The age of rock 2 Sights and sounds of the american cultural revolution

by Jonathan Eisen

The Age Of Rock is a collection of the best writing on the rock culture and business. The most prestigious names in the rock field are discussed by scholars, hipsters, musicians, journalists, and themselves. This is a clean, bright used copy with tight binding .... Christmas note from 1986 on inside cover - no other marks - slight wear to cover- Beautiful inside.

Genres: Music, History, Nonfiction

338 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1969

Reviews

[John Vanek · Rating 4 out of 5]

A compilation of essays from the late sixties by some of the most perceptive cultural critics involved in the rock music scene. (To be clear, this is not rock and roll, a fifties genre, but rock, the music of the Cultural Revolution of the late sixties.) The book is fascinating since it straddles the line between serving as a primary and secondary source. These were music intellectuals' early attempts to comprehend rock music's relationship to the broader counterculture movement and to other music genres like folk. Along with the magazines and other media in which these authors published, the essays in the Age of Rock can be read as the first tentative steps toward understanding (and staking out positions within) an ideology of rock music. For that alone, it's worth picking up.

[Charis Barnes · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was actually quite interesting. I liked all the different perspectives on different bands and styles of music. Especially since most of the chapters were written by different people, who I'm sure are experts on the bands they wrote about. There was interesting insight into some of the lives of different band members and even reasons behind their songs. Even though I feel as if it could have been condensed down a little, it was still informational and educational. I would recommend this to anyone interested in music from 1960-1980!

[Michael Powell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually read Vol. 2 of these essays

[Gijs Grob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bundel atikelen, essays en interviews die eerder in diverse bladen verschenen en die allen hun licht werpen op de 'rockrevolutie', het tijdperk waarin rock een volwassen kunstvorm werd.

De artikelen zijn des te interessanter omdat ze contemporain zijn, uit 1967-1969, en de meningen en gezichtspunten uit die tijd laten zien. Zo beschouwt één auteur participatie van het publiek, dat bij rock mag joelen en dansen, als een grote nieuwe verworvenheid, iets waar we nu niet bij zouden stilstaan.

Niet alles essays zijn even waardevol, sommige zijn ronduit warrig en lijken in een staat van drogering te zijn geschreven, maar sommige zijn interessante beschouwingen op vooral de muziek van Bob Dylan, The Beatles en Frank Zappa, die als lichtende bakens lijken te worden gezien in de warrige periode die de rockrevolutie voor zijn toeschouwers moet zijn geweest.

[Meen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I stole this one from my high school library 'cause it was ROCK N ROLL, man!!! I didn't understand most of what I read then, but looking at it now, I think I would probably really enjoy it. Many of the essays seem very academic.