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Kick Out The Jams Jibes Barbs Tributes And Rallying Cries From 35 Years Of Music Writing
Kick Out The Jams Jibes Barbs Tributes And Rallying Cries From 35 Years Of Music Writing
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Description: Selected writings on three decades of popular music from one of the most influential critics of his generation. Spanning three decades worth of astute acerbic and overall astounding music writing Kick Out the Jams is the first large - scale anthology of the work of renowned critic Dave Marsh. Ranging from Elvis Presley to Kurt Cobain from Nina Simone to Ani Di Franco from the Beatles to Green Day the book gives an opinionated eye - opening overview of 20th - century popular music offering a portrait not just of an era but of a writer wrestling with the American empire. Every essay bears the distinct Dave Marsh attitude and voice. That passion is evident in a heart - wrenching piece on Cobain's suicide and legacy; a humorous attack on Bono's bullshit; an indignant look at James Brown and the FBI; deep revelatory probes into the work of underappreciated artists like Patty Griffin and Alejandro Escovedo; and inspiring insight into what drives Marsh as a writer namely a raging passion to explain things in the hope that others would not be trapped and to keep the way clear so that others from the trashy outskirts of barbarous America still had a place to stand if not in the culture at large at least in rock and roll. If you want to explore the recent history of pop music its politics as well as its performers Kick Out the Jams is the perfect guidebook.
Title: Kick Out The Jams Jibes Barbs Tributes And Rallying Cries From 35 Years Of Music Writing
Author(s): Marsh Dave
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982197179
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 8/20/2024
Category: Rock & Pop Music
Description: Selected writings on three decades of popular music from one of the most influential critics of his generation. Spanning three decades worth of astute acerbic and overall astounding music writing Kick Out the Jams is the first large - scale anthology of the work of renowned critic Dave Marsh. Ranging from Elvis Presley to Kurt Cobain from Nina Simone to Ani Di Franco from the Beatles to Green Day the book gives an opinionated eye - opening overview of 20th - century popular music offering a portrait not just of an era but of a writer wrestling with the American empire. Every essay bears the distinct Dave Marsh attitude and voice. That passion is evident in a heart - wrenching piece on Cobain's suicide and legacy; a humorous attack on Bono's bullshit; an indignant look at James Brown and the FBI; deep revelatory probes into the work of underappreciated artists like Patty Griffin and Alejandro Escovedo; and inspiring insight into what drives Marsh as a writer namely a raging passion to explain things in the hope that others would not be trapped and to keep the way clear so that others from the trashy outskirts of barbarous America still had a place to stand if not in the culture at large at least in rock and roll. If you want to explore the recent history of pop music its politics as well as its performers Kick Out the Jams is the perfect guidebook.
Title: Kick Out The Jams Jibes Barbs Tributes And Rallying Cries From 35 Years Of Music Writing
Author(s): Marsh Dave
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982197179
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 8/20/2024
Category: Rock & Pop Music