1. Voices was a project started by the author when he learned that he would soon lose his hearing and become completely deaf. This book is "a harvest and a storage" of the emotional and psychological responses to the human voice in song that Coleman sought to preserve for himself, and a wider meditation on why vocal music--particularly post-war popular music--is such an important part of our lives 2. Voices explores the way we internalise others' voices in the interests of our own development/happiness/understanding of the world--a largely unconscious process but a vivid one for all that. And…mehr
1. Voices was a project started by the author when he learned that he would soon lose his hearing and become completely deaf. This book is "a harvest and a storage" of the emotional and psychological responses to the human voice in song that Coleman sought to preserve for himself, and a wider meditation on why vocal music--particularly post-war popular music--is such an important part of our lives 2. Voices explores the way we internalise others' voices in the interests of our own development/happiness/understanding of the world--a largely unconscious process but a vivid one for all that. And a psychologically private one. In other words, it's a book about the intimacy of our deepest, most telling relationships with musicHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Following a brief spell as a stringer at NME in the mid-1980s, NICK COLEMAN was music editor of Time Out for seven years, then arts and features editor at the Independent and the Independent on Sunday. He has also written on music for The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, New Statesman, Intelligent Life, GQ, and The Wire. He is the author of The Train in the Night, which was short-listed for the 2012 Wellcome Book Prize.
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Preface Introduction: Hearing voices The horsemen in the box: Little Richard Jerry Lee Lewis Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley with Led Zeppelin Suzi Quatro Patti Smith Boys and girls and girl groups: The Ronettes The Marvelettes and the Shangri Las with The Four Pennies Bananarama TLC Vulnerable: Marvin Gaye and Roy Orbison with Aretha Franklin the Ramones and Mary Margaret O'Hara Class acts: John Lennon and Mick Jagger with The Kinks David Bowie Robert Wyatt Richard & Linda Thompson Kirsty MacColl The Smiths The urge for going: Joni Mitchell with Jackson Browne Paul Simon Rickie Lee Jones Steely Dan What is soul?: Wilson Pickett Gladys Knight Joe Cocker Paul Rodgers Elkie Brooks Terry Reid Jess Roden Frankie Miller and Rod Stewart with Dexy's Midnight Runners Kiki Dee Bonnie Raitt Tedeschi Trucks Band Croon: Iggy Pop Gregory Isaacs Kate Bush Luther Vandross and Frank Sinatra with George Jones The Carpenters Prince So what?: Miles Davis John Coltrane and Hank Mobley with Jackie McLean Booker Ervin John Surman The spectacle of anguish: Janis Joplin Billie Holiday Ian Curtis with Chris Bell Amy Winehouse Psalms and raptures: Van Morrison Burning Spear Alex Harvey and John Lydon with Bob Dylan Epilogue: Harvest Acknowledgements Index
Preface Introduction: Hearing voices The horsemen in the box: Little Richard Jerry Lee Lewis Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley with Led Zeppelin Suzi Quatro Patti Smith Boys and girls and girl groups: The Ronettes The Marvelettes and the Shangri Las with The Four Pennies Bananarama TLC Vulnerable: Marvin Gaye and Roy Orbison with Aretha Franklin the Ramones and Mary Margaret O'Hara Class acts: John Lennon and Mick Jagger with The Kinks David Bowie Robert Wyatt Richard & Linda Thompson Kirsty MacColl The Smiths The urge for going: Joni Mitchell with Jackson Browne Paul Simon Rickie Lee Jones Steely Dan What is soul?: Wilson Pickett Gladys Knight Joe Cocker Paul Rodgers Elkie Brooks Terry Reid Jess Roden Frankie Miller and Rod Stewart with Dexy's Midnight Runners Kiki Dee Bonnie Raitt Tedeschi Trucks Band Croon: Iggy Pop Gregory Isaacs Kate Bush Luther Vandross and Frank Sinatra with George Jones The Carpenters Prince So what?: Miles Davis John Coltrane and Hank Mobley with Jackie McLean Booker Ervin John Surman The spectacle of anguish: Janis Joplin Billie Holiday Ian Curtis with Chris Bell Amy Winehouse Psalms and raptures: Van Morrison Burning Spear Alex Harvey and John Lydon with Bob Dylan Epilogue: Harvest Acknowledgements Index
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