Keef Strang

Songs to Forget: Bad Tracks by Great Acts (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Thoughtful, funny, informative, entertaining and humanizing." - Peter Aaron, author of If You Like the Ramones... and The Band FAQ; coauthor with Richie Ramone of I Know Better Now

"Author Keef Strang pulls gems and clunkers along with many more out of a musical dumpster for a closer look in this insightful, smart and funny book." - Richard Boch, author of The Mudd Club

In the world of popular music, where so many struggling outfits never make it big, it's reassuring to know that even legends can fall flat on their faces.

This is exactly what happens when Pink Floyd enlist a dog on vocals, Elvis begs to be put down, or Stevie Wonder sings in Latin.

Songs to Forget: Bad Tracks by Great Acts describes more than 150 genuine musical misdemeanors in a guide that travels from AC/DC to Frank Zappa and visits almost every point in between.

In no other single book are you likely to learn that The Pixies tried and failed to get on the Shrek 2 soundtrack, that Chubby Checker sang unintentionaly smutty lyrics in French, or that Smokey Robinson recorded a lament to a monster from outer space.

Along the way it's not just the bands and singers that enter the spotlight but also the shifting history of popular music and the fickle nature of a business which makes and breaks careers daily.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Keef Strang
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386839705
• Artikelnr.: 55680809

Autorenporträt

The rock writings of Keef Strang have been published in the US in Paraphilia magazine and in Italy by Distorsioni. Passionate about music, he spends hours a day lying on his back listening to the rock riches hidden beneath the tip of the sonic iceberg. Under a pen name, he has had articles published by The Financial Times, Forbes and Gastronomica magazine. He has also read his poetry on BBC Radio and has had a short story included in a collection published by the police department of the Belgian city of Liege. Songs To Forget is his first book.