One Chord Wonders

Author: Dave Laing
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1629630578
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
Originally published in 1985, One Chord Wonders was the first full-length study of the glory years of British punk rock. The book argues that one of punk’s most significant political achievements was to expose the operations of power in the British entertainment industries as they were thrown into confusion by the sound and the fury of musicians and fans. Through a detailed examination of the conditions under which punk emerged and then declined, Dave Laing develops a view of the music as both complex and contradictory. Special attention is paid to the relationship between punk and the music industry of the late 1970s, in particular the political economy of the independent record companies through which much of punk was distributed. The rise of punk is also linked to the febrile political atmosphere of Britain in the mid-1970s. Using examples from a wide range of bands, individual chapters use the techniques of semiology to consider the radical approach to naming in punk (from Johnny Rotten to Poly Styrene), the instrumental and vocal sound of the music, and its visual images. Another section analyses the influence of British punk in Europe prior to the music’s division into “real punk” and “post-punk” genres. The concluding chapter critically examines various theoretical explanations of the punk phenomenon, including the class origins of its protagonists and the influential view that punk represented the latest in a line of British youth “subcultures.” There is also a chronology of the punk era, plus discographies and a bibliography.

One-chord songs around the clock

Author: L. Joachim
Publisher: Music at Hand
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57

Book Description
Music has never been so easy! This unique and innovative songbook contains more than 30 songs you can play with only one chord. The songs are categorized by topic, so you can easily choose a song that best suits your current need. All of the songs can be learned from the sheet music included in this book, and for added assistance, recordings of all of the songs are available online. The book contains - Amazing Grace - Arirang (Korean) - Christmas Bells - Frère Jacques (French) - Ha sukkah mah ya fah (Hebrew) -Let Us with a Joyful Mind - Morning Has Come - Sorida (Shona, Zimbabwe) - Te aroha (Maori, New Zealand) - Who's That Yonder and 23 more songs. But One-Chord Songs Around the Clock is about more than just starting! While you can play all of the songs with a simple C chord, you can also easily explore new harmonies as you wish! Each song is given twice: first with a C chord and then with another. This book is for you if you want to - Experience the joy of music-making instantly, - Start easy and progress to the next level whenever you want, - Practice something new by starting with easy songs, - Play one-chord partner songs or canons with others or - Involve literally everyone in playing music. Discover the many faces of one-chord songs in this book, whether you are a would-be player or already a student of a musical instrument, a solo player or a band member, a music therapist or a music teacher!

Punk

Author: Rich Weidman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493062417
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 375

Book Description
Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond

forum for inter-american research Vol 5

Author: Wilfried Raussert
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3946507816
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538

Book Description
Volume 5 of 6 of the complete premium print version of journal forum for inter-american research (fiar), which is the official electronic journal of the International Association of Inter-American Studies (IAS). fiar was established by the American Studies Program at Bielefeld University in 2008. We foster a dialogic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Americas. fiar is a peer-reviewed online journal. Articles in this journal undergo a double-blind review process and are published in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

Working for the clampdown

Author: Colin Coulter
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526114232
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
This volume brings together a range of writers from different academic disciplines and different locations to provide an engaging and accessible critical exploration of one of the most revered and reviled bands in the history of popular music. The essays collated here locate The Clash in their own explosive cultural moment of punk's year zero and examine how the group speaks from beyond the grave to the uncanny parallels of other moments of social and political crisis. In addition, the collection considers the impact of the band in a range of different geopolitical contexts, with various contributors exploring what the band meant in settings as diverse as Italy, England, Northern Ireland, Australia and the United States. The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the most influential bands ever to have graced a stage.

On Record

Author: Simon Frith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134939507
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 571

Book Description
Classic sociological analyses of 'deviance' and rebellion; studies of technology; subcultural and feminist readings, semiotic and musicological essays and close readings of stars, bands and the fans themselves by Adorno, Barthes and other well-known contributors

The Other Eighties

Author: Bradford Martin
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 142995342X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
In this engaging new book, Bradford Martin illuminates a different 1980s than many remember—one whose history has been buried under the celebratory narrative of conservative ascendancy. Ronald Reagan looms large in most accounts of the period, encouraging Americans to renounce the activist and liberal politics of the 1960s and ‘70s and embrace the resurgent conservative wave. But a closer look reveals that a sizable swath of Americans strongly disapproved of Reagan's policies throughout his presidency. With a weakened Democratic Party scurrying for the political center, many expressed their dissatisfaction outside electoral politics. Unlike the civil rights and Vietnam era protesters, activists of the 1980s often found themselves on the defensive, struggling to preserve the hard-won victories of the previous era. Their successes, then, were not in ushering in a new era of progressive reforms but in effecting change in areas from professional life to popular culture, while beating back an even more forceful political shift to the right. Martin paints an indelible portrait of these and other influential, but often overlooked, movements: from on-the-ground efforts to constrain the administration's aggressive Latin American policy and stave off a possible Nicaraguan war, to mock shanties constructed on college campuses to shed light on corporate America's role in supporting the apartheid regime in South Africa. The result is a clearer, richer perspective on a turbulent decade in American life.

Sixties Rock

Author: Michael Hicks
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252069154
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Traces "garage" and "psychedelic" rock from the 50's through the sixties, unfolds the history and the sonic structures of some of rock's core repertoire

Damaged

Author: Evan Rapport
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496831233
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
Damaged: Musicality and Race in Early American Punk is the first book-length portrait of punk as a musical style with an emphasis on how punk developed in relation to changing ideas of race in American society from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Drawing on musical analysis, archival research, and new interviews, Damaged provides fresh interpretations of race and American society during this period and illuminates the contemporary importance of that era. Evan Rapport outlines the ways in which punk developed out of dramatic changes to America’s cities and suburbs in the postwar era, especially with respect to race. The musical styles that led to punk included transformations to blues resources, experimental visions of the American musical past, and bold reworkings of the rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues sounds of the late 1950s and early 1960s, revealing a historically oriented approach to rock that is strikingly different from the common myths and conceptions about punk. Following these approaches, punk itself reflected new versions of older exchanges between the US and the UK, the changing environments of American suburbs and cities, and a shift from the expressions of older baby boomers to that of younger musicians belonging to Generation X. Throughout the book, Rapport also explores the discourses and contradictory narratives of punk history, which are often in direct conflict with the world that is captured in historical documents and revealed through musical analysis.

Empire of Dirt

Author: Wendy Fonarow
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819574430
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Inside the culture of an artistically influential music community Britain is widely considered the cradle of independent music culture. Bands like Radiohead and Belle and Sebastian, which epitomize indie music's sounds and attitudes, have spawned worldwide fanbases. This in-depth study of the British independent music scene explores how the behavior of fans, artists, and music industry professionals produce a community with a specific aesthetic based on moral values. Author Wendy Fonarow, a scholar with years of experience in the various sectors of the indie music scene, examines the indie music "gig" as a ritual in which all participants are actively involved. This ritual allows participants to play with cultural norms regarding appropriate behavior, especially in the domains of sex and creativity. Her investigation uncovers the motivations of audience members when they first enter the community and how their positions change over time so that the gig functions for most members as a rite of passage. Empire of Dirt sheds new light on music, gender roles, emotion, subjectivity, embodiment, and authenticity.