecturer in the Music Department at Springfield College, USA. She is the author of Listen to Classic Rock! (Bloomsbury, 2019) and co-author with Anthony J. Fonseca of Listen to Hip Hop! (Bloomsbury, 2021), both in the Exploring Musical Genres series.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword Preface 1 Background Classic-Rock Subgenres Chord
Progressions 2 Must-Hear Music AC/DC Aerosmith The Beatles The Beatles: "A
Day in the Life" The Beatles: Revolver Chuck Berry Blood, Sweat & Tears:
Blood, Sweat & Tears David Bowie: "Space Oddity" and Harry Chapin: "Taxi"
Eric Burdon and War The Byrds: Fifth Dimension and Jefferson Airplane:
Surrealistic Pillow Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire Cream Creedence
Clearwater Revival Jim Croce Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and America The
Doors The Doors: "Riders on the Storm" and Eagles: "Hotel California" Bob
Dylan Eagles Fleetwood Mac: Rumours and Tusk Genesis (Classic Lineup) The
Jimi Hendrix Experience The Hollies Joan Jett & the Blackhearts: I Love
Rock 'n' Roll Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Janis Joplin Carole
King and Paul Williams Led Zeppelin and Heart The Mamas and the Papas John
Mellencamp Midnight Oil: Diesel and Dust Joni Mitchell The Monkees Monterey
Pop, Woodstock, and Related Studio Recordings The Moody Blues Tom Petty and
the Heartbreakers Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon Procol Harum: "A Whiter
Shade of Pale" and The Moody Blues: "Legend of a Mind" Queen The Rolling
Stones Santana: Abraxas Del Shannon: "Runaway" and Petula Clark: "Downtown"
Simon & Garfunkel: "America" and Marvin Gaye: "What's Going On" The
Temptations and Sly and the Family Stone Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin
U2: The Joshua Tree The Ventures: Walk Don't Run and The Ventures Play
"Telstar" and the "Lonely Bull" The Who Neil Young: Harvest and Lynyrd
Skynyrd: Second Helping The Zombies: "The Time of the Season" and The
Kinks: "Sunny Afternoon" 3 Impact on Popular Culture 4 Legacy Bibliography
Index