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Rock, counterculture and the avant-garde, 1966/1970 : how the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground defined an era /
"This book examines these artists' relationship to the historical avant-garde and neo-avant-garde, considering their work in light of debates about modernism versus postmodernism. The author analyzes how performers used dissonance and noise within music, the role of social commentary in so...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface ; Introduction: Pop Goes the Avant-Garde; Part One: All You Need Is Studio Time (or, the Ballad of John and Yoko): The Beatles; 1. Rebranding the Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967); 2. Music Television: Magical Mystery Tour (1967) ; 3. The Dialectic of Lennon/McCartney: The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album) (1968); 4. One Bad Apple: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Avant-Garde Turn; 5. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970)
- Part Two: No Commercial Potential: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention6. Zappa in Context: Pal Recording Studio and The Steve Allen Show (1963); 7. Motherly Summer of Love: Freak Out! (1966) ; 8. Nothing Succeeds Like Excess: Absolutely Free (1967) and "Rock Theater"; 9. The Conscience of a (Practical) Conservative: We're Only in It for the Money (1968); 10. Project/Object: Zappa, Mass Culture and Postmodernism; Part Three: All Tomorrow's Parties: The Velvet Underground
- 11. Andy Says: The Exploding Plastic Inevitable and The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)12. The Black Album: White Light/White Heat (1968) ; 13. Playing It Safe: The Velvet Underground (1969) and Loaded (1970); Conclusion: The Avant-Garde Goes Pop; Discography ; Chapter Notes ; Bibliography ; Index