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Music is power : popular songs, social justice and the will to change /
Popular music has long been a powerful force for social change. Protest songs have served as anthems regarding war, racism, sexism, ecological destruction and so many other crucial issues. Music Is Power takes us on a guided tour through the past 100 years of politically-conscious music, from Pete S...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick :
Rutgers University Press,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Musical workers of the world unite : Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger
- 2. There for more than fortune : Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan
- 3. Caged artists : Lesley Gore, Janis Ian, and P.F. Sloan
- 4. Parody and poetry : Tom Lehrer; Peter, Paul and Mary; and The Smothers Brothers
- 5. Psychedelicate situations : Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd
- 6. Reason and blues : Marvin Gaye and The Temptations
- 7. Say it loud, we're blocked but proud : James Brown and Curtis Mayfield
- 8. Hard rock turns metallic : The Who and Black Sabbath
- 9. More than a working-class hero : John Lennon and The Beatles
- 10. Out of place and in your face : The Dead Kennedys and The Sex Pistols
- 11. Word : Gil Scott-Heron and Grandmaster Flash
- 12. Global music consciousness : Bob Marley and Peter Gabriel
- 13. Weird, funny, smart, angry : Frank Zappa versus Everyone
- 14. Rap, not hip-hop : NWA and Public Enemy
- 15. Weapons of mass deconstruction : Dixie Chicks and Green Day.