The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
Greil Marcus
(Author)
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Description
In this unconventional and completely mesmerizing history of rock 'n' roll, Greil Marcus selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 and shows how each, in its own unique way, embodies the story of rock 'n' roll--a new language, and a new form of expression.
Product Details
Price
$17.00
$15.81
Publisher
Yale University Press
Publish Date
September 15, 2015
Pages
320
Dimensions
6.2 X 0.9 X 8.9 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780300216929
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About the Author
Greil Marcus has written many books, including Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock & Roll Music and Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century, and is the editor, with Werner Sollors, of A New Literary History of America. He teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. He lives in Oakland, CA.
Reviews
"Marcus is our greatest cultural critic, not only because of what he says but also, as with rock-and-roll itself, how he says it."--David Kirby, The Washington Post--David Kirby "The Washington Post "
"In his new book, which is surely one of his best and most beautifully written, Marcus revisits ten songs, recorded during the last sixty years, some of them long forgotten, in order to capture the pulsating and powerful language of rock 'n' roll. . . . The book, I am certain, will compel readers to return to the songs Marcus has anointed, and to others. Even if they have heard them before, they will listen to them as if for the first time."--Glenn C./I>--Glenn C. Altschuler "The Huffington Post "
"Marcus, of course, is one of the epic figures in rock writing. . . . Like so many of Marcus's previous books, The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs often feels like a tone poem or perhaps a written embodiment of the cultural memory. He flows through the songs and musicians he loves as if creating a waking dream crowded with the stars of rock history."--Touré, The New York Times Book Review--Touré "The New York Times Book Review "
"This could be Marcus' most inviting book: Emotion paces erudition, and the present gets to ride shotgun with the past, real and imagined."--Will Hermes, Rolling Stone--Will Hermes "Rolling Stone "
"In his new book, which is surely one of his best and most beautifully written, Marcus revisits ten songs, recorded during the last sixty years, some of them long forgotten, in order to capture the pulsating and powerful language of rock 'n' roll. . . . The book, I am certain, will compel readers to return to the songs Marcus has anointed, and to others. Even if they have heard them before, they will listen to them as if for the first time."--Glenn C./I>--Glenn C. Altschuler "The Huffington Post "
"Marcus, of course, is one of the epic figures in rock writing. . . . Like so many of Marcus's previous books, The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs often feels like a tone poem or perhaps a written embodiment of the cultural memory. He flows through the songs and musicians he loves as if creating a waking dream crowded with the stars of rock history."--Touré, The New York Times Book Review--Touré "The New York Times Book Review "
"This could be Marcus' most inviting book: Emotion paces erudition, and the present gets to ride shotgun with the past, real and imagined."--Will Hermes, Rolling Stone--Will Hermes "Rolling Stone "
