<![CDATA[The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music]]>

false 9087 0 0 14577 0679737286 9780679737285 4 <![CDATA[The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166639560m/14577.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14577.The_Rolling_Stone_Illustrated_History_of_Rock_and_Roll_The_Definitive_History_of_the_Most_Important_Artists_and_Their_Music 3.83 52 9087 3.80 75 9 25238 4.16 111 12 39703 3.92 312 58 1888241 0634066552 9780634066559 0 <![CDATA[In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189802071m/1888241.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1888241.In_Other_Words_Artists_Talk_About_Life_and_Work 4.00 6 9087 3.80 75 9 6746915 1416599746 9781416599746 1 <![CDATA[Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6746915-blues-chaos 4.20 5 A member of the elite group of the defining rock critics who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, Palmer possessed a vision so complete that, as DeCurtis writes, "it's almost as if, if you read Bob, you didn't need to read anyone else." Blues & Chaos features some of his most memorable pieces, including gripping stories about John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Moroccan trance music, Miles Davis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Philip Glass, and Muddy Waters.

Wonderfully entertaining, infused with passion, and deeply inspiring, Blues & Chaos is a must for music fans everywhere.

]]> 128050 4.17 157 19 9087 3.80 75 9 849318 0634080288 9780634080289 3 <![CDATA[The Best in Rock Fiction]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178891283m/849318.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/849318.The_Best_in_Rock_Fiction 3.25 4 20135 3.85 73 25 9087 3.80 75 9 979733 0822324199 9780822324195 0 <![CDATA[Rocking My Life Away: Writing About Music and Other Matters]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223633140m/979733.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/979733.Rocking_My_Life_Away_Writing_About_Music_and_Other_Matters 3.00 3 Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis's collection of articles and essays often feels more like a scrapbook than a book, as it includes a number of well-written, but hardly deathless, record reviews and profiles. DeCurtis is on firmest ground in reprinting essays on late-'80s and early-'90s rock and rap controversies, although current updates on these ongoing cultural battles would have made welcome inclusions. A previously unpublished interview with R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck is at the heart of Rocking My Life Away, however, and it makes the volume worth buying. In it, longtime friends DeCurtis and Buck engage in a lengthy discussion that takes in everything from R.E.M.'s efforts to stay musically fresh in the face of immense success to the idea of remaining in love with new sounds into one's middle age to the aesthetic and political failures of Forrest Gump. The piece also serves as a welcome rejoinder to fans who question the validity of rock criticism as a whole, with Buck heartily praising the thought-provoking and entertaining nature of the best of the form. Visits with the Stones, Prince, and U2 are also eye-opening, if less surprising than the author's debriefing of Buck. --Rickey Wright]]> 9087 3.80 75 9 5551353 0810995263 9780810995260 0 <![CDATA[Pop 60s]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5551353.Pop_60s 4.00 1 Pop 60s celebrates the visionaries, icons, and memorable moments of the decade that transformed the fabric of American life. From Andy Warhol, Twiggy, and James Bond to Beatlemania, biker culture, and geodesic domes, the reverberations of the Swinging Sixties are felt in today’s art, music, design, and fashion.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in -1.5in 0pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 8.0pt 9.7pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in -1.5in 0pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 8.0pt 9.7pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">This phenomenal collection of photographs spans the globe, including images of Tokyo nightlife, Brazilian Carnaval, and art happenings in New York City. Renowned photographers such as Dennis Stock, Eve Arnold, Danny Lyon, Thomas Hoepker, David Hurn, and many others contribute both their best-loved and their seldom seen photographs. From naked spectators at the Isle of Wight Festival to literati at Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball, Pop 60s captures the spirit, style, and attitude of an unforgettable era. </P></DIV>]]> 28956 3.50 4 0 9087 3.80 75 9 979734 0822312654 9780822312659 0 <![CDATA[Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179964220m/979734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/979734.Present_Tense_Rock_Roll_and_Culture 2.00 1 Present Tense, Anthony DeCurtis brings together writers from a wide variety of fields to explore how rock & roll is made, consumed, and experienced in our time.
In this collection, Greil Marcus creates a collage of words and pictures that evokes and explores Elvis Presley's grisly fate as an American cultural image, while Robert Palmer tells the gripping tale of the origins and meanings of the electric guitar. Rap music, MTV, and the issue of gender identity in the work of Bruce Springsteen all undergo thorough examination; rock & roll's complex relationship with the forces of censorship gets a remarkably fresh reading; and the mainstreaming of rock & roll in the 1980s is detailed and analyzed. And, in an interview with Laurie Anderson and an essay by Atlanta musician Jeff Calder, the artists speak for themselves.

Contributors. Jeff Calder, Anthony DeCurtis, Mark Dery, Paul Evans, Glenn Gass, Trent Hill, Michael Jarrett, Alan Light, Greil Marcus, Robert Palmer, Robert B. Ray, Dan Rubey, David R. Shumway, Martha Nell Smith, Paul Smith
]]> 9087 3.80 75 9 2133120 1417780614 9781417780617 0 <![CDATA[Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll The Definitive History]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2133120.Rolling_Stone_Illustrated_History_of_Rock_and_Roll_The_Definitive_History 0.0 0 9087 3.80 75 9 663023 0863696430 9780863696435 0 <![CDATA[The " Rolling Stone" Album Guide]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/663023.The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide 0.0 0 9087 3.80 75 9 39703 3.92 312 58 2768197 1852275189 9781852275181 0 <![CDATA["Rolling Stone"]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2768197._Rolling_Stone_ 0.0 0 Rolling Stone portraits assembled in this book depict five decades worth of musical sensations and idols. The juxtaposition of the shots heightens the fun of flipping through the photos: A young Mick Jagger sitting under a hairdryer faces Snoop Doggy Dog, his curls caught up in a hairdresser's clips; David Bowie in a loincloth counterbalances Björk in a fig leaf; Chris Isaak and John Lee Hooker stand opposite one another, each in a polka-dot shirt; Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley, side by side and enveloped in clouds of smoke. These alignments of musicians from different eras and different genres make a simple, visual statement about the transcendent power of music. Every page reveals another familiar image that transports the readers to the moment they first saw the musicians on the cover of the magazine or heard their music. The undiscovered pictures are a treat as well. Individually, these portraits expose the essence of their subjects and speak volumes about the characters that created and sustain rock and roll.]]> 9087 3.80 75 9 6563470 0822312611 9780822312611 0 <![CDATA[Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6563470-present-tense 0.0 0 Present Tense, Anthony DeCurtis brings together writers from a wide variety of fields to explore how rock & roll is made, consumed, and experienced in our time.
In this collection, Greil Marcus creates a collage of words and pictures that evokes and explores Elvis Presley's grisly fate as an American cultural image, while Robert Palmer tells the gripping tale of the origins and meanings of the electric guitar. Rap music, MTV, and the issue of gender identity in the work of Bruce Springsteen all undergo thorough examination; rock & roll's complex relationship with the forces of censorship gets a remarkably fresh reading; and the mainstreaming of rock & roll in the 1980s is detailed and analyzed. And, in an interview with Laurie Anderson and an essay by Atlanta musician Jeff Calder, the artists speak for themselves.

Contributors. Jeff Calder, Anthony DeCurtis, Mark Dery, Paul Evans, Glenn Gass, Trent Hill, Michael Jarrett, Alan Light, Greil Marcus, Robert Palmer, Robert B. Ray, Dan Rubey, David R. Shumway, Martha Nell Smith, Paul Smith
]]> 9087 3.80 75 9 2967712 0.0 0 0 33221 3.79 1906 224 2967713 0.0 0 0 2967714 0.0 0 0 141523 0.0 0 0 274029 3.33 3 1 30902 3.25 24 3 2967715 0.0 0 0 2967716 0.0 0 0 6565271 081095009X 9780810950092 0 <![CDATA[Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times: A Visual Biography of the Ultimate Band]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6565271-led-zeppelin 0.0 0 Good Times, Bad Times: Led Zeppelin captures the public and private lives of rock gods Led Zeppelin through rare and iconic photographs. More than any other band, they embodied the rock-star lifestyle of sex, drugs, and rock and roll and came to define the music and culture of the 1970s. Forty years after the release of their first album in 1969, Led Zeppelin—Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham— continues to fascinate and inspire legions of fans, young and old alike.
</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>A general overview of the band’s history will introduce the core of the book: a gallery of more than 200 photographs, laid out in chronological order, more than half of which have never been published. Whether onstage, backstage, recording in the studio, on tour, or at home—the band is shown as never before. From their very first performance in Denmark on September 7, 1968 (as the new Yardbirds) to their last performance in London in 2007, this collection of images will remind die-hard fans why the group became, and remains, one of the greatest and most notorious bands in the history of rock and roll.
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